Correction: this is NOT a computer simulation, but a visualization of REAL DATA showing the 3D dust distribution in the Milky Way. Disclosure: lead author is my officemate and sitting behind me right now. ;-)

All this video does is reenforce my view that God exists. How can someone watch this video of sizes of things so beyond crazy small to crazy big and think ALL this just happened to from a big bang? An explosion caused all this stuff? Including eventually life on earth with all its beyond crazy complexities? Heck…

I feel very, very small right now.

Nothing to see here, people! Move along!

You need to stick them in the DVD drive, silly.

I’m throwing dollars at the screen and nothing is happening.

The human brain produces 500.000 to 1,000,000 new brain cells daily, which has been known for years. These cells migrate throughout the brain and repair damaged areas by replacing lost cells. As a retired neuroscientist, my hypothesis on the etiology of schizophrenia and all of the autism spectrum disorders is…

Bookmarked this page to “Read later”

after buying a house, engagement ring, etc

Fuck that house and that engagement ring, take the fucking trip.

I envision it like a lizard growing a new tail or something. When there’s enough processing speed, it’s then just a matter of accumulating enough data. I’m assuming that since all of the info of me, so to speak, is in the cloud, then I can either consciously be there or in my body, kind of moving back and forth? A…

The answer is always Bruce Campbell.

You made me do this. Just remember that.

Superintelligence and religion seem to be mutually exclusive.

"That's right, boys and girls...that shit from Neuromancer actually exists."