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I wrote this 18 months ago, but I've linked to it increasingly recently to explain points, so I'm bringing it to the top. The electoral system encourages broad church coalitions and two main parties. Every vote is thus, in some way, tactical.
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Charlie goes back over Fermi's classic 'if they exist, why aren't they here' paradox with a bunch of possible explanations.
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Follow up from Fermi - Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space - the Vatican is organising a conference next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of the Origin of Species, Charles Da
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Very very cool. Link to part one of some production stills and mock ups of the CGI original design Cylons from the Razor TV movie. Part two, witht he gold cylon, is worth clicking through to.
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For those that wanted them from last time, Jen's now posted the whole article.
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Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 14:07 (UTC)"ALIENS EXIST SAYS POPE"
Pontiff backs up British sightings
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Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 16:08 (UTC)In the long term, we don't die. We quantum tunnel to iron then ionize into completely individualised particles floating through space. So there.
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Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 16:16 (UTC)But that does sound rather good.
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Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 16:41 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 19:09 (UTC)"Asked about the Catholic Church's condemnation four centuries ago of the Italian astronomer and physicist, Galileo, Father Funes diplomatically says mistakes were made, but it is time to turn the page and look towards the future."
...so the unchanging word of God was wrong, eh? Or was it just the Pope - elected by God - and the rest of the Vatican that were wrong?
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Date: 2008-May-15, Thursday 22:18 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-May-18, Sunday 19:05 (UTC)There was a letter in the Indie (which I wish I had written) asking, since aliens weren't the offspring of Adam and Eve, whether they too were tainted by original sin...