Hollywood shows us the multiverse as if it's real. Scientists would rather proof
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@mathgenius
From 5/1/2009, 3:16:48 PM till now, @mathgenius has achieved 8507 Karma Points with the contribution count of 1523.
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Math in the Real World
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On Form versus Meaning
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Exposed by a Strava KOM: The many lives of a fake pro cyclist
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> (I myself am not a fluent programmer — I have some experience of Haskell and Python and I think a pretty good feel for how to specify an algorithm in a way that makes it implementable by somebody who is a quick coder, and in my collaborations so far have relied on my collaborators to do the coding.)
Aw, this sets off the alarm bells for me. My immediate reaction is that this guy has no clue what he is getting into, apart from his "domain experience" (ie. top level mathematician). Run for the hills, I say.
Have you looked at Huffman coding? I'd recommend the (free) book by David MacKay, it is secretly the "hackers guide to thermodynamics".
PsiQuantum’s Path to 1M Qubits by the Middle of the Decade
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Weaving baskets and braiding hair for quantum computing
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The Day the Dinosaurs Died
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I don't quite see what is "fake" about the "fake artists". They appear to be real artists. Did I missunderstand something?
Big Math and the One-Brain Barrier: The Tetrapod Model of Mathematical Knowledge
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Oral History Interviews: John Preskill
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You already should be able to get the basics of quantum physics. Have you tried starting there? (Feynman Vol III is a good place to start.) Or are you more interested in general (or special) relativity? Definitely check out John Baez's TWF's [1].
There's a lot of "I" in your comment. My suggestion: find some other people to work with. Once you bring your project into relationship, you will become accountable, and this helps cut down on the fantasy.
Thinking about Thinking
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Physics in a diverse world, or a spherical cow model of physics talent
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Who was the smartest person in the world?
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Modern calculus (analysis) was invented because people shot themselves in the foot working with topology and wondering exactly what is a "curve" ? I am a big fan of this approach to learning mathematics, just forge ahead and when (if) things fall apart then go back and fix up the foundations. To this end I recommend a couple of books. "The Knot Book" by Adams is a very interesting exploration in topology (without requiring all the years of study at university before you are allowed to learn exactly what a topology is). And in another direction, group theory was invented because the study of symmetry gets very tricky! But if you want to dive in anyway then have a look at Conway's "The symmetries of things". It is a lot of fun. Most modern group theory (or algebra) books don't actually have any pictures of symmetric things, just endless formulas and lemmas. If you want to be a pro, then you gotta learn that stuff, but there's definitely pathways into higher mathematics that don't require you to learn that.
Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances
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Hardy, Ramanujan and Taxi No. 1729
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