Saturday, October 5

Day: April 19, 2015

Since you asked: The technology billionaires aiming to disrupt death
ENGLISH, Life Style

Since you asked: The technology billionaires aiming to disrupt death

    I take it you are not sold on the idea that death, just like the horse and cart, might one day be disrupted with the help of some innovative engineering? No. But I have noticed that there’s been a rise in the number of modern day tech messiahs claiming they hold the secret to eternal life. Back in my day we used to call these characters charlatans. But today I understand they are called “transhumanists”. And they come extremely well funded. So you don’t believe in the science of longevity? I have no problem with the science of longevity. I have a problem with those that in my view dish out false hope to people and conflate mysticism with science. Like Ray Kurzweil? You mean the respected scientist, futurist and entrepreneur, currently employed by Google, who has convinced ...
David and Samantha Cameron visit Sikh temple
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

David and Samantha Cameron visit Sikh temple

    David Cameron has donned an orange "patka" headscarf as he visited a Sikh gurdwara - or temple - while campaigning in Kent. The Prime Minister took along his wife, Samantha, who was celebrating her 44th birthday, for the visit to the temple in Gravesend, where they joined around 3,000 worshipers on a parade to celebrate Vaisakhi, a spring festival. The start of the Camerons' visit was delayed slightly after a scuffle appeared to break out among worshipers when a priest objected to speeches being made while prayers were taking place. Mr and Mrs Cameron were taken to a side room in the temple until the dispute was resolved. The Tory leader told the audience the Vaisakhi festival was a "big, bold" sign of their devotion. "I wanted to make sure Downing Street was part of t...