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@ StickDeath: http://www.stickdeath.com/frameset.htm
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# Teleology, the idea of purpose in nature, has been on the back foot
since the 17th century. But it's not dead yet, even in physics.
http://www.linguafranca.com/9910/hypo.html
: Does nature have a purpose? Do you? How many deities shape you and your
nature? Do they have different purposes? Does this explain chaos? How?
# The speed of light may be variable, rather than constant:
http://www.newsreality.com/localnews/?id=18
# Questioning current notion of "time" as a framework for the universe:
http://www.newsreality.com/localnews/?id=28
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# Telecom Future: Flying Wings And Unmanned Planes. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calif. (Reuters) - It creeps across the bright desert sky as quiet as a
ceiling fan. It carries no fuel, no pilot and is wider than a jumbo jet's
wingspan. In fact, that's all the Helios is a giant wing. Bzz-bzz-bzz:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/991013/20/science-science-planes
: How many unmanned craft do you want orbiting overhead, beaming signals at
you? How many are there already? Does your implant receive signals clearly?
# MagLev (magnetic levitation) orbital launch systems are becoming more
a reality now that NASA has built an experimental launch track:
http://www.newsreality.com/localnews/?id=23
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# Solar Cycle Update. Updated predictions from NASA scientists put the solar
maximum in mid-2000. As activity on the Sun increases toward this broad
maximum, we can expect more auroral displays, radio disruptions & power
fluctuations. http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast14oct99_1.htm
: Have solar flares interrupted your thoughts lately? Have your thoughts had
any effects on solar flares lately? Do flares disrupt your remote-viewing?
# Talk of discovery of a 10th (and perhaps 11th) planet orbiting the sun.
http://newsreality.com/showbindings/?section=science.astronomy&id=4068
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991016/newsstory2.html
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# A Revolution in Brain Evolution? New research shows that monkeys regener-
ate and repair brain cells in the cerebral cortex. If humans do too, a
startling new view of the brain is possible: that our minds are shaped by
our experience. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,31889,00.html
: Has your cerebral anatomy undergone radical transformations? Do you try to
reshape your brain? Do you use drugs, knives, films, implants, sex, cigars?
# The inner idiot savant: you too could learn a dozen languages or play
the complete works of Bach, if only you'd stop trying to be so clever:
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991009/tuneinturn.html
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# Irish Coffees Better Than Drugs For Stroke? HOUSTON (Reuters) A slug of
alcohol followed by a quick cup of coffee may work just as well to limit
stroke damage as some of the drugs now available in emergency rooms.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/991013/16/science-health-stroke
: Is Irish Coffee your preferred medication? Do Mexican Coffees work just as
well? Have you ever fed Irish Coffee to a Reptoid/Republican? Do they gag??
@ See rural UK as a domestic Transylvania, where normality can't survive an
uneasy night or an innocuous dinner party www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n20/wood2120.htm
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# Immortality On Ice. NEW YORK - Kennita Watson likes to think about what
she'll be doing in a few hundred years. "Some things that come to mind are
traveling to the stars; terraforming an asteroid; learning dozens, then
hundreds, of languages; understanding general relativity; playing musical
instruments that haven't been invented yet... I could go on and on."
Cryonics to the rescue: http://foxnews.com/scitech/100899/cryonics.sml
# Bionic Humans in Slow Motion. Researchers have made headway in tissue
engineering, but a real-life Jamie Summers is still years away. Surgeons
convene to discuss growing cells & organs outside of the body. Resistance
is futile: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,31893,00.html
: What's your favorite tissue work? Would you rather be cryogenically stored
& revived, exobiologically regenerated, saturated in preservatives, deified?
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# Scientists Say Attack On GM Food Safety Is Flawed. LONDON (Reuters) -
Scientists reacted angrily to a commentary in a leading science magazine
slamming the criterion used to assess the safety of genetically modified
foods. http://news.excite.com/news/r/991013/17/science-science-gm
Source: http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991016/newsstory3.html
: Have you modified any genes lately? Are you concerned with safety? Do you
prefer foods that decay/infect/poison naturally? Do aliens guide your work?
# Snake oil & holy water: To an honest judge, joining religion & science is
a shallow, empty, spin-doctored sham: http://forbes.com/asap/99/1004/235.htm
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SkeptiLinks:
# Two UK Ufolgists Homes Targeted By Burglars:
http://www.sightings.com/politics5/burgl.htm
# Chemtrails Activist Reports Extensive Harassment, Possible Attempt
on Life: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/chemat.htm
@ UFO Timelines - Visitors Now And Always:
http://www.sightings.com/health3/ufotimeline.htm
$ IRELANTIS: Picture Atlantis As Ireland:
http://www.irelantis.com/book_carlingford.html
# BUCHANAN JUMPING TO REFORM PARTY - GOP rectums clench:
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/13/buchanan/
# Nightmarish report on Pacifica head Berry:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/12/berry/print.html
# TIME Unabomber update:
http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,32213-1,00.html
# Disney plans Unabomber movie:
http://www.variety.com/article.asp?articleID=1117756589
# MICROSOFT TO SHIFT TO SERVICE - Transformation needed:
http://cnnfn.com/1999/10/14/technology/wires/microsoft_wg/
# Mir Springs a Leak - space station loses altitude - don't worry, sez
Kremlin: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,31896,00.html
@ Wealth Of Archived Remote Viewing Programs Available:
http://www.sightings.com/ufo5/rv.htm
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