52 episodes
Scorpio Season TV lisa + venkat
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- Society & Culture
lisa + venkat, perhaps better known as @niftynei and @vgr, hang out and talk their way through the alphabet.
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Z: Zzzz
In the final episode of season two, Lisa and Venkat sleepily discuss all things sleep, bedtimes and the tracked self.
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Y: Yeti
Venkat digs up Tin-Tin and the Yeti; Lisa asks Venkat if the yeti is an anti-particle.
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X: Unknowns
Lisa discovers Weird Sun Twitter; Venkat gets his 2nd vaccine shot and ends up quoted in a book.
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W: Worlds
Lisa and Venkat discuss Stephen Wolfram's latest physics update. Venkat accuses Lisa of being a crackpot and a maximalist; Lisa is convinced Wolfram has solved physics.
Wolfram's One Year Update Post (2021): https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/04/the-wolfram-physics-project-a-one-year-update/
Critique of Wolfram's New Kind of Science (2002): http://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/
Lisa's 'philosophy of quantum physics' twitter: https://twitter.com/quantum_rhet -
V: Victory
This week on Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat talk accidental vs earned victories. Venkat reminisces about his gold medal swimming feats; Lisa wins so hard they change the rules.
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U: Universal
Lisa and Venkat talk about universals. Lisa designs a study to figure out if bitcoin is a universal currency; Venkat talks standards