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I live in China, and the only building I know that has more than six floors but no elevator is in Chongqing, because it has another walk-in entry in the middle. The vertical distance between the entry and the destination is still fewer than six floors.

Kucha 11 months ago

Last year during the National Day holiday, I went on a road trip through southern Xinjiang. Kuqa (or Kucha) was one of my stops since it’s the starting point of the famous Duku Highway[0].

Before visiting the Kuqa Museum, I had no idea about the history of Buddhism and Islam in Xinjiang. The government also has a very “official” definition of that history, lol.

The landscapes were incredible, and I wrote a few blog posts about the trip (in Chinese)[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_217 [1]: https://gaoryrt.com/2024/journeytothewest/

No. I think the appearance of life on Earth was the result of a long series of coincidences. If even a small part of that had been different, life wouldn’t have emerged.

I’ve come to believe in the Great Filter theory more and more in recent years.