Wow, only 58. Another victim of cancer. 😞
I'm not sure if tagging works on BlueSky, but here goes @hahrie.bsky.social@seanmcarroll.bsky.social in case they are also interested in what you write in Salon.
You may find the recent Mindscape podcast #290 Hahrie Han on Making Multicultural Democracy Work, interesting. Particularly the discussion on mega churches, and how good DEI programs can work. Disclaimer, I haven't read her book yet, "Undivided The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church".
It would be good to have Melanie back on Mindscape since there have been a lot of changes in the AI world since the last time she was on. (OpenAI shakeup, strawberry, SB1037, and more)
When everything is viewed as having to be a political debate, people start throwing out the term "echo chamber". But if I say I like pecan pie better than pumpkin pie, and two people agree, that's not an "echo chamber". Sometimes people can interact without any regard for politics.
Reserving rooms is only a theory though. /s 🙃
Whew! My only plan is to make a pizza at some point and to get the lawn mowed. 😁
Somewhat random question, but can you have a black hole inside of a black hole? When two merge, does the singularity still exist as it crosses the event horizon and for a moment there are two singularities inside the event horizon?
At this rate, in the near future, Florida will be relying on Boltzmann brains as their only source of brains.