Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
AYTD Presents... "Notes" - "That's Not His Name"
"They call Him Yahweh,
They call Him Ra,
So many titles, they're wrong by far;
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!
Numerous deities,
They doth proclaim,
To be so Godly, it's such a shame;
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!
That's not His Name!"
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (instrumental)
Related Link: AYTD Presents... "Notes" - I Need Allah
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place"
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Everything In Its Right Place is the introductory track to the 2000 LP
Peekaboo; Eye See YOU!! - John & Carole E. Barrowman - "Hollow Earth"
Synopsis:
"Lots of twins have a special connection - being able to finish each
other's sentences; sensing what the other is thinking; perhaps even
knowing when the other is in trouble or in pain - but for 12-year-old
twins, Matt and Emily Calder, the connection is beyond special.
Together, the twins have extraordinary powers. They are able to bring art to life, or enter paintings at will. Their abilities are sought by villains trying to access the terrors of Hollow Earth - a place where all the demons, devils and creatures ever imagined lie trapped for eternity. The twins flee with their mother to the security of an island, off the west coast of Scotland, where their grandfather has certain protective powers of his own. But too much is at stake, and the twins aren't safe there either.
The villains will stop at nothing to find Hollow Earth and harness the powers within..."
Together, the twins have extraordinary powers. They are able to bring art to life, or enter paintings at will. Their abilities are sought by villains trying to access the terrors of Hollow Earth - a place where all the demons, devils and creatures ever imagined lie trapped for eternity. The twins flee with their mother to the security of an island, off the west coast of Scotland, where their grandfather has certain protective powers of his own. But too much is at stake, and the twins aren't safe there either.
The villains will stop at nothing to find Hollow Earth and harness the powers within..."
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Eugenics In Action - "How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change"
From drugs to help you avoid eating meat to genetically engineered cat-like eyes to reduce the need for lighting, a wild interview about changes humans could make to themselves to battle climate change.
The threat of global climate change has prompted us to redesign
many of our technologies to be more energy-efficient. From lightweight
hybrid cars to long-lasting LED's, engineers have made well-known
products smaller and less wasteful. But tinkering with our tools will
only get us so far, because however smart our technologies become, the
human body has its own ecological footprint, and there are more of them
than ever before. So, some scholars are asking, what if we could
engineer human beings to be more energy efficient? A new paper to be published in Ethics, Policy & Environment proposes a series of biomedical modifications that could help humans, themselves, consume less.
Some
of the proposed modifications are simple and noninvasive. For instance,
many people wish to give up meat for ecological reasons, but lack the
willpower to do so on their own. The paper suggests that such
individuals could take a pill that would trigger mild nausea upon the
ingestion of meat, which would then lead to a lasting aversion to
meat-eating. Other techniques are bound to be more controversial. For
instance, the paper suggests that parents could make use of genetic
engineering or hormone therapy in order to birth smaller, less
resource-intensive children.
The lead author
of the paper, S. Matthew Liao, is a professor of philosophy and
bioethics at New York University. Liao is keen to point out that the
paper is not meant to advocate for any particular human modifications,
or even human engineering generally; rather, it is only meant to
introduce human engineering as one possible, partial solution to climate
change. He also emphasized the voluntary nature of the proposed
modifications. Neither Liao or his co-authors, Anders Sandberg and
Rebecca Roache of Oxford, approve of any coercive human engineering;
they favor modifications borne of individual choices, not technocratic
mandates. What follows is my conversation with Liao about why he thinks
human engineering could be the most ethical and effective solution to
global climate change.
Source: The Atlantic
Source: The Atlantic
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