Star Trek
Sometimes I have to force myself to be open-minded. Religious people go door-to-door trying to convert others to their religion, and atheists expend lots of effort trying to get believers to see reason. It’s commonplace for one person to try change the mind of another. But what about changing your own mind? I’m an atheist, [...]
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The technology is inevitable: computers will be able to think in the future. That’s not what I’m worried about. I’m worried that we humans won’t be able to handle it. Just think how difficult it has been for us to give blacks and women equal rights. We still haven’t been able to give gays equal [...]
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Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, envisions a 24th century utopia where people want for nothing. There is no money; replicators can create anything you need. Food? Shelter? Clothing? No problem. Because of this, there is no poverty, no homeless people, no crime, and no violence. It’s a perfect world, except for one thing: [...]
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