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  • Robot rights!
    2025/05/08

    As robots and AI are tasked with increasingly "human" tasks, are they taking on more "responsibility" for the outcomes? What consequences or social impacts should we consider as the world adapts to increasing automation? What limits should we impose on this new evolution? What rights will robots ultimately have?

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    4 分
  • Dire consequences for bringing back the Dire Wolf?
    2025/04/09

    De-extinction has consequences. How can a species that failed to adapt in prehistoric times be expected to thrive in the modern era? Will its revived presence upset the balance of Nature?

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    5 分
  • Will A.I. eliminate human purpose or illuminate it?
    2025/04/04

    As A.I. and robotics become more integrated in our everyday world, and largely perform better in tasking that was once exclusively human, are we left to simply ponder our purpose? Has man become irrelevant?

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    5 分
  • Food vs Fossil Fuels - which is the bigger greenhouse gas producer?
    2025/04/03

    The cost of food production, transportation, warehousing, retailing and waste management is going up, while it all ends up in the landfill or as excrement, making food possibly the single worst financial investment. But the impact on the climate may be even larger than fossil fuel energy production. Chew on that!

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    5 分
  • Quantum computing will destroy the Universe?
    2025/03/26

    Quantum computing becomes a reality, and quantum entanglement and manipulation of the quantum field may allow all sorts of new innovations, are we inadvertently disturbing the very foundations of reality?

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    5 分
  • Travel ban to Mars?
    2025/03/26

    As evidence accumulates that there may have been ancient life on Mars - perhaps even civilizations that pre-date humanity, do we really want to go there? Are we better off not-knowing?

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    6 分
  • Robot rights. Here we go!
    2025/03/24

    Would A.I. empowered robots evolve beyond mundane tasking and take on more human-centric roles in our society? Could the teach class? Hold office? Manage companies? Would they learn to create music, literature or art? Invent things? Would they have rights?

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    4 分
  • Was Jesus dyslexic?
    2025/03/24

    Given the lack of attributable writings, and his reported disappearance for 18 years before starting his ministry, could it be that Jesus was challenged by dyslexia?

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    3 分