Scott Aaronson
Scott Aaronson
Scott Joel Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist. His primary area of research is quantum computing and computational complexity theory more generally...
confident events
During events, it's considerably higher, but we're confident utilization will increase.
general parking sure
There will be parking for the general public, but I'm not sure if there will be a parking fee.
downtown draft master
The negotiations are not finalized, but it's in the Downtown Master Plan, but in draft form.
assist busier city downtown friday good interest parking problems
The city thought it would be in good interest to assist with the parking problems in the downtown area. Historically, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays are busier times.
winning ifs
If you always win, then you're probably doing something wrong.
people election vote
If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.
firsts humbling-experiences equilibrium
Again and again, I've undergone the humbling experience of first lamenting how badly something sucks, then only much later having the crucial insight that its not sucking wouldn't have been a Nash equilibrium.
symphony appreciate creative
If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.