Elon Musk and Kevin Rose

If you have't already seen it, Kevin Rose interviews Elon Musk: link to this video Also, Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about if there was a space race with China the US would be on Mars in 18 months: link It would be truly amazing if a private company was the first to set foot on another planet.

Why does the link lead to AllThingsD ?!?!?!?!? either point to the YouTube video itself link to this video or to the show page at link Don't give News Corp the traffic it doesn't deserve.

…link] * could be cheaper than CA high-speed rail? Check (no right-of-way). * "theoretically fastest way" from A-B? Check. * can't crash? Check (w/ well-designed rails). * immune to weather? Check. * twice as fast as a plane? Check. * lower energy cost than a car? Check. * self-powering with solar panels? Check. * stores power w/o batteries? Check. link to this video * requires aerodynamic expertise? Check. * "ground-based Concorde – as fast as a Concorde, but on the ground"? Arguably. All weight is supported by the ground, and cars take a Concorde-like path. * rails are not needed? BZZT!! However, he may be talking about the "right-of-way" aspect of rails here. link * leaves right when you arrive? Ch…

…f you found an argument that, starting from the current known basic laws of physics, would after some logical steps (no, analogies with "what we now know exists" don't count as logical steps) arrive at the conclusion that AGI is not possible. Elon Musk has a cute and short explanation of "reasoning from first principle" vs. "reasoning by analogy": link to this video . My point is that the way you and other people like you reason "by analogy" is just plain wrong. It's a useful way of thinking, that can help you make lots of very good business decision and profit from them. But when yo…