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Good point, a few thoughts: 1) This is already happening, even without "AI". See Craig Ventner's brute force approach to decoding the human genome. 2) "AI" as a concept has problems. There is no computer that doesn't rely on programming which in turn is founded on a formal logic system...

Wow, sitting here with goosebumps. I've wondered about this as an explanation for ghosts. Maybe through some kind of telepathic "glitch" you play someone else's memory in your mind. About the missing eyes & mouth, interesting that these are they key features for communication, the features...

Welcome and thanks for sharing. About this: Did you feel like you and the others were actually on a space craft? In other words, how literally do you interpret this memory?

Great questions. They seem to have a great deal of control but oddly, their control is not complete. Otherwise we would never know about these abductions.

Great thread. This part struck me: This is exactly what could happen if our existence is really a computed simulation. Entities with "admin" access to the simulation could do all of those things in your list very easily. But if that is the case, then they could also perfectly cover their...

With respect, Martha, there's nothing secret or private about your address, or where your address lies on the Lat/Long grid. But I don't know why they are using GPS units. Probably they're trying to automate the paper work with a mobile device and GPS helps validate their data entry. As...

Agreed. I've got serious problems with how the Obama admin is handling the torture issue, hiding previous power abuses with bogus "state secrets" defense, and the cronyism of financial industry bailout. These are all real issues. This census-GPS stuff is just fake issue invented by right...

I'm arguing causation with someone who thinks 23 cents gave them bad luck. But what the heck, one more point: If that's the case, then I guess there's no point in talking about other planets getting warmer.

So if other planets got hotter without human activity, then it's impossible for Earth to get hotter because of human activity? It's stupidest premise I've come across in this whole phony "debate".

Surely you're not suggesting that it is impossible for human activity to affect the atmosphere? You're ruling it out completely?

The FCC is apparently seeking the public's input on how to encourage increased diversity of ownership of broadcast media. The FCC will have on open hearing on May 7th, so if you're fired up about this issue, maybe you should attend. I'm sure execs & lobbyists from big media corporations will...

Thanks for sharing. There's a ton of high-tech defense industry around Huntsville. (Marshall Space Flight Center).

This thread smells like search engine optimization. Is it working?

Fair enough, I still feel like questions like this are hampered by the unstated assumptions in our vocabularly. In other words, when the first live cell was born depends on meaning of "live" and "cell".

Instead of providing an excuse to dismiss a witness account, logical inconsistencies might provide clues to the nature of the experience. Case in point: I find this very intriguing too. If you can see it, then light must be bouncing off of someting physical. My intuition on this is that...

"A cell" ? Ok, how about just a strand of nucleaic acid just floating around in the primordial soup? When it replicated was it "alive"? On the other side of the coin, what about lipid membranes that form spontanously but don't have any DNA living in them? Are they alive?

Obvious point I suppose but in 1966 there was a lot going on with space race/nuke race. Same month as Malmstrom, UK & France launched new nuclear subs. One month prior, Soviets tested a nuke in Kazakhstan after Italy launched its first guided missile cruiser, and NASA launched Lunar Orbiter 3...

Try this on for size: There was no moment. The laws of physics determine how atoms behave, atomic states determine what molecules can be formed, chemistry and themodynamics favor some molecular interactions over others. Many incremental changes in spontaneously formed chemical compounds from...

Astounding. I'm speechless, thanks so much for sharing. Kool Milds?

Oh ok, I misread you. Other things I agree with: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas Climatology is not a full-fledged science. We don't know all of the factors yet. Things I don't agree with: That there is absolutely no human factor. That AGW is a lie on the part of some sinister carbon tax...