Controlling the UFO ‘Meme’stream
The comet theory of the 1908 Tunguska, Siberia Event is nothing new. But now there is a 21st Century twist to what happened; The Space Shuttle. A popular news story doing the rounds this week is this Space.com item about how recent space shuttle launches may have solved the mystery of what hit Tunguska in 1908: a [...]
NASA’s Constellation Program Draws Big-time Criticism
Recently, a group of 10 people with various attachments to the aerospace industry started a 11 week tet-a-tete under the auspices of the Obama White House, charged with reviewing America’s space flight goals for the coming decade(s). One of the biggies, the Ares Program that’s supposed to replace the Shuttle by 2015, is already prone [...]
Sci-Fi Links 6/26/2009
SciFi Channel Baen Free Library Jeffery A. Carver’s “Chaos Chronicles” Project Gutenberg Murray Leinster’s “The Aliens” Philip K. Dick’s “Beyond Lies the Wub” Cory Doctorow’s “Craphound” David Brin Greg Bear Gregory Benford Stephen Baxter Greg Egan Excerpt from “Diaspora” “Glory” Iain M. Banks Fanzine Alastair Reynold’s Blog
Some Singularity News
The meme of a technological singularity is gaining mainstream acceptance. To that point here are some startling developments that claim the technological singularity might not be so much science fiction in a few short years. ………………………. Imagine a future where engineers build a computer with greater-than-human intelligence. This hyper-intelligent being expands its knowledge and brainpower [...]
Near Space Wars!
St. Ronnie be praised! The second of a pair of long-delayed missile tracking satellites is packed up awaiting orders from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to ship out for launch later this year, according their Northrop Grumman builders.The first of the two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites has already been shipped [...]
Rendlesham Forest Interview/New Agey NWO News
This past Sunday on the Paracast, Gene and Dave’s guests were John Burroughs and Peter Robbins. Burroughs was an airman stationed at Bentwaters Air Force Base and a witness to the 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO incident. Robbins is co-author of “Left at East Gate.” During the interview, Burroughs said he went through “hypnotic regression” therapy [...]
Recent NWO Headlines
For those of you who have a New Age bend, Project Camelot has a radio show now and here’s the inaugural show (6/16/09) in which Bill Ryan and Kerry Cassidy try their hand at podcasting. It’s a little rough, but I think they’ll get better at it the further along they get. Project Camelot Inaugural [...]
Singularity Tech Anxiety/Initial Review of ‘The Algebraist’
My summer readings continue unabated quite nicely, since I haven’t had any Internet connection since last December. Until then, I didn’t realize that being online was such a distraction. After looking at it however, and studying the effects of online communications (Twitter, Skype, texting and social networking) I think that unless I have an inboard [...]
The Biocentric Universe
My pal Geez ought to appreciate this one: Biomedical researcher Robert Lanza has been on the frontier of cloning and stem cell studies for more than a decade, so he’s well-acclimated to controversy. But his book “Biocentrism” is generating controversy on a different plane by arguing that our consciousness plays a central role in creating the cosmos. “By treating [...]
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