Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-08-18
Books mentioned on UFOs, Aliens, Antigravity & Government Secrets - Jesse Michels - #982
Jesse Michels is a YouTuber and show host, exploring subjects like UFOs, consciousness, and reality. For nearly a century, UFOs have captured our imagination as one of humanity’s greatest mysteries.
Jesse Michels discussed The Half-Life of Facts by Samuel Arbesman and Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Half-Life of Facts
Samuel Arbesman's The Half-Life of Facts examines how scientific knowledge, medical guidelines, and human facts decay and change over time, much like radioactive isotopes.
Discussed“There's a great book by a guy named Sam Arbisman called The Half-Life of Facts where he talks about facts themselves as kind of being similar to like radioactive isotope decay. Like they have a decay function. Our physical models of reality are always wrong.”
Where to get it
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a foundational book exploring the future of artificial intelligence and the existential risks posed by the creation of superintelligent systems.
Discussed“he got really into Nick Bostonramm's super intelligence this book in 2012. I love it. It's good book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Human Compatible
“I had uh Stuart Russellon who wrote human compatible also the guy that wrote the textbook the textbook for AI right that was translated into [ __ ] gazillion languages and used all around the world.”