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Metabolizing metals and seeing the future in "The Final Empire"
In this episode, we talk about The Final Empire, the first book in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. Rosie compares how allomancers burn metals to how food is metabolized. Then, Chris wonders what the existence of atium tells us about whether the Mistborn universe is deterministic or probabilistic.
This podcast contains spoilers! Please proceed with caution. For extra reading on metabolism, alloys, hormones, and homeostasis, check out the episode extra at sciencefantasyscience.com.
Music - Freeze my soul by DreamHeaven
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By Rosie Nagele
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In this episode, we talk about The Final Empire, the first book in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. Rosie compares how allomancers burn metals to how food is metabolized. Then, Chris wonders what the existence of atium tells us about whether the Mistborn universe is deterministic or probabilistic.
This podcast contains spoilers! Please proceed with caution. For extra reading on metabolism, alloys, hormones, and homeostasis, check out the episode extra at sciencefantasyscience.com.
Music - Freeze my soul by DreamHeaven