Despite the dark clouds approaching our civilization in 2022, here is why I'm looking forward to the future anyway. One of my favorite SF stories is one by Frederick Pohl in which the protagonist, who I'll call Ted, travels about the galaxy in his personal spaceship with an AI associate that manifests itself in the … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Will Einstein come back?
Rescuing Science | Ghost Races – how David Reich and modern genetics have opened Pandora’s Box | Do you know who you are?
In 2016, the lid of Pandora's box opened wide and a whole mob of ancient ghosts whirled out.
Rescuing the Future | climate change | first the simple answer
The way out is via the door. Why is it that no one will use this method? - Confucious This is another subject I've been avoiding. But reading a post last week of Cheche Winnie, a Kenyan blogger I follow (Cheche Winnie.com) because she provides an up close and interesting look into … Continue reading Rescuing the Future | climate change | first the simple answer
Rescuing the Future | Artificial Intelligence | Is Superintelligence coming or not?
I still hope to one day meet and talk to a machine that is more intelligent than I am.
Rescuing Reality | Why reading and writing are older than talking
Whenever I see animal tracks ...... I'm always reminded of this obvious truth: that reading and writing are older than speech.
Autism | Theory of Mind | Do you think like a Baboon?
Sometimes psychologists try to explain autism using 'theory of mind'. Books on psychology devote whole chapters to theory of mind, but to keep a lid on this idea, I'll just quote Dictionary.com: the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc. Those … Continue reading Autism | Theory of Mind | Do you think like a Baboon?
Paranormal World | Children who speak of past lives | Ian Stevenson and reading Old Souls again
So you have only two choices - refuse to look at the evidence since mainstream scientists say you shouldn't look at it, or dig into it on your own. Believe me, that is a real adventure....
Rescuing the truth | Where did insensitive people come from?
Insensitivity may ultimately destroy this planet, so it has to be confronted.
Paranormal World | Children who speak of past lives | Veer Singh in the after-life
Here is something interesting. Among my new posts, those on autism draw the most visits to this site. But with older posts, those about Ian Stevenson and his investigation of children who talk of past lives get more traffic than all the rest put together. Why? Well, all paranormal phenomena are interesting, but these children … Continue reading Paranormal World | Children who speak of past lives | Veer Singh in the after-life
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