The World Through The Eyes Of A Know-It-All
Just the uncensored ramblings and ravings of an ordinary somebody collected in one, fancy corner of the internet.
From cultural commentary and social judgement, to incessant moaning about the sheer vastness of space. Read, laugh, enjoy.
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Beam Me Up Scotty
Enter the realm of science fiction — well, almost. Quantum teleportation is a very real, very spooky reality. Currently being used to investigate quantum states of particles thanks to the principles of entanglement, this kind of teleportation is rather useless with regard to a quick family visit halfway across the globe. What I'm more interested in is the Star Trek — beam me up Scotty, now you see me, now I'm over there — kind of thing.
Take A Peak
Just a few exerts from my own favorite piece. Why my favorite? Because I said so.
How Hard Can It Be?
As the great Douglas Adams once said, "Space is big... Really big." The man was a visionary.
The distances between even our closest neighbors defy reasonable comparison.
Just between us and the Moon? Every single other planet in our solar system could fit — snugly, end to end — in that space. Yes, Jupiter and Saturn included. All of them.
Make It Up As You Go
This is more believable than life forming on another planet, with maybe just a 5,000-year head start?
If we—the same species that eats dish soap for social validation—can go from inventing the light bulb to publicly available AI in 150 years, what might they accomplish in 5,000? Finding us is the only truly difficult part in all that.
Ctrl + Alt + Evolve
But now that neural implants are inching toward reality, can we please talk about the actual benefits instead of just fantasizing about robot overlords and meatless mind control?