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Society (Short Fiction)

By Raelifin | Published: November 5, 2012

A transparent bubble protects the crash site from the harsh Martian air. We’re clutching an old human rifle. Puncturing the wall of the bubble with the weak guns we have won’t work. It’s composed of woven carbon polymers—stronger than steel and capable of self-repair thanks to the capillaries that lace its surface. Eyes sees them [...]

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Comic Interlude

By Raelifin | Published: September 18, 2010

Zach Weiner did a comic expressing my take on the Fermi Paradox. I think his depiction beats mine as far as quality is concerned. ^_^

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Resolving the Fermi Paradox

By Raelifin | Published: February 3, 2010

For a while I’ve been trying to figure out how to resolve the Fermi Paradox. For those of you who don’t know, the Paradox is, given what we know about life, the universe and everything, there should be a significant number of alien civilizations in our galaxy. The reasoning here boils down to the Drake [...]

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The Next Paradigm

By Raelifin | Published: May 23, 2009

Terminator 4 came out this Thursday. I haven’t seen it yet. I hope it’s better than Star Trek. Robotics confronts me continuously online, to the point where I cease to keep track. In terms of military equipment there is Ember, TROPHY, and the old news predator UAV, which I was unhappy to learn now advertises [...]

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