Wendy's Coffeehouse Curious

  “I am not crazy; my reality is just different from yours.” –   Cheshire Cat , Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  Public Domain:  Sir John Tenniel's hand-coloured proof of Cheshire Cat in the Tree Above Alice for The Nursery "Alice" Science and other notes Humanity May Achieve the  Singularity Within the Next 12 Months , Scientists Suggest.  Source The US Department of Defense has confirmed that it is taking seriously the claims of former US Air Force pilot  Jacob Barber , who alleges that he recovered alien technology while working for a secret  government UFO retrieva l program.  Source “That famous ‘revival of religion,’ …” he wrote.  “It will come about as the result of biochemical discoveries that will make it possible for large numbers of men and women to achieve a radical self-transcendence. ” –  Aldous Huxley - Is God a Mushroom? New research into the role of psychedelics upends our understanding of spiri...

  " If you ask a question strongly enough, the universe cooperates and gives you information relevant to the question." -  John E. Mack OddsnEnds -  - Traces of psychedelics make you feel good, but so does placebo. Results of ‘self-blinding’ s tudy.  ScienceMag. - Mobile brain wave reader can detect the emotions of a Horse.  Science . - "Can we ask people questions that they could actually hear in their dreams that we could kind of have a more meaningful conversation?"  NPR . - Using a Dyson Sphere to bring the dead back to life.  "Humans can’t build a Dyson Sphere - yet - but the researchers say nanorobots could one day do the job." ( On the other hand, a body isn't required for immortality .) PopMech - Study: Social media users behave a lot like animals searching for food.  UPI - New Theory about the 2020 Monoliths: We're the Aliens.  NYTimes . - 'Third quarter phenomenon' - First named in 1991 by researchers studying people living in c...

“Philip K. Dick was more than a visionary: he’s the man who remembered the future.”  –   James Rogers One who aspires to greater awareness learns to respect the unknown to gain access to levels previously hidden from view – that revelation calls reality into question. Moon shot There we were – managing to locate the  comet  framed by twin stars, high in the west sky. (Andy could actually see it – the only person who could.) However, neither Andy’s camera nor my phone camera could sight the darn thing. We lucked out. The guy who showed up next to us got some great shots with his comet tracker app and his 500 zoom lens (with the  same  camera Andy has: 350 Zoom lens. Bummer).  Bonus : The guy told us about the ghost at the place he works. We turned to leave and saw the moon rising in the east. I got that instead. Expanding the comfort zone – Introductions to others among us “If there are other worlds parallel to ours, are all the doors closed? Or does on...