February 2012 S M T W T F S « Jan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Archives
Tags
artificial intelligence business chemical cloud colleen conspiracy copyright culture economics economy fantasy fear future global government hacking History innovation law literature love medical memetics national news nuclear Original philosophy poetry political politics porn pranks pseudoscience psychology radical Science space statism sustainability technolog technology war wikileaks
Category Archives: Philosophy
The Pattern of Growth
There comes a time when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead, in your tracks, and somewhere the voice in your head cries out “ENOUGH!” Enough fighting, and crying, and struggling to hold on. And like a child quieting after a blind tantrum, your sobs [...]
Normal people
I often have conversations, referring offhandedly to “weird people” and “normal people,” and am challenged by the phrase, “there’s no such thing as normal.” Clearly, you do not know how to identify normal people.1 I understand the difficulty: Normal people are a diverse group. They are that generic looking guy who walked passed you on [...]
Then came humans
Then came human beings. They wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to. Some invented something to cling onto, and today we call this culture. Others challenged themselves to stand alone. They lived without God, Culture, or Nation, and they became fully whole, healthy human beings. The clingers cried about loneliness and world [...]
Also posted in poem Leave a comment
A word on love
I tend to think that true love never ends. It may eventually become impossible to continue being with the loved one, or worse, your love may turn to hatred, but the strength of your feelings towards the person should not diminish. I don’t really believe in this TV-series scenario where she says, “I’m sorry, David, [...]
Spam Will Herald In A New Age
According to New Scientist, A team of computer scientists from the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, CA are claiming to have found an “effectively perfect” method for blocking spam. “The system… works by exploiting a trick that spammers use to defeat email filters. As spam is churned out, subtle changes are typically incorporated into the [...]
Also posted in Informational, Science Tagged artificial intelligence, future, hacking, innovation, radical, technology Leave a comment
Epistemological Problems in Big Bang Theory