My super-quick impression of the TV show Fringe: SHOW INTRO Ridiculous and bad science premise results in someone being gorily murdered, often involving slime and/or blood. CREDITS roll. OLIVIA (stares emotionlessly) WALTER BISHOP Something off the wall, either grossly inappropriate or involving food, while examing some grotesque CG creature or corpse. (The audience laughs and […]
Category Archive for ‘Science’ 
Virophage
Damn it, while I’m out immersing myself in the science fiction world all week at Denvention 3, science goes and spits out something truly amazing and I’m only just now reading about it. Check this out: There is a large virus that gets sick by becoming infected by a smaller virus. If that does not blow […]
Fermi’s Paradox and the Great Filter
The interesting astro-related blog Centauri Dreams had a post the other day discussing one of my pet topics, Fermi’s Paradox. The latest discussion and solution to be offered comes from Robin Hanson by way of Nick Bostrom, and the idea is being referred to as the “Great Filter.” This is kind of a meta concept, […]
Clay Shirky and The Cognitive Surplus
Continuing on the thoughts of yesterday’s post, I’ve recently read Clay Shirky’s speech, “Gin, Television, and Social Surplus.” You can read a transcript of it, or watch a video. I highly recommend checking out one or the other and coming back here. I’ll wait. For the lazy, here”s a choice bit that explains much of it: […]