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Researcher, Astera Institute and Contributor at Freelance
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4 days ago |
pov.international | John Nielsen |Michael Nielsen
GENOPBYGNING // KRONIK – Når Ukraine engang skal genopbygges, er det afgørende, hvordan det sker. En ny arbejderhøjskole i Ukraine kan blive et konkret bud på at genoprette både bygninger og borgerindflydelse – med inspiration fra den danske arbejderbevægelse. Kan folkelig organisering og fællesskab blive fundamentet for et nyt, demokratisk Ukraine? Dette indlæg er udtryk for skribentens holdning.
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1 week ago |
einnews.com | Michael Nielsen
NTTRDirectory.com Launches Link Building Services for Truck Repair Businesses and SEO Experts NTTRDirectory.com unveils new Link Building Services to help truck repair shops and SEO professionals boost search rankings with high-quality backlinks. Illustration representing NTTRDirectory.com's link building services, featuring SEO and digital marketing elements designed for truck repair businesses.
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2 weeks ago |
pubs.rsc.org | Bethany K Hillier |Simona S. Capomolla |Michael Nielsen |Katarzyna Młodzikowska-Pieńko
Photoexcited and ground-state diradical(oid) character in a triquino[3]radialene The unusual [3]radialene motif at the centre of triquino[3]radialene permits exceptional electronic conjugation between the three quinone arms of the molecule, giving rise to a remarkably low-energy and intense absorption spectrum. Since triquino[3]radialene’s initial synthesis in the 1970s, questions have been posed around the molecule’s potential diradical(oid) character.
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2 weeks ago |
michaelnotebook.com | Michael Nielsen
Developed in his 2024 essay "Deep Atheism and AI Risk", part of a longer series on "Otherness and Control in the Age of AGI", which I also recommend.↩︎ The best alternate term that occurs to me is "cosmic pessimist". This has various issues, too.↩︎ I am reminded of William James's wonderful exploration of "The Varieties of Religious Experience".↩︎ I first attempted to read this in 2015, and found it both tremendously moving, and almost unbearably difficult to read.
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3 weeks ago |
einnews.com | Michael Nielsen
NTTRDirectory.com Launches New ‘RV Repair Shop’ Category to Serve RV Travelers Nationwide A roadside service truck approaches a Class C RV experiencing a breakdown in a downtown city street. Inside a professional RV repair facility equipped with tools and service vehicles ready to assist motorhome owners. A Class A motorhome undergoing service inside a specialized RV repair facility equipped with heavy-duty tools.
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Interesting that complex numbers were invented ~2 centuries before matrices. If matrices had come first, I wonder how long complex numbers would have been delayed? The reason: Y^2 = -1 has a very nice solution over real matrices (eg Y = [0 1 | -1 0] works) If you then work

What heuristics reliably help you understand things much more deeply? I've read most of o3’s suggestions below and they're fine resources. But I can't help but feel the question “How to understand things *much* more deeply" is very, very undersupplied with good answers! All the https://t.co/AtWbn5pVDW

This is an excellent set of questions (and some of the replies are well worth digging into):

Something I've been thinking about: gene editing drugs (like Casgevy, Luxturna, Zolgensma) are a new paradigm in therapeutics, where it may be possible to cure many diseases with single administrations rather than managing them continuously via drugs that require ongoing use.