Category: Reading
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Copilot Like Program for Genetic Engineering
Recently I started a conversation with a few friends and coworkers about the idea of a Copilot like program for genetic engineering. Hoping that someone would have some ideas or theories that might test my understanding of what AI tech can do currently and what it might do in the future. GitHub’s Copilot uses the […]
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Made Up Words
The word sonder has crossed my path a few times. It’s not an officially recognized word by Webster’s standards… yet. But you might say, ain’t it just a matter of time? (Depending on your age and/or knowledge of linguistic history you might get that “ain’t” wasn’t recognized as a word by Webster even after being […]
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Book Thoughts: Einstein’s Dreams
I recently reread Einsteins’ Dreams by Alan Lightman. I just can’t help but come back to it when I get to contemplating time and reality. It’s a fictional story, or set of short stories really, about what Einstein might have been dreaming about when he was working the patent office in Switzerland and developing his theory […]
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Book Thoughts: How to Change Your Mind
Not too long ago I finished Michael Pollan’s How to Change your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. And it was awesome. I don’t have a better word for it. It really was great, fun to read, full of interesting info and stories. It was just […]
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Book Thoughts: Next by Michael Crichton
I don’t actually think it was that great of read. I read it because my dad liked it and said it would freak me out. And to some extent he was right. The part of the book that actually stood out to me the most was the end where Mr. Crichton outlined his conclusions about […]
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Quotes: Creativity in Solitude
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. ~ Rollo May Why did this quote stand out to me? Why share it here? I guess I think about solitude a lot. I do my best work (or so […]
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Quote: Ambitions
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that, you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain
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Quote About the Way We Think
The reality is that most of us grow up strapped in an educational system that favors obedience over independent thinking. We’re rewarded for trusting authority, and punished for challenging it. We focus on memorizing the stuff other people came up with – formulas in math, grammar rules in English, theories in physics, cell functions in […]
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Reading, Reading, and More Reading
I like being able to jump around and explore different topics depending on what I’m thinking about at the time.
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Book Thoughts: Are you Predictably Irrational?
Simply thinking about money made participants less likely to ask for help.
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