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add chaos lock idea from quantum physics slam.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:16:52 -0400
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12 * Ideas 10 * Ideas
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14 This is a list of all the ideas I've had that I felt like writing down 12 This is a list of all the ideas I've had that I felt like writing down
15 for the past ~ 7 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and 13 for the past ~ 8 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and
16 are "just" waiting the that 95% perspiration to bring them to 14 are "just" waiting the that 95% perspiration to bring them to
17 fruition, some are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple 15 fruition, some are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple
18 observations. Some are really only for my own personal notes and are 16 observations. Some are really only for my own personal notes and are
19 not meant to be comprehensible. They are arranged roughly in reverse 17 not meant to be comprehensible. They are arranged roughly in reverse
20 chronological order, with the most recent ideas at the top of the 18 chronological order, with the most recent ideas at the top of the
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32 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
33 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
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36 <<<<<<< local 34 - chaos lock :: The "arrow of time" points in the direction of
35 increasing entropy. The time evolution of chaotic
36 systems depend exquisitely on their initial state. If
37 you take a measurement of a chaotic system at any
38 given point of time, you can evolve that system
39 backwards or forwards based on your measurement. So
40 let's say you start the chaotic system in a VERY low
41 entropy state, then let it run for a while, then take
42 a measurement with some uncertainty. Your
43 measurement is pretty good, but obviously not
44 PERFECT. If you evolve the chaotic system back in
45 time, then you will see that you don't really reach
46 a state with low entropy an hour before (the entropy
47 is easy to measure with surrogates like alignment,
48 etc). So use this technique to SEARCH for a more
49 accurate measurement! This potentially can give you
50 many more orders of magnitude than you could get alone
51 just using an instrument. Sometimes it will give you
52 bad results, the the odds of it doing that are
53 infinitesimal, and you can just measure a couple of
54 times.
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56 - cryo-evolution :: perhaps there would be a way to rapidly evolve a
57 symbiotic bacterial organism that could protect
58 human tissues from freezing damage.
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37 - suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good 60 - suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good
38 reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden 61 reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden
39 depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or 62 depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or
40 back pain. I think that smells of rationalization. I don't buy 63 back pain. I think that smells of rationalization. I don't buy
41 it. I propose that in many suicide cases there is a disease that 64 it. I propose that in many suicide cases there is a disease that