philosophy

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Entertainment

Do Lego Constructions Have A Soul?

11:11AM Jesus Diaz | “When you take apart a Lego house and mix the pieces into the bin, where does the house go?” Thank you for another sleepless night. [XKCD] More »
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Music

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA: Proud To Be A Geek

11:34PM Danny Allen | In this video interview with True/Slant, RZA says hip hop and “geekism” go hand in hand when it comes to using new technology. “We geeks man, we geeks!” He also talks about video game addiction…and busts out a roundhouse kick! More »
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Gadgets

Takumi Crash Calculator Is Life in a Plastic Box

2:00AM Jesus Diaz | This Takumi calculator is a perfect metaphor of life: Its layout looks like a puzzle and when you try to solve any problem, it crashes at random. Can’t get any better than that for $US60. Unless it spontaneously bursts in flames. [Idea Frames via Technabob] More »
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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Apparently, We All Exist Only in a Computer Simulation in the Future. Bummer.

6:00AM Adam Frucci | According to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, the chances are pretty good that we’re currently existing not in the “real world,” but instead are a vast computer simulation created by a future, further advanced version of ourselves. Yeah, crazy, I know. Basically, he argues that because computing power will advance to the point where a system could be built that could simulate every brain on earth, future “posthumans” could set up an “ancestor simulator” that would be indistinguishable from real life for the inhabitants. More »
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