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Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by RyanMcGreal on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @11:26AM (#1178618)
Incidentally:

> As another member of the institute, the physicist Freeman Dyson, observed...

This would be the same physicist who, among his many accomplishments, came up with the concept of the Dyson Sphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by DTrejo on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @12:31PM (#1178852)
To see him and his son speak, along with possible Craig Venter:

http://www.brown.edu/Research/CCMB/Conferences/SYMPOSIUMMAY2...

I'm definitely going to be there; email me if you're going/interested.

Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by pchristensen on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @03:41PM (#1179303)
Holy geez, that's an awesome set of speakers! I wish I could go to that conference.
Re:What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (2005) by theblackbox on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @01:01PM (#1178950)
Ahhh, Alastair Reynolds strikes again!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_spheres_in_popular_cultur...

I love it when reality leaks into my head from the world of imagination!