Lesson 2: The Persistence Test

The bicycle rusts. The bacterium persists. Same laws of physics. Completely different outcome. And physics, on its own, has no language to describe why. Lesson 2: The Persistence Test asks the most basic question in science — what does it mean for something to exist? — and finds that the answer has been incomplete all along. 🎧 Apple Podcasts or Spotify — search The Functional Mind 📖 thefunctionalmind.substack.com Music by Brylie Christopher – full credits: Solo Brylie Christopher - Solo - Free Music Archive This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefunctionalmind.substack.com