Say Yes! to Human Cloning

Remember the Raelians? The UFO cult trying to produce human clones so we can download our brains and live forever?

One of the projects they are running, Cloniad, has made a job offer to Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk - the stem cell expert who skipped the research bit of his research. Clonaid says he has been fitted up by the anti-cloning establishment because he got too close to succeeding. Sounds plausible enough to me...

I've decided to become a Raelian for a few weeks. I've just downloaded Yes to Human Cloning, and I'll grab Intelligent Design - Message from the Designers next. They put all this stuff here for free! This is way better than Scientology!

I'll post updates as I progress.

One-eyed mutant cat

I shit you not.

This is a one-eyed mutant cat with no nose.

It died the day after it was born.

And before you ask, it smells terrible.

The Age article

Engage

A recent paper submitted to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has caused a stir. It is titled "Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory" and is based on the work of Burkhard Heim, a German theoretical physicist. Heim worked on some of the grey areas between relativity and quantum theory, his aim being a "unified theory". His work isn't generally accepted, partly because it is mostly in German.

The paper describes using an intense magnetic field to generate a gravitation field which could propel a spacecraft. If the magnetic field were strong enough, it may be possible to enter a different dimension. Switching the field off brings the craft back to our dimension. Sounds a bit like a warp drive?

Expect the paper to get plenty of scrutiny from the physics world over the next few years. I hope they don't spoil it by disproving it.

Scotsman Article
Paper at AIAA
Heim Theory on Wikipedia

Typewriter Erotica

There's nothing sexier than a typewriter. Except perhaps an octopus.

Check this post over at the Rare Erotica blog:

Typewriter Erotica

Digital Polytheism

Are geeks the quantum equivalent of the classical occultist?

Tim Leary seemed to think so.

Digital Polytheism