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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged...
Hm, I don't know how well humans will integrate with true AI. I for one would be accepting of it and I would like to keep an open mind about them and accept them as another intelligence we can learn from. I guess seeing the fictional character of Data in Star Trek: TNG has biased me in some way...
Yes, that's the kind of 'miracle' I was talking about. As you see, he couldn't stand up in a real fight, although I've seen that video a few months ago. Still somewhat funny to watch. And even though it's no proof for my highly unscientific hypothesis it still seems to be a good piece of...
I wonder what would happen if one of those Tai Chi masters went up against an Akido master or anyone trained in a more defensive martial art that is based on using the momentum of the enemy or the manipulation of the joints.
Also, there is something that I myself have experienced, not while...
Well, maybe they really meant only 24 chromosomes and not 24 chromosome pairs, I mean it's the holy spirit impregnating a human female, but as the holy spirit is supposedly a spirit, he can't have any genetic material, now can he? But that would still leave Jesus with 24 single chromosomes...
See for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXFurmM49WI&feature=rec-r2
Oh, and you shouldn't drink something while watching it.
I mean, that is really shocking evidence for god, I must convert to religion immediately. :lol:
Ah yes, Star Trek TNG, a nice series, haven't seen too much of DS 9 and Voyager and the original series is already a long ways off for me.
What I especially liked about the series was actually Picard, he displayed how well people can be made to function as a group working for their mutual...