Space
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Waste On A Grand Scale
In my last post, I talked about how all our experiences, knowledge, skills, and talents are ultimately wasted once we die. A high achiever will end up in exactly the same place as someone who did nothing with their life. A rich person will have the same fate as a poor person. It’s a shame… Continue reading
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It’s Pretty Quiet Out There
Something just doesn’t add up. Apparently, we are on the verge of an AI revolution. In the future, AI may even be the dominant entity on this planet. Given that it will continuously improve upon itself once it’s sentient and has the technical capability (which, apparently, is not too far off), does it not make… Continue reading
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Should We Be Exploring Space? Part 2
As mentioned in part one, it’s my opinion that space is not meant for humans. After all, that’s why we need the protection of space craft and/or space suits, right? Sure, we’ve engineered ways to survive outside of earth’s dome, but just barely. It’s still extremely dangerous, with the potential for catastrophic accidents lurking around… Continue reading
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Should We Be Exploring Space? Part 1
On October 13, 2021 William Shatner embarked on a real-life trip to the edge of space on a rocket owned by Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. Once it reached its maximum distance of over 100 km, Shatner had an opportunity to peer into the blackness of space. It wasn’t at all what he expected. Instead of… Continue reading
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Where are the aliens?
So, here we are on planet earth – our microcosm in an unspeakably vast universe. This is where it all happens for us. Life here does not require any outside resources – we are completely self-contained (however, we do need the sun) and it’s been that way for billions of years. Though we can see… Continue reading
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The Big Picture is Surreal
I’m glad I lived long enough to see the images taken by the James Webb Telescope. It’s something I’ve been waiting decades for, and I wasn’t disappointed. I’d go as far as to say that those first pictures gave us a collective time-out to really think about life and our existence in the universe –… Continue reading