Category Archives: Prediction

The New Year and the Future

Posted on January 1, 2012 by OgreMkV

We sit around the table, remembering fun times with family and watching the boy explore his new toys.  Then we get to talking about how radically different things are not and how much more radically altered things will be in … Continue reading →

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GOP Candidates

Posted on December 17, 2011 by OgreMkV

I don’t talk too much about politics, but I’ve been keeping up with this for a while and something very interesting is starting to occur at a local level. We’ve all seen the fortunes of the Republican candidates.  Someone new … Continue reading →

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Petition the White House… is a Failure

Posted on October 28, 2011 by OgreMkV

Some months back, President Obama began the ‘We the People‘ website.  The principle was quite simple.  People (anyone in the US) could create a petition and if if it got the requisite number of signatures in the required time, then … Continue reading →

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The Intelligent Design Challenge

Posted on August 6, 2011 by OgreMkV

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There Goes the Real World, Fracking with our Perceptions

Posted on July 31, 2011 by OgreMkV

I’ve been grumpy lately and I’m pretty tired of dealing with the crap.  But it does bring to mind something that I read from Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame).*  Allow me to paraphrase. Ask all the smartest people in the … Continue reading →

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Scientific vs. Unscientific Notions

Posted on July 27, 2011 by OgreMkV

I was reading this article about the multiverse and found a really profound statement and an area of common misunderstanding.  So… blog! To me, the key point is that if theories are scientific, then it’s legitimate science to work out … Continue reading →

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A Eulogy for a Country

Posted on July 4, 2011 by OgreMkV

The United States of America has done the impossible.  Our country is mighty, not just because of military power, but because of the heart and soul and strength of her people. The United States were born out of a desire … Continue reading →

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Information and Humans

Posted on June 29, 2011 by OgreMkV

Back in the late 80s, I had a computer.  It ran at a stunning 12 Mhz.  It had the max 640k of memory.  I paid over $300 for a  20 Megabyte hard drive.  It was the boss machine of the … Continue reading →

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The Technological Singularity – In Response to Charles Stross

Posted on June 25, 2011 by OgreMkV

Charlie Stross* wrote an well reasoned argument against the Technological Singularity.  While I agree with most of his article, he is following almost a fundamental aspect of The Technological Singularity.  What he, and IMO, other post-humanists and those of similar … Continue reading →

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The Non-Rich

Posted on June 23, 2011 by OgreMkV

… what are we to do? It’s a very depressing situation.  Guy dumps something like 299 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, was in charge when 11 people in his company died and gets a $400,000 safety … Continue reading →

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