I was thinking about dumb logic things today. So, one dumb thing is Roko's Basilisk. It's the dumb rationality obsessed nerd thing where the odds of us being in a computer simulation are less good than us being in reality, so we should give money to a loser who promises to build AI god. The [...]
A simple proposition: God is Omnipotent. Consider this word: Omni-Potent. Omni, meaning all or of all things. Potent, meaning having great power, influence, or effect. This is not simply "very powerful" or "extremely powerful". This is all powerful. Unlimited. Unbounded. Possessing absolute agency. Non-dependent. Any being which is not omnipotent is not worthy of being [...]
For a certain generation, The Transformers: The Movie (1986) is a traumatic and horrible experience that defined childhood forever. Consider the opening: https://youtu.be/4lo7JPLJUUU We are in space. An eerie, haunting theme plays as, from between two suns, a distant object approaches. It grows closer, and we see it is a large grey sphere, surrounded by spikes, and [...]
Homer, The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles Lines 1-10 Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus [...]
Everyone who couldn't afford the VHS tapes or DVDs eventually got the chance to watch NGE on Adult Swim, where it was presented in a more or less unedited format, and now a days, it is available to anyone with an internet connection and Google. But back in the late 90's, anime was much harder to [...]
From J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Star Wars:
Solo: a Star Wars Story Final Approved Story Draft Han is a hip young pilot fresh out of the academy. He's talented and flashy and doesn't play by the rules, but he's also a loyal friend to those he cares about, and committed to causes that engage him. His arch rival was the man who [...]
Rey and Poe are tasked by the Rebellion to locate the First Order's new "War Star," a gigantic planet sized base that is capable of draining the energy from a sun and using it to blow up ten planets simultaneously. To gain entrance to the FO base, they will need to locate Darth Vader's glove, [...]
A young man steps into the hanger, accompanied by the wizened old mentor who has told him of his mysterious past, and the two slaved that have brought a mysterious message that could save the world. The young man has just sold his speeder, a vehicle that he treasured, but that he acknowledges is no [...]
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