Latest warnings on AI, current computing and quantum computers!

In late 2017, cognitive scientists Stanislas Dehaene, Hakwan Lau and Sid Kouider theorized in a published review that consciousness is “resolutely computational” and subsequently possible in machines. The three neuroscientists are from the Collège de France, University of California and PSL Research University, respectively. They addressed the question of whether machines will ever be conscious: … Read more

Economics professor: The limits of bitcoin and the blockchain

From Barron’s: Investors in gold need not fear that bitcoin will replace it as the preeminent global store of value. That is the implication of a recent study by Eric Budish, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. The National Bureau of Economic Research published the paper—“The Economic Limits of Bitcoin and the Blockchain”—in … Read more

Gregory Mannarino: You Are Being Lied to – The US Economy Is Failing… Jim Rickards: Investors Have Fallen Into a False Sense of Security

TradersChoice.net, Released on 8/1/18   Jim Rickards: Investors Have Fallen Into a False Sense of Security In January 2018, two significant market events occurred nearly simultaneously. Major U.S. stock market indexes peaked and volatility indexes extended one of their longest streaks of low volatility in history. Investors were happy, complacency ruled the day and all … Read more

Everyone Hates Trump

by Wayne Root What a two-week period for President Donald J. Trump. They’re all rooting against him, thereby (by default) hoping America and the US economy and middle class jobs either fail, or fall short. And it’s not just Democrats. It’s virtually everyone in power, in government, in the establishment. Economists are rooting for Trump to fail. Democrats … Read more

What Drives the Price of Gold?

What is it that decides how valuable a piece of gold should be? If you look back at the annuals of history, you’ll find that the ancient Egyptians were the first people to smelt gold all the way back in 3,600 BC, thousands of years later, people began to wear gold as jewelry, and headdresses. … Read more

Tesla Discloses Worst Quarterly Loss Ever, But Where Are the 17,000 Model 3 Cars it “Produced” But Didn’t “Deliver”? SEC, Are You Checking Into This?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Tesla never ceases to astound with its hype and promises and with its results that are just mindboggling, including today when it reported its Q2 “earnings” – meaning a net loss of $718 million, its largest net loss ever in its loss-drenched history spanning over a decade. It was more than double its … Read more

Costliest Single Project in US History — F-35 Price Expected To Increase to Over $400 Billion

via thefreethoughtproject: (RT) The cost of the F-35 stealth fighter jet program may rise by another $27.5 billion, despite President Donald Trump’s assurances to fix “out of control” expenditures in the production of the most expensive jet in US history, according to a Pentagon paper.   Overall acquisition costs for the advanced fighter jet could climb … Read more

Major Escalation Pushing US-Turkey to the Brink of War Over CIA Imposter Pastor Brunson

In this breaking news report, Newsbud’s Founder & Editor Sibel Edmonds translates, for the first time, bombshell reports breaking in the Turkish press about the American pastor being detained in Turkey, Andrew Brunson. Edmonds destroys the western media’s narrative and exposes how the Brunson case is tied to covert CIA operations and how the controversy … Read more

Nancy Pelosi THROWN Under the Bus By Her OWN PARTY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcjmkTUKvg Joseph Curl for the Daily Wire reports, A Democratic candidate for a House seat in Arizona has flipped against Rep. Nancy Pelosi, saying she now wants “new leadership” for the party. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/33831/…

According To The “Buffett Indicator”, The Stock Market Is More Primed For A Crash Than It Has Ever Been Before

by Michael Snyder Warren Buffett’s favorite indicator is telling us that stocks are more overvalued right now than they have ever been before in American history.  That doesn’t mean that a stock market crash is imminent.  In fact, this indicator has been in the “danger zone” for quite some time.  But what it does tell … Read more

Connected To The Matrix: Americans Spend Most Of Their Waking Hours Staring At A Television Or Computer Screen

by Michael Snyder Before televisions and computers were invented, Americans didn’t spend any time staring at television and computer screens. They worked hard, raised their families, personally interacted with their communities (remember that?), and generally tried to make the world a better place. But now for many of us, the “virtual world” actually seems more … Read more