The drawbridge is there - at the front. You've been using the tradesmans' entrance at the side.
On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 3:04:53 PM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Welcome Sue to minds eye.. i believe things have guiet because of the > happenings in Paris. Neil is protected by a large moat without a > drawbridge. > > Actually yesterday's response is a fantastic notice to terrorist. Not in > my name -- I am Charlie. > > > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Évitez; assassiner, le viol et l'esclavage des autres > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 3:49 PM > Subject: Mind's Eye Welcome Sue Linda - and time 4 billion years on > > Hi Sue Linda. Feel free to join in. We are a bit quiet at the moment, > though sometimes manage to get ourselves going. > > So what would the implications of time be 4 billion years on? > > 1. Would some archaeological historian be writing the relatively short > history of an ape species with a deformed 24th chromosome pair, with > evidence from the remains of a planet 'crisped' by its red giant star? > 2. Could we 'travel' to the future if a species with 4 billion years more > civilisation (now) happened along to colonise Mars and had a good neighbour > intervention policy concerning 'primitives libidinising themselves to > over-population and planet burning'? > 3. Would even what we now think of as particles have developed 4 billion > years on in the evolving universe? > 4. How would anyone returning to the present explain her years with the > advanced civilisation to we 'plebs'? > 5. What of techniques of future profiling we have now and their role in > imagining and bringing change - a classic is called 'science fiction > prototyping' - imagine the social structure of the future to work out which > products we should be working on now. > > I'm particularly interested on how science fiction makes the future full > of our present and traditions - an example to me of non-imagination writ > large and entertainment as diversion from creative practical solutions. > Sci-fi mags are full of guidelines not to write this dross, but publish > nothing else - chronic stuff like looking down at pot-holes with > steel-toothed rats lurking at the bottom - standard fare on the walk home > after a few beers. > > Some might remember Wittgenstein used to imagine up tribes and how they > would have to invent language - so we might understand the nature of > language without the preconceptions of the stuff we use out of habit. > Imagine coming back here after years with a 4 billion year old > civilisation where honesty is the best policy because there is a > technological telepathy and trying to talk to others about it. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
