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| − | This is a strange book, mixing crazy ideas, jokes and, in particular, [[Wigner]]'s [[Wigner's friends|friend paradox]]. | + | This is a strange book, mixing crazy ideas, jokes and, occasionally, dead serious and deep content, in particular, [[Wigner]]'s [[Wigner's friends|friend paradox]]. The editor is [[I. J. Good]], a cryptologist who worked with [[Alan Turing]] and a consultant on supercomputers to [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s [[2001: A Space Odyssey]], also a pioneer of [[technological singularity]], so definitely an insightful and interesting character. |
A review in the [[AJP]]: | A review in the [[AJP]]: | ||
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🕮The Scientist Speculates: An Anthology of Partly-Baked Ideas. I. J. Good. Basic Books, 1962. (ISBN: 978-0465074549)
This is a strange book, mixing crazy ideas, jokes and, occasionally, dead serious and deep content, in particular, Wigner's friend paradox. The editor is I. J. Good, a cryptologist who worked with Alan Turing and a consultant on supercomputers to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, also a pioneer of technological singularity, so definitely an insightful and interesting character.
A review in the AJP:
