Because being an impersonal hive-mind was kind of what made the Borg truly alien, and scary. Originally, there was no individual Borg who you could speak to, or yell at, or argue with; there was only the Borg as a whole, an impersonal, totally inhuman, barely-comprehensible collection of minds. Giving the Borg an…

Perfect creepy-cuteness. The part of the video where we see this pudgy critter trotting along, its antennae bobbing up and down like ears, almost makes me laugh out loud at its adorableness; but at the same time its movements are so clearly mechanical and artificial as to be creepy, and, well, it is a military tool,…

I... don't know any women who would laugh at a joke about a man's genitals being mutilated (I'm sure they're out there, but I somehow doubt they're in the majority?.. Maybe you just have to get to know some better women?..), so I have to admit I didn't really read far past that point. >_> Feels a bit straw-man-ish to…

I think it's exciting that the idea was widely adapted and had such an impact, and I wish the io9 article made it clear just how much financial support it got from a large number of donors. I have to admit I do find the idea of the green card specifically a little bit odd and creepy, though... The article mentions you…

With the incident in Dublin, the issue was that the woman who was harassed wrote a very reasonable and mild post about her experience, and some very big wheels associated with the con (any respect I ever had for Dawkins evaporated instantly after reading this article) basically treated it as if she was the one who was…

That title is... incredibly cheesy.

I find it amusing that whenever a new interactive Google doodle comes out, the search results you get after finishing it will usually be full of "Google celebrates event X with doodle!" headlines. :P

Only on my second play-through, and it made me very happy. :P

This is the most adorable Google doodle I've ever seen. I love almost everything about it.

Hooray for diversity! You can be one of two categories! A choice of two! So diverse! Actually it's not a choice, you kind of get assigned one by society and are stuck with it forever. But you're only exactly the same as HALF of the human population! That makes it diverse! HOORAY FOR DIVERSITY.

Ooh, where can I donate to *that* kickstarter?

"Make the moon more accessible by making it easier to launch the spacecraft and other technology needed to reach it into space, by means of a space elevator" is probably what is meant here...

When I saw the word "creeper," I started hoping for a Minecraft crossover. :[

It might mean you are a replicant.

Clearly, pretzels are not an adequate substitute for a shiny red apple.

I thought it was an alright movie, myself. Not exactly an instant classic, but it's fun, and not completely brainless either. It's been a while since I actually read I, Robot, but some of the themes in the movie seemed to me like they were at least vaguely compatible with the stuff that Asimov wrote (albeit, in action…

Why is anything at all important? Why anything? Why aren't you a brain in a jar?

The same reason you care about anything while you're alive. Even if one is a completely selfish and self-absorbed person, one will still generally find some things in the world that are beautiful, or meaningful, etc. These things become important in themselves, for their own sake, rather than just for their immediate…

I think any small habitat will always be in danger of going unstable and collapsing. With a limited amount of space and resources there wouldn't be room for all that much biodiversity, and any number of unexpected factors could deal the ecosystem a death blow from which it would not recover. Until we can terraform…

Actually I have come across something similar. One website (it's, uh, mcservers.org, a Minecraft server list that needs to check you're human when you vote for a server you like) asks "stupid questions" instead of using captchas — like "what is the third word of this sentence?" or "what is Joe's name?", or "the colour…