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Thanks, Alice, for the link.

“Elbowed” Magnapinna squid captured on camera by Shell Oil Company ROV. Full Story.

Ray Kurzweil talks about the evolution of technology and the emergence of the singularity. Kurzweil’s brilliance and the reasoning of his arguments put him in a rare class, one among few who can discuss the possibility of immortality as a physical being without tempting concerns for his sanity. However, I admit that there are some rarely-discussed issues in this conversation with which I struggle. For example: if in fact we are at some point able to upload our consciousness into a machine, there’s this sticky matter that there’s still a copy running on your brain. I think that you still experience death, even if there’s now another mind out there that thinks it’s you, and may never have to. Am I missing something, Mr. Kurzweil?

Utilizing the cutting edge of software, human-machine interfaces, and proprietary technologies, I have developed a system to ascertain the answer to this important question. Is it Amie’s birthday? Find out here.

When I was studying Cognitive Science I learned of a study on gender perception in which three eigenfaces were generated from a large body of photographs - one male, one female, and one gender-neutral. Then a difference eigenface was created by subtracting the male one from the neutral one. As you’d expect, you could recreate the male one by adding the difference back to the neutral one, but the researchers also showed that you could create the female one by subtracting the difference from the neutral one. What does this mean? I think the conclusion is clear: 2% of my DNA is Pleiadian.

I think I’m a lot less ugly before transformation. Thank you, Jesus. 

If you’re the adventurous type, you can try it yourself.

Brave and beautiful. And sparks — oh, the sparks.

This is an inspirational marriage of art and technology. It seems improbable that it could serve any truly functional purpose; so much the better.

Amie Tullius and several writers, printmakers, and mules have launched a unique art project. 

MRI Lie Detection to Get First Day in Court | Wired Science from Wired.com.

“You know, the whole term ’ski mask’ is itself a joke. If you saw somebody - you’re skiing in Vail, and you saw someone coming behind you wearing a ski mask, you’d go batsh*t. You’d try to call homeland security, the police. God help us! You know, it’s someone skiing with a ski mask! It’s a f*****g terrorist! No self-respecting skier would ever be caught dead with a ski mask. It would be risky. You’d get shot.” -Errol Morris