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Brain storming on a Sci-Fi plot

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The scientists of Cern are bombarding a proton to another. News says they are trying to recreate the Big-bang. How much of science do i know about this? Not much. But still lets try an make a Sci-Fi plot with this.

Supply just enough carbon hydrogen and oxygen for the organisms to develop. If not some other, life system to develop.

Accelerated Organism Evolution Program(AOEP): Where the natural process by which we evolved is emulated albeit in a rapid time so that the unnecessary processes are trimmed down.

AOEP aims at creating new species of animals.

The general sci fi plots are the newerlife system is fighting for whatever reason with human beings on earth.

Lets not do this.

What if the creatures have more senses than us. May be say 8 senses. We will never know what the other two senses are. They need not infact have the same six senses as ours.

They would exist in a world with bigger concerns than us.

And we would be working/living without even knowing their concerns. Just like how ant’s wouldn’t know anything about inflation,which is a big concern for 6 sense beings like us.

What if ‘the survival of the fittest’ Darwin principle doesnt hold good for this new life system. What if they dont require food to live. Like the stars they start with huge stored energy. Emit their energy continously and die as a dwarf.

We would trying to make friends with the new system to harness their stored energy. But would we? After all we are not harnessing the solar power to the fullest extent.

This isnt going anywhere. One more dropped story plot :(

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November 7, 2008 at 3:12 pm

Umar Abdullah’s Blog

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I don’t read celebrity blogs. But due to the recent Umar Abdullah’s much publicized speech in parliament and the new found affection for him in the blogosphere I looked at his blog.

I was really amazed by the clarity of thought and words in his blog that i read through the entire archives at one sitting.

This is my favorite lines from Umar’s blog:

“I am sitting and writing this blog from one of India’s most sought after clubs. Membership is not exactly limited but is not easy. The selection process is often cumbersome, very often expensive though there is no fixed membership fee – some pay in crores to gain entry and yet some get in by getting others to sponsor the fees. Membership is for life,once in never out and though membership is not automatically transferable to a member of one’s family this too has been known to happen with great regularity. The food is not much to write home about but service is quick and the food is so cheap that concepts like inflation exist in theory only and do not practically bother those using the facilities.

Where am I sitting I hear you ask. It’s simple really – I’m in the Central Hall of India’s Parliament.”

UPDATE: The blog seems to be closed now.

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August 2, 2008 at 7:08 pm