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Common sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good
enough to understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug
decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment,
which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs,
as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and
sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal
record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which
says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes.
The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute.
That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
anti-Semites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your
enemies or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight
them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence
of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
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http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/space-probe-humanity-legacy-205/
Humanity's legacy to be sent to space as evidence of existence
Human legacy to be sent to space for posterity (Image by Creative Time)
A new project plans to record the history of the human race in pictures, then send the data to outer space for future civilizations to view.
Abandoned satellites and spaceships will be the only remaining evidence of humanity’s existence after life on Earth ceases to exists. Multimedia artist Trevor Paglen had the idea to make one of them the carrier of a visual record of life on Earth, focusing on the “contemporary historical moment.”
The organization Creative Time, which unites creative people and artists, has presented its new project, called Last Pictures, as a message from humanity to alien civilizations.
In developing Last Pictures, Paglen spoke to various experts on to develop a concept of how to construct the cultural snapshot. After five years in collaboration with scientists, artists, anthropologists, and philosophers he eventually decided that the record must contain visual content. A total of 100 pictures will be carried by the satellite through the ages. These images feature works of art, natural phenomena, architecture, and also a detailed map of the Earth.
The disk is unique, as the materials it is made of were developed to last for eternity. “Together with materials scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Paglen developed an artifact designed to last billions of years — an ultra-archival disc, micro-etched with one hundred photographs and encased in a gold-plated shell,” the project’s website says.
The historical launch of the hard drive into Earth’s orbit is scheduled for this autumn. The disk will travel aboard communications satellite EchoStar XVI.
It's not the first project of its kind. Similar time capsules carrying messages to future civilizations were sent to space in 1972 and 1973 by American scientists. The Pioneer-10 and Pioneer-11 were followed by Voyager space probes in 1977, carrying gold-plated audio-visual discs with visual information about the life on Earth in the event that the spacecraft is ever found by intelligent lifeforms from other planetary systems.
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WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its
full capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not
mean that I agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL"
means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to
know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is
completely stupid and against our philosophy. When I selected articles
in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying
for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader was stupid enough to believe
that I was supporting praying to change the weather. So, when I select
articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish, racist,
revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or religion, or any
other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It just
means that it is important for all human beings to know about them.
Common sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good
enough to understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug
decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment,
which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs,
as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and
sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal
record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which
says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes.
The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute.
That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
anti-Semites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your
enemies or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight
them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence
of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you
say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
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"Ethics" is simply a last-gasp attempt by deist conservatives and
orthodox dogmatics to keep humanity in ignorance and obscurantism,
through the well tried fermentation of fear, the fear of science and
new technologies.
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history,
it is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.
On the contrary, let us embrace Science and the new technologies
unfettered, for it is these which will liberate mankind from the
myth of god, and free us from our age old fears, from disease,
death and the sweat of labour.
Rael
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