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College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor
Aiua writes "The Deseret Morning News is reporting that a Utah State University freshman has built a nuclear fusion reactor and compares how the student is similar to Philo T. Farnsworth (the inventor of the television and designer of the plans for a fusion reactor)."
Clone ME, Dr. Memory!
Sometimes I wonder just what it is that we humans are doing on this planet. I'm not really asking the question why are we here, let's just ignore that for a second. Rather, I wonder what it is that we are doing as a species since we are already here. Billions of individual lives on this planet, all of them humming along at their own speed to their own destination. Yet they are just one species, dominating, manipulating, controlling the whole world. The only thing that these animals have going for them, as far as I can see, are that they are all capable of sharing some kind of mass hallucination.
This is how societies have risen, in my view. Back in the beginnings of humanity, some of our ancestors shcizmed with their previous animal concoiusness. Abstract reasoning increased. The clan structure increased. All the while the population is increasing. You need more and more food. People, in general, became very defensive of their land, their families, etc. Larger and larger groups of people start living together in order to protect their selves and food from groups/animals that would try to have it for their own. More technology to feed the masses, more social order to keep things safe inside the group, more jealously between the humans themselves.
Why are we different from the majority of animals? Is it strictly that we have larger brains, or is it because of the thoughts that go through them? This is about where I usually start thinking about memes. Suppose that a humans greatest advantage is communication within the species. Another assumption is that human nature, the nature to lie, manipulate, etc for personal gain, has always been around. Our ideas, the memes, were in the beginning very small, in other words, less complex. Also, there were less copies and mutations. Fast forward a few miliniea, and all of a sudden meme population has EXPLOADED. Not only have the memes been able grow more complex, but they also have an exponentially larger host population. Earlier, memes had to replicate through word of mouth, but now the humans have gone and done something just amazing for meme survival: They have started writing. With the rise of the memes come culture, society, civilization.
What does any of this mean, in the end, to come full circle? Since meaning is just a meme thats been replicated in some variant in my head at this moment, and all the other billions of the planet have a slightly more or less different version of this meme running in their minds, What The Fuck? What The Fuck? What The Fuck?
Mandark is MY name you incontinent clod!!
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Dunno why I'm answering someone who uses the word "frist" and then accuses someone else of being "dyslectic" (try "first" and "dyslexic"), but here's an attempt...
It all goes back to shortly after members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as "Mormons") colonized Utah and the surrounding areas. At the time, the territory belonged to Mexico (and the Ute Indians). Brigham Young, leader of the church, petitioned the United States for admision to the Union. His envisioned territory comprised Utah, parts of Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona, and was called "Deseret." He intended it to be the largest state in the Union, and drew the geographic boundaries in such a way as to maximize natural resources for the territory. The US liked the idea of acquiring the land, but weren't enthused about having a single large entity controlled by Mormons. So they carved out several states from Mexican territory...
In any case, the word comes from a book of scripture used by Latter-day Saints. The word signifies the honey bee, and was chosen because Latter-day Saint people believe in being industrious.
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I know it is off topic, but why waste time (and Mod Points) moding up Anonymous Cowards?
It is human nature to take shortcuts in thinking.
[In a shooting range, confronted with numerous menacing-looking targets, Edwards shoots a cardboard little girl.]
Zed: May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die?
James Edwards: Well, she was the only one that actually seemed dangerous at the time, sir.
Zed: How'd you come to that conclusion?
James Edwards: Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing! Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. Or do I owe her an apology?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0119654/quotes