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12:14 PM
Does death exist? New Theory Says 'No'
[www.huffingtonpost.com]
The article is written by the originator of the "theory", who is a well-respected physician with an ego the size of the universe, but not a physicist.
( Check out the way he represents himself at the end of the article and on his own web site, found here: [www.robertlanza.com] )
His idea (which isn't new, by the way) is that the universe cannot be explained nor understood without taking into account human consciousness. And he uses quantum mechanics and the parallel-universe idea to expand that (un)original idea to imply that there is no death because our "mental energy" (or soul or whatever you want to call it) exists in multiple universes at once, or something like that.
I'm sure he is a very bright and successful scientist in his own field, but his knowledge of quantum mechanics doesn't seem to measure up.
What pisses me off about people like him, who think they understand what thousands of brilliant physicists have spent their entire lives and career trying to understand, is not just his arrogance, but the fact that crap like this is what gives false hope to suffering people and also a chance for unscrupulous people to make money off those who are looking for something to hold on to in order to survive.
More on him, his work, and his "Biocentrism" theory here:
[en.wikipedia.org]
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11:53 AM
[www.nasa.gov]
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11:51 AM
[edition.cnn.com]
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08:25 AM
Personally, I don't subscribe to that interpretation. Also, there's nothing mystical about the standard interpretation of QM, so I was a little put off by his stating that there is.
Anyway, interesting nonetheless.
Parallel universes and you
[www.ted.com]
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02:05 AM
[xkcd.com]
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12/08/09
[www.strictlyfitteds.com]
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12/08/09
12/08/09
The former Sliders star is to replace Heroes actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who was previously cast, says The Hollywood Reporter. Ramamurthy reportedly left the project due to scheduling issues.
O'Connell will play an ambitious lawyer who falls in love with Rex's fiancée, played by Abigail Spencer.
The 35-year-old joins David Tennant, Jeffrey Tambor and Jane Curtin in the quirky legal drama.
Source: [www.digitalspy.co.uk]
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12/08/09
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12/07/09
This is an advertisement for, of all things, washing machines.
Warning: it's very NSFW...
[www.m2film.dk]
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12/07/09
May I suggest an io9 article on the *history* of reboots, in comic boots, movies, and TV?
#earthone #comics #reboots #tips
12/07/09
12/08/09
Alternatively, they might go with the modern, millenium-era reboot and say that it began with Batman Begins or something.
12/08/09
I mean all of that.
As I said, I was never into comic books, so the specifics of what you mentioned make little sense to me (out of my own ignorance about the subject), but I'm still interested in what people's reactions were to all these different reboots and, in particular, to the very first one.
After all, it must have been a revolutionary idea, no? I suppose a lot of fans didn't like it much at first, but eventually got used to it.
12/08/09
Hm. An interesting subject.
12/08/09
"would a remake count as a reboot?"
Personally, I don't think so.
A reboot, as I understand it, is a complete start-over, from a blank slate, where only the absolute most important aspects of the story and/or characters are kept unchanged. Everything else can be changed.
A remake is not as radical, I think.
In any case, my interest as expressed in previous posts extends beyond comic books. I'd like to see an io9 article that presents some of the history behind reboots in comics, TV, and movies.
12/08/09
I think the concept of reboots stems from comics, and has gradually extended into other kinds of media. The only major film reboots I can think of were Batman and Hulk, oddly enough. Oh, and Star Trek, but whatever.
12/07/09
I expect some kind of scathing recap of the song tomorrow.
To be honest though, the background dancers seemed less flimsy than the Twilight folks...
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12/07/09
I caught this on the awesomer.com, its a trailer for a sci-fi show that is looking to be picked up called Slingers. It reminds me of Cowboy Beebop except with thieves instead of bounty hunters. It looks pretty awesome and they want to shoot a pilot in 2010. [vimeo.com]
Second, I caught this trailer for a sci-fi samurai move from Ireland. Yup, that's not a mistake. The description for the movie is as follows "Follows a scorned geisha who creates a magical cup made of tears that causes any man who drinks from it to fall into a permanent sleep. One night the cup is stolen, setting off a chain of events that threatens civil war amongst the clans. Taro, a gifted samurai, sets out to find the cup and one who can break the spell."
The trailer though is a more of just visuals as it follows a more "something stolen, civil war ensues...etc" type of vibe. Its pretty interesting in the end because it steps out of feudal Japan and becomes some guy stabbing a spaceship.
[www.firstshowing.net]
12/07/09
The Cup of Tears also looks pretty cool. It takes that weird turn at the end. It's like they arbitrarily changed the whole setting at the 1:47 mark. Clubs, hyper-modern cities, missiles, go-go dancing geishas, and VTOL jets? (Bonus: filmed in Slovenia. So an Irish sci-fi samurai
EDIT: While looking for a wallpaper size image of the top pic at the link for CoT, io9 popped up because Meredith covered it on 10/27! I even promoted comments on the thread! Way for my memory to fail tonight...
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12/07/09
AI reloaded.
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12/06/09
[www.latimesmagazine.com]
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