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The new acronym for the Singularity Institute is MIRI.
The first google hit is the wikipedia page for the Star Trek: TOS episode Miri (S1E8). It's about how 90% of the population of not-Earth was destroyed by an existential threat leaving nothing but irrational children. The crew find themselves under a death sentence from this threat and try to find a solution, but they need the children's help. However the children think themselves immune and immortal and won't assist. In the last seconds, the crew manages to convince the children that the existential threat cannot be ignored and must be solved or the kids will eventually die too. With their help, the crew saves the day and everyone lives happily ever after. Also, the episode was so ahead of it's time that even though it was reviewed as excellent, it got so many complaints that it was never rebroadcast for 20 years.
I think my symbolism detector just pegged off the charts then exploded.
Near the end of the episode, Kirk is trying to persuade the irrational children to help him save the planet, and the children just keep yelling "Blah Blah Blah!"
Kirk says:
For the record, we totally didn't know this before you posted this comment. I remember seeing the Google search result but didn't read the plot summary on Wikipedia.
You should still replace his broken symbolism detector, if only symbolically.
I knew I'd heard that name somewhere ... suddenly feel a lot more respect for whoever picked it.
When I searched the first hit was the Malaysian town called Miri. Looks like an example of filter bubbles.
What do you get when you use incognito mode? I checked with that and got the same Star Trek result. I think incognito pops Google's filter bubble, although I'm not certain.
Though other search engines do give me the Malaysian town.
The same, though Star Trek comes up second. Though google uses a lot of other info about your computer to determine the results (like IP-adress and browser details).
I had overlooked that I was trying to hide from Google using their own software. Of course they wouldn't have provided it if it worked against them. Silly of me in retrospect.
A handful of proxies verify that it is indeed Malaysia first and Star Trek second.
Same, followed by "Mid-Infrared Instrument "
Funny, I get Star Trek, Malaysia, language, Star Trek, musical instructor, and only hit #6 is yours.
ddg agrees on "miri" being the Malaysian town.
We wish, Dmytry.