joggery

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by joggery 10y ago
No thanks! Once we've stabilised the climate, which is more urgent, then we can deal with (legacy) waste problems. Besides, not an issue with technology under development like thorium and the many fusion projects which I hope we all su
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by joggery 10y ago
What about a target temperature?
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by joggery 10y ago
Yes, we need to expand nuclear, develop new nuclear technologies and agree upon a target global temperature. Sooner rather than later.
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by joggery 10y ago
I'm sure that it so. However, for a story to spread it has to seem like it might be true to a significant fraction of the readers. So it can't be 'patently false'.
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by joggery 10y ago
Such stories would not go viral.
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by joggery 10y ago
You can't prevent false ideas spreading by censorship; quite the contrary. The idea that one can create an AI or censor or committee to separate truth from falsehood and then put it in charge is plainly authoritarian.
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by joggery 10y ago
What will the effect of self-driving cars be on children's independence?
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by joggery 10y ago
There's a difference between celebrity and accomplishment. I'm claiming that to an extent they squandered their gifts and could have accomplished more of depth and value. John von Neumann is another example (too social; spread too
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by joggery 10y ago
It's not enough to think lots there has to be self-awareness too. This is because if you haven't yet formed a connection between two related ideas then the peripheral idea can only signal its relevance through a subtle feeling. Mo
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by joggery 10y ago
Franklin and Feynman were smart but spread themselves too thinly and so didn't develop their genius, in part due to their social escapades. They didn't create as much as they should have. The test of 'getting on' with so
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by joggery 10y ago
So he was cold, frugal, petulant and severe? What did they expect? A genius that was easy to get on with? Was there ever such a one? There's such a relish nowadays for pointing out how bad people were in private who created marvellous
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by joggery 10y ago
All new technologies have unintended consequences and we have to solve those problems. They are seldom the problems that people are initially concerned about. If we are too cautious we make it harder to get things done, solve other proble