by Prometheus | May 21, 2017 | Evolutionary Processes, Fantasy, Futuristic Realism, Intra-stellar travel, Uncategorized
Storytelling, the Eternal Art Storytelling has been prevalent in every civilisation we know of – for instruction, for inspiration, and, of course, for entertainment. Primitive societies told stories of heroism and horror, illustrated by the light of flickering...
by Prometheus | Oct 26, 2016 | Global Warming, Societal impact of advancing technology
Forecasting has a spotty history; spectacularly successful for the few but disastrous for many, and opining on the validity of forecasts is arguably the most odiously subjective science of all. But global warming is occurring, so we have to, don’t we? We can say that...
by Prometheus | Oct 26, 2016 | Habitable Exoplanets, Probability of extra-terrestrial intelligent life
The discovery of a new exoplanet is becoming a frequent hyper press event, which never fails to provoke general excitement and speculation. Astronomers claim to have detected about 3,500 exoplanets in total so far, while guesses as to the number of potentially...