Archive for April, 2010
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Hawking may have a point – if we look in the mirror, maybe it would be best NOT to try and contact aliens. And certainly we shouldn’t invite them to Thanksgiving dinner.
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This stuff comes straight out of a bad horror movie.
I guess this comes as close to social commentary as I like to get. As long as the price of gas doesn’t get too high, it seems like most Americans can’t be bothered to be concerned about what’s going on outside their neighborhood. I don’t profess to be any better just because I read some articles on the interwebs, I still Baa! with the best of the sheeple.
A little stem cell work and we’re on our way to regenerating body parts. Think of all the cool party tricks you could pull off with that ability.
I get it, simple motor skills will be the first to be replaced by mind control devices – things like remote controls. And I also can see where control of prosthetic limbs would be of invaluable use to amputees. But for the general public, all I can envision is people using this type of technology to become greater coach potatoes.
The numbers are in and show conclusively (well, almost… maybe) that the air over Europe is cleaner for having disrupted air traffic via Iceland’s volcanic eruption. Clearly, this might be the way forward. And, at the least, how many times do you get to see Palaeoproterozoic in a comic strip? That’s the kind of sub-reference that I live for.
Nothing that we eat hasn’t been genetically altered, but most of us get a little freaked out believing that organic is better. After all, it says it’s organic right on the label. And it’s more expensive. So it has to be better, right?
I suppose it is within reason to question just how altered a food is, and it’s understandable that we might be concerned over pesticide and hormone use. Still, I haven’t grown a third arm, yet, so I guess they can keep irradiating that fruit coming up from Mexico. Because I love me them ripe strawberries all year long.
There’s certainly plenty of sources out there (and I lost the article that sparked this strip), but here’s one if you need a place to start.
I love the notion that there’s even a chance that we might discover life or its remains on another planet within my lifetime. It would be especially cool to find it in our solar system. It’s also interesting how difficult it is to imagine truly alien creatures/beings. Even though we have bizarre creatures here on this planet, it’s still difficult to imagine something that doesn’t look like it came from a familiar monster movie (and have it still resemble a life form). So, you get my take on some strange silicon-based creatures.
If the pigeons ever figure out they’re being followed, it’ll screw up everything.
Straight from the headlines - criminal activity too stupid to be made up.