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Harry Potter and the Surprisingly Good Take (2024)
If you want a serious discussion of interpretations of quantum mechanics, here is a transcript of a lecture "Quantum Mechanics in Your Face" which has the best explanation I've ever seen. I'd recommend the first 6 of Peter Shor's Quantum Computation notes (don't worry they're each very short) for just enough background to understand the transcript.
I honestly think anyone who writes "quantum" in an article should be required to take a linear algebra exam to avoid being instantly sacked
Possibly the worst misunderstanding of quantum mechanics I've ever seen. I have no idea how anyone managed to convince themselves that the laws of physics are somehow different for conscious observers.
a brave editor spreads the truth
uh, or not
don't mention skull sizes for 5 minutes challenge
Wasn't Heidegger a Nazi, and his works famously avoid any mention of the Holocaust?
im doing my part
Yudkowskian Probability Theory
what a throwback
Dan Luu's "A discussion of discussions on AI bias", about techbros trying to gaslight the rest of the world into thinking ML models don't have problems
okay but if they hadn't done that we wouldn't have gotten this work of art
Why when we look into the stars do we not see a sign of life anywhere else? Has life not emerged yet or has it wiped itself out? With what? Nukes? AI? Synthetic viruses made with AI? Who knows…
entertaining this awful sci-fi schtick for a moment - if every civilization is wiped out by "superintelligent AI", how come you can't look through a telescope and see signs of artificial life? in this fantasy world shouldn't planets taken over by paperclip factories be even more conspicuous?
value is when line go up
I don't want to come and help "balance out" someone who thinks that using they/them pronouns is worse than committing genocide.
Does anyone really think this, or are you just using hyperbole?
Not hyperbole. Hanania, Manifest promoted speaker, wrote "Why Do I Hate Pronouns More Than Genocide?" in May 2022.
I just can't, it's like that one scene from Austin Powers.
Lightcone is so outraged at the Guardian article that they have started a prediction market about it
Isn't it like not real money? Or have they changed that