Tag Archives: Scott Aaronson
SSC: Addendum
It’s wonderful how the mind has a way of cultivating clarity in the background, away from the gaze of the mind’s eye and as the mind itself is preoccupied with other thoughts, on matters considered only a few days ago … Continue reading
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Tagged Astral Codex Ten, New York Times, Quillette, rationalists, Scott Aaronson, Scott Alexander Siskind, Slate Star Codex, view from nowhere
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Slate Star Codex: No time for malice
This post benefited from valuable input and feedback from Thomas Manuel. To the uninitiated: Scott Alexander Siskind is a noted member of the international community of rationalists and wrote the once-celebrated blog Slate Star Codex. I use the past tense because … Continue reading
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Tagged Cade Metz, doxxing, Elizabeth Spiers, fascism-curious, New York Times, rationalism, rationalists, Scott Aaronson, Scott Alexander, Scott Alexander Siskind, Slate Star Codex, view from nowhere, will wilkinson
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Elementary P v. NP
One episode of the TV show ‘Elementary’ involves three mathematicians and a race to solve the P-versus-NP problem. Continue reading
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Tagged computational complexity, deus ex machina, Elementary, Joan Watson, P versus NP, prime factorisation, Riemann hypothesis, Robert Lipton, Scott Aaronson, Sherlock Holmes
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