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Vogue
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Posted - 2010.06.16 22:36:00 -
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For future human development I wonder (I am no scientist, my maths is average) if there is a limit to what mankind can understand with its perception of linear time and 3d space. Is there a danger than future AI quantum computers can acheive a better perception of the universe\multiverses that no human can acheive and pose an obsolescence problem for mankind.
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc.
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.06.17 12:15:00 -
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What happens to any species, human or others in the universe, when they reach a zenith of development. Where their environment no longer tests and tasks with stress. At this entropic point does decadence ensue? Or do they take on a role of dealing.. manipulating other lesser species for their own wants.
Humans are in awe of the notion of super powerful aliens. And maybe uber powerful aliens actually are in envy of humans in one respect - They are still driven to go beyond what they currently are. The wild fire of evolution through conflict, co-operation with pained experience.
I thought this as i have started reading Stephen Baxter's Origin.
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc.
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Posted - 2010.06.17 14:20:00 -
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Edited by: Vogue on 17/06/2010 14:20:54
^^^ very true. When thinking of aliens most people get caught by popular sci fiction that mostly is typical story telling - the humans are the good guys and beat aliens which are not really aliens but an evil version of humans. Such stories are easy self vilification and don't really try to fathom what aliens could really be like.
The best Scifi in books is far more bold and adventurous than what is put on TV and cinema.
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc.
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Posted - 2010.06.18 09:07:00 -
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People talk of 'alien invaders'. But what If Aliens were on Earth before man and what If Aliens seeded mankind in the first place on planet earth. And that aliens have been doing stuff, tinkering here and there since man could walk. The notion of 'alien invaders' to me then is if it invades your dogmatic value system.
The moment in 2010 A Space Odyessy where the monolith did something to the monkey's brains that gave them the spark of 'technology' - using a bone as a tool\weapon i thought was very intriguing.
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc.
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2010.06.18 17:51:00 -
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There is no new radical comedy nowadays like there was in the past, esspecially in the 80's in the UK such as spitting image. Now everything seems mainstream. Those pop musicians and comedians who used to be radicals are now mainstream. To me this seems to be a worrying lack of dynamism.
This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogvMnx-2nFg has some interesting viewpoints.
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Vogue
Mercurialis Inc.
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Posted - 2010.06.18 18:08:00 -
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^^^ Yes. Ghost In The Shell is in a league of its own for mixing exciting scifi action with good sociology.
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