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how the hell is this liar, con man, narcissist man child still a feckin option for presidential election. How the hell are so many americans so feckin stupid as to desperately want him, after all the things he has been exposed for, after doing worse with the confidential documents he had than his el...

https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1747648823353364591 well thanks for those nightmares. but interestingly dopamine processing is changed in ADHD and Autism, so we might expect a lot of kids to start seeing diagnosis criteria being met (you know how certain everybody was that covid can't hurt kid...

I asked bing AI the first 3 and got an uninspired sci-fi writers wishlist: Quantum Supremacy: A new type of computer that can solve problems faster than classical computers. Digital Biology: A new way of designing and testing drugs using computer simulations. Climate Restoration: A new approach to r...

my questions edited for better clarity to Chat GPT: 1) Given the entire list of recent science and technological innovations. As well as innovations in early stages of development, which ones can actually improve or accelerate existing capabilities by resolving issues, increasing efficiency, cutting...

in 2017 I equated VR excitement to overhyped monitor upgrages. in 2016 I talked about grocery stores becoming more like vending machines where you get what you want from a section, and check out with a wave of a card and warehouse sized stores would have a handful of people, kind of like self check ...

AI will have updates that will be such background changes that the general public with not notice them and feel like it's plateaued and the novelty of this past year will drive AI in the same way as VR, and NFTs. Gonna have to strongly disagree here. I think 2024 will be just as crazy as last year ...

there will be some election outcomes around the world that are upsetting, but even in the US there may be some noises made about stealing the presidency from Trump but not a repeat of the Jan 6th, as there isn't the pent up pandemic frustration, or the fluffed up fanbase of people who imagine saving...

I don't know if i am bit narrow minded, but it is hard for me to picture such exponential progress. You see, it is easy to see the numbers growing exponentially, in terms of numbers, in terms of processing power and so, but i can't see this translating into tangible changes in our daily life. What ...

I think I may have mentioned them on Priss' birth date from Bladerunner. Biological robots after all. but I don't think they count a nanotech, biotech, and robotics maybe.

Nano-tech. we should be well past the passive materials phase. and I'm angry that what little we did get was squandered on bullshit like anti foot smell socks and golf clubs. We should be able to create billion extruder array nano-carbon 3d printers that can print diamond structures with nanotube na...

Larry Nivens Known Universe setting has radical life extension as part of it's worldbuilding. It's interesting to see a world with the ability to extend lifespan is just part of the worlds. As for surviving bodily damage, I'm Hopeful for Cyberbrains/braincases like Ghost in the shell. The full life ...

I've now met more than one person with new migraine with scintilating scotoma (vision loss for periods of time) and fine motor control issues of the left hand. and at least one case of new epilepsy. and there are some parallels between migraine and epilepsy, as well as migraine and heart defects. so...

This doesn't sound very proportionate... The problem is this is just going to create an entire generation of people who want revenge on Israel, keeping the vicious cycle of revenge burning fiercely. on a guess I'd say that was the whole point. Israel was working things out with some of the bigger I...

found somebody who says it better than I ever could.

I think in large part the Doom mentality is a consequence of uncertainty. We got too confident with our belief in there being a menu of options for what life could be for people. The work hard, and get ahead; 2.5 kids and a home. Kids go to college, retire and travel, be taken care of in your old ag...

This is why you shouldn't defrost or mess around with pathogens/organisms from the past as you don't know what you will end up with or may kill off humanity because of it. with viral illness and some bacterial, fungal and other single celled entities, the older it is the less likely it is to be abl...

Very easy answer. I would be a twitch streamer. Since everyone gets paid the same per hour, it must mean that skills, effort, talent and ever other characteristics that differentiate people in the labor market does not matter. In that way, I'm only obligated to stream, therefore turning the camera ...

boy are we getting desperate, lol. im amused but im also concerned with the wave of posts and comments with the quintessential four-letter words of "hope" and "doom" or their synonyms arising up more than usual. so glad to amuse you. the process you're currently experiencing( or...

There is an abundance of Doom in visions of the immediate future. To the degree that so few people see any chance for humanity to survive long enough to emerge into a better future. What some of us might call the great filter is destined to spell our end. It's not hard to find things that support th...

David Mitchel has a bit in an episode of 'would I lie to you', where he says "in order to save the lives of reckless children, warnings are calibrated for their safety. The result of which is the timorous live in a state of perpetual terror." It's a funny bit, but it also reminds me of of ...