I'm not a scientist, either, but I'm reasonably sure that working quantum computers does NOT prove the existence of the multiverse. Sorry, Peter. Oh, I know what Nick's talking about with texting on flip phones. Since they weren't big enough for either a full physical keyboard or an onscreen keyboard, each number on the keypad had three letters associated with it, and you just had to scroll through them to get to the letter you wanted. So it was easier to come up with useful abbreviations and shortcut spelling. But phones got bigger and an onscreen keyboard made scrolling through letters unnecessary. Overall, a surprisingly interesting and varied set of stories that I hadn't heard about. Great 'cast.
Nick: The pre-smartphone keypad entry thing is known as "T9" ("Text on 9 keys"). It was remarkable to watch a teenager burn through a message a like 100 words a minute with it.
Oh Suderman. First off, the “multiverse” and the “many worlds hypothesis” are not the same thing. Also, take a chill pill washed down with a nice cocktail, my friend. We are almost certainly not reaching in to other universes or timelines
27:30 The argument that the US is responsible for El Salvador because the US deported either illegal aliens or people violating laws (it wasn't stated) is nonsensical. The US is responsible for everything in the world, apparently.
Peter- no. I studied quantum computing at MIT, and... just no. Reporting on quantum phenomena is full of hype (much of it originating from physicists). Please don't participate in that. Quantum algorithms work by committing on all possible inputs in parallel, but then they can't just pick the answer they want. They have to combine them in a complicated way that merges the parallel computations into a single answer. Willow's exceptional result applies to an important, but limited category of programs.
I'm not a scientist, either, but I'm reasonably sure that working quantum computers does NOT prove the existence of the multiverse. Sorry, Peter.
Oh, I know what Nick's talking about with texting on flip phones. Since they weren't big enough for either a full physical keyboard or an onscreen keyboard, each number on the keypad had three letters associated with it, and you just had to scroll through them to get to the letter you wanted. So it was easier to come up with useful abbreviations and shortcut spelling. But phones got bigger and an onscreen keyboard made scrolling through letters unnecessary.
Overall, a surprisingly interesting and varied set of stories that I hadn't heard about. Great 'cast.
Nick: The pre-smartphone keypad entry thing is known as "T9" ("Text on 9 keys"). It was remarkable to watch a teenager burn through a message a like 100 words a minute with it.
Came down to say this, glad someone beat me.
Oh Suderman. First off, the “multiverse” and the “many worlds hypothesis” are not the same thing. Also, take a chill pill washed down with a nice cocktail, my friend. We are almost certainly not reaching in to other universes or timelines
27:30 The argument that the US is responsible for El Salvador because the US deported either illegal aliens or people violating laws (it wasn't stated) is nonsensical. The US is responsible for everything in the world, apparently.
I agree. That was a cringe "America bad" take that an edgy high school kid would use
37:40 Or, drone delivery of fast food from other universes with lower minimum wages…
36:35 This assumes a single variable influences outcome.
Katherine starts this episode super strong with my state of 3.5 decades @1:50
I used to love reason round table… I’m not sure when it became so dull 🤷🏻♀️
35:20 lmao her reaction
The Only Ones rule!
In an alternate universe, El Salvador use using the Moo Deng memecoin as legal tender. Yes, that exists.
Peter- no. I studied quantum computing at MIT, and... just no.
Reporting on quantum phenomena is full of hype (much of it originating from physicists). Please don't participate in that.
Quantum algorithms work by committing on all possible inputs in parallel, but then they can't just pick the answer they want. They have to combine them in a complicated way that merges the parallel computations into a single answer. Willow's exceptional result applies to an important, but limited category of programs.
His rant. I fast forward. NHS is bad. Am healthcare is worse.