Watching a show about the possibility of uploading a person's lifetime of experience and then using that to animate an android body...they suggest it may be possible within the next century, especially with the way a few people are doing the "extreme life recording/blogging" thing, where they wear the camera and everything gets documented, right ( Read more... )

Hypothetical situation (of course):

Someone has an opinion NOT based on experience but on what they have been told is proper -- for instance, "chocolate is icky so don't bother to try it" by a well-meaning parent.  All through life, the person has felt vaguely superior to those who profess a liking for chocolate and puzzled by why they claim to like ( Read more... )

One theory I've heard says that "you get what you believe in / expect" -- that if you believe in reincarnation, you'll come back, if you believe in Heaven or Hell, you'll go to whichever one your conscience decides you deserve ( Read more... )

The other day someone asserted that languages such as Quenya and Klingon "aren't real languages because they're made up."

I countered with "But all languages are made up -- either by the people who grow up speaking them such as German, English, and Mandarin or by those who think them up, like Esperanto, COBOL, or Klingon."

Discuss.

From the outside -- as an observer, a neighbor, a friend -- why should someone choosing to have GRS be a bigger deal than someone having a facelift or rhinoplasty or "boob job"?  "My body/face don't match what I feel like, so I'm getting that corrected."  I do understand (believe me!) that to a spouse or other life partner GRS is a huge deal, or to ( Read more... )

Poll New religion -- why not? (About 40% serious at this point)So I file off the serial numbers and change a few names...should still be able to rack up the contributions with a good marketing agent!

And yes, I realize this will likely offend some folks -- that's what the "leave a comment" button is for.  

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Yes, another one.  *Sigh*  Now that's out of the way...

Why do some people -- and it's mostly females I've noticed this from -- have to be in a group of at least two in order to do something they want to do?  I've heard them say "Oh, I'd really like to see this movie/try this cafe/go to that event but I don't have anyone to go with and I can't go by ( Read more... )

So, are there more frequent and more severe weather and tectonic events (snowstorms, earthquakes, etc.) or are they just more reported due to advances in technology?


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I got a letter today asking if I'd be interested in renewing membership in a certain group I used to belong to -- I enjoyed it for awhile, but eventually it go to where the monthly meetings were nothing more than "bitch sessions." The time that broke it for me was when one of the older men (late 50's, I believe) was fussing about the trash on the ( Read more... )