Actually, I could have used a step in between, which would have altered my title into: Fantasy + fiction = Sci-Fi + Science = Technology. Some examples: drones, lasers, and robots. An example of my blog title is the 1984 film The Terminator, rated at #8.1 on IMDb. Today, the main item that is still missing is: time travel. The arrow of time appears to be...
A recent (Dutch) Volkskrant article claims that the Denisovan people were giants. Some even claim 18 foot; others 6-7 foot. Giants are also mentioned elsewhere: "The Nephilim are mysterious beings or humans in the Bible traditionally understood as being of great size and strength [..]" (Wiki). Giants are often viewed as part of history, legends...
The Axios article below, Trump's China retreat, is interesting. In my view, the American retreat is not only about China though. USA is retreating to a regional Superpower role, which the American Maya civilization fulfilled for millennia. See my diagram on Superpowers in Space & Time. Source: my 10 March 2025 blog Chaos, Equilibrium, SuperPowers and the United...
Intro LO: After digesting this recent Scientific American article, the conclusion is simple: it’s (nearly) impossible that life on planet Earth is a singular event within the Universe. There must be other life-forms throughout the Universe. Hence, science-fiction is (much) more like science - and technology - than like fiction. The (alleged) sightings of...
A recent Aeon article (ie, Will we ever know the origins of the Universe?) touched an unresolved thought of mine: must the Universe truly have a beginning?? The Aeon article has a clear answer: No. Not necessarily. “The Malament-Manchak theorem presents us with a sobering limit: our observations, no matter how extensive, may never be sufficient to determine...
Intro LO: A 1 December 2024 SCMP article (see below) caught my immediate interest as I’ve had a similar idea mid 2022 that was based on an earlier idea in my 2018 blog: 2022: Is stupidity the flip side of beliefs? 2018: Knowledge = Power and the Great Filter in civilisations (5) I prefer my 2022 diagram in this specific stupidity context. Source: my 2022 blog...
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