i will change my my mind if presented with new information that is incompatible with my previous opinion

i've learned that some people entrench themselves more deeply in their previous opinion to remain consistent and avoid embarrassment

fascinating

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

—F.A. Hayek

i reject moral relativism

it's a vital component of my behavioral OS

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from Alex Berg:

"When evaluating the claim of deep bag-biased Quantum agitpropagandists, it’s always more useful to look at what they are NOT telling you.

Recent claims suggest a Quantum computer using neutral atom arrays would require only (!) ~20,000 logical qubits to break Bitcoin.

What they tell you is that this is significant because researchers at Caltech recently demonstrated a 6000 (!) logical qubits array.

What they do NOT tell you is that those qubits weren’t not entangled, which is a requirement to run Shor’s algorithm.

So what is the state of the art in terms of actually entangled logical qubits under the neutral atoms architecture? NINETY SIX (96) qubits.

How long did they maintain coherence? 1-2 seconds.

How long did the new Oratomic paper suggest the algorithm they designed should run? DAYS!

So not only must state of the art in SIMPLE qubits entanglement increase more than 2 orders of magnitude, their ability to maintain coherence across circuit depth must be preserved ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND times longer than they currently do.

Suffice to say they have no idea how to even get there but that shouldn’t get in the way of a headline worthy paper!"