TIME MACHINES Human bodies are time machines. My grandfather, born in 1896, grew up in the “wild west” of California: horses, buggies, the occasional train. Before he died, he flew 400 mph in a jet airliner as big as a building and watched men walk on the moon. But what happened during my lifetime? There’sContinue reading “Why Didn’t We Go Back to The Moon?”
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The Human Essence Assumption
THE PROMETHEAN MOMENT Here’s a couple of examples of a common trope in science fiction. Terminator II: Judgement Day, 1991: The Terminator: “… [Skynet] goes online on August 4th 1997. Human decisions are removed from Strategic Defense. Skynet begins learning at geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time August 29th. In aContinue reading “The Human Essence Assumption”
I. The Latitude of Falling Sparks
Everybody who is my age or older can remember exactly where there were the day they heard about The Amazing Journey of Colonel Eratosthenes Smith. It was that kind of thing. If you’re too young to remember then forget about it. You have no idea. It’s like that moon landing thing. To you and me,Continue reading “I. The Latitude of Falling Sparks”
CHARLES GILLINGHAM 