By the way, I've never seen The Borg do their thing, so, if that's what they're actually like in Star Trek, then I stand corrected. Though I still...
The way I see it, life on Earth is a sort of gigantic computer. Our various environmental constraints were the inputs and, over the past few billion...
I wholeheartedly agree.
Uhh, that was a rhetorical question :p
Benevolence is a word that you used. It has connotations of good and evil, which, you would agree, is just opinion. What I'm talking about is...
I guess what I'm trying to say is that a lot of people act like humans are the end product of evolution. I think we're just another rung in the...
Right on, I figured he wouldn't have overlooked that. On the other hand, I feel like that makes our "wishes" somewhat irrelevant. If advanced...
I know Hawking is a brilliant guy and all, but how much sense does his argument actually make? We're assuming that this hypothetical alien...
This thing about people having a right to live looks good on paper but I think the argument is misplaced. There are tons of people ALREADY LIVING...
Way to shoot down my brilliant scheme, Nasor. Though I do like the idea of automated weapons. That sounds awesome. It certainly would be difficult...
Ditto Dywyddyr. If you picked a large enough asteroid, I'm pretty sure it would ruin our day no matter where it hit. However, if you were really...
I was about to type up what I think of Adam Curtis but his Wikipedia page basically says everything I'd want to say, and more succinctly. Glad you...
Well, from an evolutionary perspective, it would seem that this tendency to "rate" attractiveness has a lot to do with our desire to pass down...
It might be easier [and more amusing] to just let us do it for them. I imagine any race accustomed to interstellar travel is going to know a thing or...
I noticed that no one has mentioned Adam Curtis yet. Although all of his work [that I've seen, anyway] has been top-notch, there's one documentary in...
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