2026-03-12
8 分钟NPR.
Sean Carroll's job is to ponder questions like, what is the fundamental nature of reality?
That's because he's a professor of physics and philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.
Sean has also advised on movies like Thor and Avengers Endgame.
And he's not a stickler for the details.
Yeah, it would be very hard to be a science consultant on Thor,
the movie, if you were really a purist about getting the physics right.
Yeah, so Sean has rubbed shoulders with notable scientists and Hollywood types.
And back in 2010, he and his wife got invited to dinner at someone's home.
That night, the host said to Sean,
I'm friends with this guy who is pretty wealthy and interested in science,
so why don't you chat for a few minutes and see if you hit it off?
The host got this guy on the phone, so Sean took the call.
On the other end of the line was Jeffrey Epstein.
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