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Quotes from “The Immortalization Commission”.

Religion, Science 19 June 2011 | 3 Comments

He knew dying is rarely dignified or beautiful. Yet he saw clearly the dangers of spending his days running away from it. So instead he entered the death machine, faced its perils and then stepped away. The risks he faced only kept him more keenly alive.

Empathetic Earthlings

Politics, Religion, Science 19 April 2011 | 1 Comment

At the base the theory is the same as the empathetic civilization in that humans evolved to have mirror neurons, which allow for empathy. It is important to understand that this is quite a unique evolutionary trait.

Fermat

Intelligence, Science, Videos 6 September 2010 | 0 Comments

Anyways, this probably all sounds very boring to you, but what is amazing is that Andrew Wiles worked on this math proof for 7 years and did nothing else. He spent day and night working on this and nothing else. And in the video when he describes how he felt when he solved it…he says “It was the most important moment of his working life…(he tears up here)…nothing I ever do again will…(now he waves away the camera because he can’t continue speaking due to emotion)”.

Death revisited

Psychotic, Religion, Science 3 July 2010 | 1 Comment

It had to be asked: What was it I was so attached to? Is it just something in the imagination? When you have done time in a mental hospital, that is never a trivial question. If he wasn’t just imaginary, then where did he go? Do real things just disappear like that? If they do, then the conservation laws of physics are in trouble. But if we stay with the laws of physics, then the Chris that disappeared was unreal. Round and round and round. He used to run off like that just to make me mad. Sooner or later he would always appear, but where would he appear now? After all, really, where did he go?

Water Dr Emoto Documentary

Science, Videos 13 May 2010 | 0 Comments

For anyone who saw the movie ” What the bleep do we know ” you probably will remember the scene where the girl is waiting to catch a train and she ends up listening to someone talk about Messages from Water research by Dr Emoto. You may recall the images that were formed when either [...]