30 + years ago? You've gotta be kiding

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Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke - God, The Universe and Everything Else (1988)​

The Science Foundation​

 

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"Dreadful disabilities..." First time, I had to listen a few times.

 

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"I think there is a reasonable chance that we may find a complete set of laws by the end of the century if we don't blow ourselves up first"

reasonable chance

 

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"I think there is a reasonable chance that we may find a complete set of laws

Then you'll find the law maker.

 

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Then you'll find the law maker.

pathetic


but

funny

 

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I find this to be incredible that this is 1988. Use of technology sand Elon Musk and his ego

Solution​

Dr. Hawking used assistive technology to compensate for mobility and speech difficulties. He used a thumb switch and a blink-switch attached to his glasses to control his computer. By squeezing his cheek muscles and "blinking" an infra-red switch was activated and he was able to scan and select characters on the screen in order to compose speeches, surf the Internet, send e-mail and "speak" through a voice synthesizer.

Dr. Stephen Hawking: A Case Study on Using Technology to Communicate with the World | DO-IT

Background Dr. Stephen Hawking was born in England in 1942 and lived a good portion of his life without a disability. He studied math and physics and earned a PhD in physics. While in graduate school, at age 21, Dr. Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly...

www.washington.edu

 

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18:00 minutes in mentions of Astrology

18:30 mentions of Mandelbrot set - IBM

23:35 Clarke asks Hawking -- Planck length

 

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Mandelbrot Set Explorer

Explore the famous Mandelbrot Set fractal with a fast and natural real-time scroll/zoom interface, much like a street map. You can view additional useful information such as the graph axes and the corresponding Julia set for any point in the picture. You can save and share the link to any...

mandel.gart.nz

The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set, Math’s Famed Fractal | Quanta Magazine

For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once math’s most popular picture. Their story shows how technology transforms even the most abstract mathematical landscapes.

www.quantamagazine.org

All from a simple viewing of a video

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