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Games Drug dealing simulator surprisingly addictive Grant St. Clair

politics RFK Jr. spins deranged CIA Covid pandemic conspiracy Mark Frauenfelder

astrophysics Scientists create observable "baby wormhole" simulation using new quantum processor Thom Dunn

game theory How "God Makes God" is a 1993 CD-ROM about probability, game theory, genetic algorithms, and evolutionary strategies Mark Frauenfelder

movies New documentary about people who think we're living in a simulation David Pescovitz

AI New theory of why our dreams are so weird Clive Thompson

chaos theory The adventure app Randonautica has led users to dead bodies, haunted houses, and other bizarre destinations Maddie Lee

photography DeOldify: a free/open photo-retoucher based on machine learning Cory Doctorow

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science fiction After On – a novel of a Silicon Valley startup by Rob Reid Mark Frauenfelder

podcasts Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman David McRaney

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Science Reality check: we know nothing whatsoever about simulating human brains Cory Doctorow