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Incredible footage from the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. I was totally awe-struck by that one shot at 8:00 where the shuttle detaches from the carrier rockets and floats away into space. This video certainly reminds you what a sublime accomplishment space flight is. <object width="400"...

Listening a lot to Actress' "Hazyville"; when it was released at the end of 2008 I didn't appreciate it all that much but now, after having given it the attention it deserves, I recognise it as one of the most innovative albums of electronic music in the last couple of years. Besides that, I...

mixed_biscuits, no offense, but your theory on the nature of altruism is just preposterous. It fails to recognise the central idea of morality so entirely that I wonder whether anyone but an autistic person or a total cynic could have come up with a warped concept like that. It's hard to even...

I've seen it, certainly a touching, compelling and thought-provoking documentary. The parts which explore the self-consciousness of dolphins are just incredible, especially the one scene where former dolphin trainer, now activist Richard O'Barry describes how one of the "Flipper" porpoises...

You're right. Shit. :mad: Wie auch immer...

We were taught the proper grammatical structure of conditional sentences, i.e. if-clauses, in 8th grade English class. Seems like that's not a priority at American schools, though. :)

It would be nice if people started using grammar in a meaningfully precise way, too.

Optogenetics: Brain/Internet Interface Mindblowing article! Maybe futuristic transhuman technomysticism is the way to go?

Mr. Dawkins is very much at peace with modern life: Independent Oh, and what ever happened to his plans to found a vacation camp for atheistic children? Did that ever happen? Difficile est saturam non scribere.

Where's that from?

Yeah, people struggling to maintain a certain ideal of the purity of love are just irredeemably brainwashed delusional losers. How much better this world would be if people only realized that all it takes to free your mind is to start cruising the fetish communities and fuck a tranny with your...

Most ridiculous discussion I've read on Dissensus thus far. nomadthethird, you have really piled up a staggering amount of bullshit in your posts. What are you trying to prove, anyway? That the sexual behaviour of males from certain ethnic groups or classes is a representation of some kind of...

Ashes of Time Redux - Proust meets eastern storytelling meets martial arts. A recut (or rather restored) version of a masterpiece of chinese cinema. .

Tonight, after weeks of perma-stoned procrastination, I started writing my seminar paper on Kierkegaard's The Sickness Unto Death.

For me euphoria on the dancefloor is all about blissful melodies and a warm noise ambiance. Music with a spacey, transcendent feel and a certain melodic intricacy that appeals to the upper part of your body and makes your fingertips dance. At the same time, dark brutal no-nonsense Berghain-kind...

Next month my brother is moving out and I'm going to have to look for a roommate. The problem is that the two rooms are not exactly soundproof as they are connected by a huge wooden double door. Living together with my brother I couldn't have bothered less about this situation but now that...

Red Cockroaches - a weird as fuck dystopian Sci-Fi incest drama that was shot on a budget of just 2000 $! For me, this was the most original and rewarding film I've seen in a very long time. Highly recommended.

I don't think hangover horniness is primarily a physiological phenomenon. It's rather caused, I would guess, by the (sad) fact that very often getting drunk means embassaring yourself and/or failing to get laid. On the next day, when you're in a state of mental reduction and disillusionment...

Ganja.

Pale Spectre by The Wake must be one of the most joyful pop songs ever. It just makes you happy. :)