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  1. long meeting this AM, helping to organize the Conscious Robot Project with Hugo de Garis here at Xiamen University29 minutes ago from web
  2. Did a *really* fun interview for Raj Dye's documentary on AI/Singularity today (I was the interviewer ... I'm a far better interviewee ;-p)about 16 hours ago from web
  3. Torturing myself writing a funding proposal to submit to a Chinese university ... even a really exciting proposal BADLY SUCKS to write ;-(about 16 hours ago from web
  4. Today I learned that in China, "maybe" is the correct answer to every question...about 16 hours ago from web
  5. hmmm ... I'm almost convinced that Chinese habitually reason in fuzzy logic rather than crisp logic ...6:38 AM Jul 4th from web
  6. hmm ... I'm really enjoying Xiamen and don't want to leave!!! ... too bad it is so logistically difficult to relocate my kids here ...6:13 AM Jul 4th from web
  7. ?? this bag of Chinese fried peanuts has excerpts of a US newspaper article about "freedom of expression" and "human rights" printed on it5:32 AM Jul 4th from web
  8. interesting chats on aging research, free will and other themes while hiking with Antonello Lorenzini (biologist) in the mountains5:30 AM Jul 4th from web
  9. First AGI Summer School lectures are done ... videos will be online eventually ... now a week of OpenCog coding tutorial by Joel Pitt5:29 AM Jul 4th from web
  10. hiked today in Tianzushan Forest Park (http://www.xmtzs.cn/ensiteg...) ... followed around a monk for a while and felt suitably cosmic5:27 AM Jul 4th from web
  11. The old song says "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose'" ... does this imply that immortality would eliminate freedom?4:26 PM Jun 28th from web
  12. "You remain, in a way, empty after thinking...And once you are empty...you are ready to judge...without any book of rules" -- Hannah Arendt3:54 PM Jun 28th from web
  13. also, had a very long lucid dream that I was a rock. A huge gray rock. It's boring to be a rock; but, when you're a rock you don't notice.3:50 PM Jun 28th from web
  14. last night: dreamed I was a wandering Zen monk in China, trying too hard not to get mad when someone served me my dog's back leg to eat3:49 PM Jun 28th from web
  15. [modern interpretation: if we avoid self-deception in our research, we can work very efficiently & scientifically achieve immortality?]3:47 PM Jun 28th from web
  16. Father Zossima to Alyosha: "Above all, do not lie to yourself"3:46 PM Jun 28th from web
  17. From _The Brothers Karamazov_ ... Alyosha to Father Zossima: "Father, what must I do to achieve eternal life?"3:45 PM Jun 28th from web
  18. (validating Nietzsche's view that the best ideas are "won while walking" ;-)7:47 AM Jun 28th from web
  19. very productive chat (in the 10K stones garden) with Dr. Matthew Ikle' on the foundations of probababilistic logic and AGI7:46 AM Jun 28th from web
  20. bought a variety of software at 1/25 - 1/100 the US price ... much less hassle than dealing with torrents. China software shopping rules!7:39 AM Jun 28th from web