Ray Kurzweil on The Colbert Report [video embed]

5 Post author: Kevin 17 April 2011 10:32AM

Comments (8)

Comment author: XFrequentist 17 April 2011 04:45:55PM 4 points [-]
Comment author: Kevin 18 April 2011 02:42:47AM 0 points [-]

Is it actually still region blocked? Comedy Central online worked for me when I was in Indonesia, with lots of ads.

Comment author: XFrequentist 21 April 2011 03:56:36PM *  3 points [-]

Yes, it's blocked in Canada.

I'm quite aware that Canada has some odd regulations regarding access to foreign media, but I'm somewhat disturbed to learn that we're worse than Indonesia.

Comment author: ewang 18 April 2011 03:26:03AM 0 points [-]

I think this is the first video embed I've seen on Less Wrong. It just...doesn't feel right.

Comment author: curiousepic 17 April 2011 12:54:50PM 1 point [-]

Well that went better than I expected.

Comment author: Kevin 18 April 2011 02:42:14AM 3 points [-]

Yup. Steven Colbert has commented that he is frustrated sometimes by wanting to sincerely engage a guest but can't because of the limitations of his character. So when he likes a guest, he lobs softball questions and lets them talk.

Comment author: XiXiDu 17 April 2011 11:47:53AM *  1 point [-]

Our estimate for the total information processing capability of any system in our Universe implies an ultimate limit on the processing capability of any system in the future, independent of its physical manifestation and implies that Moore’s Law cannot continue unabated for more than 600 years for any technological civilization.

Comment author: Grognor 14 November 2011 02:24:22PM 0 points [-]

Brought here by this comment, I've been looking for a place to mark down this musing I've had in my head a whole while: Will Eliezer Yudkowsky go on this show to promote his book when it comes out? Should he?