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Posterity — Why Should I Care?
Attributed mainly to Groucho Marx, the quote: “Why should I care for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?” has turned into quite a philosophical debate. The two little questions, if read merely on the surface, make a lot of sense. Why should it matter to me what happens to the universe and its…
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The Grey Irony — Featuring Dr James Watson
Background problem: Racism in the use of genomics Case in Point: Dr James Watson of Watson and Crick Model fame, a Nobel laureate if you please. Also, the founding director of the ever-famous public Human Genome Project What Happened: Talking about the “prospects of Africa,” he made the following remarks to the interviewers in 2007: “All…
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Values, ChatGPT, and Human Extinction
As I typed in the heading for this article, my LibreOffice Writer informed me that ChatGPT is not a word, and I should reconsider my choice of using it. This made me chuckle somewhat wryly as I thought — is this a case of older generation (software) disowning its newer generation? I checked the suggestions, and it…
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The Islamic Republic of At least-istan
At least he isn’t corrupt, his English and handsomeness are also a plus. Since time immemorial, women and minorities have been shunned. Also, god complex, suits men. At least they put nation’s money, To good use, Albeit on a certain province. Being privileged and tone-deaf aren’t crimes really. Child pornography are International issues indeed. Well,…
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Cannot Engine
98.5% of our DNA is junk, it is the rest that makes me a clunk. 5% of the Universe is visible to us whatever remains is darkness. And then there is sunlight 1% used by plants to live and photosynthesize. Even much less of it becomes biomass moving through the cycle of life. Plenty of sperms and menstrual blood go down the drain with faeces and worms; remnants of Mama’sdelicious…
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The Final Conquest, a short story written by Iqra Aslam at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: The Final Conquest, a short story by Iqra Aslam, a passionate reader, fiction writer by choice, content writer by chance, and … Source: The Final Conquest, a short story written by Iqra Aslam at Spillwords.com
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An Accolade to Talent (or the lack of it)
What is this need to mimicEvery good song that has ever been sung,Repeat, every idea that resonates with you at any level. Draw or paint againWhat’s been done already Either at the hand of an artistOr by God HimselfWhat is this obsession With creation and more so with recreation But is anything truly original?Hasn’t it…