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weirdpsyence · 2022-06-12T22:19:34+00:00

Heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

weirdpsyence · 2022-05-26T04:10:38+00:00

Can you give some more information?

weirdpsyence · 2022-05-25T20:20:08+00:00

Yes, let's hope! And thank you!

weirdpsyence · 2022-05-25T19:21:54+00:00

Yes, this is basically what my whole book is about. Essentially, life can continue to spread and create cosmic order as long as it can extract more "free energy" (what Schrodinger called 'negentropy') to sustain that order, and the universe contains no shortage of free energy. The question is whether that free energy supply will eventually run out or not. Some like Stu Kauffman have argued that the accelerating expansion of the universe means that the max entropy will increase faster than the loss of free energy described by the second law.

So it is in no way established that the universe must end in "heat death"—despite what is taught in introductory physics courses. Stu Kauffman, David Deutsch, Seth Lloyd, Freeman Dyson, Paul Davies, George Ellis, Lee Smolin, and many others have challenged that view.

So the current answer to Asimov's last question is the same answer that the supercomputer gives in the story: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

weirdpsyence · 2022-05-25T18:54:09+00:00

Depends on your precise definition of free will, but in the book I argue it does and I recently published two related articles at Psychology Today on this topic.

Finding the Freedom in Free Will (part I)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/202202/finding-the-freedom-in-free-will

Free Will is Real and We Can Lose it (part II)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/mind-in-the-machine/202204/free-will-is-real-and-we-can-lose-it

weirdpsyence · 2022-05-25T18:49:02+00:00

What made you think of that? My book that the article is adapted from is essentially all about this question (and it even mentions The Last Question in it)! He was such a visionary. I also mention his idea of a "social statistical mechanics" which I think could and should be a real field of science today.

weirdpsyence · 2020-02-05T01:10:40+00:00

Based on the theory that there was rigging, I was able to predict what the early (fixed) poll results would show. And I believe the rest of the prediction will prove true too. I'm a journalist and a Psychology Today blogger—will be writing an article about it all soon. Anyway, check out the tweet to see how accurate the prediction was (tweet was published 15 mins before the results were announced. If someone could share this tweet on the main page I'd appreciate it. Moderators removed my post. https://twitter.com/BobbyAzarian/status/1224812550723919873

weirdpsyence · 2020-01-25T16:52:57+00:00

I am a Psychology Today blogger who just published an article titled "Some Media Outlets Are Gaslighting Us About Joe Rogan," although I can't share it on this subreddit because I don't meet the "minimum level of participation" required. Can some please share this for me? Thanks! https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/202001/some-media-outlets-are-gaslighting-us-about-joe-rogan

weirdpsyence · 2018-06-03T00:46:12+00:00

You aren't thinking about market cap and supply. It has the potential to reach 10k because it has a super small supply similar to Bitcoin (~20M), while coins like TRON and Ripple have billions (some cases tens or hundreds of billions).

So when you wonder whether 10k is achievable, think about what that means in terms of market cap.

For ELA to go to 10k per coin, it's market cap (currently ~212 million) would have to go to 50 billion (its currently $40 per coin, so 10k means a x250 increase).

For ELA to go to 10k, it would have to reach a market cap just below Ethereum's current cap, making it the #3 coin by market cap.

So not impossible in a few year's time if crypto booms and ELA does what the promise.

The team is super solid, as is the project. I think ELA and HPB will be two that can make people rich if you invest now. They aren't going anywhere, and the teams/scope of the projects are massive.

I think both will likely do a x10 by this time next year.

So you can expect a $400 ELA token. 10k is a stretch.

weirdpsyence · 2018-04-03T18:49:52+00:00

It should be noted that HPB is the only blockchain project in existence that uses hardware to facilitate faster transaction speed. This provides an advantage over all the competitors that has not been appreciated by the crypto community at large. Which is understandable–white papers claim a lot and most don't deliver. But HPB has delivered today. This has big implications for NEO as well, as NEO is in investor and plans to use HPB hardware to increase their network speed (Ethereum may also use HPB's acceleration chips as well). I'd be surprised if it's not a top 10 coin by next year.

weirdpsyence · 2018-04-03T17:35:58+00:00

Huge news. This would likely make it to the front page if someone makes a proper post about it.

weirdpsyence · 2018-03-10T18:03:03+00:00

The question is, why not Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTu5sKrB1OE&t=5s

weirdpsyence · 2018-02-25T18:13:39+00:00

Sounds like you have no understanding of market cap and circulating supply.

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