Monthly Archives: April 2010
keeping my ear to the mainstream media
I’ll admit this is kind of a lazy post but I could’ve posted nothing… I went on google news today,and these were the top three business stories. Let the fucking headlines speak for themselves. Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about …
Paralyzed limbs revived by ‘hacking’ into nerves
link When you get a spinal cord injury, basically your brain is still sending out the signals to your legs to move, and your legs still have the muscles to move (at least initially, until they deteriorate from non-use), the …
US. vs. Iran. who’s the real aggressor?
As we all probably see, hte media is slowly heating up the battle between Iran and the United States. See, the US is allowed to have nuclear weapons, because they already have them, but Iran is not allowed to enrich …
Making the blind see: Gene therapy restores vision in mice
link – For all the horror stories you hear about what genetic engineering could do to our species, there’s still awesome shit like this. Gene therapy curing blindness. This is amazing, this should be celebrated, and it should be tested …
I Refuse to be Terrified
4/20 at the Edmonton Legislative grounds
In high school I was all about legalizing weed, because it’s better for you than alcohol, has been shown to stunt cancer growth, is good for chemo, glaucoma, and pain patients, nobody has ever died from it, the argument that …
I Refuse To Be Terrified
I’m talking now to the advertisers, the corporate CEO’s, and government officials… because I know how hard you guys are trying to make us scared. I’m talking to police officers, security enforcers, and anyone who feels entitled to hold authority …
believe nothing and understand as much as possible
I think I’m gonna make that my motto, or a mantra or something. Step 1: -Don’t believe what’s in the papers. -Don’t believe what’s on TV. -Don’t believe what’s on the internet. -Don’t believe activists. -Don’t believe special interest groups. …
telescoping evolution
Keeping in the same vein as my last couple posts about accelerating technology, here’s a clip from an excellent movie called ‘waking life’, where accelerating change is talked about not only as a technological phenomenon, but an all-pervasive one. It …
