Okay so I skimmed Ch.9 Section 4 of his paper. I'm not really qualified to say whether he knows what he is talking about, but it sounds valid. Furthermore: holy crap, it would be so incredible if he were right. On a different level: I'm really inspired by this article, because I didn't even know there were people out there who were thinking about problems like this. It really gives me hope for my own intellectual ventures as well as for the future of humanity.
Vidal and I had a chance to discuss his ideas in depth for a couple nights in Brussels. It was fascinating and I think he convinced me that this is something worth investigating. Really ingenious idea. I KNOW! The implications for our future are even more profound.I'm not really qualified to say whether he knows what he is talking about, but it sounds valid.
holy crap, it would be so incredible if he were right.