http://www.abnormalpsy.org Christopher Shaw wizkid007@rogers.com   Dreams as a natural defence / Unconscious wish fulfillment In light of the mental scars that society brings forth, the brain has a natural defence, it try’s to clear out the garbage of every day life to bring things back to an equilibrium state. That is why sleep is ...

I describe myself to myself and myself to others as an open and free mind, and quite often when asked to explain this narrative I say that I am a great believer.   It is kind of circular I know; yet to really define what is an open and free mind I must refer to this most primal of human motivations, namely belief. To be a ...

Singularity and human nature  Singularity in a nutshell   In his ‘The Singularity is near', Mr. Ray Kurzweil portrays a fascinating picture of the future of humanity. Based on his insights regarding the exponential acceleration of information related technologies, Mr. Kurzweil predicts an explosive ...

Information Please! On the advent of the information age Take a look at the short movie "They're made out of meat", based on a short SF story by Terry Bisson. It's a fun thought provoking film and an excellent starting point.  There are those inter galactic super intelligent aliens, meeting over a diner table to ...

The Transbeing   Frank Herbert wrote that: “The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” And of course who in his true and integrated mind will not agree to this statement? So let us start or begin our knowledge of the coming singularity by observing the prediction wall that is in ...