In this bonus creative audio piece, current scholar Matthew Blacker shares his conflicting thoughts on a few of the questions that have occupied many theoretical physicists for the last several decades—and why he wonders if some in his field have gone astray in their pursuit of truth, instead finding themselves studying a world that might not exist.

Music credits:

Silver Maple | "This Delicate Place" | courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

Silver Maple |"Incandescence"| courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

Gabriel Parker | "Fractions"| courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com

Sound effects courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com