One of Our Most Respected 20th-Century Scientists Was LSD-Curious. What Happened?
A document in her papers in the Library of Congress sheds new light on postwar research on psychedelics.
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A document in her papers in the Library of Congress sheds new light on postwar research on psychedelics.
Two hazards frighten our otherwise optimistic AI techies. First, the possibility of superintelligence -- what our transhumanists have been calling the "Singularity" -- taking over the world and dispensing with the human race. Second, bad actors with malicious intent getting a hold on powerful AI tools and disrupting global communications while letting loose lethal autonomous weapons. Hazards more than hopes occupy today's AI techies
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Archaeologists have unveiled the enigma at the Pachacamac site in Peru that evolved from a Wari settlement to a sacred Inca oracle temple.
"A squirrel fell out of a tree in front of our dog 9 years ago. He stares into that tree every day," wrote a viewer.