Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedMichael Nielsen: belief
29 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility
“Casey Handmer has a nice book, which I think is way too optimistic in many of its assumptions, but he’s got the right scale.”
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- 29 May 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Sustaining, yes. — sustaining, but at a million people, it has a lot of the civilizational infrastructure. I think that’s the right scale. Casey Handmer has a nice book, which I think is way too optimistic in many of its assumptions, but he’s got the right scale. Economics aside, what’s the main scientific constraint that has to be overcome? Is it gravity? Is it effects of radiation on the human body? Is it water?…
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