Exactly. Starting from the level of bacteria or even viruses, and working our way up the chain to humans, it makes sense that chain would keep going, beyond us, to the point where what are essentially living things would appear, from our perspective, to be gods. The same way I always imagine I look to a fish when I…

Sure it is. It's a bold line to cross that means no-one is off limits in the movie. The example I always remember best is the 1980s remake of the Blob. In fact, it was also the kid brother character's jerky friend, like in this one.

Thanks Lauren and Cletus! I just noticed Lauren wrote "telekinesis" in her description, which sounded better. If I was going the mostly-biological/historical route, maybe I would say that the white-skinned branch of humanoids were telekinetic, so they were dominating or even enslaving the Neanderthals and others, but…

Okay... the giant wolf reminded me of how much I've always wanted a story to be set in that crazy megafauna period in the early days of human evolution, when most animals had giant counterparts looming over the tiny people. That one wolf would be a stray who was raised by humans, and is the best friend and mount of…

That's a medical condition. The passage through which the testicles drop during puberty is then supposed to gradually close up afterward, making it impossible for the testes to ever go back up. However, in a small number of males, the passage remains open, and the testicles will occasionally retract, usually either…

I'll take that bet... you do realize that the big, evil, scary oil companies you think are out to kill these scientists would be the very same companies who end up mass producing this synthetic gas, and making all the money off it, right? They are the ones in the business of making gas, so this would just be a new way…

Always funny when someone types "Thanks for nothing, science." on a computer. So many pampered, ungrateful technophobes using the technology they are allegedly so against. And they don't even understand it, since this synthetic gas will be completely clean, taking carbon from the air and then giving it right back.

There's a professor of both psychology and law named Tom Tyler who just started teaching at Yale Law school, and he's a leading expert on the psychology of why people obey laws. He actually has a book titled "Why People Obey The Law" which I would highly recommend on the subject.

The statue of Springfield's founder, Jedediah Springfield, in the middle of town in the Simpsons, uses it in the plaque. "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest of men." or some such.

Radiation. In the comics, machines always use radiation. Kills everything living, has almost no effect on technology. More like dirty bombs - high on radiation, low on EMPs.

Why couldn't they just do a big-budget sequel instead of a remake? Why? Just say it's a new model made from a new guy, but that all the old stuff still happened. Except maybe 3 and the TV show. They can leave that stuff out.

Cheating should never be a sound strategy, and at the Olympic level, it's just embarrassing that anyone would even consider cheating in front of the entire world. It doesn't matter how many people do it in how many sports; it's still wrong. You get in to try as hard as you can, every time, or you just don't bother…

No association. If a specific person did a specific thing, then that is what you judge them by. It doesn't matter if they're American, German, or anything else. They're individuals, making individual choices.

Yeah, and I'm not defending that. I'm saying individuals must be held accountable for their actions, no matter what side they're on or who gave them orders. I'm not defending the honor of dead monsters.