Brave New World http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/forums/11 Science, technology, brave new worlds, cautionary visions, dystopias ]]> en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 05 May 2007 09:29:11 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/forums/11 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Extinction ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1037/t/Extinction.html
Quote:
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.
- Euripides

As with so much else I write here, what follows should be taken as intuitive speculative (empirical) theory.

Like forest fires, extinction is built into the gaiasphere: limited or even widespread species destruction to stabilise the whole. Living species intertwine closely with each other. Their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Tenebris) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1037 Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:02:37 GMT <![CDATA[ an eye is upon you ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1039/t/an-eye-is-upon-you.html Paradox is a collection of social commentaries that question conventional wisdom by offering alternative perspectives on "the real world".

www.geocities.com/exastra/paradox.htm ]]> feeds@yuku.com (exastra23) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1039 Sun, 25 May 2003 12:21:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Beware, Oil cartel controls the world ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1042/t/Beware-Oil-cartel-controls-the-world.html There is universal abundance of energy.
Free energy technology exists for more then 100 years.

www.spiritofmaat.com/arch...ticles.htm

Why isn't it used then?
The answer will surprise you. New energy revolution will put an end to the Old world order. It will destroy world of exploitation as we know it and redefine all... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (om500) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1042 Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:40:19 GMT <![CDATA[ The Warning To Humanity Statement. ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1044/t/The-Warning-To-Humanity-Statement-.html From the Union of Concerned Scientists


We are on a collision course to disaster if we continue to damage the planet.

Editor's Note: Some 1,700 of the world's leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued this appeal in November 1992. Their message is still valid today.
Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (David Wilson68) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1044 Mon, 14 Oct 2002 01:21:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Creating "life" ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1050/t/Creating-quot-life-quot-.html Chemical Synthesis of Poliovirus cDNA: Generation of Infectious Virus in the Absence of Natural Template
Jeronimo Cello, Aniko V. Paul, Eckard Wimmer

It is a pay-per-view ($5 for the download), but the full article will be coming out in print format in the next issue of Science feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1050 Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:59:16 GMT <![CDATA[ The electricity lifeline ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1043/t/The-electricity-lifeline.html
California, especially, is a place where the consumption of energy is likely to continue to expand... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1043 Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:24:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Do nuclear weapons promote peace? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1053/t/Do-nuclear-weapons-promote-peace-.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1053 Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:00:18 GMT <![CDATA[ placed here due to the question's scientific nature... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1051/t/placed-here-due-to-the-question-s-scientific-nature-.html
Could a sufficient number of detonations in or over India/Pakistan disrupt the earth's atmosphere/ionosphere/whatever to severely interfere with satelitte and radio communications or, in other words, signals sent through the atmosphere? Could a nuclear war in south central asia due serious damage to the internet? Could it affectively destroy Crossroads, SB, the BB, the Root et al.?

with courtesy,

MH
]]> feeds@yuku.com (MH Ecthelion) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1051 Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:05:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Take as you will ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1055/t/Take-as-you-will.html
Quote:
Scientists' deaths are under the microscope
- Alanna Mitchell, Simon Cooper, Carolyn Abraham, compiled by Alanna Mitchell
feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1055 Tue, 14 May 2002 05:58:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Colonising brave new uninhabited worlds ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1045/t/Colonising-brave-new-uninhabited-worlds.html ie. already inhabited by/adapted to our own bacteria.)
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1045 Fri, 19 Apr 2002 19:43:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Discuss and/or refute please... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1049/t/Discuss-and-or-refute-please-.html www.edge.org/3rd_culture/...an_p1.html

The article isn't that long...it will take around 15 minutes to read, maybe less if you're fast.

I personally object viscerally to the viewpoint and assertions however, I am a science fiction fan and prone to romantic hopes and dreams.

with courtesy,

MH ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MH Ecthelion) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1049 Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:16:17 GMT <![CDATA[ www.edge.org ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1056/t/www-edge-org.html

with courtesy,

MH ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MH Ecthelion) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1056 Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:08:01 GMT <![CDATA[ New Astrological Discovery ... ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1057/t/New-Astrological-Discovery-.html
Quote:
From www.cainer.com, Jonathan Cainer:

Today, I want to talk about yet... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (papillon angel) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1057 Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:03:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Measuring Qi? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1058/t/Measuring-Qi-.html
I received an "e-gossip" that "quoted" a speaker named Gregg Braden, author of The Isaiah Effect and Awakening to the Zero Point. Being very skeptical of anything I receive via email or see on the web, I tried to verify the info in it. I've asked for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (papillon angel) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1058 Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:42:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Weather and global warming ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1047/t/Weather-and-global-warming.html
Quote:
October 15, 2001 - A modern-day weather record for the most tornadoes during the first half of any October was set last week. From Oct. 9-13, 59 tornadoes swept through nine U.S. central and southeastern states, bringing the total for the month thus far to 83 reported tornadoes, according to NOAA's National Weather Service.

One of the more common predictions that has frequently accompanied... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1047 Tue, 06 Nov 2001 07:31:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Predictions ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1041/t/Predictions.html
Increasingly, I am finding that many of the current events surprise me not so much in their existence as in their specific details. I think we, all of us, "pick up" on subtle trends and signals which could suggest patterns of future events, but that these are too often buried under the "noise" of everyday existence and subsequently forgotten.

Specifically, what I would like to try here is to create a space for us to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1041 Tue, 23 Oct 2001 05:18:31 GMT <![CDATA[ A slightly different Prisoner's Dilemma ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1060/t/A-slightly-different-Prisoner-s-Dilemma.html Valiowk's game (emilsson and Darth Sab: I still need your moves!).


Consider a scenario, a rare disease introduced into a comfortable, western environment. The odds of the disease spreading are slim, but the odds of dying from the disease, if left untreated, can be very high.

Fortunately, there is a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1060 Sat, 13 Oct 2001 07:56:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Cloning ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1040/t/Cloning.html

The technology behind cloning is precisely that behind many forms of existing reproductive and genetic technologies, but with a slightly different aim: rather than trying to conceive offspring with some genetic link to the familial parent(s), cloning aims to create an exact genetic duplicate. Such a duplicate could be raised as a child (would we have even more... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1040 Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:37:16 GMT <![CDATA[ Population ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1038/t/Population.html Nature (you will have to register for this site) suggests that there is an 85% probability that the world's population will peak at 9 billion people around 2070, and would dip to 8.4 billion by 2100. (These numbers represent the midpoints of the graph.)

 feeds@yuku.com (Kyle Altis) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1038 Tue, 07 Aug 2001 01:10:31 GMT <![CDATA[ And the answer is...? ]]> http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1062/t/And-the-answer-is-.html
You have a regular tetrahedron and a square pyramid with all edges of equal length. If you were to put a triangular face of the regular tetrahedron and the square pyramid together, how many sides would the resulting figure have?

(In case you're asking, no, there is no trick behind the words that you have to look out for. Just answer the question at face value.) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Valiowk) http://thevirtualcommunity.yuku.com/topic/1062 Fri, 03 Aug 2001 16:51:43 GMT