software company, and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC, which is a company that provides advanced AI for bioinformatic data analysis (especially microarray and SNP data); Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation; Vice Chairman of futurist nonprofit Humanity+; Scientific Advisor of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; Advisor to the Singularity University; Research Professor in the Fujian Key Lab for Brain-Like Intelligent Systems at Xiamen University, China; and general Chair of the Artificial General Intelligence conference series, an American author and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence. He is an advisor to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (formerly theSingularity Institute) and formerly its Director of Research.
Max Tegmark, physicist at MIT, asserts that if the fabric of reality is made of electrons and quarks, then all things are purely mathematical. Through the Wormhole states that intelligent beings who complete the equations in our cosmos will understand it perfectly. No more need for faith and God, who were concepts developed in a more basic aspect of society. Here’s something to ponder on my part, “Do the advancements of technology weaken our willpower (in conjunction with the study by Kevin Rounding) that can lead to a trend of a shrinking religious affiliation (in terms of Danny Abrams’ study)?”
To counter Max’s position, Through the Wormhole introduces Marcelo Gleiser, cosmologist and theoretical physicist. Marcelo shares with us the Incompleteness Theorem by Kurt Gödel (1931). The theorem states that there is no such thing as a formal logic that is self-contained, which can prove every possible assertion within that system. Although I advise you to watch the show to see the example of how this theory works in action, it relays that there is a limit of how much we can know of the world. Through the Wormhole shares that rational thought cannot reveal all the truths to the universe.
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t from our deeper sense of who we are as beautiful souls—we withdraw from life instead of
enjoying it. Laughter brings us back to ourselves and back to life.”
Sonia Choquette from Trust Your Vibes
*tickle tickle*What have you laughed at lately?!? If you’re looking for a GREAT chuckle, I think you’ll dig this
YouTube clip called “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy” by comedian Louis CK on Conan
O’Brien’s show talking about, among other things, how it should be illegal to complain about
anything when sitting in a chair in the air (aka flying)! It’s HILARIOUS and an incredible reminder
on how easily we can take life’s gifts for granted. :)
And, here’s one of the 33 “six sensory practice” exercises that concludes the chapter called
“Laughing Matters”: “This week, laugh a lot. Look for the humor in things: Sing in the shower,
create shampoo sculptures with your hair in the bathtub, make funny faces while brushing
your teeth, read humorous books, rent comedies, go to a karaoke club with a friend and join
in, call your best pal from grade school and reminisce, goof around with your kids, and play
with your dog. In other words, get over your seriousness and let your hair down! Fake it if
you have to, but do a good job of it. Don’t worry if you look foolish—the more foolish you
are, the more enlightened you’ll feel.”
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