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alojapan.com/1247934/kyoto-uni Kyoto Univ. progresses in iPS cell research for Type 1 diabetes #AsahiShimbun #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #Sci&Tech #京都 #京都府 KYOTO—Kyoto University Hospital officials announced on April 14 that a research team conducted a clinical trial in February to transplant lab-grown pancreatic islets into a woman in her 40s who has severe Type 1 diabetes.  Type 1 diabetes is a condition where the body destroys the pancreas’ insulin-producing cell…

Oh, look! An article valiantly tackling a #sci-fi thought experiment 😂🔮, as if the internet wasn't already overflowing with pseudo-intellectual musings. Just remember, folks: #JavaScript is crucial to your survival against imaginary AI overlords. 🤖💻
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substack.comRefutations to Roko's BasiliskThe Basilisk topic comes up in conversation a lot. It doesn't convince me.
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I heard Annihilation was about grief or relationships. I'm interested af in Scavenger's Reign.

I feel like we have a rough indentation / substructure of how we will process things from birth, but that every event thereon will shape it further.

As well, we know ourselves in reference to others: "I'm like A, not like B, but most like C. What lies beyond C? I might see myself reflected best over there."

"Rules do not exist to bind you; they exist so you may know your freedoms."
Parameters outline a given environment within which to experiment and explore. It's one antidote to Blank Page Syndrome, for example.

nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-f

NebulaFiction About NobodyBy Tale Foundry
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I have to disagree entirely about personifying the automated house in There Will Come Soft Rains (fantastic name), but otherwise yes. This is exactly my understanding.

nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-f

It's also a good description of why I feel so confused by others.
People tend to feel more secure (than I do) in their identities as individuals, group members, and (neurotypical / neurodefault / neurorigid) humans.

NebulaFiction About NobodyBy Tale Foundry