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Glossary part 20

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truth vs. knowledge:
RT: empty and meaningless RT: incompleteness






































































































turing machines:
RT: halting problem RT: Alan Turing
RT: busy beaver problem






































































































two-dimensional technology:
RT: Planiverse RT: things I have invented




































































































two-player binary decision games:
NT: Newcomb's paradox NT: Pascal's wager NT: Roko's Basilisk




































































































uncomputably large numbers:
RT: busy beaver problem WT: large numbers






































































































uploading:
RT: Extropianism RT: brain simulation

a story I wrote





































































































unobtanium:
RT: unununium




































































































unquadtrium:
RT: 143 RT: unununium






































































































unununium:
USE: Gold-prime RT: Gold-prime
RT: unobtanium
RT: unquadtrium






































































































Vatican:
RT: Roman Catholics RT: Italy RT: Roman Catholics






































































































virtual reality:
RT: OMNI theater




































































































War Games:
RT: NORAD RT: Adolescence of P-1
RT: DEFCON
RT: military computers






































































































Washington DC:
RT: Library of Congress RT: Trantor




































































































wearing black:
RT: German culture RT: stage crew
RT: angst






































































































Webb Scales:
RT: WTFN RT: Adolescence of P-1






































































































WGBH Channel 2:
RT: ZOOM RT: Boston Museum of Science






































































































world history:
RT: timeline octaves NT: 1914 NT: 1989 RT: accelerating change RT: civilization NT: early sixties WT: history RT: language evolution RT: old languages RT: sociology RT: Strauss and Howe RT: year 2000
RT: stages of civilization






































































































writing:
RT: printing RT: language
RT: stages of civilization






































































































WSQD:
(Whirling Sucking Quagmire of Despair) RT: FUD
RT: Seth-n-Dave






































































































WTFN:
RT: RTFM RT: Webb Scales




































































































Xerox PARC:
RT: Apple (company) RT: Smalltalk






































































































xkcd:
RT: OTTers




































































































year 2000:
RT: Extropianism RT: 2001 A Space Odyssey
RT: world history
RT: 1950's futurism






































































































yellow, gray and black:
RT: orange and yellow RT: Roger Bourgeois




































































































Yorktown Heights:
RT: Benoit Mandelbrot RT: IBM






































































































zen:
RT: koans RT: enlightenment (spiritual) RT: Goedel, Escher, Bach RT: Transcendental Meditation
RT: Landmark Forum






































































































ZOOM:
RT: orange and yellow RT: WGBH Channel 2







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