Future of Robotics: Humanoids Redefined - Dmitry Grishin

Future of Robotics: Humanoids Redefined - Unleashing Innovation , The WSJ's Almar Latour speaks with Dmitry Grishin of Grishin Robotics about the future of robotics in manufacturing and consumer products.it all comes down to imagination and it has to be neural-based if we want it to be real and autonomous, "free-willed" intelligence, simply because our brains are neural-based. The US patent 5,659,666 is an attempt to emulate exactly this and could be a key ingredient for "AGI". Algorithm-based systems are very good for rigid logical tasks and easy creativity via Genetic Algorithms for example, but they usually only grow smarter after being programmed, and only in specific areas.

Behind Conspiracy Theories ~ David Aaronovitch

Date: 09-19-10
Host: George Knapp
Guests: David Aaronovitch

George Knapp was joined by author David Aaronovitch for an examination of the origins of conspiracy theories, why people believe them, and also to make an argument for a true skepticism based on a thorough knowledge of history and a strong dose of common sense. Based on his research, Aaronovitch defined a conspiracy theory as "an explanation for something which is far more complicated and removes responsibility from the obvious people to the not obvious people, in situations where the more obvious explanation is more likely."

Aaronovitch detailed a number of problematic attributes which he feels "attach themselves" to conspiracy theories and those who subscribe to them: Conspiracy theories do not allow for accident, incompetence, or coincidence. The official version of events "almost always, at its heart" has anomalies that cannot be reconciled. Scholars, usually with exaggerated credentials, are named as proponents of the theory. The theory is anti-elite and, thus, the theorist becomes "kind of a minuteman" warning the populace about the "powers that be."

On why there needs to be skepticism about conspiracy theories, Aaronovitch used the example of recent developments in the UK which arose as a result of rumors that vaccines cause autism. He explained that this theory became so pervasive that people began to stop having their children vaccinated. In turn, Aaronovitch lamented, the measles virus re-emerged back into the population after it had been eradicated in previous years. "This stuff has to be combated because it does have consequences for people," he declared. On a far larger scale, he noted that the widespread belief in the fraudulent Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Nazi Germany acted as a proverbial "warrant for genocide" for many misguided players in WWII.

Aaronovich also looked at a number of suspect issues surrounding a variety of conspiracy theories. With regards to the Moon Landing hoax, he observed that to complete such a fabrication would require far more manpower than the actual lunar landing itself. In addition to that, he pointed out that lunar conspiracy theorists often focus solely on the Apollo 11 landing and ignore the many other trips made to the moon. Regarding 9/11, Aaronovich conceded that the official version of events is also a conspiracy theory, but that its very simplicity is what makes this theory much more plausible than a grand overarching plan by nefarious forces inside the US government. To that end, he noted that if the government was truly clever enough to "organize conspiracies," then they would have planted WMDs in Iraq rather than invade the country and find none. "It would have been a much simpler thing to do," he mused, "and yet they didn't."

Rush Limbaugh : Obama Has Spent More Time With Tiger Woods Than With The Republican Leadership

Rush Limbaugh : Obama Has Spent More Time With Tiger Woods Than With The Republican Leadership

President Obama has some game, Tiger says | Woods: Obama hit the ball well Tiger Woods got an offer he couldn't refuse last week: Playing golf with President Obama. "Playing with Mr. President was pretty cool," Woods said Tuesday at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain, an event he's won three times. "He's just a wonderful person to be around. ... He's quick." As part of a weekend getaway in Florida with golf at the centerpiece of the mini-vacation, the president arranged for a friendly round of golf Sunday at The Floridian in Palm City, where he met — and then teamed up with — Woods in an 18-hole match Sunday against U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk and Floridian owner Jim Crane. Obama and Woods had met before — he spoke at Obama's inauguration in 2009 — but had never played golf together before. Obama and Woods jumped out to a quick lead when Woods nearly drove the green of the par-4, 378-yard first hole and then chipped in for birdie. "He hit a few," Woods said when asked how many good shots Obama hit. "He's a pretty good athlete, and we all know he played a lot of hoops. He's a lefty, he hit it well, and we didn't play under the easiest conditions. It was blowing harder than (windy conditions at Dove Mountain) this and it was a little bit cooler than this. So we played under some tough conditions, and as I said, he hit the ball well. "He's got amazing touch. He can certainly chip and putt. If he ever spent — after these four years — spent more time playing the game of golf, I'm sure he could get to where he's a pretty good stick."

Bible Prophecy with Hal Lindsey

Guests: Hal Lindsey, Pat Buchanan
Bible Prophecy:

Hal Lindsey's influential book The Late Great Planet Earth described the undeniable signs of the end times: the rebirth of Israel, war in the Middle East, natural disasters, and many others. On Monday's show, he discussed how current events are now lining up with Bible prophecy in an unprecedented manner. He listed a number of the signs or "birth pangs" that we are nearing the prophesied end times: wars, great earthquakes, revolution, ethnic fighting, plagues, and famine. Biblical prophecy points to all these signs appearing simultaneously, and occurring with increasing intensity, which Lindsey believes is happening now.

The Bible also warns of "terrors and great signs from the heavens," as a precursor to end times. Lindsey believes this is related to UFO activity, and the UFO occupants are "fallen angels that are developing a pattern of deception so that when the Antichrist appears he can explain away what happened to all the believers of Jesus Christ that suddenly disappeared" (in the Rapture). The Antichrist will be known as the most tremendous leader the world has ever seen "with supernatural intelligence from Satan," and be able to convince the world that he has the power to bring in peace and prosperity, he said. At that point the economy will be in such upheaval that everyone will agree there has to be a central power, and a cashless society, Lindsey continued.

Another Bible warning refers to "signs in the sun, and the moon, and the stars...and the roaring of the sea and the waves." Lindsey pointed to climate change being caused by an increase in solar activity. The Book of Revelation talks about "a heat wave to end all heat waves" that's going to occur during that final seven years before Christ returns, he noted. As the planet heats up, storms are going to get greater and greater, he added.

American Decline:

First hour guest, columnist Pat Buchanan talked about his new book, S uicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? He foresees that in the years to come America will not exist as a country anymore except "as a collection of tribes who are basically at war with each other over riches and rewards." The US can't control its borders, balance its budget, or win its wars, and its "cradle faith" of Christianity is declining, he continued. Buchanan also cited the massive transfer of production out of the US into China as part of the American downfall

The Prison Industrial Complex in America

The prison system in the US is designed to make money for the owners and to break the minorities !! not to educate a rebel! They keep those peoples in prison to create a huge number of homosexual and lesbian. they just want to destroy people of "color".

There are more prisoners in the United States than any other nation in the world. The country makes up five percent of the world population, but accounts for 25 percent of its prison population. And over the last three decades the number held in US federal prisons has jumped by nearly 80 percent. So, what is the impact of the high incarceration rate on the penal system and on poor communities? To discuss this, Inside Story Americas with presenter Shihab Rattansi is joined by guests: David Fathi, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project; Matthew Mangino, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania; and Marc Mauer, the executive director of The Sentencing Project, and author of the book Race to Incarcerate.