"To Serve Man"

Beware the pig-like Kanamit.

It's a cookbook!

The real problem is that nobody reads the literature anymore.

There are many Solutions out there, no matter how screwy

Next thing someone will come up with the clever solution to the Fermi Paradox that they have become too introspective and just play silly role playing games all the time...

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I was asked by a reader to take a look at yet another crackpot theory of everything. This time, it's the Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe. This one is as cranky as any, but it's actually got some interestingly silly math to it. Stripped down to its basics, the CTMU is just yet another…
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OK- I've read the literature.
The solution to the paradox: You are living in a designated conservation zone. External cultural influences (aether borne or material) are excluded. Though... conservation zones are a bit of a 'luxury item', so here's hoping there's no Galactic recession. Have you seen an angel recently, or a pig, or a pig-angel?