Nihilism seems to have undertones of apathy, doesn’t it? There’s something about it like a big sigh. A world-weary, ‘ho hum’ sort of way of …
The Jaron Lanier effect
The Jaron Lanier interference pattern was bound to ripple its way back into my awareness, sooner or later. I blame this squarely on how long …
Space invaders vs Space Builders : pick your Fermi-antiparadox
Updated 2011-03-24 As I said before, my guess is that sentience is overrated. That was going to be the expanded-upon point of my whole post, …
a billion little red pitchforks…
I AM SICK. I hurt all over.I went to a walk-in clinic* and they were absolutely bloody useless. The checkup was akin to being frisked, …
In flagrante delirium : my 5AM mind-body crunch
I had a bad dream.But the thing is, I knew I was about to have one; I had a rough outline of what was gonna …
re-understanding computing
I was reading this blog post on the expanding notion of what computing is, over at Broader perspective. I like the inclusion of ideas from …
States of conciousness, states of evolution.
I came across this article in scientific american about how people conceptualize different types of beings – with respect to how much consciousness / human …