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[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

This feels like quackery but I can't find a goal...

But if they both hold up to scrutiny, this is perhaps the first time scientific evidence supporting this theory has been produced – as explored in my recent book.

There it is.

Edit: oh God it's worse than I thought

The web design almost makes me nostalgic for geocities fan pages. The citations that include himself ~10 times and the greatest hits of the last 50 years of physics, biology, and computer science, and Baudrillard of course. The journal of which this author is the lead editor and which includes the phrase "information as the fifth state of matter" in the scope description.

Oh God the deeper I dig the weirder it gets. Trying to confirm whether the Information Physics Institute is legit at all and found their list of members, one of whom listed their relevant expertise as "Writer, Roleplayer, Singer, Actor, Gamer". Another lists "Hyperspace and machine elves". One very honestly simply says "N/A"

I am not making this up.

The Gmail address also lends the whole thing an air of authority. Like, you've already paid for the domain, guys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Has this person turned up shilling their book on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory yet? If not, I think it's a lock for 2025

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

OK this membe list experience is just 👨‍🍳😗👌

  • Psychonaut
  • Practitioner of Yoga
  • Quantum, Consciousness, Christian Theology, Creativity

Perfect. No notes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Still a bit sad we are not doing nano anymore.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

Finally computer science is a real field, there are cranks! Suck it physics and mathematics, we are a real boy now!