Is humankind soon to be superseded by a new dominant life-form?
Are we heading towards a world in which all goods and services are essentially free and traffic congestion practically nil?
How much Imagination is in a can of beans?
Why does the human animal uniquely do so much unusual stuff? Sports, Arts, Sciences, Technologies?
What is so very special about glass?
Are computers very different from minds?
When reduced to basics, does money correspond to gravity? How could that possibly be?
Why do we laugh at jokes?
Is the human consciousness best thought of as simply a navigator?
Did warfare play an important part in the development of language?
ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN "Unusual Perspectives".
ODDLY, THEY CONVERGE INTO A COHERENT PATTERN.
A PREVIOUSLY UNDEFINED " BIG PICTURE" WHICH MAY HAVE IMPORTANT PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
"I walked past the large white house I've been purposely walking past for the past 3 days. Every night, a beautiful girl comes out on the white balcony and looks at the moon. The moon shinned on her porcelain skin. She was like a white dove. Her long black hair and emerald green eyes fit her very well. Her lips were a light pink and plush. I didn't even know the girl, but I wanted to kiss her. Just the looks of her made me want to protect her, despite the fact that the only thing I could protect her from is probably myself..."
Is humankind soon to be superseded by a new dominant life-form?
Are we heading towards a world in which all goods and services are essentially free and traffic congestion practically nil?
How much Imagination is in a can of beans?
Why does the human animal uniquely do so much unusual stuff? Sports, Arts, Sciences, Technologies?
What is so very special about glass?
Are computers very different from minds?
When reduced to basics, does money correspond to gravity? How could that possibly be?
Why do we laugh at jokes?
Is the human consciousness best thought of as simply a navigator?
Did warfare play an important part in the development of language?
ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED IN "Unusual Perspectives".
ODDLY, THEY CONVERGE INTO A COHERENT PATTERN.
A PREVIOUSLY UNDEFINED " BIG PICTURE" WHICH MAY HAVE IMPORTANT PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR SURVIVAL.
"I walked past the large white house I've been purposely walking past for the past 3 days. Every night, a beautiful girl comes out on the white balcony and looks at the moon. The moon shinned on her porcelain skin. She was like a white dove. Her long black hair and emerald green eyes fit her very well. Her lips were a light pink and plush. I didn't even know the girl, but I wanted to kiss her. Just the looks of her made me want to protect her, despite the fact that the only thing I could protect her from is probably myself..."