Interesting Wikipedia articles?

[Asterix]

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

Lefty said:

On a related note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!

Then whatever you do, don't read this... http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intellige...

[Dan_1981]

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

Lefty said:

On a related note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!

It made me very very small, and rather insignificant.....

Awesome website - I even signed up for their newsletter.

[ZOLLAR]

Asterix said:

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

Lefty said:

On a related note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!

Then whatever you do, don't read this... http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intellige...

I'm leaving work in a moment but will finish it at home but my brain is already aching (love it though!)

This statement made me go "woah, good point"

article said:

..If I tell you, later in this post, that you may live to be 150, or 250, or not die at all, your instinct will be, “That’s stupid—if there’s one thing I know from history, it’s that everybody dies.” And yes, no one in the past has not died. But no one flew airplanes before airplanes were invented either.."

[Gareth1974]

Hopefully this one hasn't already been posted:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley,_Jr.

A very clever guy by the sound of it, but responsible for enormous damage to the environment (and himself)

[glazbagun]

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

Lefty said:

On a related note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!

Then whatever you do, don't read this... http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intellige...

I'm leaving work in a moment but will finish it at home but my brain is already aching (love it though!)

You guys would love the SciFi of Alastair Reynolds. Not only does he have an explaination for the Fermi paradox, he also has a group of humans living on Mars who, once quantum computing becomes a reality, modify their own brains with AI and becomming suprahuman.

[Asterix]

glazbagun said:

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

ZOLLAR said:

Asterix said:

Lefty said:

On a related note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

...and further related - http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html#

Another epic site.

Well that was just one of the best and most mind blowing, brain hurting but enjoyable things I've read in awhile!

Then whatever you do, don't read this... http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intellige...

I'm leaving work in a moment but will finish it at home but my brain is already aching (love it though!)

You guys would love the SciFi of Alastair Reynolds. Not only does he have an explaination for the Fermi paradox, he also has a group of humans living on Mars who, once quantum computing becomes a reality, modify their own brains with AI and becomming suprahuman.

Is this what you're talking about? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_Space_univ...

If so, I'm definitely going to investigate his stuff - sounds awesome.

[Vaud]

He does do space opera well. Different to Iain M Banks, but good. Revelation Space is a good starter for him.

[glazbagun]

That's the guy. Revelation Space is the first full novel he wrote and it's a bit dry in places. However he is an actual scientist, and his writing gets noticibly better throughout the series. Hjs shkrt stories are all pretty good too.

Still miss Iain Banks. New culture novels were one of the things I lived for as a kid.

[Asterix]

Vaud said:

He does do space opera well. Different to Iain M Banks, but good. Revelation Space is a good starter for him.

Ah, I should have asked being a big fan of Iain M Banks.

I love guys like this - I'm in awe of them and somewhat pleased they make me feel rather unimaginative and dumb. I mean, wouldn't it be rubbish if you were never challenged to think bigger and harder because there was no reason to.

[Luke Warm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers

[thismonkeyhere]

Luke Warm said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers

fk!

[eldar]

The Witch of Wall Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green

[wombleh]

Great thread, kept me occupied for a lot of time (when I should have been working). One from me, spotted on Blacklist and thought it must be made up for TV but it's either true or they faked a wiki page for it, I give you the immortal jellyfish:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

[anonymous-user]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloFish

The GloFish is a patented and trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent fish. A variety of different GloFish are currently on the market

[9patch]

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling

[RobinBanks]

The definition you use for the word 'interesting' is very loose.

[Brother D]

Nancy Wake -
Socialite, SOE operative (killed with bare hands), George Medal winner, Politician and had a 5M Franc bounty on her head. And that's probably only the half of it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nancy_Wake

[glazbagun]

Brother D said:

Nancy Wake -
Socialite, SOE operative (killed with bare hands), George Medal winner, Politician and had a 5M Franc bounty on her head. And that's probably only the half of it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nancy_Wake

wiki said:

Upon discovering her tangled in a tree, Captain Tardivat greeted her remarking, "I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year," to which she replied, "Don't give me that French st."

[wst]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye

"Minister for Child Protection Beverley Hughes described the show as "unspeakably sick" but later admitted she had not seen the episode; likewise, Home Secretary David Blunkett said that he was "dismayed" but had also not seen the episode, because he was on holiday in Majorca at the time and is blind."

[Hooli]

glazbagun said:

Brother D said:

Nancy Wake -
Socialite, SOE operative (killed with bare hands), George Medal winner, Politician and had a 5M Franc bounty on her head. And that's probably only the half of it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nancy_Wake

wiki said:

Upon discovering her tangled in a tree, Captain Tardivat greeted her remarking, "I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year," to which she replied, "Don't give me that French st."

A proper attitude