Happy Mortal

"Thanks, Stephen. You've done more than than change our view of the universe; you've helped us see how we can fit into it."

The Rocket Boom vid is a good introduction for those unfamiliar with Twitter and offers a good description of Twitter's unique capabilities by comparing it to a worldwide mind. I have to admit the video both freaked me out a bit (think big Brother) and excited me (having the powers of Hermes). Take a gander . . .

The myth that early humans were perfectly in tune with nature is easily disputed by the fact that thousands of years later, piles of refuse still litter the planet, waiting for discovery by anyone with a nose for bits of whittled bone or broken crockery.

More of what I do online seems organic in nature... the "human" stuff that machines aren't supposed to be good at yet.

Robots will take over the world . . . we will all become cybergods . . . yeah we get it. Can I get a little help with my mortgage?

It doesn't matter if you don't join facebook. The medium of the internet has already altered our patterns of perception whether you like it or not.

The water is a cocktail of 21 different active ingredients used in generic drugs to treat, "hypertension, heart disease, liver ailments, depression, ulcers, gonorrhea . . ."

the iconic Star Trek moment is Data on the Holodeck, simulating a poker game with three scientific heroes: Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking.

TN, a middle-aged man from Switzerland suffered two strokes several years ago. The strokes caused extreme damage to his visual cortex, the part of the brain primarily responsible for vision. The catch? He can still see.

Quantumly entangled particles react instantaneously across distance. Is it an effect of ether? Is it the unraveling of the standard model?