When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough

You May See A Cup Of Tea Fall Off A Table And Break Into Pieces On The Floor... But You Will Never See The Cup Gather Itself Back Together And Jump Back On The Table. The Increase Of Disorder, Or Entropy, Is What Distinguishes The Past From The Future, Giving A Direction To Time.

It [ai] Would Take Off On Its Own And Redesign Itself At An Ever Increasing Rate. Humans, Who Are Limited By Slow Biological Evolution, Couldn't Compete And Would Be Superseded.

Many People Do Not Like The Idea That Time Has A Beginning, Probably Because It Smacks Of Divine Intervention.

The Media Need Superheroes In Science Just As In Every Sphere Of Life, But There Is Really A Continuous Range Of Abilities With No Clear Dividing Line.

A Theory Is A Good Theory If It Satisfies Two Requirements: It Must Accurately Describe A Large Class Of Observations On The Basis Of A Model That Contains Only A Few Arbitrary Elements, And It Must Make Definite Predictions About The Results Of Future Observations.