The nanobots will be programmed to self-replicate, and the death of the host will mean the end of the nanobots. To preserve themselves, they'd need to transfer to a new host. Therefore, the last act of the nanobot zombie would be to bite a hole in a healthy victim, letting the n...
Space Nation Here in 2018, there are a bonkers number of different fitness apps. Some let you drill down to receive mind-boggling amounts of data about your fitness levels. Others boast asarcastic A.I. leading you through your workout. Still others promise to scare you fit by plunging you...
When a human forms the idea “I want to bring about X”, this is the outcome of a computation instantiated in his brain. X may be an instrumental goal: for convenience, the brain pins down an objective like “I want to earn money”, but this is predicated on the fact that possession...
ideaif hestill remembered what a movie was but I didn’t care. David was going to the movies whetherheliked it or not. The shabby foyer of the Bug House was relatively untouched. There must have been no-one in it when the Apocalypse passed through. Did it happen at mid-day or ...
If this apocalypse happened, I think maybe it would start out as a disease like most movies. Anyways nobody would have a greater chance at surviving then the other. More and more disasters would be happening, people would go crazy, riots would happen, the disease would be spread anywhere ...
While we have record high sea ice in Antarctica, the Australian research council is figuring that a collapse of Antarctic ice is imminent, followed by 3-4 meters of sea-level rise. It's all based on a model that they took back in time to 14,000 years ago
I had no idea if he still remembered what a movie was but I didn’t care. David was going to the movies whether he liked it or not. The shabby foyer of the Bug House was relatively untouched. There must have been no-one in it when the Apocalypse passed through. Did it happen at ...