George Dvorsky's discussions

My thought exactly. Read more

Not sure I agree. I think now is when things starts to get interesting — particularly as a very backwards and slow-to-react Paralympic organization is forced to keep up with what will be a hotly contested technological arms race. Read more

Anybody else have a problem with this study? Maybe I'm stubborn, but I'm not convinced that organic is not healthier (as distinguished from it not being more nutritious) — particularly when it comes to the long term effects. Read more

Seriously. Read more

Best. Director. Ever. Read more

Thank you for this. Read more

Thx. Read more

Hey, wait a minute... Read more

Excellent point. Read more

Agreed. Read more

Oh, and for immediate, short-term solutions in the event that Earth could be re-inhabited. Read more

I don't entirely agree. Like a mentioned in the article, a nanotechnological disaster, or runaway global warming, could really make this place inhospitable. Read more

I avoided talk of generational ships only because I was interested in exploring more near-term solutions — mostly within a 30-40 year window or so. Read more

Yeah, that didn't sound right. Now fixed. Read more

Good point — and a distinction needs to be made. The mirror rest requires higher-order abstract thinking and conscious awareness (along with such capacities as 'theory of other mind'), while self-identification of body parts in place is more proprioceptory in nature, which you are correct in suggesting has a bit of… Read more

re: oceans: ouch. Read more

Interesting. Have you seen the 1972 film, Silent Running? Read more

I actually don't disagree — I had a friend who did it, and he said it was excruciating. Read more

With this example I was trying to show that Nico is not identifying its appendage through any kind of higher order self-evaluation. It's just number crunching, and doing an imperfect job at that. Read more

Ha! Forgot about that.... Read more