FastForward Radio
Sunday night Phil Bowermaster, Stephen Gordon, and Michael Darling talked about the far future.
What is the destiny of humanity?
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The topics:
- Stephen spoke briefly about the attending the 2008 reenactment of the Civil War Battle of Pleasant Hill. Here's pictures from the 2007 reenactment.
- Michael mentioned a piece of weaponry that was used before the Civil War - the trebuchet. Check this out:
- Here's the complete text of the H.G. Wells classic, The Time Machine.
- How will the MOSH ("mostly original substrate humans" - which means normal, unenhanced humans) fair in the future? Phil has published some thoughts.
- Michael Darling shares that the Star Trek:TNG episode "Ship in a Bottle" is his favorite.
- Stephen is impressed with his new iPod Touch. In addition to being a music/movie player, it's a wifi device. You can download music directly from iTunes without a computer. It's got a direct link to Youtube and google maps. You can get your email. It's the iPhone without the phone.
- Stephen believes that the best answer to the Fermi Paradox is that we are, probably, the only intelligent life in this galaxy. George Dvorsky has a great blog post on the subject.
- On the other hand, Phil may have found extraterrestrial life in his own backyard.
- Here's the Steven Pinker TedTalk lecture on how the world is becoming a less violent place:
- Ghost Busters is a fount of pithy quotes.
- Phil mentioned a favorite Isaac Asimov short story, "The Last Question." The link takes you to the actual story. If you've never read it - or haven't read it lately - click through. It is a truly great story.
Our front bumper is a sample of Marginal Prophets' "The Difficult Song."
Our exit music this week is from Justin Hopkins and the Guilt. The song is "Here Goes Nothing."
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BTW, I think that one followed by 14 zeros -- the beginning of the end of the universe -- is one hundred trillion years from now. Seeing as the universe isn't even 14 billion years old yet, and the final end doesn't come until you reach a one followed by 150 zeros years from now, I think I've finally got a good working definition of what I mean by the "distant future."
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April 7, 2008 08:03 AM