The Ah'Koi Bahnis have a long, retractable, prehensile penis that looks like a very large green roundworm. The Centauri males of Babylon 5 also have a large, retractable, prehensile penis, which looks a little like a squid tentacle. I find myself in the strange position of wondering what a, uh... "swordfight" between the two would look like ( Read more... )

It occurred to me just now that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that you can't measure both the position and the momentum of a quantum particle at the same time, says more about the limits of the human brain and its extensions (tools, instruments, etc) than it does about reality. A different kind of mind than ours could possibly ( Read more... )

I was watching the news about the theater shooting recently. As I did, one of my Ah'Koi Bahnis characters said to me, "There is something seriously wrong with your species. Some kind of built in rot or insanity. I do hope it is something that may one day be overcome ( Read more... )

So there's this poll asking if you think it's immoral for the super-rich to avoid paying taxes. After I filled it out, I commented ( Read more... )

So last night, when I was trying to get to sleep, I was instead thinking about rituals invoking the 9 Yahgahn elements and directions. I was even pointing at the different directions. While making gestures for Within, Without, and The All, something struck me about these gestures, and I started thinking about deaf Ah'Koi Bahnis and an AKB version ( Read more... )

While writing in "Extended Vacation," I finally figured out why it took the people of Traipah roughly nine or ten thousand years to go back to being space-faring, while holding onto their technology the whole time: religion and fear. For all the advanced and enlightened nature of Yahgahn and other religions, there was still this pervasive "the gods ( Read more... )

While looking for the word "syncretization" in the computerized dictionary from Merriam Webster, it gave me the definition for "syncretize" as "to attempt to unite and harmonize especially without critical examination or logical unity." This definition kind of pisses me off, because it is bullshit. At least for me, syncretization is only possible ( Read more... )

Scary thought for a fanfic: Dudley Dursley recieves his Hogwart's letter. (And, somehow, actually manages to go to Hogwarts ( Read more... )

The concepts of "good" and "evil" are merely concepts, human judgments. Good is "that which I like/agree with." Evil is "that which I don't like/don't agree with." Morality is a very rigid good/evil view of the world, something adopted by those with minds too feeble to make their own judgment calls, too feeble minded to think for themselves. Ethics ( Read more... )

I haven't liked the term AI, when used to refer to artificial sophonts, for a long long time. I was recently doing another bout of trying to figure out a better term, and I think I came up with a good one ( Read more... )