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Sci-Fi author Mark Niemann-Ross joins the podcast for episode 106 to discuss Ted Chiang\\u2019s \\u201cStory of Your Life.\\u201d The conversation surrounding this story gets philosophical, scientific, abstract, and even bizarre at times. The tale is an unusual one that leads the group down some intriguing pathways in their analysis as they wrestle with concepts like the \\u201cvariational principle\\u201d in physics and \\u201cFermat\\u2019s Principle of Least Time.\\u201d

Spoilers begin: 36:29

Questions Include:\\xa0What makes this time-travel story--if you can call it that--different from the countless others out there? What do we personally believe about Free Will vs. Determinism? Were Ted Chiang\\u2019s observations about parenting accurate? How much science is too much, and how much is not enough? What do chickens know about mathematics?

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