http://boldlygo.org/blog Science Fiction, Philosophy, and the Future Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:22:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been almost a month now since I've posted.  I sincerely apologize.  Life has been busy, I've been too wore out to think and have been undergoing an identity crisis of a "What the fuck should I be doing with my life?" nature.  I've been thinking a lot about the purpose of ... http://boldlygo.org/blog/purpose-of-life/ We could not possibly be conscious of these things and remember all of them because our mind would be so full of useless details we would be unable to think. From all this awareness we must select, and what we select and call consciousness is never the same as the ... http://boldlygo.org/blog/grains-of-consciousness/ Chrisitianiy is the most popular religion in the world. In the U.S., over 80% of the population is christian. The majority of christians think the world is going to end soon. This poses a large hurdle when trying to make preparations for the future. We are starting to run into potentially ... http://boldlygo.org/blog/christianity-harmful/ My neighbors are from Kazakhstan, they are touring the U.S. for about a year before returning to college in their country.  They live in various locations for a couple of months at a time, find jobs, and learn about the area. Janna(Zhanna) is majoring in political science in Kazakhstan.  She said something very interesting the other day. She said that the U.S. has all the oil that it needs underneath it's ... http://boldlygo.org/blog/us-the-super-country/ The first human clones will likely begin growing in wombs within a year.  This procedure will be lead by scientist Panayiotis Zavos.  A few groups claim they have already cloned humans.  It's possible that humans have already been cloned, but this will be the first public, verified, and wide-spread use of cloning. Dr. Zavos ... http://boldlygo.org/blog/the-first-human-clones/