April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
1 post
Test Post
Just seeing if this really works.
January 2011
10 posts
“A human being is a part of a whole, called by us “universe”, a part limited in...”
– Albert Einstein (via illuminatedbeing)
December 2010
6 posts
The Word of Notch: Minecraft Beta: December 20,... →
notch:
The next epoch is upon us! The skies are trembling, pigs are growing wings, and the nether is turning awfully cold, as Minecraft slowly crawls out of Alpha..
Minecraft will reach Beta status on December 20th, 2010.
With Beta comes a larger focus on polish and content, and we’ll start early on…
November 2010
5 posts
October 2010
5 posts
September 2010
48 posts
Quantum suicide and immortality →
bestofwikipedia:
In quantum mechanics, quantum suicide is a thought experiment. It was originally published independently by Hans Moravec in 1987 and Bruno Marchal in 1988 and was further developed by Max Tegmark in 1998. It attempts to distinguish between the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and the Everett many-worlds interpretation by means of a variation of the Schrödinger’s...
Omnipotence paradox →
bestofwikipedia:
The omnipotence paradox is a family of related paradoxes addressing the question of whether the existence of an omnipotent entity is logically possible. The paradox states that if a being can perform any action, then it should be able to create a task it is unable to perform, and hence, it cannot perform all actions. Yet, on the other hand, if it cannot create a task it is...
Banana equivalent dose →
bestofwikipedia:
A banana equivalent dose is a concept occasionally used by nuclear power proponents to place in scale the dangers of radiation by comparing exposures to the radiation generated by a common banana. Bananas are radioactive enough to regularly cause false alarms on radiation sensors used to detect possible illegal smuggling of nuclear material at US ports. (via subdomain)