A predecessor to Tyrannosaurus rex, Meraxes gigas had a giant head and puny but muscular arms, suggesting the limbs served some purpose.
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What Are Ancestor Simulations… And Are We Living In One?
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Our capability to render virtual realities better and better makes it seem likely one day we could simulate our world flawlessly, and perhaps our minds too. If so, perhaps we will in the future… and perhaps we already did in the past.
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What are Ancestor Simulations… and are we living in one?
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur.
Episode 345, June 2, 2022
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur.
Editors:
David McFarlane.
Cover Art:
Colonizing Black Holes
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Black Holes are amongst the most destructive things in the Universe, but it may be that properly utilized, they might be the best places in the galaxy to live around in the future, and possibly right here in our own solar system too.
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Outward Bound: Colonizng Black Holes.
Episode 187, Season 5 E21
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An Astonishing New Theory Claims Past, Present And Future Exist Simultaneously
Here’s an intriguing idea. What if you were informed that everything in your life was pre-planned? Even crazier, what if your history, present, and future are all taking place right now?
An incredible new theory established as the “block universe” theory asserts that time does not actually “flow like a river”; rather, everything is ever-present.
Dr. Bradford Skow, a philosophy professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, proposes that if we “look down” on the cosmos as if it were a piece of paper, we would see time stretched out in all directions, just as we perceive space at any given time.
Brain Pathway That Helps to Explain Light’s Effect on Mood Discovered
Summary: Neuroimaging study reveals how light-sensitive signals reach the brain and how regions associated with mood process those signals. Some regions of the cerebral cortex associated with cognitive and mood processing show sensitivity to light intensity.
Source: Brown University.
From changes in daylight across seasons to the artificial lighting choices in workplaces, it’s clear that the quantity and quality of light that a person encounters can significantly impact mood.
