Prologue

PROLOGUE

LET’S GET THIS out of the way:

You’ve been lied to.

You’ve been told that some things are just too hard to understand. That only a handful of people on Earth can “grasp” string theory, or general relativity, or the true nature of numbers. And you believed it. Because they said it with enough math symbols and dry voices that your brain tapped out and your spirit went to sleep.

But here’s the truth:
They’re not actually that hard.
They’re just not explained like you’re a human being.

This book is different.

This is not a textbook.
It’s not an academic paper.
And it’s definitely not written to impress anyone in a blazer.

This is a hangout. A couch talk.
This is me, you, maybe Neil deGrasse Tyson, Einstein’s ghost, and a chilled-out version of reality… all just sitting down to talk shop. We’re gonna crack the code on the most “impossible” topics—one at a time. And not just survive it—understand it. Laugh with it. Use it.

Because here’s what they don’t want you to know:
You’re smart enough. You’ve always been smart enough.
You just needed a better storyteller.

Let’s begin.