Category Archives: tech

nick bostrom: are we living in a matrix? more possible than you might think

This story isn’t new, as it’s a discussion that’s been going on for decades and was recently made into an extremely popular movie trilogy that spurred lots more conversations on metaphysics than most of us were accustomed to in 1999. And Nick Bostrom’s article, the subject of this post, was published in 2003. [...]

robot lovers and fearers alike need to see this

This is the first video I’ve ever seen of a robot doing this. So awesome I had to reblog it.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIn-sMq8-Ls]
robots on youtube
(Thanks to NewScientist, via pmarca.)

The Singularity and Kurzweil in Wired - must be something in the air

I just ordered Ray Kurzweil’s latest book, The Singularity is Near, a little over a week ago, on March 25, from amazon, and started reading it a couple days later. (amazon)  Three days later, the content from the latest issue of Wired became available.  I don’t read it regularly, but I may start soon.  I [...]

CERN regarding worries about creating black holes: don’t worry, it’s safe. we promise.

A nuclear physicist named Dr. Wagner is leading a campaign to try to put a stop to the planned experiments in the soon-to-be world’s largest nuclear collider under construction at CERN in Switzerland.
The LHC propaganda machine that ‘everything is safe’ is well funded by your tax dollars, paying large salaries to thousands of people who [...]