The Theory of Everything Else

"A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." -Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." -Chicago Tribune A collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber. Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you're in the shower, does the shower curtain always billow in towards you? We don't know the answers to any of these questions (that includes the shower-curtain one, which is a mystery that has eluded scientists for decades, and which they are still trying to solve). But don't worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf-and Dan Schreiber collects their latest findings. From the Silicon Valley tech billionaires currently trying to work out whether or not the universe is one giant video game simulation to the self-proclaimed community of Italian time-travelers who are trying to save the world from destruction; The Theory of Everything Else will act as a handbook for those who want to think differently. This is the handbook to the universe’s weirdest ideas—and the even weirder people behind them. Unexplained Mysteries: From the shower curtain that haunts your bathroom to the minds of Silicon Valley billionaires who think we’re in a simulation, explore the questions that science can’t quite answer. Genius and Madness: Meet the Nobel Prize winners, rock stars, and presidents who dabbled in the paranormal, proving that even the most brilliant minds have a wonderfully "batshit" side. Bizarre Facts: Discover why we might have survived as a species because we were too smelly to eat, and how a group of Italian time-travelers are trying to save the world. Hilarious Theories: Written with the signature wit of Dan Schreiber, co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, this is a laugh-out-loud tour of the world’s oddest ideas.