October 2012
3 posts
August 2012
6 posts
“The simple and sheer amazingness of this picture cannot be overstated. Here we...”
– Mars orbiter catches pic of Curiosity on its way down! | Bad Astronomy
“The landing sequence alone requires six vehicle configurations, 76 pyrotechnic...”
– Mars Science Laboratory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 2012
9 posts
“What I think may be really critical is to engage in [conscious] reflection but...”
– Complex decision? Don’t think about it!
June 2012
12 posts
“Getting the general brain properties isn’t enough. Instead, the builder is...”
– Later Terminator: We’re Nowhere Near Artificial Brains
“… it is easy to prove that for essentially any pair of Bayesians, each thinks...”
– Freedman’s Neglected Theorem « Normal Deviate
May 2012
16 posts
“Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the...”
– Edsger W. Dijkstra - Wikiquote
“…if you can’t explain how to simulate your theory on a computer, chances...”
– Scott Aaronson
“I don’t believe that classical computers can simulate brain activity. The...”
– Dr. Hongkui Zeng, How complex is a mouse brain?
“I believe in Probability Theory, the Foundation, the wellspring of knowledge,
I...”
– by muflax, There is no Science but Bayes and it is our Method.
“With a powerful radio source, you can PM everyone in your future light-cone...”
– Comments on Pascal’s Mugging - Less Wrong Discussion
April 2012
5 posts
“…often your goal is not to find the best solution, but just a better...”
– Scott Aaronson
“‘Some years ago I was trying to decide whether or not to move to Harvard...”
– Persi Diaconis, in The Problem of Thinking Too Much
http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~cgates/PERSI/papers/thinking.pdf
“Today’s electronic sonar processing can differentiate between echoes about...”
– Bat Sonar and Anti-Submarine Warfare - Office of Naval Research