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Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sci-Fi movies, etc.

[Ram Gopal Varma @RGVzoomin]

The unique quality of Elon musk I observed is that he is the one and only one , I ever saw in any interview , where most of the time he looks like he started thinking about the question after it was asked .. he also looks like he’s thinking while talking , trying to find words for his thoughts to express while still thinking ..This is in sharp contrast to all in his kind of position who blurt out their answers even before the question is finished

In a large percentage of his interviews and long form conversations, there is a noticeable lag between the question landing and the beginning of a coherent answer. That lag is not emptiness. It is the visible onset of actual reasoning. He appears to treat many questions as live problems rather than conversational cues. You can watch him assembling the thought in real time: evaluating assumptions, discarding weaker framings, searching for the most precise formulation, and only then converting the internal thoughts into language.
Even while speaking, he often continues refining. Sentences restart, and he will sometimes correct or sharpen a point he made only seconds earlier. The thinking does not stop when the talking begins.
This is in sharp contrast to Politicians, most CEOs, media figures, and even many scientists in the public eye who always sound decisive ..
Speed of response often is thought as mastery. Elon’s slower, more visibly constructive process rejects that theory . It suggests that he is often doing the work of thinking in front of the audience rather than merely expressing the results of prior thinking.
Also while talking about the effects of A I on humanity his face has a strange mixture of hoping for the best , but accepting the inevitability . He appears fearless because he has already run the probabilities further than most people ever can .. The expression is not the practiced optimism of a CEO selling a future, nor the performative dread of a public intellectual signalling concern. It is the face of someone who has internally modelled both the upside and the downside at a depth that makes ordinary emotional reactions feel inadequate.
Hope remains, but it is no longer naïve because it coexists with a clear eyed recognition that certain trajectories, once set in motion will develop their own momentum.
The fearlessness does not come from confidence that everything will turn out well, but It comes from having already absorbed the full range of possible outcomes , including the irreversible ones and deciding to act anyway. The result is a composure that looks like courage, but is closer to something much more austere as in the refusal to look away from the actual problem. https://t.co/7jR4KxJYxh via @YouTube

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

beautiful engineering

[Carl Jung Archive @QuoteJung]

I must also have a dark side if I am to be whole.

[The Math Flow @TheMathFlow]

This is how a circle produces sine and cosine waves.

[Code Geek @codek_tv]

3D visualization of Euler’s formula

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Great meeting in Delhi today with @suman_bery & the stellar @NITIAayog team — discussing how cost-benefit analysis can drive smarter, more effective policies for India's bright future! 🇮🇳

[ANI @ANI]

#WATCH | Speaking in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, CM N Chandrababu Naidu says, "... The state’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is currently 1.5, whereas the ideal level should be 2.1 to maintain demographic balance. To address this, the government is proposing financial incentives for childbirth. Under the plan, parents who have a second child or more will receive Rs 25,000 at the time of delivery. This move is a major policy intervention to encourage population growth..."

(Source: AP Assembly)

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

🇮🇳 Harihar Fort in India is a popular trekking destination famous for its nearly vertical 80-degree rock-cut steps. It stands on a steep, triangular rock formation in the Trimbakeshwar mountain range.

Built by the Yadava Dynasty between the 9th and 14th centuries, the fort played a key role in guarding trade routes through Gonda Ghat. It changed hands multiple times due to invasions before eventually being captured by the British Army.

[Math Files @Math_files]

Ramanujan love for π

[Independent thinker @likhithkumar24]

95% of what you hear is lies.

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

The length of the Christmas tree lights to wrap around the tree perfectly

[Reuters @Reuters]

India’s ISRO launched the BlueBird Block-2 satellite, the heaviest ever sent up from the country

[𝐑.𝐎.𝐊 👑 @r0ktech]

Indian YouTubers >> universities

[Independent thinker @likhithkumar24]

Is there no more poverty in the world?

[Jon L. Noble (P.18/GB.05)🇬🇧 @CheckCanopy]

This is my first X message using my BCI. 🤯@Neuralink

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

The Sun is ~99.8% of the entire mass of the solar system.

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

"Kurt Gödel’s ontological argument for God’s existence has been formalized and automated on a computer with higher-order automated theorem provers. From Gödel’s premises, the computer proved: necessarily, there exists God."

Source (free PDF): https://t.co/1WN3nWZ9E5

[Independent thinker @likhithkumar24]

@cb_doge You’re literally the embodiment of Iron Man

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

ELON MUSK: "They did model Iron Man in the movies after me. I was in the Iron Man movie. Robert Downey Jr. met with me and toured SpaceX. Iron Man 2, large part of the movie is filmed in SpaceX. If you watch Iron Man 2, you'll see, that's the SpaceX factory."