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"Subsequent to leaving EnlightenNext, I discovered that I had a great deal of painful and extremely confusing history to deal with, and began the process of pulling myself back together and putting together a new life—one not based on blind obedience, humiliation and abuse. This process was liberating and took me to places I’d never expected to go. One of those new places was a strong resolve to confront Cohen for what I was beginning to realize was his hidden agenda of conquer-and-control at any cost to his students—which in my case had included the extraction of my “donation” at what had been the lowest point, psychologically, of my entire life. I realized that taking money from me when I was really broken was just wrong, and so I wrote to Cohen in the spring of 2003 to demand its return. To my surprise, he did agree to this, but with the stipulation that I sign an agreement not to make any public statements about him or EnlightenNext for five years. What he was saying in effect... more... - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

@c4chaos - I would even go so far as to call ACs teachings now 'allegations' :-) - Mushin Schilling

"Now, notice what doesn’t happen. Humanity faces a real crisis – one that threatens not only Wall Street, but all life on Earth. Call it Global Warming, call it Peak Oil, call it running out of water on a global scale, call it the collapse of industrial agriculture. Call it fisheries collapsing, call it mass extinction. Call it the potential of planetary death. Call it what is inside the Black Hole made visible, palpable in its meaning. Call it the real event horizon. Call it the Killing horizon. It’s every bit as complex in all of its intersections as the financial “crisis,” but, unlike the financial “crisis,” it’s real. And what happens? Nothing. No significant action. At all. There’s no $700 billion plan to save the Earth – which sustains us all." - triple t from Bookmarklet

If we can rise from the handful of lost souls left after the last ice age to the position we are in today, then we can rise from whatever is left after the next collapse. - Slippy "WildBeard" Lane

"We’ve gone over a number of apps today and out of all of these apps we would have to say that the following apps are definitely worth having in our camera bag and yours: Camerabag, Photoboard, Photogene, Picoli and Panolab. While not flawless all of these apps have something to offer that the others do not." - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF from Bookmarklet

Just dl'ed Photogene last week. I'm so impressed by this app! - Carmen

And a happy New Year. - Michael Forian

OMG there's a meme going on and Mona doesn't know... - anna sauce

Misshapen fruit and vegetables won a reprieve on Wednesday from the European Union as it scrapped rules banning overly curved, extra knobbly or oddly shaped produce from supermarket shelves. - Chris Baskind from Bookmarklet

I had to look twice when I originally spotted it, too. ;-) - Chris Baskind from IM

Blog of Eric Drexler! Since a few days he is silently blogging. Engines of Creation is one of the few books which twenty years ago shocked me into the awareness that through nanotechnology and artificial intelligence something like the technological singularity could be possible in our foreseeable future. - Siggi Becker

Iceland's going tits up from the top down. - kris. nuttycombe from Bookmarklet

Yeah even more interesting that what's going on in Canada. http://search.twitter.com/search... - Ryan

A must read review by Ebert of Stein's "Expelled". And a classic cartoon at the bottom. - Christopher Galtenberg from Bookmarklet

"You discover a small, promising production company named Premise Media. You like the sound of that word premise. It sounds like a plausible alternative to the word theory. To confirm this, you look both up in your dictionary: premise noun. A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion: if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be... more... - Christopher Galtenberg

"There are millions of conservative scientists, and only a tiny handful disagree with evolution, because rejecting scientific proof is not permissive conservative behavior. In that one use of the word "liberal" the Creationist religious agenda is peeking through. I would translate it as "evolutionists side with anybody against a cherished Evangelical belief." Why are they always trying to push evolutionists over the edge, when they're the ones clinging by their fingernails?" - Christopher Galtenberg

I have a cat that likes to hang out like that: http://www.flickr.com/photos... :-) - Jason Wehmhoener

داره دختر همسایه رو دید میزنه :)))))) - Alooche

Likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D - Farzad

That Yudkowsky pulls this into the light of the public does say something. Not at least that Kurzweil is partly intellectually annoying. As I said somewhere: Kurzweil is in the business of being Kurzweil. - Siggi Becker

"Credit: Phaedra Wilkinson New ways to manipulate neural plasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself--could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part. Drugs that target these mechanisms might eventually help treat neurological disorders as diverse as Alzheimer's, stroke, schizophrenia, and autism. But first scientists will need to figure out how to harness this rewiring capacity without damaging vital neural circuitry." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

Recovery from spinal injury or brain trauma os one area that sounds very possible. On the more far out end, I can imagine "educational steroids" treatments that would allow one to acquire language or become more proficient in math or music. I wonder would people sacrifice some memories if it meant having a "new brain"? - william

"In the last in the series Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself. He discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, finds out that empty space isn't empty at all, and investigates the differences in our perception of the world in the universe and the reality." - ~C4Chaos from Bookmarklet

I saw your interesting Tweet about why you love Twitter article http://tinyurl.com/66buku first on FriendFeed, which is funny. - Robert Scoble

well said, well said - Jason Calacanis

Most vegan cheese substitutes are just awful. But here's a new Scottish product called Sheese which looks promising, along with a recipe for Sheese-based blue cheese dressing that actually sounds pretty good. - Chris Baskind from Bookmarklet

I have to try this flash them the iphone technique! :) - Ryan

فرشاد و میلاد - فائزه

:))))))))) چه خیارشورهای بانمکی , :* :* - Mil∂d

"Melding humans and machines to help the paralyzed walk, the mute speak, and the near-dead return to life." - William Harryman

"He said the "consolation" in celibacy is that although "we miss something, but at the same time, compare whole life, it's better, more independence, more freedom."" "Too much attachment towards your children, towards your partner," was "one of the obstacle or hindrance of peace of mind," he said. - Briana Franco from Bookmarklet

"Or how computer geeks can enable the electric car, save the planet and millions of lives using near-term A.I. to make taxis and trucks deliver, park, recharge and drive themselves." - Michael Nielsen

I would be more inclined to believe this if automated cars hadn't been promised on the covers of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science almost every year for the last 60 years. - Richard Akerman

I'm impressed by the advances of the last 10 years at automated driving, especially the recent introduction of automated collision avoidance in high-end production vehicles. - Michael Nielsen

Like Gregory's comment - Artemko

Charlie, the thing is that I have seen it here in Russia in a similar terrorist attack situation that traditional media outlets were accused of interfering with police operations by reporting things they should not mention at all. So I think such situations are possible both on Twitter and with traditional media without big difference probably. - Svetlana Gladkova

Pigeons fly near the burning Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, where Indian commandos battled on with armed Islamist militants to free hostages. - Amir Homaiy from Bookmarklet

"Max Boot, a violently hawkish neoconservative blogger and McCain campaign staffer, professes himself surprisingly impressed by Barack Obama's staff picks." - Sean McBride from Bookmarklet

Gregory - I've read much of this literature, and agree that yoga and other ancient and Eastern traditions intuitively discovered human faculties that we still don't understand yet. Intuition and imagination always lead science and technology. - Sean McBride

Beer Advocate: "Pours medium reddish brown, clear with fine carbonation bubbles rising. Light brown/tan head rises to 1.5 of my fat fingers before dissipating quickly, leaving a cap and moderate amounts of lacing. Aroma is nutty: subtly, invitingly so. Hint of sweetened coffee in the nose. Taste is excellently balanced, with hazelnut and cashew, good bitter chocolate, warm dark bread. Maybe some fig. Not too sweet, as I find many brown ales. Hops are nicely done, and peek out as the ale warms. Mouthfeel is slightly creamy. Substantial without being heavy. Well carbonated." - William Harryman

Me want. now. - Ian May