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October 13, 2019

Human intelligence: have we reached the limit of knowledge?

Even the quantum physicist Richard Feynman admitted, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."

yet through the tools of culture and society were able to accomplish so much more than mere biology allows a single individual to fathom.

"Biologically, we are no different than we were 40,000 years ago, but now we know about bacteria and viruses, DNA and molecules, supernovas and black holes, the full range of the electromagnetic spectrum and a wide array of other strange things."

Autonomous shuttles in Reston show why the future of robot cars might be slow - The Washington Post

"The real world here is pretty hard,” he said. “The real world out there is even harder, and the real world in Times Square is supremely difficult.”

“Our view is, we can’t do all of them,” he said. “Let’s start with places we can get autonomous vehicles to work reasonably in the near term.”