Thinking Like a Genius

Thinking like a Genius
The geek’s path to salvation.

Kardashev scale
The human species is almost a one! Do you think we will make it in our lifetimes?

Dyson sphere
All you ever wanted to know about this sci-fi dream.

European totalitariansim
And the Europeans balk at America? Maybe they ought to take a better look in their backyard.

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Joshua 12.5.04 / 11pm

I’ve seen Dyson speak in person twice now, and nothing drives him crazier than people asking about the Dyson Sphere. Both times he pretty much dismissed the question out-of-hand, saying that the popular culture has blown this idea way of proportion, or more so than he ever anticipated.
Kyle 12.6.04 / 10am

That’s interesting. It does not seem that unreasonable to assume that our culture would fantasize about something so fantastic.

Maybe he doesn’t like the questions because he is no more capable of answering them than you or me, or maybe is more capable and he has some other reason.