Thinking about any scenario that places your loves one(s) in danger is rather morbid but for the sake of exploration… read more »
Death Trap (Game Theory)
Rebuild Humanity?
One of my favourite films is the 1960 classic (H.G. Wells’) The Time Machine.… read more »
3 Laws Unsafe
Most people should be familiar with the box office success I, Robot (2004), it’s… read more »
Why you should ignore Cosmetic Problems
So I’m watching the first season of The West Wing and the White House staff are interviewing a young African-American teenager for the position of Personal Aid to the President. Josh Lyman, the Deputy Chief of Staff, is concerned that it will look poor for a ‘young black kid’ to ‘wait’ on the President.… read more »
Freak or Idiot?
Given the choice which would you prefer to be, Freak or Idiot?
Firstly what type of freak? The word means something that is a strange deviation from nature. So freak would be a ball falling upwards which is a deviation from the natural phenomenon known as gravity. The question doesn’t… read more »
You’ve already made the choice
Pre-determination implies there is a plan for the Universe, a fixed route to get from the past to the future. In this type of Universe no accidents occur because they were all suposed to happen and although we think we are making choices we’re not, we’re just conforming to the plan.
In… read more »