If I recall one of the (improbable) possibilities thrown up by Barrow
Tipler was that as atoms vanish the human body would also vanish, be
converted into an energy form, and that at the final point the
ultimate purpose of life would be revealed as being to prevent the
Universe from destroying
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On 4/4/12, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote:
So. In short. Has everybody BUT me gone to some toggle in Google and in
Firefox and in I.E. and done something like “turn off tracking”. Is the
peril
Ah, one of my favorite authors, Arthur C. Clarke. Well, in 2012 the von
Neumann machines were used to increase the density of Jupiter to fusion
point, creating Lucifer, the solar system's second star, in order that the
life on Europa might have a more stable source of heat to evolve in than
the
I agree with a statement by Robert Lancaster that it is important to stand
up against things you believe are serious infringements of basic rights ..
like privacy. As he said, I think quoting Churchhill, losing the fight is
only defeat, not fighting is surrender.
Impossible odds can be just
Glen wrote:
. But for average Joes, you're likely to be thrown in jail (without due
process) whether you're engaging in criminal activity or not. You may
happen to be hispanic in Arizona or black in Florida or gay in Texas or
Muslim in Oregon. Whatever your attributes, some hub, somewhere
I go back to the original question I asked Owen. Why are these fantasies
INTERESTING?. Now, quickly, I have to admit, they don't capture my
imagination that well. But I also have to admit that I firmly believe that
NOBODY is interested in anything for nothing. IE, wherever there is an
interest
There's a long lost Star Trek episode ' Run In With The Kardashians' on
YouTube but I wouldn't go there - it should remain lost. The 'real'
Cardassians are mentioned here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardassian.
Their noses are gray.
Now setting aside possible derogatory use of 'fantasies',
Uh, does there have to be a reason? I'm interested just because I am
-- a portion of trying to understand as much about the Universe we
inhabit as is possible.
To put it another way: Why are you interested in the details of the
definition or use of induction? I found that discussion massively
Lilke
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Bruce Sherwood bruce.sherw...@gmail.comwrote:
Uh, does there have to be a reason? I'm interested just because I am
-- a portion of trying to understand as much about the Universe we
inhabit as is possible.
To put it another way: Why are you interested
Doug
You read me wrong. I found it uninteresting, but assumed that if it
interested you there MUST b e a reason, and that if I knew the reason, I,
too, would find it interesting.
Where we seem to disagree is on one of my most fundatmental ideas: if
somebody finds something interesting,
I actually have not turned off such a switch. This is not because I am lazy
or because I do not care about matters of privacy - on the contrary, I care
a great deal that people have the law-guaranteed right to create, reveal,
own, and trade/barter/buy/sell as much or as little data about or by
I would hope respect for the right to privacy is not a fringe extreme
opinion.
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We've mentioned E.O. Wilson on the list, so I though I'd toss out a pointer
to his recent Charlie Rose talk:
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12273
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Yes, well; I'm not entirely sure it works that way, at least not for me.
It's either interesting, or it's not. Examining how other folks derive
their fascinations just doesn't, you know, get my hormones flowing.
--Doug
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Nicholas Thompson
Fantasy is the sharp edge of creative thought. Fantasy is proto-science. No
pejorative intended.
My question is NOT argumentative . or not meant to be. In a way, I have bet
my whole career on such questions.
Let me give you an example, which is sort of creepy, but, I think,
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