Traditional Science Is All About Finding Shortcuts.

It's Soothing To Realize That My Mind's Processes Are Inherently Uncontrollable.

But How Does It Feel To Plug Into A System That's Say, A Million Times As Smart As A Person.

In Any Case, A New Kind Of Science Is A Wonderful Book, And I'm Still Absorbing Its Teachings.

If You Think Of Your Life As A Kind Of Computation, It's Quite Abundantly Clear That There's Not Going To Be A Final Answer And There Won't Be Anything Particularly Wonderful About Having The Computation Halt!

All Living Things Are Gnarly, In That They Inevitably Do Things That Are Much More Complex Than One Might Have Expected.