Asari commented on Neal Stephenson's Tale of Two Planets

"I'm not a hardcover book buyer normally, but i may break the rule for this one."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@RAHfanboy: What is Alaska's oil dividends, if not socialist?"

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@jedidotflow: No i know you were praising philosophy."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@jedidotflow: I was a philosophy major."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@anderlan: Also, occasionally the elite in charge has to switch the puppets to keep the illusion going. In Dune, the vicious and stupid Beast Rabban was to be replaced by the charismatic and clever Feyd Rautha."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@ビッグ ボス: I still have deep problems with the Dem party on some issues but i am actually pleasantly surprised at how most of them have gotten rid of the achievement-bashing and victim mentality."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"@Teaflax: my thoughts exactly."

Asari commented on Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won

"Considering the GOP is the party currently lowering the par for the presidency into the sewer, and deriding the Dem candidates for having achieved success in their lives, i think this article is completely absurd. The current GOP base would be blissfully happy living in "1984" as long as B*B* talked about God every once in a while."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@RAHfanboy: "That being said, ID has NO business even being mentioned in a science class." Amen to that."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@corpore-metal: Very good points, but to me, natural selection seems to work in some odd ways that point to some other influence."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@corpore-metal: I don't think i have any of the misconceptions you speak, but I'm not sure why emergent machines or natural selection disproves a designer or guiding hand of some sort."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@Illogic: Idres Shah? I am not that familiar with his work but that popped in my head."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@geekzilla: I really like that hamster analogy."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"@Mathmos: The universe is the omniscient creator being."

Asari commented on In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth

"This debate gets really overblown in my opinion because the extremes of thought get too much attention, i.e."

Asari commented on I Cannot Navigate Your Building's User Interface

"I think this is awesome."

Asari commented on How Mad Can a Scientist Get?

"I would not categorize Thelema as a pagan belief system. Jack Parsons was also an extremely articulate Libertarian thinker, along with his adepthood in Thelemic magick."

Asari commented on Young Adult Books Will Save Science Fiction

"I feel very hopeful for the future of both sci-fi and fantasy, both in fiction and in "real life." Considering how much of youth culture is basically a primer in mysticism, shamanism, and the occult in both a "fantasy" and a "sci-fi" setting. Seriously, it's like these kids are being trained for something."