Wendy's Coffeehouse Curious

“In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possible have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.” - Arthur C. Clarke , Rama II OddsnEnds -- Interstellar Tourist- Named Oumuamua. CNN About that youth gene found in members of the Amish community? New Atlas Frightening wake up call. From the Future Of Life Institute . PSA warning against weaponizing AI. From those who can see the writing on the wall while there is still enough time to apply the white-out. CNET Another potential misuse, already a trend, baiting social media users. Gizmodo Designing and creating safer AI. Please. Stuart Russell. TED Thanksgiving twist. A taste of Native American fare. ( Sample items prepared at a fundraiser look fantastic.) Lakota Chef Sean Sherman, a...

"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons." - Douglas Adams Not so random and assorted links - Haunted house - Said the contractor who remodeled it, "So bad his 11-year-old daughter, who sometimes accompanied him on different remodeling jobs, refused to step foot through the door." Ted Bundy's childhood home . NYDailyNews More details, a long list, from the initial source, TheNewsTribune. Among other things,  "Cellphones and other electronics occasionally would get unplugged and immediately die. The word “Leave” was found written in sheetrock dust on a bedroom floor with no footprints around it." The house SOLD. Winchester Mystery House in a new Movie featuring Helen Mirren. MercuryNews   Blade Runner 2049 . Full trailer and it's fantastic. Wired   Tips for Spotting FAKE News courtesy of Facebook. BBC   Where do altered facts sometimes roost? Evidence lies here: 20 funny Wiki Edits via Pleated-Jeans   Eco tragedy - anothe...

“Science—the science to which I’ve devoted so much of my life—doesn’t contradict what I learned up there. But far, far too many people believe it does, because certain members of the scientific community, who are pledged to the materialist worldview, have insisted again and again that science and spirituality cannot coexist.” - Eben Alexander , Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife   4/23/17 - Wendy's Coffeehouse Podcast with PMH Atwater Notes and misc etc -  Bill Nye the Science Guy Rocks - March for Science - WashingtonPost More research affirming Psychedelic Drugs induce higher state of consciousness - IFLScience Mindreading: Facebook's secret tech project in Building 8- Independent.co.uk ElecStim Brain Boost helps Memory: NYTimes X-files is a go for season 11. RollingStone (What about People of Earth? Twitter ) Skydiving Dog Arrow on duty to save wildlife - also a world record holder. Skydiving Grounds for Divorce: ...