Here's an interesting New Yorker article on VR Movies.
I wish I could invest in this, VR will dominate movies in a decade.
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Here's an interesting New Yorker article on VR Movies.
I wish I could invest in this, VR will dominate movies in a decade.
Perhaps not, at least when we are rushed into a decision.
But what I find really odd is that the people who think we have no free will are insistent that we convert to their position, whether it's their religious opinion, or their political preferences.
My friend Harry Kroto was a committed atheist who believed I had no free will, that I had no choice whether or not to be a Christian. And yet he would not give up trying to commit me to atheism.
I asked Viv to find us a presidential candidate we could all be proud to support. It's response was "I'm ready to serve."
I shall miss you with all my heart. You smiled when you were happy, you smiled when you were angry, you smiled when you were tired, you smiled when you were everywhere.
You were there with me when Challenger exploded, when I was frustrated and lonely, when I could not care less about carbon, when I was successful and enthusiastic about buckyballs. You told me my career had peaked when I was 23 years old. I think you were right.
Harry Kroto was one of the greatest scientists in history because he understood joy and connected it to science better than anyone I have ever met. He laughed and smiled at all things science.
It is with the utmost respect that I must sadly report that Harry has gone to meet his maker (or maybe not), he is pushing up daisies, he has joined the choir invisible. Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS is an ex-chemist.
Goodbye my friend
Here is Stuart Hameroff's website. He has some interesting theories.
And here is an article by Sir Roger Penrose and Dr. Hameroff about Quantum Consciousness and here are some of their other articles.
I enjoyed this article by Stuart Hameroff challenging Richard Dawkins. I'm glad to see there are other professionals out there who do not blindly accept Dr. Dawkins' theories.
Here's an article on the Evolutionary Argument Against Reality.
My post from several years ago on the Efficient Berserker is very popular and I wanted to extend a few ideas.
Suppose there are many intelligent alien species in the Milky Way and most of them believe in the Berserker Hypothesis. Maybe they believe because of evidence, or maybe it's just speculation.
If I believed in this I would hunker down and make sure that my species were as invisible as possible. So this can explain a portion of the Great Silence. Species want to be invisible because bad things can happen when they are found.
This is like being in the French Resistance during World War II. How do you go find other patriots without exposing yourself to the Nazis?
What we don't have is plenty of energy. Earth is covered with enough water to provide for one hundred billion people or more. All we need to do is desalinate it.
Here is an article on MegaScale Desalination.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/534996/megascale-desalination/
The National Intelligence Council writes global forecasts. Here is the forecast for 2030 written in late 2012. The next forecast (for 2035) will be published in late 2016.
The discussion of black swans was interesting. I disagree with the narrow focus of financial disasters, they focus on only on the Euro zone. I think there is a very high chance of a nightmare financial collapse in the United States. The reason is that the US Government cannot and will not effectively police the financial markets. Financial derivatives have skyrockted recently, including the frightening bespoke tranche opportunity. In addition the US is almost certain to default on its debt by the year 2030. Medicare will bankrupt our country and there is no political leadership to avoid it.
The discussion of the pandemic was good but there was no mention of a more likely pandemic, not for humans, but for our food chain. Rust is a powerful fungus which is devastating the world's wheat crops, and it is moving from the Middle East towards the breadbasket of India.
Apparently Upton Sinclair was a proponent of fasting. Here's an article he wrote in 1911.
News continues to pour out that fasting is a powerful weapon against several of our most serious dieases.
I just wish that people would be more willing to use the words ketones, ketosis, and ketogenic diet. There is a powerful reluctance to use any of these.
Here's a new article by Chris Edwards with a good explanation of the progress Optalysys is making on optical computing.
I think the greatest creation of humanity, the greatest achievement, the highest we can aspire, is comedy, humor, and laughter.
Study after study shows that success, good health, and satisfaction result from happiness. Happiness is the cause of all the good things we want in our lives.
DWave Systems is on the verge of a fundamental revoluation in computing. Everytime sombody claims it's a scam someone with cred proves them wrong. Here's an article from Google.
It will be a long time before we can 3D print a full integrated circuit, the registration requirements will require laser interferometers. But many useful circuits will not require sub-micron scale features.
http://futurism.com/thanks-nasa-can-now-use-plasma-print-nanoelectronics/
Here are a few more articles discussing the use of transcranial stimulation to treat Asperger's. We are on the cusp of a revolution in neurotherapy. In a few years patients will go to brain therapy clinics as frequently as they go to physical therapy today.
Another exciting idea is to combine nutritional and/or drug dosages with transcranial stimulation. Just as physical therapy can repair a frozen shoulder, neurostimulation will be able to repair cognitive impairment and degradation.
So here's my thought on a few supplements in order of priority
1 Vitamin D
2 Magnesium Citrate
3 Flaxseed Oil
4 A good multivitamin (with no metals)
5 2 grams of Vitamin C
6 Ubiquinol (soluble form of CoQ10)
7 A powerful antioxidant (like acetyl-glutathione)
8 Calcium
9 Folic Acid
10 B-12
So what should be added? How about a healthy sleep formula?
Ian Tregillis has written the first 2 books in his trilogy entitled "The Alchemy Wars". The books are The Mechanical and The Rising. He presents a disturbing view of free will, where a simple mechanical operation on a human brain can remove free will.
His writing style is hypnotic and his use of the English language is superb. I eagerly await the conclusion.