I wrote this around the time it was debunked (since then, a thorough debunking, somewhat rough for Garrett, popped up: http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/11/exceptionally-simple-theory-of.html)Â – “Did (more…)
Brave New World vs. 1984 – Aldous Huxley’s note to George Orwell
This is so fascinating! This is an epic letter…. from Aldous Huxley to George Orwell, just after 1984 was published…. it becomes an interesting conversation about why Huxley thought his portrayal (more…)
Injecting elegance into Superstring may not be a bad thought….
Did Garrett Lisi have a wipeout? Maybe not, but what he injected into the GUT & superstring conversation is desperately needed. There *IS* groupthink, and there is confirmation bias, and there is protective (more…)
I heard you like technology? Let’s look at the science behind what is happening to our culture.. where will it lead?
Let’s ask some questions. We are guinea pigs, at the first 1% of these powerful new technologies that have rapidly, exponentially, grabbed hold of our lives in the last 5 or 6 decades. In the last 10 (more…)
May 2012 – Tea Party vs Occupy: Where we’re at.
Here’s where we’re at: The Tea Party is paranoid, and thinks the most successful wartime president in 50 years, who has taken out more dictators and enemies than any president *ever*, thinks Obama is (more…)
Truth? It’s quite depressing that it’s less complex than you had hoped… 9/11 Truthers
Hi. I am a skeptic. I appreciate thoughtful, rigorous critical thought. Every once inawhile, I fall into the trap of engaging or chatting up these conspiracy theorists, and constantly realize *I* am the (more…)
Netflix Watch Instantly Films You Should Be Watching, But Probably Are Not.
All these are on Netflix watch instantly right now, w/ Melancholia coming soon. Â I am linking to their Netflix Page. Â Pass this around. Every single one of these movies deserves recognition. The point (more…)
Robot Quadrotors – cooperative drones playing music, and Weyland’s TED 2023 speech – “We are now Gods”
Drones playing 007 – Ted 2023 – Weyland telling us we’re gods. You know what? Whether #darkmatter produces a big crunch, or we planet hop to a frozen entropic infinity – until then? We *are* (more…)
A harsh but honest obituary for Christopher Hitchens inspired a bit of a ramble of my own….
I rambled this off after reading this Economist Obit. Â Just a few sentences hit my brainpan…… Brazen and unapologetic, brilliant and engaging… with a soft spot for the warmth of friends. (more…)
Majel, Artificial Intelligence, Mind Control, Downloading knowledge, Data Exhaust, & modern scientific ethical complexities
People are concerned. It used to be a world of just *DO* science without our full awareness of the consequences. It was just a general thirst for knowledge coupled with a panic of discovery driven by a primal human capitalism. I believe this led to be the blood on his hands, of which Oppenheimer spoke about. *Now*, there is an awareness that scientific discovery has very real consequences now and in the immediate future, while we prepare to innovate ourselves towards perpetuity. Like Nellie said in Contact… if we can get through our technological immaturity, and learn without killing ourselves in the meantime, the human race has the capacity to be infinite. What we look like at the end of it, however, is just what these tiny conversations are currently about. The current ethical issues will be forgotten in time, and our future selves won’t understand how much we cared what we become… but the nature of evolution is as murky as how human the human race will be when we get to the finish line. I am hoping distant relatives intone a slight humanity at the end of time, while being evolved enough to withstand the infinite crispness of entropy, moving through a frozen time where energy has ebbed to a blackened figment. No one beats the outcome of this universe, but I still have hope a vestige of the human race will be party to it.