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5. My journey into quantum physics ended with first year of grad school.

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 11:39 AM

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So, all I can venture is the uncertainty I feel before making a decision, and there's some evidence that the brain decides before I'm conscious of the decision. "Think" about that.

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2019/03/our-brains-reveal-our-choices-before-were-even-aware-of-them--st

Outperform supercomputers? Can't say. I've banned them in my home.
My last month's electric bill just arrived in my mailbox, and it's super-sized.

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