Self-replicating machines in fiction
Permanence (novel)
Permanence is a 2002 science fiction novel by Canadian writer Karl Schroeder. (Wikipedia).
Self-replicating machines in fiction
Permanence is a 2002 science fiction novel by Canadian writer Karl Schroeder. (Wikipedia).
Perseus and Medusa | Ancient Greek Mythology Stories
Based on a story by Lin and Don Donn - https://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/myths.html, used with permission. Perseus and Medusa | Greek Mythology Stories Perseus, in Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from a sea monster. ... Because the gaze of Me
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A Canticle for Leibowitz - Dystopias and Apocalypses - Extra Sci Fi
A Canticle for Leibowitz is a book about cycles and violence--about the cost of progress. But it is also about the persistence of humanity's quest for knowledge and endless resilience. Unlike other post-apocalyptic fiction tropes, it is focused on the lives and goings of everyday people, r
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Persephone | The Greek Goddess of Spring | Ancient Greek Mythology
Based on a story by Lin and Don Donn - https://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/myths.html, used with permission. Persephone | The Greek Goddess of Spring | Ancient Greek Mythology Greek Goddess of Spring. Daughter of Demeter and Zeus, Persephone is the beautiful goddess of spring. She is call
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Transference is a very useful word from psychoanalysis which describes the process whereby we react to situations in the present according to a pattern laid down in the past, usually in childhood. Getting to know our own particular transferences is part of becoming a sane adult. If you lik
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What is Transference And Why It Matters
Transference is a psychological phenomenon whereby we ‘transfer’ a way of behaving from childhood into adulthood – in situations which don’t really warrant it. It’s a big cause of trouble in relationships. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/U
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Parasites
Many science-fiction stories focus on the idea of possession -- the concept of some alien force dominating otherwise normal people and forcing them to behave in strange ways. Could any of these stories be based in fact? Learn more in this podcast. http://howstuffworks.com http://facebook.
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The idea of ‘atonement’ sounds very old-fashioned and is deeply rooted in religious tradition. To atone means, in essence, to acknowledge one’s capacity for wrongness and one’s readiness for apology and desire for change. It’s a concept that every society needs at its center. For gifts and
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Marcel Proust was an early 20th-century French writer whose seminal text 'A la recherche du temps Perdu' (In search of Lost Time) matters above all because it contains a philosophy of how we should live. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at
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Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work to help us to be better and wiser people. Her novels had a philosophy of personal development at their heart. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our
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Margaret Atwood's Creative Process | Big Think
Margaret Atwood's Creative Process New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the author, it’s not a question of sitting around and wond
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How Comic Books Can Make Kids (and Adults) Smarter | Gene Luen Yang | Big Think
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How to Fight COVID-19... with a Virus
When it comes to fighting COVID-19, scientists are throwing every bit of science we’ve got at it. A creative technique some researchers are looking into involves using gene therapy to fight this virus with… another virus! Hosted by: Michael Aranda COVID-19 News &Updates playlist: https:/
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9. Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV (cont.)
Cervantes' Don Quixote (SPAN 300) The insertion of the Novel of the Curious Impertinent at the end of part one of the Quixote may be explained by Cervantes' intention of meshing both the forms of the chivalric romance and of the collection of Italian novelle. The result, though awkward,
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15. Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
The American Novel Since 1945 (ENGL 291) Professor Hungerford situates Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping (1980) in a tradition of American writing about the individual's relationship to nature that includes the powerful influences of the Bible, Herman Melville, and Ralph Waldo Eme
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Answering The Most Important Questions About Coronavirus
Everything you might want to know about the science conducted on the novel coronavirus. Get 20% off your premium Brilliant subscription at http://brilliant.org/drawcuriosity (first 200 subscribers only) Video index with timecodes. Scroll down for primary literature: 00:00 Introductio
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How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Watching our favorite TV shows is one of the most fundamental ways we entertain ourselves. And for most of TV history, these stories were simple and episodic: you could
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Mod-06 Lec-27 The Philosophy of Buddha - IV
Indian Philosophy by Dr. Satya Sundar Sethy, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
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Artificial Super Intelligence - Will we survive?
Will we survive the advent of super intelligence? With an intelligence explosion potentially looming in the near future, what is friendly and unfriendly AI and how easy will it be to make them? Song, image, video, thumbnail sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/0B1MsR1FA0wStY0RFd3E
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Roguelike Returns - How to Revive a Genre - Extra Credits
Games like Spelunky and FTL led a revival of the roguelike genre. Techniques adopted from other genres simplify the learning curve and make these games accessible again for modern players. Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC (---More below) _______ Get your E
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Are You Romantic or Classical?
The words 'Romantic' and 'Classical' usefully bring into focus important themes in our personalities. We're all both, but which are you a little more of? If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ SUBSCRIBE to our channel for
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