George Musser
@georgemusser.com
contributing editor, Scientific American, Nautilus; contributing writer, Quanta; author, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory; planetary scientist, local historian, bassist, salsero
What makes you say that?
January 18, 2026 at 11:25 PM
What makes you say that?
Yes, it does remind me of the Chinese Room. Hoel also makes a fairly strong assumption - or draws a fairly strong conclusion (I’m not sure which way the logic really runs) - that consciousness entails continuous learning.
January 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Yes, it does remind me of the Chinese Room. Hoel also makes a fairly strong assumption - or draws a fairly strong conclusion (I’m not sure which way the logic really runs) - that consciousness entails continuous learning.
Fascinating. I hadn't registered the harmony-melody tension before. But I personally find the lyrics poignant and think they stand alone.
December 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fascinating. I hadn't registered the harmony-melody tension before. But I personally find the lyrics poignant and think they stand alone.
Why do we use the phrase "complicated man" to excuse the sins of those we used to admire?
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why do we use the phrase "complicated man" to excuse the sins of those we used to admire?
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AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
Reposted by George Musser
KitKat was doomed largely bc of a series of Waymo business and engineering decisions:
- 5th gen robot sensor field of view decisions made years ago
- routinely deploying sw w inadequate situational awareness
- making Randa's Market a pickup location
- 5th gen robot sensor field of view decisions made years ago
- routinely deploying sw w inadequate situational awareness
- making Randa's Market a pickup location
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
KitKat was doomed largely bc of a series of Waymo business and engineering decisions:
- 5th gen robot sensor field of view decisions made years ago
- routinely deploying sw w inadequate situational awareness
- making Randa's Market a pickup location
- 5th gen robot sensor field of view decisions made years ago
- routinely deploying sw w inadequate situational awareness
- making Randa's Market a pickup location