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design Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Any ergodic system with a Markov blanket will almost surely behave in lifelike ways; nothing suggests a special role for carbon. Any ergodic system with a Markov blanket will almost surely behave in lifelike ways; nothing suggests a special role for carbon. Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Karl Friston — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life may be an inevitable, emergent property of any random dynamical system with a Markov blanket. — tap to centre the map on it Life may be an inevitable, emergent property of any random dynamical system with a Markov blanket. Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Karl Friston — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Biological self-organisation is less remarkable than it seems, and almost inevitable given local interactions. — tap to centre the map on it Biological self-organisation is less remarkable than it seems, and almost inevitable given local interactions. Last stated 13 years ago
3 Jul 2013
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Karl Friston — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Non-equilibrium physics will not explain life, and entropy has almost nothing to do with it. — tap to centre the map on it Non-equilibrium physics will not explain life, and entropy has almost nothing to do with it. Last stated 2 years ago
13 Jun 2024
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Sara Walker — holds since 2024-06-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Life is not fighting the second law of thermodynamics; it surfs increasing entropy and depends on it to hold itself together. — tap to centre the map on it Life is not fighting the second law of thermodynamics; it surfs increasing entropy and depends on it to hold itself together. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If we found a thousand life forms across the universe, 995 of them would be carbon-based and living in water. — tap to centre the map on it If we found a thousand life forms across the universe, 995 of them would be carbon-based and living in water. Last stated 4 years ago
7 Sept 2022
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Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Living systems can be laid out on two axes, material sophistication and communication, and an organism that excels on one is usually poor on the other. — tap to centre the map on it Living systems can be laid out on two axes, material sophistication and communication, and an organism that excels on one is usually poor on the other. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Sept 2023
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Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Kardashev ladder ignores the second law: harvesting a planet's worth of energy produces waste heat that changes the planet's climate. — tap to centre the map on it The Kardashev ladder ignores the second law: harvesting a planet's worth of energy produces waste heat that changes the planet's climate. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Dec 2024
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Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Second Law of thermodynamics is not an intrinsic law of nature but emerges from the computational boundedness of observers. — tap to centre the map on it The Second Law of thermodynamics is not an intrinsic law of nature but emerges from the computational boundedness of observers. Last stated 8 months ago
4 Feb 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A crewed spacecraft does no work: putting people aboard is what stops a mission getting anything done. — tap to centre the map on it A crewed spacecraft does no work: putting people aboard is what stops a mission getting anything done. Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jan 2023
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Maciej Cegłowski — holds since 2023-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy. — tap to centre the map on it A great filter is a weak explanation for the silence, because it would have to work every single time — one civilization with self-replicating probes could fill the galaxy. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. — tap to centre the map on it Declining many-worlds because it extrapolates past what we can observe is methodologically respectable and still a failure of nerve. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. — tap to centre the map on it Decoherence has not yet satisfactorily solved the measurement problem and does not restore local causality. Last stated 3 years ago
21 Sept 2023
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Sabine Hossenfelder — holds since 2023-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. — tap to centre the map on it Export controls cannot stop China from training frontier models; what they can do is cap how much AI China gets to run. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
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Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. Last stated 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. Last stated 4 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are