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Is Science Fiction About To Go Blind
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| August 2004
| Gregory Mone
Posted on 08/16/2004 6:17:08 AM PDT by ckilmer
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Before the civil war there were a number of religious groups that predicted the end of the world.
Lately there has been the "Left Behind" Series
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:17:08 AM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:19:11 AM PDT
by
ckilmer
To: JenB; Fedora; RosieCotton; Bear_in_RoseBear
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:21:57 AM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: ckilmer
There have been date setters (who were wrong to do so obviously), but God's Word DOES tell of the events surrounding the end of this world.
As for Left Behind, it's a load of hooey that's not worth the paper it's printed on. But I will stick with the Bible.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:22:22 AM PDT
by
HawkeyeLonewolf
(Christian First, American Second)
To: ckilmer
Believers in the Da Vinci code are predicting a civilization killing asteroid in about 8 years.
I think we would have spotted it comming by now.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:23:30 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Here, bite down on this.)
To: ckilmer
All that work, and they’ve electronically simulated just 14 neurons. That’s a far cry from uploading the 1011 neurons that make up the human brain.Dims. Conservatives have 1011.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:26:46 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) Men die by the calendar, but nations die by their character. - John Armor, 5 Jun 2004 (||)
To: ckilmer
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:27:45 AM PDT
by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: cripplecreek
I think we would have spotted it comming by now.The last I heard, there were more people manning a McDonalds than looking for civilization destroying asteroids. I DO NOT have the same confidence you have. But it has nothing to do with that pile of garbage called the Da Vinci code.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:37:16 AM PDT
by
SengirV
To: ckilmer
Is Science Fiction About To Go Blind Why? Has Sci-Fi been in the bathroom too long?
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:38:36 AM PDT
by
HawkeyeLonewolf
(Christian First, American Second)
To: SengirV
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:39:26 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Here, bite down on this.)
To: ckilmer
Before the civil war there were a number of religious groups that predicted the end of the world. Lately there has been the "Left Behind" Series
When the English puritans bungled away their Christian commonwealth, and suffered the consequences of that failure of the imagination, apocalyptic hysteria was in the air. In fact, Napier, a puritan mathematician, invented logarithms to aid his computations of prophetic scenarios!
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:39:29 AM PDT
by
TomSmedley
((technical writer looking for work!))
To: HawkeyeLonewolf
Why? Has Sci-Fi been in the bathroom too long?Could you please use a larger font? I am having trouble reading your posts.
To: Navy Patriot
I'm confused. I'm not using any font, the server is.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:47:12 AM PDT
by
HawkeyeLonewolf
(Christian First, American Second)
To: cripplecreek; HawkeyeLonewolf
I think we would have spotted it comming by now.In the last four years, according to the astronomy sites I visit, there were two "near-misses" from The Void. Not the earth-busters everyone hopes for (and they do), but ones that could force you to cancel your travel plans.
And as far as these "codex" books go: I was at Sam's not long past, and picked one up; the author's words were, "George Bush stole the election - it was predicted!"
I hid it behind "Two Towers". At least Professor Tolkien admitted he wrote fantasy.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:49:59 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(ZOT 'em all, let MOD sort 'em out!)
To: knarf
Anyone who thinks this is close is STILL vastly underestimating both the computing power and the software engineering required to make this possible.
Modifying chimps to make them intelligent, or modifying humans to make them more intelligent (or docile, or whatever) is, however, much closer. I would not rule it out that someone is, in secret, tinkering with this today.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:51:24 AM PDT
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
To: HawkeyeLonewolf
Two words: Natalie Portman.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:52:48 AM PDT
by
eno_
(Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
To: cripplecreek
I think we would have spotted it comming by now.
What about if it was made of a dark, non reflecting material, coming from the direction of the sun?
Asteroids are not like comets at all.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:53:15 AM PDT
by
newcats
To: Old Sarge
I like to point out that Nostradamas was really good at predicting "recent" events. Predicting the future is a whole different ball game.
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:53:26 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Here, bite down on this.)
To: HawkeyeLonewolf; Navy Patriot
HawkeyeLonewolf, I think Navy Patriot is admitting he just vacated the bathroom after an extended session "oiling the old baseball glove" ;-D
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posted on
08/16/2004 6:56:16 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Complacency is an enemy sniper)
To: HawkeyeLonewolf
I'm confused.I thought you were HawkeyeLonewolf.
See? If you won't give me any more straight lines, I'll make one up.
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