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Feb 21, 2023

ARES: NASA is examining reports of an atmospheric fireball about 6 p.m. EST, Feb. 15, near McAllen, Texas

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

Based on analysis of preliminary information from several sources, NASA experts believe the object was a meteoroid about two feet in diameter weighing about 1,000 pounds. The angle and speed of entry, along with signatures in weather radar imagery, are consistent with other naturally occurring meteorite falls. Radar and other data indicate that meteorites did reach the ground from this event.

Although meteorites tend to hit Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds, they slow as they travel through the atmosphere, breaking into small fragments before hitting the ground. Meteorites cool rapidly and generally are not a risk to the public.

Feb 19, 2023

NASA’s planetary radar captures detailed view of oblong asteroid

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

On Feb. 3, an asteroid more than three times as long as it is wide safely flew past Earth at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers, or a little under five times the distance between the Moon and Earth). While there was no risk of the asteroid—called 2011 AG5—impacting our planet, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California closely tracked the object, making invaluable observations to help determine its size, rotation, surface details, and, most notably, shape.

This provided the first opportunity to take a detailed look at the asteroid since it was discovered in 2011, revealing an object about 1,600 feet (500 meters) long and about 500 feet (150 meters) wide—dimensions comparable to the Empire State Building. The powerful 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna dish at the Deep Space Network’s facility near Barstow, California, revealed the dimensions of this extremely elongated asteroid.

“Of the 1,040 near-Earth objects observed by planetary to date, this is one of the most elongated we’ve seen,” said Lance Benner, principal scientist at JPL who helped lead the .

Feb 19, 2023

Alien Civilizations Could Use Black Holes as Massive Quantum Computers

Posted by in categories: alien life, computing, existential risks, quantum physics

It actually makes a lot of sense from a computing standpoint.


If life is common in our Universe, and we have every reason to suspect it is, why do we not see evidence of it everywhere?

This is the essence of the Fermi Paradox, a question that has plagued astronomers and cosmologists almost since the birth of modern astronomy.

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Feb 18, 2023

But Where Is Everybody? Fermi Paradox Explored: The Dark Forest Hypothesis

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, existential risks

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about another Fermi Paradox hypothesis: The Dark Forest.
Fermi Paradox playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9hNFus3sjE7lB0sJRnGLWng0uIPxUVqG
Images/Videos:
Henry Söderlund-CC BY 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin#/media/File: Cixin_Liu_at_Worldcon_75,_Helsinki,_before_the_Hugo_Awards.jpg.
Midjourney CC BY SA 4.0 https://midjourney.com/
Davidguam CC BY-SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt–Lenox_Globe#/media/File: Anfuorin.png.
#darkforest #fermiparadox #aliens.

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Feb 18, 2023

In Vivo Synaptic Dynamics in Various Memory States

Posted by in categories: existential risks, neuroscience

Summary: Researchers have identified the in-vivo dynamics of synapses that underlie fear memory formation and extinction in the living brain.

Source: Seoul National University.

Ensembles of synaptic networks are known to underlie cognitive functions, and the connections between engram neurons are enhanced during memory formation.

Feb 18, 2023

Researchers think alien civilizations might be creating black holes to store quantum data

Posted by in categories: alien life, computing, existential risks, quantum physics

A new paper has proposed an absolutely wild idea. What if aliens are creating black holes to use as quantum storage? It sounds crazy, but some scientists say it could give us a solution to the Fermi Paradox, which essentially states that if life is common in our universe, why have we not found evidence of it beyond Earth?

This paradox has caused quite a few ripples throughout the scientific community, especially within parts that believe alien life is out there, just waiting to be discovered. The new paper has yet to be peer-reviewed, but it was created by a team of German and Georgian scientists who say we may be looking in the wrong direction in our search for alien life.

Currently, we rely on radio signals to search for signs of life out in the universe. But, these researchers suggest that we should instead approach black holes as if alien civilizations created them as massive quantum computers to store data in. As such, we should be looking for technosignatures emanating from megastructures like pulsars, white dwarf stars, and black holes.

Feb 17, 2023

Learning about Neuralink w/ James Douma (ChatGPT x Neuralink)

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, existential risks, nanotechnology, robotics/AI

00:00 Intro.
01:01 ChatGPT x Neuralink.
16:45 Inserting stents into blood vessels.
26:48 Pros & Cons of Neuralink’s architecture.
31:55 Neuralink clinics.
33:51 Downloading our minds onto a Tesla Optimus Bot.
52:30 If you get a Neuralink, will you lose free will?
1:04:16 AI helping Neuralink.
1:09:55 Everyone’s brain is unique.
1:23:16 Getting a Neuralink as a baby.
1:25:20 Sleep paralysis.
1:30:01 Nanotechnology x Neuralink.
1:31:59 James has an idea for Neuralink.
1:46:22 James’ favorite answer to the Fermi Paradox.
1:55:08 Haha smile

Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial intelligence will be explored. Host Ryan Tanaka synthesizes informationopinions, and conducts interviews to easily learn about Neuralink and its future.

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Feb 17, 2023

Obscure Biochemical Paradox May Explain Why We Can’t Find Alien Life

Posted by in categories: alien life, bitcoin, chemistry, cryptocurrencies, existential risks

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a potential resolution to Fermi paradox using another — Levinthal’s Paradox.
Links:
https://theconversation.com/ai-makes-huge-progress-predictin…ent-151181
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinthal%27s_paradox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_structure_prediction.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110523080407/http://www-miller…nthal.html.
Previous Fermi Paradox part: https://youtu.be/iCDM5uLYeJU
#fermiparadox #proteins #alienlife.

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Feb 15, 2023

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Posted by in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI

(Filmed as: Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick full audiobook. With cast and corresponding animated imagery.

Bounty hunter Rick Deckard wakes up to a world devastated by nuclear war, where humans care for animals to prevent the mass extinction of several species, where androids are colonial slaves who kill their masters and flee to hide on Earth.
Deckard’s boss Harry Bryant tells him that Dave Holden, another bounty hunter, was hurt while hunting fugitive androids, and now Deckard has to finish the job.
The catch? The androids are Nexus-6 models, the most intelligent, advanced androids ever created.

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Feb 15, 2023

Robot deployed underneath ‘Doomsday Glacier’ delivers surprising views

Posted by in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI

A robot named Icefin operated on previously impossible survey areas of the Thwaites Glacier.


Rob Robbins, USAP Driver.

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