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. Continue reading
January 9, 2009
by stonyhill
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Category Archives: Sci-Tech
December 23, 2008
by willwindow
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Blind Man Sees
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. Continue reading
December 15, 2008
by rekonstruct
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Is Spooky Action the Negation of Distance?
Quantumly entangled particles react instantaneously across distance. Is it an effect of ether? Is it the unraveling of the standard model? Continue reading
October 31, 2008
by rekonstruct
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Star Trek Ethics
The Prime Directive. It was the unbreakable rule. God, I loved it when Picard would break the rules. A few years ago I realized that Star Trek (TNG) had shaped my ethical make up more than my parents, teachers, the bible, Kant, Hobbes, the list goes on. Continue reading
September 25, 2008
by willwindow
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Window Test
I can see myself in your mirror neurons.