[Dean's World] Dave Price: Singularity Notes

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Posted by Dave Price:
Singularity Notes
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1157744495.shtml


   I've been babbling about the [1]Large Hadron Collider coming online
   next year to people who couldn't care less for some time (I think ever
   since I first read about it in, iirc, [2]The Elegant Universe). It
   really is a huge deal, as it could finally prove or disprove string/M
   theory, as well as answering some questions about dark matter and the
   fundamental basis of mass and how it arises in our universe.
   And when the Singularity does get here, we'll now be able to know (OK,
   arbitrarily specify) just exactly when it got here to [3]100 times the
   previous available accuracy.
   Good news for those hoping to live long enough to see the Singularity:
   looks like Aubrey de Grey [4]has a friend.
   And if global warming, strangelets, or nuclear-armed Islamofascists
   render Earth uninhabitable sometime during your indefinitely extended
   lifespan, more good news: we might be able to just pick up and move
   [5]somewhere else.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060907/sc_nm/science_universe_dc;_ylt=A86.I1uMxQFFtTABdQkhANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
   2. http://www.amazon.com/Elegant-Universe-Superstrings-Dimensions-Ultimate/dp/0375708111/sr=8-1/qid=1157744324/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0266613-5524847?ie=UTF8&s=books
   3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_sc/very_accurate_clock_1
   4. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060908/sc_nm/indonesia_age_dc;_ylt=A86.I23JxQFFwh8BUxEhANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
   5. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060907/sc_nm/space_planets_dc;_ylt=A86.I23JxQFFwh8BVxEhANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--