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Roko’s Basilisk relies on the potential development of VR indistinguishable from reality, something entirely achievable from a technology standpoint (cottonbro studio / Public Domain)
6 AUG 2024 · 6 MIN

Roko’s Basilisk: The Thought Experiment That Could Kill You

Generally speaking, thought experiments are not dangerous. As useful tools for “gaming” out a scenario, they could certainly point to a danger in the future, but they are not traditionally a problem…
Both sides in the Vietnam War became convinced that they had found something unknown in the depths of the jungle (Poisondoll / Public Domain)
5 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

Something Hiding in the Jungle? The Rock Apes of Vietnam

Generally speaking, cryptids are easily disproven. Such fantasy creatures belong entirely in the imagination of the more creative sections of humanity, but such secret, unknown species do not exist. There is no…
Oumuamua doesn’t have a tail like a comet, but vents something causing acceleration (NASA; ESA; Joseph Olmsted (STScI); Frank Summers (STScI) / Public Domain)
4 AUG 2024 · 5 MIN

Oumuamua, and Our Search to Reach Our Strangest Visitor.

There is much we don’t know. We may have made extraordinary strides on understanding the limits and levers of reality in the past few hundred years, but we have more questions now…