AMA | April 2025

<p>Welcome to the April 2025 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon supporters</a> (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good -- and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!</p> <p>Blog post with questions and transcript: <a href="https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/04/07/ama-april-2025/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/04/07/ama-april-2025/</a></p> <p>S<em>upport Mindscape on </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>A couple of links relevant to the intro:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/03/trump-tariff-formula/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tariff formula</a> (Snopes)</li> <li><a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/04/04/tufts-university-graduate-student-arrested-by-ice-has-case-moved-to-vermont/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tufts student nabbed by ICE</a> (plus <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-6c3978da98a8d0f39ab311e092ffd892" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video</a>)</li> </ul> <p><br /></p>