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Subject Mind Matters: Physicists Say They Have Found the “Magic Number” of the Universe
Date January 12, 2021 2:16 AM
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Some numbers are very important in the structure of our universe.

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Physicists Say They Have Found the “Magic Number” ([link removed])
Some numbers are very important in the structure of our universe. Scientists have refined measurements of a number that is key to the workings of physics. This pure number links the forces of our universe. It turns out that this constant is about 1/137.03599920611.

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Science-Based Reasons Why Materialism Is a Dead End ([link removed])
Bernardo Kastrup, a Dutch computer scientist and philosopher who has published fundamental theoretical reflections on the mind/matter problem, offers some useful reflections on why materialism can’t really be true.

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Why Are 38 American States Suing Google? ([link removed])
A better question is what search engine results do you NEVER see? A lawsuit against Google was announced by the attorney general of Colorado, but 38 states in total are signatories on the lawsuit. The big issue is alleged suppression of competition.

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Smith: Torturing Data Can Destroy a Career: The Case of Brian Wansink ([link removed])
The more data we have, the more opportunities there are to torture the data in search of provocative oddities. Separate the data by sex. By race. By age. By time period. Discard data that weaken the case you are trying to make. This is one reason why artificial intelligence (AI) is often brittle.

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Jonathan Bartlett on Why We Do Not Live in a Simulated Universe ([link removed])
In a podcast, Jonathan Bartlett offered some thoughts on why he thinks we are _not_ living in a simulation. He says that it always takes more stuff to simulate something than the thing that you’re simulating.

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