Anonymous has become a force to reckoned with, and I confess I have mixed feelings about the group. On one side they became the embodiment of all what I have long wished to have done long ago. A force as powerful as nature itself, and as the name says; a voice devoid of shape and form, but with a fist that can be felt quite real. On the other side, it's apparent lack of coherence both in it's actions and in the language found in it's websites, makes it too chaotic to be taken seriously. Plus the fact it condoles religion, which I do not. But although I am an ordered freak, I cannot help but to feel sympathetic towards them.
Friday, 20 June 2008
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Expect Us...
I have been following this closely for the past months, and the beauty of what these guys are doing doesn't stop to awe me. Hat's off to Anonymous.
"Today - the Ides of March - is the day Julius Caesar was betrayed by those he trusted. Today we gather together as Anonymous to call attention to another betrayal of trust - that of the Church of Scientology upon its followers. Since its inception, Scientology has traded in false hopes and promises, betrayed the trust of its members, taken their money, their rights, and at times their very lives.
The Church has - and continues - to lie to them and the world.
The Church betrays its members when secrets harvested from spiritual counselling are used against them as blackmail and evidence in court.
The Church betrays its members when they demand members disconnect from family and friends who question the church.
The Church betrays its members when they discourage the taking of prescribed psychiatric medications, a practice which has led to a number of shocking murders and suicides.
In the month since our first worldwide protest, there is a new public consciousness about the crimes of the Church! We have seen an unprecedented flood of Scientologists join with us across the world to testify about these abuses. To the Scientologists who fear us: You have nothing to fear from our peaceful protests. We are here because we CARE about you. We demonstrate only against the abuses of the Church management and we stand by your individual freedom of religion.
We urge you, Scientologists, to re-examine the facts you have been told.
How is your money spent?
Why does your leader, David Miscavige, demand so much of it? WE have our OWN Miscavige – Jenna Miscavige Hill, David’s niece, who stands with us today. Your anti-psychiatry front group, the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights, is led by Bruce Wiseman. WE also have our own Wiseman – his daughter Kendra Wiseman. They have joined the voices of other ex-Scientologists whose stories of abuses have been lone voices in the wilderness for too long.
We Anonymous, wait for the day when, like the Berlin Wall, the wall of silence around the LIES of the Church of Scientology will fall. Like the East German government of the past, the Church of Scientology has its own secret service to spy on its own members and outside critics.
It encourages its own members to betray others for being “out ethics”.
It blackmails members.
It commits atrocities through the operation of church prisons and slave camps, under the guise of the "Rehabilitation Project Force."
Members of the Sea Org have been forced into accepting abortions against their wishes.
"Upstat", privileged members have abused women and children with impunity. And the Church has attacked its enemies with frivolous lawsuits, harassment, kidnappings, and countless suspicious deaths.
This world holds no place for organized crime perpetrated on this scale. Last month ten thousand people demonstrated in one hundred and seven cities across the world. They came together to make the first breach in the wall of silence. Today we are on the streets again, our numbers ever-increasing - and we will come again in April - in May - in June - and July. We will come until that wall of silence is RUBBLE!
We are Anonymous. We are legion. Expect us!"
"Today - the Ides of March - is the day Julius Caesar was betrayed by those he trusted. Today we gather together as Anonymous to call attention to another betrayal of trust - that of the Church of Scientology upon its followers. Since its inception, Scientology has traded in false hopes and promises, betrayed the trust of its members, taken their money, their rights, and at times their very lives.
The Church has - and continues - to lie to them and the world.
The Church betrays its members when secrets harvested from spiritual counselling are used against them as blackmail and evidence in court.
The Church betrays its members when they demand members disconnect from family and friends who question the church.
The Church betrays its members when they discourage the taking of prescribed psychiatric medications, a practice which has led to a number of shocking murders and suicides.
In the month since our first worldwide protest, there is a new public consciousness about the crimes of the Church! We have seen an unprecedented flood of Scientologists join with us across the world to testify about these abuses. To the Scientologists who fear us: You have nothing to fear from our peaceful protests. We are here because we CARE about you. We demonstrate only against the abuses of the Church management and we stand by your individual freedom of religion.
We urge you, Scientologists, to re-examine the facts you have been told.
How is your money spent?
Why does your leader, David Miscavige, demand so much of it? WE have our OWN Miscavige – Jenna Miscavige Hill, David’s niece, who stands with us today. Your anti-psychiatry front group, the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights, is led by Bruce Wiseman. WE also have our own Wiseman – his daughter Kendra Wiseman. They have joined the voices of other ex-Scientologists whose stories of abuses have been lone voices in the wilderness for too long.
