-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991201c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No velociraptors were bred to produce this bulletin. We ran out of room. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ 5 Games That'll Change Gaming? http://gamespot.com/features/game_evol_hub/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ill? The Microchip will see you now. (LATimes) In a few decades, doctors will be able to check their patients' hereditary makeup in precise detail - identifying thousands of variations in an individual's genes in order to prescribe just the right medication to treat an illness or to predict the likelihood of contracting diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's or heart disease. But Clinical Micro Sensors isn't waiting for that day. The firm has developed disposable plastic chips that can test for 100 or more genes at a time and do so cheaply -- hastening the day when reading a patient's genes will become a routine part of medical care. Take off your shirt and give a DNA sample: http://www.denverpost.com/enduser/gene1129.htm : Will your biochemistry be controlled by centralized computers soon? If you displease the controllers, can/should/will they switch you off or otherwise modify your behaviour? Is that the Brave New World? Where can you escape?? Australia: Packer sets up Big Brother data store # Packer sets up Big Brother data store. A GIANT data warehouse containing the personal and financial details of almost every Australian is being constructed by a United States company and will be operational by Christmas. Ho ho ho: http://technology.news.com.au/news/4277059.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Phantom Dogs. Throughout history, the multi-cultural phenomenon of large, supernatural black dogs have appeared in legends, folklore, and numerous modern eye-witness reports. Characteristically, these phantom canines are larger than most ordinary dogs and are always black in colour with fiery, red eyes. They usually appear for only a few moments, then vanish into thin air. Also called "Hellhounds", phantom dogs are usually associated with death or the devil. Some claim these dogs accompany a black robed figure assumed to be the devil, while others believe these animals are shapeshifters, a disguise of the devil. Church Raiders - Nocturnal Car- Dodgers - Cemetery Guardians - Black Dog of Hanging Hills - Banshee Dogs: http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/cryptozoology/phantomdogs.html : Have ominous black dogs crossed your path? Are you plagued by malevolent canine shapeshifters? Are you yourself a canine shapeshifter? How did hell-hounds evolve? Were dinosaurs plagued by hellhounds? Are ETs bothered by'em? # T. rex skeleton found in S.D. (AP) The first nearly complete skeleton of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in South Dakota. "It really did knock my socks off...You're [seeing] the childhood of the world's favorite dinosaur." http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562339428-754 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ How To Understand and To Build Anything With Zero Point Physics. The notion of hyperspace and dimensionalities are actually quite simple and straightforward, however, there is a cultural reflex to dumb one's self down to deal with something that is "very hard". It is the province of the academic to pride himself on knowing more than anyone else in the various disciplines of physics, but any one of them will tell you that no one knows the full truth of the matter of the structuring of reality; only they proclaim to be able to state with authority the nature of their own consternation!! http://www.dnai.com/~zap/SAUCER/paradigm.htm : Do you know and understand anything? Are you sure? Are you academic? Are you alien? Are you zero-pointed? Does zero-point physics use warp drive?? # Alternative Explanations for Paranormal Events. Research suggests that natural chemicals in the brain and external stimuli may cause experiences such as alien abductions and visual apparitions. Or maybe the ETs inject us with'em: http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/skeptic/altpara.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Genes-R-Us: # The secret of Life. Today, scientists in London, Washington and Tokyo will announce that they have cracked the genetic code of human chromosome # 22. Pay attention: this is important. As important, they say, as the discovery that the Earth moves round the Sun or that we are descended from apes. For we are about to be shown the first chapter of the Book of Life, and its contents will change our world for ever. Just wait another 3-5 years: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Science/sciencefeat0111299.shtml : What's your favorite secret of life? Is there only one? Any others? What? # FRANKENFISH. Genetic engineering creates supersalmon - and controversy. When the first genetically modified animal fillet arrives at the neigh- borhood supermarket, chances are it will be neither beef nor chicken. It will be salmon. Or, arguably, supersalmon: fish that grow from zero to 10 pounds in just 14 months - half the normal time. It's growing... http://www.seattletimes.com/news/health-science/html98/salm_19991130.html : Will GM fish dominate Earth's waters, destroying all other life? When?? # Docs favour cloning: http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-11-30-0049.html # Building a better mouse - will they help cure disease & grant immortality? www.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,500063147-500104463-500458501-0,00.html # Govt fast-tracked Monsanto's GM potatoes - Private deal struck quietly to speed up approval: http://ottawacitizen.com/national/991130/3223500.html @ Free Radicals for Unbelievers: http://www.freeradicals.com.au @ Encounters with Green Children. Two strange reports of mysterious green children from a sunless land that were found in Europe on two occasions. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/paranormal/greenchildren.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Church Heads Fear Meet May Fuel Violence. CHICAGO (AP) — Religious leaders are asking Southern Baptists to rethink a plan to bring thousands of miss- ionaries to Chicago next summer. Members of a multifaith coalition fear the missionaries' presence could spark violence against Jews, Hindus and Muslims, whom the Southern Baptists have said they want to convert to Christianity. http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,145007207,00.html : Is religious belief a pathological meme, a parasitic mental virus? Should/ can/will you be immunized against belief? Do you react violently to belief? @ Theory weary: sick of the clichés of postmodern true believers, the ALSC looks back to find the real future of the humanities: http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/11/17/litconference/print.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "You can be pretty messed up in the head and still functional. I'll never forget the following I once heard: 'The world is filled with bank tellers who think small furry creatures are nibbling on their toes.'" --Hilary * Rev. 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