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(Idea borrowed from aerospcgrl and mchiadh)
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I’m such a sap. There was a bee in my office, banging its little bee head against my window. I initially thought, “sorry dude, but you have to die.” Then I felt bad … what with my recent attempts to do no harm, if I can help it. So I opened the window and (s)he . . . → Read More: Wouldn’t hurt a fly Stolen from jrtom, pointed at simianpower, I bring you The Monkeysphere. It’s the most cogent explanation I’ve ever read for the stunning dual standard that we all exhibit in how we treat the human beings around us. Picture a monkey. A monkey dressed like a little pirate, if you wish. We’ll call him Slappy. . . . → Read More: Monkeysphere I’ve been thinking about that senator from MN who is Muslim and wants to swear with his hand on a Koran rather than a Bible … and something deep in my mind kept sticking up its hand and saying “pick me! pick me!” I finally called on it: You know, they could go to the . . . → Read More: Bibles redmed and I took a class on vegetarian indian cooking last night, and it was the best EVER. There were about 9 students and one instructor. We met in the large kitchen of a local church. The instructor brought a couple bags of ingredients, and taught us how to make dinner. Our bit was the . . . → Read More: Cooking class What a great morning. It’s almost 7, so it’s almost time to start the trek to Boston for our bi-weekly software roadmap meeting. Yay. On Saturday, I spent the afternoon crawling around in cat poop. I went in the crawl space to run a wire to replace the Cable of Terror that currently supplies 40A, . . . → Read More: Morning! Yay! Apparently, I’m going to a meeting of fellow skeptics, brights and similarly non-theistically minded people today (3pm at the TGIF in Seekonk. All are welcome). My prediction is that this will be an unmitigated disaster, will irritate me to no end, and will end quickly. I don’t like most people who self-identify as proud and . . . → Read More: Skeptics of Riverside… The Kurzweil trifecta is complete. I have now shaken his hand and directly asked him a question. I have gazed upon his leathery skin, and breathed the same air as him. . . . → Read More: Kurzweil Debate at the MIT Stata center: 4:30-5:30pm Public Debate David Gelernter vs. Ray Kurzweil Moderated by Rodney Brooks Are we limited to building super-intelligent robotic ‘zombies’ or will it be possible and desirable for us to build conscious, creative, volitional, perhaps even ‘spritual’ machines? $5 on Kurzweil. technolope and I will be meeting at 4pm . . . → Read More: Late notice, awesome lecture I’m becoming fascinated with the prospect of predicting the future. Not in any mystical or astrological sense … but it is inescapably true that the potential for tomorrow is written in signs that I can read today. Specific examples of the tools available are: (a) population and demographic data (b) Moore’s law and other technology . . . → Read More: To read the future |
