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  • History Channel's special series: "America's War on Drugs"

    06/23/2017 9:53:04 PM PDT · by logician2u · 22 replies
    The History Channel is running a four-part series tracing the history (duh!) of the so-called War on Drugs. Since I seldom watch TV any more, I learned about this after the third episode had already aired. Rats! However, as luck would have it those of us who missed out didn't really miss anything. We can watch at our own pace, a few minutes at a time if that's all we can digest in one sitting (or or are otherwise distracted by barking dogs, phone calls, kids, meals). The site will remember where you left off so you can resume at...
  • Are We Lving in the Matrix? [Oxford Prof Says There's 20% Chance We're All Living in a Computer]

    05/14/2003 4:13:00 PM PDT · by ewing · 143 replies · 557+ views
    Wireless Flash News Service ^ | May 13, 2003 | wire report
    A Philosophy Professor who teaches at Oxford says there is roughly a 20 percent chance that most humans today are really software created beings living in a virtual reality.Dr. Nick Bostrum says there is a good chance technology can mature to the point where life like simulation programs are regularly run.If that is the case there is no way of knowing whether right now youre currently living in real history or a simulation of the year 2003.However, he says it is equally likely that humans will become extinct before then can develop such advanced computer simulations or lose their interest...