13 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Animals are "Other Nations"
They are not below us or above or even our bretheren, they see and feel completely alien to us.
Folksonomies: nature,biology,otherness,animals

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus An Cosmic Virus
The danger in Vinge's book is the "Blight" an godlike intelligence that is all the more dangerous for the fact that it does not evolve, but is a rot that sets in and stays.
Folksonomies: evolution,otherness

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus A Multi-Bodied Alien Considers a Single-Bodied One
A race of aliens like wolves, who form beings made of packs that share thoughts through short-range sounds, so that they cannot get too close to other packs without getting their thoughts confused, wonders at a little human girl.
Folksonomies: otherness

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The Skrodes
An alien species that looks like plant and lacks short-term memory is given mechanical mobility and mechanical memory to help them learn how to use their mobility by a more advanced alien race.
Folksonomies: otherness,alien

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus A Primitive Alien Considers Human Visitors from Space
Their technology is not magic, he realizes, but, as a multi-bodied lifeform, he is deeply disturbed by our singleton nature.
Folksonomies: technology,magic,otherness

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Recipies Become Sentient in the Transcend
A realm of super-intelligence, where the computers you create may be smarter than you are.
Folksonomies: singularity,otherness

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus The "Powers" in Vernor Vinges' Universe
They have transcended our kind of existence, but they disappear after just a few years... possibly for the flexibility of their intelligence and ability to rapidly transform themselves, much like Kurtzweil's singularity.
Folksonomies: singularity,otherness