Recent content by JLowe

I think the difference is, there is no good abiotic explanation at the moment, despite quite a bit of searching for one. In many of the other recent "possible biosignature" findings, plausible abiotic explanations do exist. Its no surprise finding signs of life is difficult, the Martian...

The discovery itself isn't new, but from what I gathered the analysis of possible abiotic pathways was being studied and the conclusion is that biological origin seems most likely explanation at the moment. Its the most convincing piece of evidence a non expert like me has seen yet...

Supposedly the research team, which includes a lot of people, are like 99% convinced this is a direct signature of previous life. Although the public communications will be conservative for obvious reasons. Regardless, I'll settle for it simply letting NASA get more funding.

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.

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...

Someone should let them know, if they can't replace the CEO with it, then it's not AGI yet.

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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...

To be honest, arguing with them feels a bit like being a bully. Like you're picking on someone smaller than you.

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...

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.

I mean, do electrons still repulse each other in your scenario?

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.

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.