<n>Surgical Extraction</n> (2010), an oil painting by <n>Steven Belledin</n> for <n>Magic: The Gathering</n>.

A 3D render of the <n>Nike ISPA Link Axis</n> shoe by 3D artist <n>Nikita</n>.

<n>Dark Guardian</n> (2022) by artist <n>Artem Chebokha</n>.

Whatever Happens

<n>NASA</n>'s <n>Curiosity rover</n> captured carbon dioxide ice clouds over <n>Mount Sharp</n> on Mars in 2021.

Film still from <n>A Man Vanishes</n> (1967), directed by <n>Shōhei Imamura</n>.

IQ tests favor pattern recognition and the ability to deduce algorithms, as opposed to most exams which typically detect if the student studied some material and comprehended it, or simply memorized it.

The best advancements that humans achieve almost always resemble a set of principles that hold true under all conceivable input states. Someone with a high IQ has a knack for this kind of thing, they are systems-oriented. They can build useful machines out of modular components. They piece these components together in such a way that the sum of their parts produces a consistent output. Consistency proves that a pattern of our world has been successfully modeled.

There’s nothing contrived about the real world. There are seemingly infinite patterns in nature waiting to be discovered. *Unrealized* *systems are dying to be built*.

We must take the principles from our IQ tests and apply them in creative ways to try and build things that Mother Nature would deem useful. Accurate data models are the seed for such systems. The most difficult part is *asking Mother Nature the right questions*, she tends not to respond. But when she does, you can feel it in your bones.

<n>Reflections from the Other Side</n> by artist <n>mendezmendez</n>.

Digital illustration of the character <n>Igris</n> from the webtoon series <n>Solo Leveling</n>.

An illustration of the character <n>Attius Jussio</n> from the world of Marhalla.

<n>First 3D Robot Sculpture</n> by <n>Hajime Sorayama</n>, 1988.

Portrait of inventor <n>Nikola Tesla</n>, c. 1890. Photo by <n>Napoleon Sarony</n>.

Cap attachment by artist <n>Pasare Alexandru Gabriel</n>.

Analogue self-portrait by photographer <n>Deborah Sheedy</n>.

Freediving in a cave in Menorca. Photo by <n>Freediving & Photography</n>.

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