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2021-04-18 Science & Technology
Transhumanism, Meritocracy, and National Survival
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Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-18 00:51|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 It is easy to determine whether its a computer or a person unless the computer lies. Simply ask the entity what is the square root of 64.352 divided by 23.22 squared x 12
Posted by BernardZ 2021-04-18 05:36||   2021-04-18 05:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Credible speculation is limited only by one’s imagination

And on that note, a free story, for the discerning Rantburgher. Sci-fi, flying lead, and Yog Sothothery at it's worst.

CEREBRUM MACHINAE
Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-18 06:38||   2021-04-18 06:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Just read the whole thing Dron...nice short story
Posted by Warthog 2021-04-18 10:58||   2021-04-18 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4  Every happily married couple or well-functioning team of humans is its own intelligence / conscious entity above and beyond its individual members.
Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-04-18 11:58||   2021-04-18 11:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Dron, you've got some serious talent. Well done.
Posted by Matt 2021-04-18 12:08||   2021-04-18 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 I suspect the first revolution will be biological. Billionaires will have access to tech that keeps them healthy well into their 100's while everyone else gets sick and dies as per normal. Normally this sort of thing would eventually trickle down to the masses, but I'm guessing not this time. It will effectively divide us as a species.
Posted by Angstrom 2021-04-18 12:39||   2021-04-18 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank you, Warthog and Matt.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-18 13:07||   2021-04-18 13:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Dron has a book of short stories for sale on Amazon, for those interested in the traditional method of encouraging writers to write more:

Sixshot - Volume 1: Six hollowpoints for the mind
Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-18 13:09||   2021-04-18 13:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Aw, TW. I hope you got through the colloquial vernacular.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-18 13:18||   2021-04-18 13:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I cut my teeth on Kipling, my dear. And polished them here at Rantburg. Not to mention that the internet happily defines a great many things.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-18 13:28||   2021-04-18 13:28|| Front Page Top

#11 #10 I cut my teeth on Kipling, my dear. And polished them here at Rantburg.

You may talk o’ gin and reefer
When you’re quartered in the eefer,
An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Pruitt-shot it;
But for online dramaturgy
You shall rant on Fair Rantburg-y
An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots of ’im that’s got it.
Posted by Zenobia Threack6684 2021-04-18 14:04||   2021-04-18 14:04|| Front Page Top

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