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March 19, 2010
The FQX Song
2 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 13, 2009 @ 19:43 GMT
"Now that FQXi’s mini-meeting is over, I’ve been looking for a witty way to sum up everything that happened. But I can’t do better than MIT’s Seth Lloyd, who wrote and performed a song to celebrate the..."
Quick Quantum
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 06:47 GMT
"Before I leave Grand Cayman, I’ll write a quick post to cover the final session of the FQXi meeting on Sunday evening, “Possibility at the Foundation: Quantum Reality.” Wojciech Zurek, of the Los..."
Backing-Up Your Brain
3 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 06:15 GMT
"Given the chance, would you back-up your “mind-files” on a computer, to keep your memories in pristine condition? Or agree to become a computer hybrid to enhance your experience of life? Those were..."
Is a Theory of Everything Possible?
3 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 04:23 GMT
"When I saw that the line up for Saturday's session on whether we have any serious chance of finding a “theory of everything” (TOE) included a mix of string theorists and a loop quantum gravity..."
Floating Brains in the Multiverse
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 8, 2009 @ 18:09 GMT
"The first session on Saturday was given over to MIT’s Alan Guth and Stanford’s Andrei Linde, two inflationary behemoths. They both spoke about the development of inflation--the notion that the early..."
What is (Im)possible?
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 05:16 GMT
"Following a heavy discussion about ways to improve the funding of foundational research, participants at the FQXi March meeting turned their attention to a somewhat “lighter” question: Just what is..."
A Paradigm Shift in Funding Physics? *
4 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 05:02 GMT
"Much of Friday was spent discussing the direction in which FQXi should move in the future. FQXi directors Max Tegmark and Anthony Aguirre described some of the successes of FQXi and set up..."
What Foundational Questions Remain?
2 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 04:52 GMT
"I don’t know if Nobel Laureate physicist Frank Wilczek often reminds people of British comedian John Cleese but, for me at least, he did today as he opened FQXi’s “Exploring the Universe of..."
back to list of Forum categories2 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 13, 2009 @ 19:43 GMT
"Now that FQXi’s mini-meeting is over, I’ve been looking for a witty way to sum up everything that happened. But I can’t do better than MIT’s Seth Lloyd, who wrote and performed a song to celebrate the..."
Quick Quantum
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 06:47 GMT
"Before I leave Grand Cayman, I’ll write a quick post to cover the final session of the FQXi meeting on Sunday evening, “Possibility at the Foundation: Quantum Reality.” Wojciech Zurek, of the Los..."
Backing-Up Your Brain
3 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 06:15 GMT
"Given the chance, would you back-up your “mind-files” on a computer, to keep your memories in pristine condition? Or agree to become a computer hybrid to enhance your experience of life? Those were..."
Is a Theory of Everything Possible?
3 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 9, 2009 @ 04:23 GMT
"When I saw that the line up for Saturday's session on whether we have any serious chance of finding a “theory of everything” (TOE) included a mix of string theorists and a loop quantum gravity..."
Floating Brains in the Multiverse
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 8, 2009 @ 18:09 GMT
"The first session on Saturday was given over to MIT’s Alan Guth and Stanford’s Andrei Linde, two inflationary behemoths. They both spoke about the development of inflation--the notion that the early..."
What is (Im)possible?
1 post • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 05:16 GMT
"Following a heavy discussion about ways to improve the funding of foundational research, participants at the FQXi March meeting turned their attention to a somewhat “lighter” question: Just what is..."
A Paradigm Shift in Funding Physics? *
4 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 05:02 GMT
"Much of Friday was spent discussing the direction in which FQXi should move in the future. FQXi directors Max Tegmark and Anthony Aguirre described some of the successes of FQXi and set up..."
What Foundational Questions Remain?
2 posts • created by Zeeya Merali • Mar. 7, 2009 @ 04:52 GMT
"I don’t know if Nobel Laureate physicist Frank Wilczek often reminds people of British comedian John Cleese but, for me at least, he did today as he opened FQXi’s “Exploring the Universe of..."