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...that “a minority of [committee] members considers it probable that plants are sentient.” Plants, for those of you who have forgotten, have no brains and no neurons. If they feel pain or experience some sort of consciousness, it is through a mechanism completely unknown to science. Yet the majority of the committee ruled that sentience is “morally relevant” because we cannot rule out the possibility of sentience. This is an utter bastardization of the skepticism that forms the foundation of modern science. We cannot prove that plants...
...Changeling is an epic, fact-based story - depicting sadistic, systematic corruption in the municipal government, the police department and the medical establishment of 1920s Los Angeles - that has the novelty of being virtually unknown today. The script, by TV writer-producer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Jeremiah), juggles elements of L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, The Snake Pit and any number of serial-killer thrillers. But at its center are the heartache and heroic resolve of a woman who has lost the person she loves most and is determined to find him, dead or alive, against all obstacles the authorities...
...it’s almost hard to believe that people would want to leave the fascinating place that is Ember City. Its inhabitants are not aware of Earth’s glorious miracles like sunsets, fall foliage, sunny days, and starry nights; what could possibly be appealing about the unknown and dangerous darkness outside when one’s home “is the only light in a dark world,” as the mayor puts it? As the adventure winds down, the movie ends with a fantastic scene that leaves the characters and the audience with...
...channeling Tammy Wynette to Elvis Costello's George Jones on "Jailhouse Tears"--but the critical decision was to make this a guitar-dominated album. It's not just that it's the warmest instrument in rock, country and blues (Williams' favorite playgrounds) but that Doug Pettibone is the best unknown guitarist in all three. On song after song, Pettibone's six-string acts as Williams' adoring foil, flirting with her between the lyrics on "Circles and Xs," replying with great gusts of seduction on "Knowing." On the album-ending AC/DC cover, they just roll around and laugh. It's exactly...
These are some of the more prominent success stories: companies from everywhere competing with us for everything. Hundreds of other challengers that are relatively unknown today are ready to join them...