[Vo]:Dinosaurs Rule

2017-03-04 Thread Jones Beene 
Interesting factoid about the population of earth... courtesy of the 
latest issue of Anthropocene - from a worthy group of science-oriented 
futurists who strongly support LENR. Join up if you are so inclined.


http://www.anthropoceneinstitute.com/

Anyway, the dominant species on terra-firma these days, at least until 
robots are perfected... (in terms of population)... is arguable not 
human, nor even mammal.


The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since before 
the discovery of the fossil called Archaeopteryx - which is a bit of 
both. The chicken carries many dino genes for sure ... and notably there 
are about 21 billion chickens alive at any moment vs. only about a third 
that number of humans. Good thing they can't vote.


Paleontologists like Jack Horner are actually trying to "reverse 
engineer" the chicken back into an earlier version, kinda like what we 
saw in Jurassic Park using dormant DNA. They have already had some 
success. Here is “How to Build a Dinosaur” - his TED talk.


https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken

I suspect in a hundred years there will be more intelligent robots than 
chickens, and maybe less humans, so the irony is that in terms of 
numbers, we as a species never made the grade.


Furthermore, if you believe Kervran, chickens have evolved the ability 
to transmute elements. If that feature can be incorporated then the next 
carrier of the advanced circuitry may not be us. Possibly 
"trans-humanism" may look more like "trans-dinamation" ... T-Rex with 
petaFLOPS


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[Vo]:LENR NAVIGATING IN FOG

2017-03-04 Thread Peter Gluck 
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2017/03/mar-04-2017-lenr-navigating-in-fog.html

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Cluj, Romania
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Re: [Vo]:OT: Confidence games

2017-03-04 Thread H LV 
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Psychology writer Maria Konnikova talks about her book, "The Confidence
Game," and the ways people can be drawn into a con. From magicians and
psychics to pyramid schemes, Konnikova outlines what is going on in the
brains of both the con artist and the mark.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibZ5eDjKlY

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:12 AM, H LV  wrote:

> The Psychology of Con Artists, and How to Avoid Them | Maria Konnikova
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlBiMdlyyU
>
> What Psychological Traits Does the Con Artist Look for in Victims?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWFj8hjwbxI
>
> Maria Konnikova: We are all vulnerable to con artists (Feb 24, 2016) |
> Charlie Rose
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjIpYiT8kjQ
>

[Vo]:OT: Confidence games

2017-03-04 Thread H LV 
The Psychology of Con Artists, and How to Avoid Them | Maria Konnikova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlBiMdlyyU

What Psychological Traits Does the Con Artist Look for in Victims?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWFj8hjwbxI

Maria Konnikova: We are all vulnerable to con artists (Feb 24, 2016) |
Charlie Rose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjIpYiT8kjQ