Tag Archives: Science

The universe will be flying like a bird…

By reckon | Published: March 14, 2009

It just so happens that Leary makes a number of posthumous appearances in Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, one of which is a fictional conversation with a character called Molly2004, who tries to figure out what will separate future humans from “bacteria who would talk and think” once we will be “saturating the universe with our [...]

Posted in Asides, Inverted Commas, Literature, Philosophy, Science | Also tagged consciousness, Inverted Commas, leary |

Bioplastics in Switchgrass

By reckon | Published: August 15, 2008

This past Monday Metabolix announced an incredible development: they have found a way to generate “significant amounts” of ecologically-sound bioplastic by growing it directly in switchgrass.

Posted in Agriculture, Design, Science, Technology | Also tagged Agriculture, environment, industrial design, Technology |

Water Words in the Mirror

By reckon | Published: August 9, 2008

One of your remarkable discoveries is that water responds to words, whether they are spoken, written, or even thought, as in prayer. Kind, uplifting words tend to produce beautifully shaped water crystals, while angry discordant expressions have produced warped crystals. via HADO | Interview with Dr. Emoto

Posted in Asides, Inverted Commas, Language, Science | Also tagged life, sound, water, Word, words |

My cranium is open source

By reckon | Published: May 16, 2008

Our mental privacy and cognitive liberty depend first and foremost on the difference of interconnectivity. Moreover, the very concept of the individual, as currently understood, depends on the difference in interconnectivity. Once this difference changes, i.e. internal states of the nervous system are becoming increasingly accessible, our very notion of privacy, privileged access, cognitive liberty [...]

Posted in Anthropology, Asides, Poetry, Politics, Science, Technology | Also tagged consciousness, creation, evolution, identity, individuality, metaphysics, perception, privacy, Technology, web |

Hard-wired for the ups and downs

By reckon | Published: March 27, 2008

I’m here not to praise elitism but to understand it, not so much through a history of elites but by talking about elites in prehistory. Human beings are naturally hierarchical and they like arranging themselves into hierarchies of skill, age, wealth, competence, experience, whatever. We can deny it if we want, but we all know [...]