I keep hearing these “It was just a Cowboy Bebop knock off”, as if that diminishes its “cred”. Hot damn, a live action, major network, well produced anime knockoff!? That alone makes it relevant.

I’ll say, I am not a fan of Josh Whedon’s other works. I suffered through Buffy (it didn’t take itself seriously, and for…

I dont like that it leaves out sea ice.... I think that would show the "breathing" in a more spectacular way.

So are there any larger non-apex predators? Why was it necessary to tell us shes the largest apex predator?

Its not the flying that's the problem, its the landing.

Calling someone who is half Caucasian/half Asian (Hawaiian, Chinese, and others) "white" is "whitewashing". I guess by your standards if you have any white in you at all you don't get to claim any other identity. Sorry Barack Obama, you're just white. Halle Berry, quit whitewashing the world! Alicia Keys, just…

Animal fats are important to early brain development but I wonder if that is inherent in the protein/fat, or if its a product of the evolutionary process? As in, do our brains require alot of protein and fat because that is what was available during our evolutionary development, or do brains require protein and fat…

A more interesting question might be "what if the entire Homo genus died off". The obvious "successors" would be gone. Might we have seen another ape rise to the challenge? Would higher intelligence have been totally eradicated form earth? Could dolphins have developed technology without thumbs or graspy fins?

Bats…

White privilege shows its ugly head once again. I get it, we all want to throw our hands in the air and say "cant we have just one conversation without bringing up race!?"

I have very fond memories of the TV series. But in the end I am forced to agree.... Flawed. Which is why they kept making movies to try to "fix" the ending.... And finally gave up and stared from scratch apparently. I had no idea they rebooted and I will now begin my quest to find these elusive films.

Is this sci-fi predicting the future or creating the future? The inventor of the cell phone was directly inspired by Star Trek.

I think things need to get back to the mundane. Not every story needs to be about ancient evils, or win-at-all-costs wars in the cosmos. How about more stories about a guy trying to get from one star to the next. Tell the story of a rather average troll and his troubles with racism.

If you want a setting that is…

Nothing foolish about it. Writing a short story can be vastly different from a novel. Pacing, character development, a sense of place, all of these things play differently in a novel.

Maybe I should buy this book because I had no idea there was a "proper" way to write a novel. And I sure didn't know it should be…

(** The Wire Spoiler **)

Wait... did't D'Angelo get offed in a prison!? He's the OZ!

That was the exact moment I was thinking of when I read #10. It also helps that I just got to that point (for the first time mind you) yesterday.

Ha! It was a bit long and rambley.

But I think what I'm hearing is that "hard facts" don't really answer questions about people all that well. Which was more than less my point.

He gets lots in return. The ability to do business. The feeling of a job well done. So on and so forth. He gets life, liberty and property. The state has not "taken away someones money for its gain". The state is not a single actor. It should not be thought of as "seeking", or "gaining" as it is a…

Interesting discussion, but I think you "hard science" folks are missing an important element. Context. We all like to pretend that "facts" tell us "how things are". But there is so much more to it then that. The entire context of a factual statement needs to be taken into account. Everything from "does this fact…

I'm 80% sure it was just some guys at the factory who liked to watch rockets blow up. I know I love it!

"If I just leave this screw out here the whole thing will crash to the earth and BOOM! hehe"

"oh Frank, we'll really get em this time, it'll go up and up and up and BOOM!!"

Is that a person without a face? .... ugh...

WWI scares me. Most of us today know so little about it.

Its that little part of your soul that hurts when you see puppies die. Thats the manual.

Its easy to dismiss social responsibility. "I dont owe no one nothin'!" But at the end of the day that's wrong (you owe everyone everything, and nothing is owed to you), and a bit simplistic. That goes double for employers. If…