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Quantum Slime Molds - by aleena vigoda - Topics of Interest

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In January, I attended Rabbitholeathon, a weekend retreat for research nerds. A group of us — aged 18-34 — came together to explore topics that live, as the cool kids say, rent free in our minds (possibly the cool kids have stopped saying this). More than anything else, the point of the weekend was to give ourselves the opportunity to clear our schedules, take time to deep dive into the things we’re fascinated by, and share them with other people equally intrigued by niche rabbitholes. Also, to make friends! We tracked our research using Hyperlink Academy, a very cool collaborative container conceived by Brendan, a mutual friend who is himself very cool. Here’s my workspace, as a reference point. My guy, I cannot tell you how long I have been waiting to talk about quantum consciousness — specifically, to people who want to hear about it and are not being held hostage in conversation out of “obligation to our friendship” or wtv. You can check out my prez deck above, and the tl;dr below:

Me x Dall-E. Prompt: Monet's waterlillies painting, but instead of water lillies they are biological cells In January, I attended Rabbitholeathon, a weekend retreat for research nerds. A group of us — aged 18-34 — came together to explore topics that live, as the cool kids say, rent free in our minds (possibly the cool kids have stopped saying this). More than anything else, the point of the weekend was to give ourselves the opportunity to clear our schedules, take time to deep dive into the things we’re fascinated by, and share them with other people equally intrigued by niche…

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