This week, we’re making fun of people who are smarter than us about simulation theory, and grousing about the art of summoning dollars from dread. Also, when it comes to a mysterious pulsing star, we’re reminded that when you can’t rule anything out, that includes aliens.

Here’s the beats:

* A better breakdown of why we’re on Substack (hint: it makes it easier to email us)

* A listener story about a miracle healing

* The real ones are anti-cringe

* Tom’s essay on the Gospel of Thomas is our first official GGU library entry

* A NASA scientist spent 1,500 hours investigating unexplained pulses from a distant star (and still has no idea what it is)

* Melvin Vopson thinks gravity itself might suggest we're living in a simulation

* Is this just ancient mysticism dressed up in modern physics language?

* Jordan argues simulation theory is not only unfalsifiable, it’s used to dehumanize people as "NPCs"

* How we keep explaining the universe through our latest technology

* An infamous haunted doll sells tickets

* Unsettling antique store encounters with genuinely unsettling items

* How selling fear undermines authentic spiritual connection

* A listener review

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