Category Archives: Future

Carl Sagan: It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars. It will be a species very like us – but with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses.

Posted on 21 June 2010 by Hortopan
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Science and religion

Posted on 20 March 2010 by Hortopan
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Corporation Says It Will Run for U.S. Congress

Posted on 5 February 2010 by Hortopan

Following the Supreme Court decision implicitly granting corporations the right to free speech (by determining that political spending is a kind of speech), a corporation has decided to take what it believes to be “democracy’s next step”: It is running … Continue reading →

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Speeding up.

Posted on 28 January 2010 by Hortopan

A singularity is a point at which an otherwise continuous mathematical progression becomes effectively infinite, implying that all continuous extrapolation breaks down beyond that point. Technological singularity refers to the hypothesis that technological progress will reach such an infinite or … Continue reading →

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Religion

Posted on 28 January 2010 by Hortopan

A growing number of science students on British campuses and in sixth form colleges are challenging the theory of evolution and arguing that Darwin was wrong guardian.co.uk I really can’t understand how people still tend to deny evolution and even … Continue reading →

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