Failure, Death, Ghosts, and Two Trillion Galaxies

Dr. Dakotah Tyler and Justin Shaifer start with spirit animals — a praying mantis and a green sea turtle — and from there the conversation goes everywhere it wants to. Prehistoric giant insects, the DART asteroid deflection mission, Edwin Hubble's discovery that Andromeda was never just a gas cloud, the psychology of failure and rejection, simulation theory, what happens when you die, Thomas Edison's rumored spirit phone, and Carl Sagan's fire-breathing garage dragon.The thread running through all of it is what it means to keep building when the institutions aren't calling back, and what it means to stop letting a limited observer define what you are. Two trillion galaxies were always out there. We just couldn't see them yet.Visit our Merch Store: https://www.curiositytheorypod.com/merchJoin our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CuriosityTheoryFollow the show @curiositytheorypodHosted by Dr. Dakotah Tyler and Justin ShaiferStay curious.