Confessions of a researchaholic

2015-04-16

Exponential ignorance

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 9:35 am
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The ratio of collective over my knowledge is growing at an exponential rate. It feels like drowning.

Human evolution is too slow for and has yet to benefit from our recent technology advance. Some cybernetic or genetic intervention may save us.

2015-04-10

Stop killing trees

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 2:41 pm
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It is the 21st century. Please, send me electronic instead of paper documents.

Meanwhile, I wonder if there is a way to automatically bounce all incoming physical mails back to the original senders.

2015-03-25

Kowtow

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 10:04 am
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If you are a university professor and you boast on social networks about sending your students to other schools for higher degrees, you are essentially acknowledging that you (and your school) are not as good.

2015-03-07

Why living forever is probably a bad idea

Filed under: Imaginary — liyiwei @ 11:51 am
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Even if under optimal physical, mental, and social status:

. It will eventually become very boring.

. One cannot participate in evolution and thus becomes inferior (barring technology like dynamic genetic splicing).

. If the universe eventually ends it will drag you down to some unknown horrible state.

Reincarnation, or some form of jumping between different intelligent species, seems much more fun.
🙂

2014-12-08

Consequences of not having significant impacts

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 7:43 pm
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活得像一句廢話

2014-11-26

Why Silicon Valley does not trust guys in suits

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:13 pm
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It is a sign of conformity and misplaced priority.





2014-11-25

How to really understand an algorithm

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 1:12 am
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Implement it.

2014-11-23

Why I never go to class reunions

Filed under: Real — liyiwei @ 8:11 pm
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I want to remember all of you as innocent, beautiful, and hopeful.

2014-09-18

Gecko brothers

Filed under: Imaginary,Real — liyiwei @ 7:35 pm
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Better walk to hell at our free will than ascend to heaven under God’s command.

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