PinnedOn Weak Substrate IndependenceSubstrate independence is a term I learned from the book “Superintelligence” by Nick Bostrom. This highly important book for our ages posits many of the problems fundamental to machine consciousness. Substrate independence is the postulate that consciousness does not depend on the materials that make it up. In this essay…AGI2 min read
Published in Extra Newsfeed·PinnedYou Can’t Handle TruthWas there ever really an era of truth for us to be in this so-called “era of post-truth”? We often talk about truth as those statements we call facts, but facts are easily taken out of context, so there is more to truth than just facts. I think before we…Politics8 min read
Published in Extra Newsfeed·Jan 7, 2021“No Evidence” Biden is “Dullest Spoon in the Knife Drawer”.“There is absolutely no evidence that Biden is a spoon, let alone IN the knife drawer” Dr. Vladimir Manishnekenov, Russian scientist concludes. “All the science points to Biden being a simulated holographic metamorph, but it is unknown if his origins are from a nearby black hole being used as a…Satire2 min read
Published in Extra Newsfeed·Dec 22, 2020Trump Refuses to Leave Whitehouse BathroomIn what could only be called the greatest temper tantrum ever: Trump refuses to leave the Whitehouse bathroom. For several hours now, Trump has locked himself in the West wing bathroom, refusing to come out, sources report. Making baseless claims like, “Don’t come near here! This one is really smelly!”…Trump1 min read
Sep 22, 2020My Message of Thanks to Everyone at Apple Computerwho read my Universal Bluetooth device article and helped made it happen for iOS14. I am truly humbled and honored that you spent the hours working on this. The headphone…1 min read
Dec 18, 2019I want a Universalized BluetoothTell me I haven’t Steve Jobbsed yet when I had this idea I’m sure all of you have been waiting for… because you all saw it coming before i announced…Bluetooth1 min read
Nov 27, 2019On a Zero-Knowledge Truth Communication Network ProtocolThis is an OVERVIEW (sketch) of a protocol for a time independent ZK-SIARKs communication protocol. Given Time Independence. A hidden question may be answered without the knowledge of the answerer by the answerer answering another question in the same latomic form of the hidden question. …Bitcoin3 min read
Oct 14, 2019The P vs. NP ProblemIf you don’t already know what that is, you should read this instead. Instead, I’m going to assume you get what the problem is from a scientific view. So, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Whether or not I think I figured it out or not, is immaterial…Mathematics2 min read
Published in Extra Newsfeed·Sep 19, 2019The Attack on Saudi Oil May Have Russia To BlameThis is from a simple “Who Profits?” analysis as oil prices fell on news to John Bolton’s departure. It is not really in Iran’s interest to provoke war, despite there being a lot of hawks in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. It is obvious that Russia profits from oil price increases…Iran2 min read
Published in The Capital·Jul 23, 2019Why Bitcoin Is Not A Pyramid SchemeBy Mark Inman, Ph.D. on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — Bitcoin6 min read