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"You could start at a path leading nowhere more fantastic than from your own front steps to the sidewalk, and from there you could go, well... anywhere at all." - Stephen King And so it is. One of the most memorable days for me was the time we stepped out and everything had shifted. I was given a telepathic prompt that this would be the case and not to telegraph that our experience was unusual. It was during that time I saw people with horns and tails. I later discovered and interviewed another person who experienced something similar: Jonas Elrod. HuffPo From that time forward, I opted to steer clear of those people. It isn't a thing one can easily forget. - The explanation given was they were focused on material things and that colored their view and influenced their appearance on the spirit plane. It was highly disconcerting. OddnEnds - Ethics and AI , it's time. Still in the works, a definition of ethics for AI. Technology Review A Drug to reverse memor...

"Unknown, unexplained and unproven can still make a dent in our reality." - Talking to Nightlights II  Filed under Believe it or Not - 2016 - Poltergeist in Scotland . Police called to the scene referred the case to the Catholic Church. Enough said. Telegraph   Spain: In February ( 2017 ), an Exorcist was called in when a city worker got spooked by an experience he couldn't explain. Daily Mail .  The town mayor remained unconvinced. "He added: 'I am a skeptic. It's not true that it is inexplicably cold. It is a collective psychosis.' June 2017 , Police were called to get rid of a Ghost in Eastern Thailand : BBC   Exorcisms trending? "In the US, over the past 10 years , the number of official priest exorcists has more than quadrupled from 12 to 50". Telegraph   Situations or circumstances requiring an Exorcist:  NYTimes Blog . More indicators an Exorcist is needed. Daily Mail   2017 , Fallout from Exorcism frenzy: Mental Health...

"Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile." - Forbes Quote of the Day 5/5/17, Mary Ritter Beard/ Harvard.edu Not so random links and inspiration -    Real and Unreal? Head Transplant . Doctor on board. Volunteer Human patient ready. Did not watch and not going to post here, videos of the animals who have been subjected to this procedure. Chinese Media following at CCTV   Furthermore, Gizmodo reports on the Doc's "to do" list: Re-implant frozen brains in Human bodies. Ethics? More Bio and Background on the Doctor at OOOM   Ghost Busted - Little girl seen on trail cam is exactly what she seems; she's a real little girl and not (Gosh darn it!) a ghost. USA Today   Shortly after this interview, NPR and a lot of worry over what happened to Nessie, a sighting has resolved the issue. Nessie is back in action with the first official sighting in 8 months. Announced to the Nessie faithful at Lock Ness Sightings.   Follow Nessie ...

"The dissatisfaction of the masses is not based on economic deprivation but on a sense of ineffectuality. Not an increased standard of living, but more social power, is their fundamental goal. Because of their emotional orientation, they arise and act when a powerful leader-figure can coordinate them into a functioning unit rather than a chaotic mass of unformed elements." - Philip K. Dick, Vulcan’s Hammer (1956) Have you not wondered what will become of humans in the future? No better place than SciFi to ponder the possibilities. Eye candy and substance in the extended trailer for Ghost in the Shell/IMBD. Effective tease! Weekend viewing. Boggle your mind with this excellent time-travel film from 2014: Predestination/IMBD   Details in this one are everything. Positive vibes at Rotten Tomatoes Extras -  Super Massive Black Hole detected. Suggests Black Holes can merge : NASA   Progress on reversing aging by - short explanation: removing the non-funct...