creating life…
2010.05.24 ~ 11:56:39
This is simultaneously mind-blowing and terrifying. It sounds like the beginning of an apocalyptic sci-fi movie.
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man as machine
2007.11.20 ~ 10:41:38
A beautiful illustration by Fritz Kahn depicting the human respiratory and digestive system as an industrial palace.
will intelligence evolve?
2007.11.16 ~ 11:33:27
Evolution by natural selection is, by and large, accepted as fact by the large majority of scientists. That is, species change over time is due to external (largely environmental) pressures. If we accept this view, it follows that our brains, as well as our bodies, must also be products of evolution. Since the brain is […]
speaking of physics…
2007.06.19 ~ 07:58:17
I’ve been thinking…
The reason we can’t feel the earth moving is because we are all moving along with it. Think of riding in a moving railroad car - if you jump up in the air you don’t come down in a different spot. Same for a ball tossed straight up in the air.
Assume the […]