maybe instead of blaming every media source under the sun we should look at our fucked up civilization for the cause of violence. Parents beat their children who beat their children who beat... maybe its not tv/videogames/internet/thinking maybe its just our whole mindset as human beings i look on video games as a way of getting rid of excess violence in my life look what just happened in florida! its not our entertainment its the goddamn human condition
i know i've seen something like this before...it was in a magazine, discovery, or pop sci or something. This man who had been paralized from the neck down was connected directly through his brain to a computer. He was able to move a mouse and type. Unfortunately, it involved a large headpiece and wires connecting the man and computer. It's not mind reading, but it is close to direct brain to computer interaction (sorry the details are so vague, it was a year and a half ago)
That's what I was thinking. The question is, does the state change as soon as it is observed by the computer or is it only when someone observes the results that the state changes. If the former the technology is not feasible even if no human ever observes the state. If the latter, how can any real work be done towards this, how can it be developed without testing which would alter the state of the particle randomly?
Normally i find your comments witty and insightful, but the origional star trek sucked. All the sets were cheesy, the aliens had no thought put into them, and captain kirk makes me gag. The plots were good, though. DS9 is my fav, followed closely by TNG. Does anybody else see the similarity between DS9 and World War II. Its kind of blatent...
Dr. Bakker's book is absolutely superb! He went about proving the warm-blooded theory in a logical and consise manner while writing in the vernacular. I read the book in sixth grade and even today it's still interesting. Anyone who likes it should also try and find Raptor Red, also by Dr. Bakker. It's a fictional story which follows the life of a Utahraptor.
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We could see the towers fall all the way at Rutgers, in New Brunswick NJ. Quite far away. You can also see the smoke now.
maybe instead of blaming every media source under the sun we should look at our fucked up civilization for the cause of violence. Parents beat their children who beat their children who beat... maybe its not tv/videogames/internet/thinking maybe its just our whole mindset as human beings i look on video games as a way of getting rid of excess violence in my life look what just happened in florida! its not our entertainment its the goddamn human condition
i know i've seen something like this before...it was in a magazine, discovery, or pop sci or something. This man who had been paralized from the neck down was connected directly through his brain to a computer. He was able to move a mouse and type. Unfortunately, it involved a large headpiece and wires connecting the man and computer. It's not mind reading, but it is close to direct brain to computer interaction (sorry the details are so vague, it was a year and a half ago)
That's what I was thinking. The question is, does the state change as soon as it is observed by the computer or is it only when someone observes the results that the state changes. If the former the technology is not feasible even if no human ever observes the state. If the latter, how can any real work be done towards this, how can it be developed without testing which would alter the state of the particle randomly?
Normally i find your comments witty and insightful, but the origional star trek sucked. All the sets were cheesy, the aliens had no thought put into them, and captain kirk makes me gag. The plots were good, though. DS9 is my fav, followed closely by TNG. Does anybody else see the similarity between DS9 and World War II. Its kind of blatent...
Dr. Bakker's book is absolutely superb! He went about proving the warm-blooded theory in a logical and consise manner while writing in the vernacular. I read the book in sixth grade and even today it's still interesting. Anyone who likes it should also try and find Raptor Red, also by Dr. Bakker. It's a fictional story which follows the life of a Utahraptor.