February 2012
3 posts
Pythagoras could not have imagined the uses to which his equation would be put...
– 17 Equations that changed the world
Here is my list of “really stupid, frivolous academic pursuits” that...
– Bradley Voytek, Basic science is about creating opportunities
The root of these misconceptions is the radical underappreciation of the design...
– Mark Changizi, ‘Humans, Version 3.0’
January 2012
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July 2011
25 posts
With UFAI people’s estimate are about as divergent as with Second Coming...
– taw comments on Optimal Philanthropy for Human Beings - Less Wrong
(UFAI = unFriendly Superhuman Artificial General Intelligence)
A “filter bubble”— “a unique universe of information for each of us”, meaning...
– The dangers of the internet: Invisible sieve | The Economist (via myserendipities)