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1. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Hetu Hegirin wrote: When was a time that you felt furthest from 'home', and was physical proximity a factor? If home is where one feels most as oneself then I would say it was when I assumed an alternate identity for almost five years and f...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.02.25 08:26:04
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2. [Philosophy] The meaning of life: negative entropy vs freedom. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Ironically, the very act of doing Work (expending Energy) in any form increases entropy due to the laws of thermodynamics. Chemical processes, building starships, creating a building, the gravitational collapse of gas into star are all examples of...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.31 23:35:17
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3. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Aria Jenneth wrote: What is the world, to you? A noumenon, a thing-in-itself that exists separate from my own perception and experience. As I seek to understand my own perception and experience of the world so must I also try to understand...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.26 21:51:07
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4. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Jev North wrote: Let's turn that around - what generally held belief or cultural norm really annoys you? That the pursuit of eradicating contradiction and ensuring consistency of thought in generally held beliefs annoys those who would cons...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.16 06:43:14
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5. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Aria Jenneth wrote: Do you ever wonder whether the universe you arrive in at the other end of a warp or wormhole (including jumping) is the same universe, or just a very similar one? (After all, our methods of transportation get us around the ...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.15 06:59:07
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6. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Arrendis wrote: what's the ultimate question of the thread? What is love? You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the ...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.08 08:10:54
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7. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Aria Jenneth wrote: What color do you most associate with yourself, and why? (Not necessarily your favorite.) Shades of grey; because it's neither black or white. Do you consider self-identity as an infomorph critical to existence?
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.08 05:51:48
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8. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Jason Galente wrote: On that note.. what is an invention that, in your opinion, stretches the limits of human decency? Let's get creative. CRISPR/CasX systems used to conduct genetic attacks on human populations by re-writing cells, and es...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.06 11:41:04
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9. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Jev North wrote: Matias Kurovassi wrote: I would say my previous work of fiction was an accurate portrayal of a monster. Mm. I'd say your current work of fiction is trying a little too hard to distance itself from her, though. Absolu...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.02 11:07:25
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10. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Valerie Valate wrote: So. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, thought about all the things you've done as a capsuleer, and had a moment of clarity and thought you were a monster ? If so, what did you do about it ? Sure. I woul...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2017.01.02 02:40:08
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11. An Idea: Because I am bored for the moment. - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Jev North wrote: Have you read any good books, or seen a decent holo -- one that made you think, or at least engaged you for longer than the time it took to watch it? What was it about? While neither a book or a holo, the poem, The Long Mar...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.12.17 11:56:01
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12. A Reflection on Matias Sobaseki - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Aria Jenneth wrote: Matias Kurovassi wrote: Aria Jenneth wrote: The last time the people of the State spoke, they lifted Tibus Heth to power. I do have my doubts it was the people of the State who provided the tens of trillions of ISK ...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.11.13 01:05:11
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13. A Reflection on Matias Sobaseki - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Aria Jenneth wrote: The last time the people of the State spoke, they lifted Tibus Heth to power. I do have my doubts it was the people of the State who provided the tens of trillions of ISK necessary to purchase the stock in Caldari Constr...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.11.08 17:40:33
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14. A Reflection on Matias Sobaseki - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Karmilla Strife wrote: This one started out so well thought out, I knew it would be derailed within hours. Thank you OP for the briefest window into the mindset of a sometimes difficult to understand ally. My thanks for the compliment! I a...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.11.08 06:30:52
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15. A Reflection on Matias Sobaseki - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
(continued.) Unlike those in the CPD and the Templis I still believe in the inherent truth of Caldari exceptionalism as presented by Matias Sobaseki and made manifest in the modern State. I do not believe, as the Provists did, that the State must...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.11.06 13:30:26
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16. A Reflection on Matias Sobaseki - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
In response to opinions expressed here : When I was a young man and watched Sobaseki's first indictment of the Federation at the New Oriyoni Collective I was moved to feeling and emotion by the words of a man who spoke honestly of Caldari except...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.11.06 13:29:47
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17. [IKAME] Directive Alpha Gamma 12 and the Society - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
I am not assigning any nobility to the actions of the SSoE as regards their proliferation of clone technology. In fact, what they did could be considered positively underhanded. The Jove Empire and now its successor, the Society, are the only CONC...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.10.17 07:31:39
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18. [IKAME] Directive Alpha Gamma 12 and the Society - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
What if the Society always had access to the particular cloning technology and the SSoE just wanted a means to ensure its dissemination without Society/CONCORD interference by playing to signatory self-interest?
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.10.17 05:59:26
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19. [news] New Capsuleer Cloning Technology Developments Already in Use.... - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
While confusing that the Servant Sisters who have been the harshest critics of the violence and death propagated by capsuleers to then provide technology to expand their numbers, I think in light of the Drifters and the threat they pose, more caps...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.10.16 07:52:45
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20. [news] Theology Council Issues Advisory Exhortation on Status of Clo... - in Intergalactic Summit [original thread]
Pieter Tuulinen wrote: Speaking of the modern state of the cloning industry, when is the last time that any of us had to choose the quality of our clone body? Yesterday, when I switched clone service providers. Which really is why I'm curio...
- by Matias Kurovassi - at 2016.10.16 00:15:44
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