I don't know who you are around that would rather be the homeless person with multiple Phds. Well, that's not something I recall claiming. I concur that most people would prefer to live a comfortable or

Status is probably the wrong term to use for this (it can mean multiple things). The form of status given to intellectual accomplishment (or potential) is much more idealized than the form of status given

Going to sleep can be tricky sometimes, especially if you have had too much caffeine too late in the day or your mind is too busy. I have a few tricks to help me get to sleep in a timely manner: Melatonin

Yes, let's cure aging. The sooner the better.

Interesting that we are usually more tolerant towards being intellectually gifted than being gifted with a trust fund. We feel like having to work hard is a filter for desirable attributes like grit and

My understanding is that GM food is actually pretty safe. Safer in some ways than non-GM, because it is disease resistant and does not require as much pesticide use. GM therapies for people could overcome

Interesting to see results from stem cell therapies. Since stem cells are immortal (avoid the Hayflick limit) and can differentiate into any kind of tissue, it makes a lot of sense that they could be a

@originalworks

Thanks! Some people find the term Dyson Swarm less confusing, but it is worth noting that a swarm like "virtual structure" in the rough shape of a sphere is actually what "Dyson Sphere"

i've already been clear, The illusion of transparency at work? You mentioned ad hominem in your first comment, and I left it unaddressed because I thought it was a rhetorical flourish. (Which would be

Hmm. Maybe we could employ them breaking windows and producing replacement glass. :P

so logic really isn't your strong suit then. Can you be more specific about what prompted this response? trying to overwhelm people with word salad still is not logic. Pretty sure I didn't do that. Word

You make an interesting point here having to do with the negative effects of rapid immigration overburdening the welfare system and potentially endangering the civilizational stability of the region. I

I never said they did. Odd that you should make that argument. However, as a US citizen myself, and a taxpayer, I believe I may have some say in the matter of how the government should allocate its resources.

I fully understand the explicit definition of the term you are choosing to use, so there's nothing to correct on that score. Read the article again if you don't understand what I'm arguing. The problem

It's not obvious at all that we need so much material. That's just one of those weird cascades of misinformation from people playing telephone with the facts... Dyson originally did some back of the envelope

The amount of resources needed has been greatly exaggerated in the media and in popular science fiction. In reality, a 1.0 AU bubble-type sphere would require around the mass of the second largest asteroid,

A Dyson swarm is a subcategory of Dyson sphere. The swarm is oriented around the Sun (or star) in a spherical shape. The idea of a solid spherical object or single 'Ringworld' like habitat is not what

I think it would be cool if we could go back to "meme" being the general term for self replicating ideas instead of image/text combos and such. "Internet meme" could just be the term

I think what @joelkatz and others think is going on is called a Motte-and-Bailey argument. A term is given two meanings; one innocuous and defensible, and another that is more provocative. When the doctrine