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Faster-than-light, or superluminal, travel to other star systems using technology such as "warp speed" has long been the realm of science fiction. But a new study shows that this kind [...]
Manshen Lo “QUANTUM supremacy” is a phrase that has been in the news a lot lately. Several labs worldwide have already claimed to have reached this milestone, at which computers exploiting the wondrous features of the quantum world solve a problem faster than a conventional classical computer feasibly could. Although we aren’t quite there yet, a general-purpose “universal” quantum computer seems closer than ever – a revolutionary development for how we communicate and encrypt data, for virtual reality, artificial intelligence and much more. These prospects excite me as a theoretic...
Why Postmodernism Is Incompatible with a Politics of Liberty Postmodernism lends itself to totalitarianism Once beliefs aren't constrained by the object world, an idea can't be wrong, and the intellectual battleground becomes a political one, a struggle to impose certain ideas on all Image Credit: Email The proposition debated was “Postmodern philosophy is compatible with a politics of individual liberty.” Thaddeus defended the proposition and I opposed it. Here, I want to flesh out some of the points I made in the debate, adding more context than I could marshal under the constraints of ...
Download 35.22 MB Italian theoretical physicist, writer, and intellectual free spirit Carlo Rovelli is one of the world’s most adventurous minds in science. Foreign Policy magazine recently named him in their list of "100 most influential global thinkers". He's celebrated for his best-selling books Seven Brief Lessons in Physics, The Order of Time, Reality is Not What it Seems, amongst others. Carlo joins Natasha in conversation to consider...well...lots of things! GUESTS:
Washington: Spaceships zipping at the speed of light or faster are a staple of science fiction. Think of the Millennium Falcon in the “Star Wars” movies and the starship Enterprise in &ldq