Robots Cannot Respond Outside the Program

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Tree on a Canal Near Amsterdam, graphite on paper, made in 1643.

If you know anything about DNA at all, you should know that it is very sophisticated and elegant in the matter of storing, retrieving and communicating information. It is currently wired in the human manifestation to function as if intelligent, as if sentient, as if self-conscious and aware of responsibilities toward the host planet, hence the monicker “Homo Sapiens Sapiens”, rather than “Homo Sapiens”, and more than a few socio-anthro profs commonly prefer “Homo Sap” to both name and describe them. Continue reading

Famous Lost Civilizations — Author’s Preface —

 

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I shipped on board this Fourth Way Liner, “The Minnow”, 2859 B.C.E.

If you’ve seen one Mayan Temple, you’ve seen them all. They all had the same plan, just as all temples everywhere are built on the same plan, which could be typically described as “something entirely overwhelming and impressive, with, if possible, a touch of weird.”

We’ll start our journey with the Mayan Culture, but before we begin, I’d like to explain the format and rationale of the present volume. Continue reading