Why is it the American Godzilla? I’m not looking for a Shin Godzilla, but something a little more Godzilla 2000?

That is not a contradiction in any way. A good sci if story might be fun, it might not be. A fun story might be sci if, it might not be. You’ve made the simplistic assumption that, since I said something’s fun, I must like it and approve of it, therefore I accept it as science fiction. Pay closer attention to the…

It’s a cute idea, but it’s not true. Get a million monkeys typing for a million years, get one even close copy of any Shakespeare play out of them, then get back to me. It’s more a joke than a thought experiment. Some things are impossible, and that’s one of them.

It’s a cute idea, but it’s not true. Get a million monkeys typing for a million years, get one even close copy of any Shakespeare play out of them, then get back to me. It’s more a joke than a thought experiment. Some things are impossible, and that’s one of them.

No it isn’t. Also, nothing is infinite. See my other replies for more.

well as long as the chance of a thing is nonzero it’s an inevitability.

Yeah, thanks, I get that. But I don’t believe it. Nothing is infinite. And even with nigh-infinite combinations, there’s still no way another “iteration” is going to coincidentally match the near infinite number of combinations of every subatomic particle in a whole universe to mirror our own. And in a near infinite…

Manning decided to release to files to WikiLeaks, which worked with news organizations to decimate the damaging information to wider audiences.

Often when I buy chocolate from Duane Reade it’s got a white film. I assume it’s been ruined by heat, it’s dehydrated. It doesn’t taste fine, it feels and tastes chalky. Is this the same thing?

There is absolutely no reason to believe aliens have ever visited Earth, except people’s wish that they have. And I’ve been watching Star Trek for 40+ years, I know all that pretend stuff, but it’s important to know the difference between what we want to believe and what we know. And please don’t tell me anything is…

Fact: They aren’t visiting us. Unless that changes, If we want to meet them, we’re going to have to visit them.

I think the point of a Dyson sphere is that you get to capture most of the light energy coming off your sun in all directions, and you could have a ridiculous amount of living space (if the inner surface was habitable). But don’t ask me, I didn’t say anyone needs a Dyson sphere.

I was wondering why the visual designs were so hideous and un-Star Trek-y, then I saw the exterior of the ship and realized this was set in the Abrams movie franchise. Totally ruins it for me. I don’t want to pretend I’m in that badly thrown-together universe.

He could have ducked faster.

Also, did you know Pikachu is sexy?

This article is well thought out & written, but it’s pointless, because this is Star Wars. It isn’t science fiction, never even tried to be- it’s a fable about good vs. evil set in space. It has the trappings of sci fi, robots and space ships, but there’s no need to explain anything beyond “it looks cool”. When they…

When we visited The Vatican recently, I joked to one of my teenage stepsons that he should try and take the spear from one of the silly looking Swiss Guardsmen. I did not realize that I would have been sending him to his doom. We were wondering about these guys. Thanks for the article!

I had absolutely zero interest in this movie, but somehow your review has backfired and now I want to see it. Crap.

Believing in something because it "feels" right is not a good reason.

You're just digging yourself deeper and deeper into the stereotypical right-wing talking points.