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Make Decisions Based on Means or Consequence? 2008-04-25 15:39:52 When deciding what decisions should be made in the future, it’s important to analyze what aspects of a decision hold value.
Here is an interesting moral dilemma that was created by Philippa Foot.
“A runaway trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people who have been tied down in its path. If nothing happens, they will [...] Read more:Decisions
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Gene Roddenberry- Scifi is a Method for Thinking 2008-04-23 10:59:18 For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects.
Gene Roddenberry
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Power Suits 2008-04-17 13:07:50 Today, slashdot is running an artcle about how the U.S. army has developed power suits, which give the wearer super-human strength. When this technology comes down in price, it could have lots of practical applications. Imagine how useful it would be to wear one of these while working in a lumber yard or moving hay bails.
Even more interesting, [...] Read more:Suits
The Best Way to Handle Genetic Engineering and Cloning - Part II 2008-04-12 18:23:29 Below I’ve described possible solutions to the problems with genetic engineering and cloning that were discussed in Part I.
Solutions to problems with genetic engineering:
1.Risk of eliminating diversity.
Random mutations could be induced for all, or a certain percentage of the population. This could be a safety net against people with a certain gene being [...] Read more:Handle
, Cloning
The Best Way to Handle Genetic Engineering and Cloning - Part I 2008-04-05 19:20:10 We’ve already cloned and genetically engineered animals. Scientists are just waiting for a greenlight, so that they can apply this science to humans. In some ways it’s even a stretch to say they are waiting. We have already cloned human embryos, which would grow up to be clones if we [...] Read more:Handle
, Cloning
Carl Sagan-Science Ignorance Will Lead to Destruction 2008-04-30 11:18:40 We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
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, Destruction
Is it Software, Biology, or Both? 2008-05-02 14:06:54 This blogger creates graphical programs that simulate cellular processes.
Have a look!
planetary gear
This is a startling example of the trend towards merging software and biology. It might be a ways off, but eventually we will be able to simulate entire organisms. If you created a simulation that exactly mimicked a sentient organism, would deleting [...] Read more:Software
Frank Herbert-Helpless Feeling Societies Create Kings 2008-05-08 00:04:46 If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
FrankHerbert
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Podclusters - Future of Space Living 2008-05-10 19:49:19 Podclusters are an idea that Blake Riley and I came up with. As far as I know, this is an original idea. Although, it seems simple enough that it’s possible someone has already thought of it. If you’ve heard of something similar somewhere else, please let me know.
Private space travel has [...] Read more:Future
, Space
, Living
Large Hadron Collider 2008-05-21 21:09:03 The Large Hadron Collider will either affirm or obliterate some of the most important theories in physics. The downside? It also might destroy the earth.
The video below does a good job of explaining the importance of Higgs Particles. The LHC will either confirm or debunk the existence of Higgs Particles. In [...]
Trusting and Oxytocin 2008-05-27 15:13:23 My wife was taking her usual 45 minute shower yesterday before we were to go up to her parent’s place for a Memorial Day grill out. Knowing I’d have ample time to kill, I started surfing the net and soon stumbled upon at advertisement for something called “Liquid Trust Enhanced”. Mildly intrigued, I clicked on [...]
The First Human Clones 2008-05-30 19:33:21 The first human clones will likely begin growing in wombs within a year. This procedure will be lead by scientist Panayiotis Zavos. A few groups claim they have already cloned humans. It’s possible that humans have already been cloned, but this will be the first public, verified, and wide-spread use of cloning.
Dr. Zavos runs one of the world’s [...] Read more:First
, Clones
U.S. - The Super Country 2008-06-05 22:21:35 My neighbors are from Kazakhstan, they are touring the U.S. for about a year before returning to college in their country. They live in various locations for a couple of months at a time, find jobs, and learn about the area.
Janna(Zhanna) is majoring in political science in Kazakhstan. She said something very interesting the other day.
She said that the U.S. has all the oil Read more:Super
, Country
Christianity - Harmful to Our Future 2008-06-14 22:34:06 Chrisitianiy is the most popular religion in the world. In the U.S., over 80% of the population is christian. The majority of christians think the world is going to end soon. This poses a large hurdle when trying to make preparations for the future.
We are starting to run into potentially devastating problems, whose solutions require [...] Read more:Christianity
, Future
Grains of Consciousness 2008-06-17 16:41:36 We could not possibly be conscious of these things and remember all of them because our mind would be so full of useless details we would be unable to think. From all this awareness we must select, and what we select and call consciousness is never the same as the awareness because the process of [...] Read more:Grains
, Consciousness
Purpose of Life? 2008-07-02 22:34:07 It’s been almost a month now since I’ve posted. I sincerely apologize. Life has been busy, I’ve been too wore out to think and have been undergoing an identity crisis of a “What the fuck should I be doing with my life?” nature.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the purpose of life. I used to think [...] Read more:Purpose
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