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    B Predicting frequency of Earthlike planets and systems

    And how important our moon may have been in all of this. Theia impact, if it happened, could have been responsible for tilt and strength of magnetic field among other things, which in turn could have been partially responsible for life.
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    Is Q* the Key to Achieving AGI and Solving Math Problems?

    I thought q star and details are mostly rumor at this point. There was also a rumor that the "dangerous breakthrough" involved an AI that learned how to break into certain encrypted systems, thought practically impossible, and it wasn't clear how it did it. Either way, I wouldn't put much...
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    Is Q* the Key to Achieving AGI and Solving Math Problems?

    Someone should let them know, if they can't replace the CEO with it, then it's not AGI yet.
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    Introduction to Modern Astrophysics -- What are the prerequisites?

    I was recently recommended this book and told it was a standard textbook at an upper undergraduate level or lower graduate level. Well that's certainly above my level, but specifically what would be the prerequisites? I've no formal math training but self taught calculus at a level somewhere...
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    I Simplified explanation of SR for relativity-denier

    To be honest, arguing with them feels a bit like being a bully. Like you're picking on someone smaller than you.
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    When choosing your career, did you prioritize interest or salary?

    I've kinda tried both, and neither extreme really works. Too little money and you can't do anything, lots of money rarely comes without lots of stress. And stress is no joke. Balance has to be best. Make decent money doing something you can live with that frees you up to do the things you...
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    I Anyone know about the bolide across the Gulf Coast Fri July 14, 2023?

    I didn't see that one, but a couple weeks before that I saw a particularly long lasting fireball in the same general area, longer lasting than I've ever seen for a meteor. I've wondered since whether it was a meteor or a satellite/rocket re-entering.
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    I Without degeneracy, when would Solar cores collapse?

    I mean, do electrons still repulse each other in your scenario?
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    Technical Analysis on Titan Sub (Titanic Sub)

    There aren't enough regulations in the world to persuade me to ride a private sub to 13k feet. It's hard to believe billionaires weren't aware of the risk regardless of what was claimed. I have sympathy, but this isn't something to be doing on a whim with a "trust me bro" CEO.
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    Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence

    I know what you mean, I used 100% because even in that case the odds are very low a correct identification would be ET, considering the vast number of mundane, everyday things that get misidentified as ET.
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    Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence

    Even if the probability is 100% that aliens have visited the Earth in the last century, the vast majority of claimed sightings are still not of alien origin. The average person has demonstrated time and time again that they are absolutely terrible at correctly identifying flying objects...
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    Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence

    Confirmation of extraterrestials would indeed be one of the most significant stories in history. But actual evidence for such a thing is incredibly low, and the probability that a civilization advanced enough to travel the stars would repeatedly crash land on Earth is silly. Everyone is always...
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    Avi Loeb + ʻOumuamua and evidence for extraterrestrial intelligence

    UAP with credible evidence and legitimate threat potential for national security has always been taken seriously. The problem is those cases are miniscule compared to the number people who can't tell the difference between the planet Venus and an alien mothership coming to abduct them. Going...
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