I just became aware of a nanotechnology conference they will be having at Berkeley in April: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~nano/ I'm not sure if there will be...
These guys are trying to pass an initiative in Missouri to ban what they call "human engineering" technologies. http://www.elliotinstitute.org/index.htm...
Sunday, April 2, at 5:00 pm the Santa Cruz Future Salon will host Christopher Thomas Scott, Executive Director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society at the...
From today's New York Times, an article on the science behind the movie(s) What the Bleep: Far Out, Man. But Is It Quantum Physics? By DENNIS OVERBYE Can...
This is a terrifically fun event! I'll be there volunteering. You can show up at any time. It's NOT a robot fight - the teams must cooperate to win. You'll...
This idea may be a bit far-fetched. But I find it pretty interesting that the Pentagon is reportedly now working on a way to implant devices into insects to...
Listen to a radio interview of Christopher Thomas Scott, Executive Director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical...
The Future Salon scheduled for April 23 has been rescheduled to later in the year. Tyler Emerson is busy preparing for the May 13 Stanford Singularity Summit...
Christopher Thomas Scott, Executive Director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and the author of Stem Cell...
Apologize for any cross-posting: --Sunday, April 22 @ San Mateo--------- Maker Faire - this looks to be several hundred pounds of fun, like science fair + show...
Our biggest event so far is coming up on Thurs. May 25th 7-9pm in the Media Theater. Dr. James Hughes, Executive Director of both the Institute for Ethics and...
Greetings - just a short note to introduce myself. My name is Sha Lar and I'm a 6th year PhD candidate in History of Consciousness, where I work on science...
... Welcome Sha... you realize you're the first person to actually post an introduction? :) I guess you're just more friendly than the rest of us. This list...
This is a last minute reminder that tonight is anticipated to be the largest Santa Cruz Future Salon so far. Dr. James Hughes will be speaking tonight from...
Dear Jeff, It's always a pleasure to happen on some people who know what I mean when I say "transhumanism" or "the anthropic principle". Interesting: I can...
Jeff, Sha, Thank you for starting a conversation on the Santa Cruz Future Salon list. The Bay Area Future Salon (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bafuture/) does...
Miguel, I heartily agree: indeed, one cartoon history of science fiction might see the genre (or mode, as I theorize it) as one long conversation. As William ...
Hope you enjoyed last night, I know I did! Sorry to anyone who had a question they didn't get to ask, I tried my best to get around to everyone at least once...
... I was trying to type "it's special to us, but not to the universe as a whole" but I accidentally typed "use" in stead of "us. Also, I probably should have...
... that ... I see this too where Faith in Mathematics forgets that math is a map not the territory, and thus becomes no different or any less obscure than...
Awesome, Jeff. I will not argue with you about what "the anthropic principle" says, because, as enlightening as that would be, your response had a much more...
What a pleasure to hear Dr. James Hughes tonight! The few articles of his I've read and the talk tonight (Thursday 25 June 2006) have rekindled my interest in...
... You know, after hearing you mention Barrow and Tipler and realizing I've never read anything they have to say on it... I went and checked up on the...
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