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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.

To see him and his son speak, along with possible Craig Venter:

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

Holy geez, that's an awesome set of speakers! I wish I could go to that conference.

Ahhh, Alastair Reynolds strikes again!

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