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Published: Jan. 9, 2018, 7:45 a.m.

Our second Q&A episode, wherein we ask our friends to help us answer the the\xa0MOST INTERESTING QUESTIONS FROM THE INTERNET!

\n\n Question: \u201cCould you have x-ray vision?\u201d \n\n

Answerer: Fraser Cain

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X-ray vision. Cybernetic eye replacements. Wavelengths of light. The visible spectrum. Ghost in the Shell. Riddick. Light amplification. Gamma rays. Cancer avoidance.

\n\n Question: \u201cWhat if numbers are wrong?\u201d \n\n

Answerer: Adrian Falcone

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Math. Numbers. Logic. Ted Chiang\u2019s short story \u201cDivide by Zero\u201d was in the collection Stories of Your Life and Others. Adrian mentioned Faith Physics.

\n\n Question: \u201cWhat if black holes didn\u2019t exist?\u201d \n\n

Answerer: Daniel James Barker

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Physics! Black holes. Neutron stars. Gravity. Collapse.

\n\n Question: How long before all the gasoline spoils in the zombie apocalypse? \n\n

Answerer: James Peterson

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The eternally-unanswered concern that zombie shows ignore always. How long after the zombie apocalypse before all the gas is spoiled? Chemical engineers vs chemists. Oxidation. Inert gas vapor displacement.

\n\n Question: Could there be a Star Trek-style universal translator? \n\n

Answerer: Nick Farmer

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Please also see our Arrival episode with Nick for a ton more on alien languages. Machine learning. Man vs machine. Man vs alien languages. Universality of language. GIF communication.

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