Recent content by inaneventure

Has Master and Commander been mentioned yet? How about this: great scenes in not-great movies: 1) Alexander, battle of Guagamela 2) Enemy at the Gates, Stalingrad, general sniping awesomeness 3) The Eagle, rescuing the captives in the beginning 4) Kingdom of Heaven, Siege of Jerusalem...

If God exists – and he doesn't – he is irrelevant.

This is an old TED Talk, one of my favorites, that I think everyone here should see. It starts off a little dry, but stick with it. It is the tale of a brain scientist who, through the unfortunate occurrence of her own stroke, was able to travel to the frontiers of perception, identity, and...

One aspect of the ancient Egyptians that I don't think was mentioned yet was the exceptional longevity and relative stability of their culture. They had hundreds of generations to gradually refine their technologies (do these Alien technology proponents ever mention the shitty preceding...

The answer, in all seriousness, is a magic lamp. What, exactly, a "magic lamp" might be in reality is another story. When I think about what technology or technique the term could be referring to, my imagination moves away from a literal Alladin lamp to something, perhaps out of Ghostbusters.

Hi, I discovered the Paracast within the past few months and have been binging, so I have a lot on my mind, as you might imagine. I thought I'd introduce myself and possibly start a conversation about some of my fascinations and frustrations with the paranormal. I'm in my mid thirties...