Posted in A, tagged adamski, Aliens, america, cults, earth, eccentric, fantasy, freaky, galaxies, george adamski, hoax, hoaxers, hoaxes, hopi, jupiter, koestler, lore, mars, medicine wheel, mysteries, mystery, myth, odd, paranormal, parapsychology, planets, poland, polish-american, saturn, scam, sci-fi, science fiction, sham, sol, space, spaceship, star people, stars, sun, twilight zone, ufo, unexplained, venus, weird, xfiles on May 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Adamski, George (1891–1965) Polish-born American well-known among UFO researchers and enthusiasts, alike, for his writings about alleged encounters with extraterrestrials.
In his book written with Desmond Leslie, Flying Saucers Have Landed (1953), Adamski claims that beautiful, benevolent beings invited him aboard their spaceship.
Adamski says the ship’s pilot was telepathically connected to the propulsion system. By controlling thought [...]
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Posted in A, tagged archer, bakula, Cylons, enterprise, klingons, kyle xy, sci-fi, science fiction, space, star trek, star trek: enterprise, starship, vulcans on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Archer, Jonathan Captain of the original Enterprise in the American TV show of the same title (2001-05). The character is played by actor Scott Bakula.
Some critics of Star Trek: Enterprise, a series with initial good ratings that steadily dropped, said that Bakula wasn’t worthy of the role.
The series was canceled after four seasons, which in the [...]
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Electric Neuron
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) One of the more interesting issues in contemporary philosophy and science fiction is that of machines possessing consciousness.
When we consider that human consciousness is in large part affected by our bodies and especially the biochemical charges running through of the [...]
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Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) Russian-born scientist and science fiction writer.
Asimov’s family emigrated to the U.S. In 1923 and he was granted citizenship in 1928.
He taught at Boston University from 1949, to become a Professor of Biochemistry (1979-92).
He was the author of I Robot (1950), a novel presenting a formal code of ethics that artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
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Posted in C, tagged Chakotay, janeway, maquis, sci-fi, science fiction, star trek, television, TV, Voyager on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Chakotay (Commander) Second in command in the science fiction TV show Star Trek: Voyager, played by actor Robert Beltran.
As one of the Maquis peoples, Chakotay is often called upon for spiritual assistance, usually in the form of guided meditation based on Native American beliefs and practices such as controlled dreaming.
The Maquis descend from a [...]
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Chekov, Pavol Russian ensign in the original TV series Star Trek (1966-69). He was portrayed favorably in the midst of the 1960’s Cold War between America and Russia. With the inclusion of an international crew, the series’ creator Gene Roddenberry hoped to eradicate this and many other forms of prejudice.
While the program may seem sexist [...]
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Darth Vader Personification of evil in the Star Wars films. Darth Vader originally was Annakin Skywalker, Luke’s absent father, and a Jedi knight-a righteous freedom fighter with mystical powers called the force. But in choosing the ‘dark side’ of the force, he became a kingpin for the evil Emperor, spreading interstellar death and destruction.
In essence, [...]
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Posted in D, tagged australia, cosmology, dreamtime, myth, new age, Philosophy, Q, sci-fi, science fiction, star trek on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Dreamtime The Australian aboriginal belief that all animal and human life exists in a complex set of interrelations, ultimately connecting to primal ancestors existing in the Dreamtime, a place laying beyond or behind the apparent distinctions we make in our day-to-day lives.
Generally, a threefold map of (1) the Human World (2) the Physical World and [...]
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Posted in H, tagged clarke, fantasy, fromm, futurism, hal 9000, jung, kubrick, mass man, mechanical man, sci-fi, science fiction, sociology on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
HAL 9000 The paranoid supercomputer in Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. The alphabetical letters immediately following each of the letters of Hal’s name are IBM, perhaps suggesting that Hal represents the dark side of computing. Hal is a clever if defective machine. Immediately after murdering astronaut Frank Pool during a spacewalk and [...]
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Posted in H, tagged academe, academia, carrie fisher, comics, gaming, han solo, harrison ford, jung, leia, lucas, myth, postmodern, sci-fi, science fiction, star wars, symbol on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Han Solo A character in George Lucas’ original Star Wars trilogy played by actor Harrison Ford. Han Solo represents the ‘ordinary guy’ who through meritorious ethical choices and outstanding deeds becomes a nobleman. In the so-called Star Wars ‘expanded universe‘ (to include comics and games), Han Solo is understood to have probably married Princess Leia (played by actress [...]
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