Ask Erik: Episode Thirty-One

Here at Ask Erik, we've spent a lot of time reading books and comics, watching movies and TV shows, and browsing through the Internet in the hopes of finding the answers to life's biggest mysteries.  Is there any way for the "good guys" to "win" in the current situation in Syria?  How soon will we be able to use nanotechnology to combat forest fires for us?  Why would anybody want to eat a chicken egg that didn't come from a chicken?

Having instead amassed a vault of useless knowledge stored in his head, Erik instead tackles your questions and tries to find the answers you care about (or a reasonable facsimile).  Or, if you don't care, he'll at least try to make you laugh and forget you just wasted time you could spend doing anything else.