Category Archives: Technology

Aliens Over For Dinner

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Stephan Hawking, the famous physicist and cosmologist, has a known stance on whether or not we should try and contact alien life and invite them over for tea: “Don’t.” I was excited when I learned that a famous intellectual giant … Continue reading →

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Our Future in Space – TAM 9 Panel

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Greetings! The JREF has started releasing videos from this year’s Amazing Meeting! click this link to take you to the JREF’s site if you want to see it there. For some reason, it’s a little bigger on their site. This is … Continue reading →

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Two Cool Things!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

So I’ve had a cold or something for the past couple of days, hence the low-quality post today. Once I’m back on my feet I’ve got a couple of other things I want to cover. But I can still bring … Continue reading →

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Thought Experiment 3# Where Am I?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

The following is a lecture/essay by Philosopher of Consciousness Daniel C. Dennett and it available all over the internet, so I don’t think this is stealing. It’s a longer one, but it’s the essay that pushed me over the edge … Continue reading →

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Nerd Update!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

iOS 5 was released today! I couldn’t sleep last night so I was able to install it on my iphone early before the servers filled up and download times went from minutes to hours. Here’s a list of some of … Continue reading →

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A Neophyte’s Guide to the Singularity

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

I did not write this, but found it on a tweet from Ray Kurzweil a while ago. It links to this article, but I can’t find the author’s name on the page. I’m bothering to share it as a post … Continue reading →

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What is the Singularity?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Good question! In science-lingo, a singularity is a point where our current model breaks down. An example from physics is the inside of black holes. The technological singularity is hard to talk about because many people mean many different things … Continue reading →

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Earth From Space

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

[Thank you to every birthday well either from yesterday' It was great. Dinner with my family and a night with my friends. Best wishes to all of you] . . . Originally found on Jerry Coyne’s blog (check it out!). … Continue reading →

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Update on Singularity Institute Charity

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

A couple of days ago I made a post in which I asked people to research and consider donating money to the Singularity Institute. I know I nudged at least one person into donating, and that’s awesome. Here are the stats … Continue reading →

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A Short Story Ending in a Request

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

So, I was surfing Facebook earlier, looking at pics posted by other people of TAM 9, when I came across this picture from NECSS 2011 in the sidebar. (I assume it’s a public domain picture, since it was on Facebook, … Continue reading →

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