metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

"One of the most important forces in history is human stupidity. We should never underestimate human stupidity."
Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/yuval-noah-harari-is-worried-about-our-souls

"there are those people out there who are stupid and don’t realize they are stupid" Now don't be smug about it because "we see it in other people, and we don’t see it in ourselves." That is the Dunning-Kruger Effect. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/31/18200497/dunning-kruger-effect-explained-trump

Man, this is so stupid.
$190 Million in Crypto Gone Forever after QuadrigaCX's CEO dies. Sheez.

https://www.ccn.com/190m-gone-how-canada-biggest-bitcoin-exchange-lost-it/

I believe that AI will ultimately become self aware, although not in the way we imagine (not in the same way as our brain implements consciousness)

https://www.techspot.com/news/78519-self-aware-machines-wont-science-fiction-much-longer.html

hmm..this is both good and bad.. google's effort to thwart phishing is good, but if google is the only one doing it, then it's not good. It should be a collective effort, not just google. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-kill-url-first-steps/

just watched Roosterteeth's new #mecha series Gen:Lock and I like it so far. Their #mech designs are not unique but i appreciate the fact that they're mechanically sound. i await for their action figures to come out.

Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s Disease.

the bacteria that cause gum disease are present in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, not just in their mouths.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/gum-disease-causing-bacteria-could-spur-alzheimer-s

My first #Diaclone came in today. I'm very happy with the quality!
Yup, I collect mechs and #mecha. I also make my own mech robots.

This spinning 'Ice Circle' is a pretty cool phenomenon: https://earthsky.org/earth/giant-spinning-ice-disk-discovered-in-maine-jan-2019

For those who are genetically- predisposed for getting Alzheimer's Disease later in life, this is good news! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-16/united-neuroscience-s-alzheimer-vaccine-just-might-work

"I like people who get excited about the change of the seasons, the sound of the ocean, watching a sunset, the smell of rain and starry nights." ~Brooke Hampton

This is brilliant: using magnet+light to detect malaria. (Malaria parasites release Hemozoin which is magnetic...) https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/24/613099137/how-a-cheap-magnet-might-help-detect-malaria
#innovation

Your Brain Doesn't Contain Memories. It Is Memories.
Therefore, this year I will put more priority on shared experiences with other people: I will treasure my time with family & friends. We will visit more places, an try all kinds of food we never tried before, and drink stuff we never had before :)
https://www.wired.com/story/your-brain-is-memories/

I've never heard anyone else lament the wasted CPU cycles spent on bitcoin mining, so this is just me expressing how we could've used all those computing power for more novel purposes. I could be wrong. I mean no offense to bitcoin miners. so please educate me gently, dear #Federati.

When I think about the more important problems that could use cpu cycles, such as Hilbert's Mathematical problems, or Riemann's conjecture, I SMH at the wasted computing power devoted for bitcoin mining. Such a waste, man!

I'm so glad i didn't get into bitcoin mining. I was attracted to the idea of decentralized currency but i could not get myself to waste cpu cycles & energy for calculating what i see as wasteful--because mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult.

Pretty cool to witness the birth of a black hole (or maybe a neutron star) which happened around 2 million years ago, but we're just seeing only now!
Not so cool for lifeforms (if any) on any planet around its vicinity, though.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/11/researchers-witnessed-birth-black-hole/

I thought this was straight from The Onion hahaha 😅 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/09/683298815/speakers-at-indian-science-congress-say-newton-was-wrong-ancient-demon-had-airpl
#science

Machine learning leads mathematicians to unsolvable problem

Simple artificial-intelligence problem puts researchers up against a logical paradox discovered by famed mathematician Kurt Gödel.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00083-3

#patterns

i think it's cool if a young new sun captures a crystallized red-dwarf in orbit that then becomes a crystal planet! http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_reveals_how_Sun-like_stars_turn_solid_after_their_demise