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Opinions in science, science fiction, and fantasy.

Sell Your Personal Data in 2022
In 2022, you'll be able to sell your personal data in a way that's easy, convenient and secure. Here's how: You can sell your data to a company that guarantees your privacy.
By Courtanae Heslop3 years ago in Futurism
Is it possible that our universe is a computer simulation?
But there are limits to what that means. The main argument in favor of simulated cosmology is that if advanced civilizations are interested in their past or how backward civilizations developed and have the ability to build simulated worlds, they are likely to build simulated worlds to study simulated civilizations, This step can be repeated (an advanced civilization can simulate many backward civilizations) and multiple nesting (the simulated civilization can also establish its own simulation when it reaches a certain stage of development), so the number of virtual civilization in the multiverse should be far more than the physical civilization, and the probability of us being virtual civilization is very high. From 2001 to 2003, Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at The University of Oxford in the UK, proposed a similar idea: a very advanced supercomputer with the mass of a planet, capable of performing 10^42 operations per second, could run human-scale simulations, including all human memories, thoughts and feelings. Bostrom presents a trilemma, arguing that one of the following statements must be true:
By Zheng to3 years ago in Futurism
Pisces Woman and Cancer Man: Love Compatibility?
Cancer and Pisces make for a good union in astrology, generally. They are both ruled by the Water element and hence share many traits in common.
By AstroVed3 years ago in Futurism
Name a More Iconic Trio Than Adam, Eve, and the Snake
Who hasn’t been facinated by the sultry story of Adam and Eve? A tale of serpents, romance, and forbidden fruit? Even as a kid I knew that the fruit must have been so sweet and juicy it would make your eyes roll back on the first bite. The Apple would have had to be absolutely decadent, if it was delicious enough to make Adam and Eve realize they were naked.
By Alyissa M. Lore3 years ago in Futurism
Make yourself fraud-proof
In a world constantly evolving towards the digital universe, getting yourself prepared for it, seems not just the right decision, but the required one.
By Annaelle Artsy3 years ago in Futurism
How to make a boy like you?
When meeting a guy they like, many girls will choose to throw in the towel and try to become what he likes, but the results are often the opposite. Where exactly did this go wrong?
By Dylan M Parkin4 years ago in Futurism
A City of the Future in the Arizona Desert
Arcosanti is a self-described “urban laboratory” situated in the Arizona desert, approximately seventy miles from the sprawling suburbs of Scottsdale (a mega-suburb of Phoenix). In 1970, Paolo Soleri and a small band of volunteers broke ground on this architectural experiment in arcology (a Soleri neologism combining architecture and ecology). Soleri believed that arcologies would eventually displace the automobile, the suburbs, and the single-family home in favor of vertically designed, compact, three-dimensional city structures that addressed problems such as pollution, resource depletion, and food scarcity. In the Age of Aquarius, these utopian ideas attracted a steady migration of young people, hippies, and drop-outs who were willing to donate labor in exchange for getting in on the ground floor of the city of the future.
By The GenX Joint4 years ago in Futurism
Slips of Reality
I awoke in the middle of the night. It was the cat… It was always the cat. Afflicted by a phenomenon known as the “Night Crazies,”
By daddyp174 years ago in Futurism
In 2030, Western Values Will Have Been Tested To the Breaking Point
The headline to this story is from Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. He is the mastermind behind the World Economic Forum that organizes the well-known Davos Summit.
By Kenan Kolday4 years ago in Futurism
China's 2022 development goals
The "two sessions" of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the most important activities of the Chinese political calendar, are currently underway in Beijing. About 3,000 NPC delegates, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders, attended the opening ceremony of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, which began on Saturday.
By Ihtisham Ulhaq4 years ago in Futurism
After the Oil Crisis, a Food Crisis?
She argues that the world’s food prices have increased steadily due to increased price of energy (especially oil) and an increase in the demand due to population growth. The other issue cited as a cause of rapid food inflation is the use of biofuels, especially the diversion of food crops for use in energy production. Additionally, she talks of global warming having a negative effect on food production.
By EBONY MOORE4 years ago in Futurism
Challenges You May Encounter While Building Hybrid Work Model. Know How To Overcome
The hybrid work model differs from company to company, team to team, department to department, and employee to employee. If you are expecting the same work model and strategy for every organization, you will definitely end up banging your head. This is the reason why employers encountering the challenges differ from each other. The only way to overcome the challenges is to introduce performance management software and employee management software.
By Kathie Murphy4 years ago in Futurism