Saturday, 29 December 2007
Sam Harris - On the dangers of religious moderation (and fundamentalism!)
'Critical philosopher Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason", offers a cogent outline of the dangers inherent within the ID movement. While the portion of the presentation that he actually discusses the ID movement is brief, maybe 4 minutes or so, he is frighteningly concise and articulate in pointing out the dire ramifications that that this movement has had on both the classroom environment and across the gross political spectrum.'
johnald
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Brain disorders, some positives
Kim Peek (Kimputer), the 'real' Rainman :
Temporal Lobe Disorder - The Constant Psychedelic Experience
part 1 :
part 2 :
Daniel (Pi Man) Tammet:
johnald
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
My 1st Fractal Images
here's a variation of the one above (same equations) :
globular space egg clusters :
any others i've done disappeared out of existence (broken hard drive!)...
johnald
Fractal dendrites
Fractals - The Colors Of Infinity.
Arthur C. Clarke presents this unusual documentary on the mathematical discovery of the Mandelbrot Set (M-Set) in the visually spectacular world of fractal geometry. This show relates the science of the M-Set to nature. Dr. Mandelbrot in 1980 discovered the infinitely complex geometrical shape called the Mandelbrot Set using a very simple equation with computers and graphics...
here are some more fractal anims, watch 'em 'til you sick on yur sen!
johnald
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Boris Vallejo's Fantasy Art
are they nuts or plums?
this painting was done in the 1990's. See how the Twin Towers have been hit, and even what could be Tower 7 (which also mysteriously came down) :
Boris Vallejo's Site
off on a tangent a bit, here are some other 9/11 premonitions in art. the most freaky of which isn't on that page, it was done by Alex Grey (the guy who does some of Tool's artwork). About halfway through this vid Alex shows us the painting with the premonition : *"Premonition" may be defined to include ordinary predictions, a fallacy of linguistic ambiguity can lead to an overly supernatural explanation for predictions' accuracy. they're just intelligent / coincidental predictions - there's no such thing as the supernatural.
johnald
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Laurie Lipton Artwork
One of the greatest Surreal Artists out there, Laurie Lipton.
Her work has disturbingly dark undertones
(some of which i wouldn't even be allowed to post here due to the subject matter..).
Her work has disturbingly dark undertones
(some of which i wouldn't even be allowed to post here due to the subject matter..).
Collateral Damage

johnald
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
"Storm the Forcefield!"
I took this picture by the side of a pond, in Hornsea.
It's of a fly army attempting to penetrate some kind of transparent wall...
It's of a fly army attempting to penetrate some kind of transparent wall...
johnald
Igor Siwanowicz's Photography
Probably the best Arthropod photographer in the world - Igor Siwanowicz.
Here's a selection of his work:

bell-end for a head :

Igor's website : Igor Siwanowicz
Here's a selection of his work:

bell-end for a head :

Igor's website : Igor Siwanowicz
johnald
Saturday, 8 December 2007
Orchid Mantis Vs. Damselfly
A little nature vid i shot. On Youtube it has over a million views and a few thousand comments,
it's also in the 'Top 100 Most Discussed Animal Videos of All Time'! :
it's also in the 'Top 100 Most Discussed Animal Videos of All Time'! :
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