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I was about to add a similar comment. Definitely interested to read his evaluation and whether there is more hype than substance here, though I'm guessing it may take some time.

If that's the case, the QC computer endeavors are still worthwhile since while failing to scale them we may develop another piece of a more complete model of reality.

> maybe that he goes to tv news channels preferentially over arxiv publishing https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.15213

This works pretty well: https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/ .

> Fix death please, that's a good way to prevent the fear. Even if you were able to postpone your non-existence to some late stage of the Universe, it's all but assured you will ha…

A world of only perfect beings does sound pretty boring. I'm not sure if anything worthwhile would actually happen in such a place. That being said, mental (rational) tools that he…

The article describes how influenza viruses (not coronaviruses) use sialic acid to bind to the upper respiratory tract. Edit: a letter.

> nominally has a meaning of merely being aware of, and responding to, the environment, but this is not the self-aware consciousness that is currently unexplained By this do you me…

> then you get a picture of an extraordinarily complicated system, and the nuts and bolts of exactly what that system is running on fall away into irrelevance I think this is a com…

This may sound absurd, but you actually need some (mostly settled) philosophy to determine what “facts and empirical truths” are.

> But these two things are not directly comparable Correct. You simplified my comment nicely here (though I'm trying to find papers about smaller scales): > While species diversity…

It's interesting that the image used for the article, from the windward side of Oahu, shows only invasive species (or maybe that's the point). Ironically, the biodiversity of plant…

When I was looking at a Game of Thrones subreddit after the episode last night, I realized I was getting more emotionally from the memes (which aren’t exactly the sort of memes Daw…

The article seems well-researched and informative. It made me think about the balance between economic growth's positive and negative outcomes. If it takes a modicum of editorial t…

I've encountered an idea similar to this: > The transcension hypothesis proposes that a universal process of evolutionary development guides all sufficiently advanced civilizations…

I suppose that falls under "Part of being a good person is to recognize these deterministic effects and plan your life accordingly." The type of "reshaping" you're referring to wou…

"When your amygdala is active, you can’t have empathy for others" This is an excellent example of those aspects of our existence that are deterministic. No matter your willpower, y…

Oumuamua probably isn't artificial, but observations of objects like it and Tabby's star, fast radio bursts and contact binary systems* will likely increase as our instruments and …

It sounds like he did try to change course by moving and applying for other jobs and positions. The tragedy, well one of them at least, is that the system doesn’t value poets (or l…

I need to get caught up on new developments regarding Wheeler's "Participatory Universe" to find out if anyone else is thinking along these lines, but if observation does result in…

Why do we set out to do something? In many cases it's because we've been told achievement is important since a very young age. But since all accomplishments will presumably be lost…

How does the rosiness of this assessment jive with the UN’s report that 40 million Americans live in poverty? Perhaps they are an ancillary component of such a Republic?

Gardening for me. These are good examples of one of the main benefits of working from home. At many workplaces you need to simply be present at your desk hammering away at the keyb…

This idea's been passed around the psychedelic community, even so far as to suggest a drug like LSD or DMT changes your brain chemistry enough that you receive a different form of …