Shtetl-Optimized The Blog of Scott Aaronson

Scott Aaronson, scottaaronson.blog, probably the best-known figure in quantumology today.

Something related to popular cancer beliefs, such as "$x cures cancer" or "$y makes cancers grow faster".

Social Media Provenance Challenge

Check out the “Nadia story”, and an explanation of how we can make it easier to tell when media is faked and when it’s real, with existing technology: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...

"stupidest trade that I have ever proposed in this column" is a pretty high bar. I don't keep a record, but it seems like you must have suggested something that will automatically lose value immediately, as compared to something that only loses value after everyone notices and the bubble pops.

could be worse. I just realized Rocky Horror is turning 50.

"He's not supporting Nazis and racists, just anti-vax grifters" is how we lower the bar these days.

“Silo" on Apple+ is pretty gripping. It's a bit more action-y than I remember from the books, but still dark and full of people.

Just recently joined here. I don't remember all the conversations on Compuserve in 1979 being about Compuserve. I don't remember all the conversations on the Well in 1985 being about the Well, Compuserve, Prodigy, and The Source.