Ian Banks new novel Transition is now available as a free podcast on iTunes. This is great news for Banks fans, and for scifi in general. Many thanks to Orbit Books for releasing this as a podcast the same day as the hardcover publication. Now that’s a company which understands Web 2.0. Related posts No [...]
Entries from September 2009
Ian Banks’ Transition now on iTunes
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments
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Atheists and the Fermi Paradox
September 20th, 2009 · 10 Comments
The basic argument of an atheist is “If there is a God then prove it, where is the evidence? I can’t see him, I’ve never seen a miracle, there is no evidence of supernatural powers or beings.” Replace those words with aliens and you get the exact same argument. Anyone who argues against the existence [...]
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Have physicists discovered alien life?
September 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Work published in 2008 from Israel claims detection of element #122. If true the implications are stunning. The only possible method of generating element 122 is by artificial nucleosynthesis, a technical feat beyond the capability of modern day humans. While subsequent study may have disproven the theory this opens up a new method of proving [...]
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Scifi Optimists versus Scifi Pessimists
September 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Scifi pessimists say – we’ll never be able to feed 8 billion people. Scifi optimists invent algae which can fix nitrogen from the air, generate fertilizer, and live in a symbiotic relationship with roots of food plants in airborne greenhouses. Scifi pessimists say – global warming will kill us all. Scifi optimists invent CO2 scavenging [...]
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