We Anonymous, wait for the day when, like the Berlin Wall, the wall of silence around the LIES of the Church of Scientology will fall. Like the East German government of the past, the Church of Scientology has its own secret service to spy on its own members and outside critics.
It encourages its own members to betray others for being “out ethics”.
It blackmails members.
It commits atrocities through the operation of church prisons and slave camps, under the guise of the "Rehabilitation Project Force."
Members of the Sea Org have been forced into accepting abortions against their wishes.
"Upstat", privileged members have abused women and children with impunity. And the Church has attacked its enemies with frivolous lawsuits, harassment, kidnappings, and countless suspicious deaths.
This world holds no place for organized crime perpetrated on this scale. Last month ten thousand people demonstrated in one hundred and seven cities across the world. They came together to make the first breach in the wall of silence. Today we are on the streets again, our numbers ever-increasing - and we will come again in April - in May - in June - and July. We will come until that wall of silence is RUBBLE!
We are Anonymous. We are legion. Expect us!"
Sunday, 20 January 2008
Saturday, 29 December 2007
Neocortex
Reading Jeff Hawkins "On Intelligence" served as an introduction to Daniel Dennett's "Consciousness Explained". More accessible to the layman and full of revealing details on the internals of human intelligence (I mean, any neocortex possessing creature...). Repetitive at times, but I believe that is so ignorants on the subject (like myself) get to understand the concepts presented.
The book reinforces the idea that consciousness is no more than a natural phenomenon, and bases on the principle that awareness of your environment and self awareness is built on the neocortex capacity to recall memories.
One more stone on the mausoleum of religion, pseudo-science and mysticism, specially after his explanation on how the neocortex creates a world model used as the basis for prediction of the environment.
I hope I will still be alive when his an similar researches bears fruit. It will be fascinating to see the effect it will have on our lives and on the way we see intelligence.
Monday, 24 September 2007
The Next Level
It may sound rather preposterous to some, but evolution will not be exclusive to the organic media. This wonderful mechanism has already proven to be of use in many fields, computing, economics, ideas; because ultimately they are linked to ourselves, another part in the evolutionary dance...
We are no more than a stepping stone in evolution, and it makes me wonder how long it will take for us to spawn the next species, that will (maybe) take our memory far beyond the boundaries of our solar system; a more resilient, virtually immortal and inorganic species.
Many of you may be amused by this, but stop and think for a moment, what refrains something being alive in a media other than flesh? “But if it was possible, don't you think it would have already happened?”, maybe not, maybe the inorganic life needs an organic foundation to start, maybe the organic needs to achieve a specific technological level to become the enabler of the inorganic (I prefer “inorganic” other than artificial, as it would be removed from the evolutionary path).
Since we are products of natural evolution, the thought that technology created by us is subject to the same laws is not difficult to follow. Think for example of self altering computer viruses, or replicating nanomachines (Not there just yet, but close...)
We are no more than a stepping stone in evolution, and it makes me wonder how long it will take for us to spawn the next species, that will (maybe) take our memory far beyond the boundaries of our solar system; a more resilient, virtually immortal and inorganic species.
Many of you may be amused by this, but stop and think for a moment, what refrains something being alive in a media other than flesh? “But if it was possible, don't you think it would have already happened?”, maybe not, maybe the inorganic life needs an organic foundation to start, maybe the organic needs to achieve a specific technological level to become the enabler of the inorganic (I prefer “inorganic” other than artificial, as it would be removed from the evolutionary path).
Since we are products of natural evolution, the thought that technology created by us is subject to the same laws is not difficult to follow. Think for example of self altering computer viruses, or replicating nanomachines (Not there just yet, but close...)
Friday, 13 July 2007
New Toy...
For the past month or so all my telecommunication needs have been catered by my new acquisition (actually, it was a free upgrade)... I was never a fan of Finn made mobile phones, and always preferred the Swedish or American makes. But the Nokia E61i has really impressed me, not for its multitasking Symbian OS, nor for its super slick grown up design; but for the simple fact that it has the ability to make VoIP calls over WiFi. In my opinion, so far this is the best email enabled smartphone I have come across.
I cannot help but to remember my very first mobile phone in this country, my trusty old Ericsson GA628. And I cannot also help but to be in awe at the speed this technology has evolved. Just to think I carry in my pocket more computing power than a supercomputer of the 70's...
I cannot help but to remember my very first mobile phone in this country, my trusty old Ericsson GA628. And I cannot also help but to be in awe at the speed this technology has evolved. Just to think I carry in my pocket more computing power than a supercomputer of the 70's...
Monday, 2 July 2007
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