Daily Archive: February 14, 2002

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Technophilia

Today’s word: Technophilia. One of the most persistent memes in technophilic eschatology is the Singularity, a transformative moment when humans and technology fuse to become something other, and unknowable. Vernor Vinge thinks this is...

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Neigh Means Neigh!

Remember: Neigh Means Neigh!… So this homeless guy tried to have sex with a horse. Not having any of it, the filly kicked him in the face. This other guy, however, was uninjured. Except...

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Convergent Evolution

I’ve been looking and Palestinian society is a lot more complex than I’d imagined. Abdul Jawad Saleh has done a lot of good work here. He often points out that the only rational Palestinian...