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   John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 13:40:55 JST John Carlos Baez

   Though part of me - the worst part - would like to join the clever crowd who endlessly pontificate and interview each other, I'm held back by my intense aversion to publicly talking about:

   1) consciousness
   2) free will
   3) string theory and other theories of everything
   4) are mathematical objects real?
   5) is reality a simulation?
   6) interpretations of quantum mechanics
   7) quantum computers
   8) large language models, machine learning, AI

   and most other topics that the "digiterati", the "intellectual dark web", and other quasi-scientific talking heads enjoy bloviating about. I'd much rather curl up with a good solid book on the life cycle of lichens, or the organizational structure of car repair shops.

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     Charles (textproof@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 13:40:54 JST Charles

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     @johncarlosbaez I wouldn’t mind talking about whether mathematical objects are real. This being related to my doctoral thesis, maybe I could send my audience to sleep…

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     John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 13:40:57 JST John Carlos Baez

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     • Charles

     @textproof - on the shows I'm talking about you should take a strong opinion and defend it vigorously but not define your terms.

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