December 2011
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Rare
From Peter Arnott’s Genotype blog.
This is an illustration of the Drake Equation, which is a mathematical model that has been used since the 1960s (when CETI was set up) to calculate the number of intelligent life forms “out there” who might have something they wanted to say to us. Even a brief hello…or maybe something in exchange for the transmissions of the X Factor...
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The Tree of Knowledge: Before the first preview
From Jo Clifford’s blog:
I tell myself there’s no need to be frightened. Or nervous, even… At the start of the week, there were two days of technical rehearsal that were the calmest and most creative I have ever experienced. Everyone was working together so well. As if making up a new theatrical language as they went along - incorporating the text with the set with the lighting with...
10 Small Songs About Everything
From Peter Arnott’s Genotype blog.
1 At the heart of Lived and illusory experience Is the feeling that there’s somebody watching That we’re apart from the things we are a part of That there are always two of each of us. That only one of us is us And he isn’t even the real one. 2 Our ancestors became objects of worship So very early on, Because it is unsettling that the dead Stay present in our...
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In Search of the Great Money River - Bacteria that...
From Peter Arnott’s Genotype blog
Following on from the philosophical ramblings in previous posts, I think I’m ready for a case study of living in two worlds at once. The source of the story I’m going to attempt to reconstruct is James Watson’s racy and readable account of the making of the DNA business from inception to corporation (DNA : The Secret of Life Random House...