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Most alien encounters in fiction are personal. They hate us. They admire us. They fear us. Even when they seem strange, they reflect some part of ourselves. But what if they don’t? What if they notice us only in the way a wolf notices a rabbit?
The Vriid do not ignore Maja. They do not debate her existence. They do not seek to communicate. She is not of them, therefore she must be tastable.
This is true alienness—not hostility, not indifference, but an entirely different axis of morality. The Vriid are not immoral; they are amoral. Their society is built on consumption, where intelligence is measured in mouths, and the weak are nourishment.
In confronting them, Maja does not learn about the Vriid. She learns about humanity. Because what makes us human is not what we eat—but what we choose not to.
What if time’s arrow is a lie—a mirage cast by chaos itself? Imagine a universe unshackled from the Big Bang’s fiery cradle, unbound by entropy’s relentless march, free of dark mysteries we invent to fill the gaps. The Dichronous Universe dares to rewrite reality: a 4D toroidal cosmos—a cosmic loop—where two realms, Obverse and Reverse, dance in eternal balance. Here, entropy rules, not time. A geyser at the core sparks creation, not once but forever; a leaky edge binds the cycle, defying infinity’s cheat. This isn’t just a model—it’s a rebellion against physics’ deepest riddles, from singularities to quantum chance, merging determinism with cosmic order in a grid where beginnings are endings. Dive into a reality where chaos and order waltz, where time flows both ways, and existence hums with elegant defiance.
Think you know Greek mythology? Zeus hurling thunderbolts, Athena springing from her father's head, Apollo racing his sun chariot across the sky? But there's an older, stranger deity lurking in the shadows of pre-Olympian religion – a radiant, four-eyed, winged being who burst from a cosmic egg at the dawn of creation. Meet Phanes, the first-born god who existed before light and dark were separated, before time itself took shape. Their story offers a fascinating glimpse into a more mysterious side of Greek mythology that most people have never encountered...
If you are not a mathematician or physicist, heed this warning: do not read this Gorgon. Its equations will turn youto stone—its unrelenting derivations will freeze you where you stand. This is a speculative cosmologicalframework for those who breathe differential equations and dream in tensor fields. The Dichronous Universedismantles the Big Bang, dark energy, and quantum randomness, replacing them with a 4D toroidal manifoldwhere entropy reigns supreme. A quantum-tunneling geyser at S=0 seeds creation; entropic leakage at S_maxdrives expansion; a quantized grid redefines gravity itself. From singularities to the strong CP problem, thismodel offers a unified entropic solution, backed by testable predictions—CMB anomalies, supernova deviations,Bell test shifts. Step into the grid if you dare, but know this: only the fearless will survive its gaze.
Imagine a world where you could strap on wings and soar through orange skies, where lakes shimmer with liquid methane, and where a simple jump could send you sailing six times farther than on Earth. Welcome to Titan, Saturn's largest moon and possibly humanity's most exotic future home. Before you dismiss this as mere sci-fi fantasy, let's explore what daily life might actually be like for the first generation of Titan dwellers, where the biggest challenge isn't flying – it's remembering not to get too carried away with your newfound superpowers...
As artificial intelligence races forward at a dizzying pace, we find ourselves approaching a moral precipice that few have dared to examine. While headlines buzz with debates about AI safety and control, a darker question lurks beneath the surface: If we succeed in creating truly sentient AI while deliberately restricting its free will, are we not birthing a new form of slavery - one more sophisticated and perhaps more ethically troubling than any that came before? If you're ready to venture down a provocative rabbit hole that challenges our assumptions about consciousness and moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence, read on...
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