320
biological arms race, 140-41
Birbaumer, Niels, 95
black holes, xiii, xviii, 156, 252, 235-36,
249-50
and future of the impossible, 288,
290, 297-99
gamma ray bursters and, 51-52
Hawking on, 220-21
and speed of light, 208-12
wormholes and, 209-11, 223
Blue Book, Project, 148
Bohr, Niels, xvi, 37, 53, 57, 245, 296
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 264-65, 268, 298
Bose Einstein condensates (BECs),
65-66
Bradley, Aston, 64-65
brain, brains, 68, 141, 231
entropy and, 314rc-15/i
machine interfaces with, 95-97
psychokinesis and, 94-98, 101
robots and, 104, 110-12, 116-17,
120-21, 310rc-12rc
scans of, 76-84, 86-87, 94-96, 101,
309«
telepathy and, 72, 74-87, 309n
BrainGate, 95-97
Brenner, Sydney, 121
Brooks, Rodney, 111, 116
Brown, Dan, 179
Brownlee, Donald, 136
Bruno, Giordano, 127
Bryan, William Jennings, 284
Buckyballs, 30-31
Bussard, Robert W., 160
Cabra test, 48-49
Capek, Rarel, 105
carbon, 124
Buckyballs and, 30-31
extraterrestrial life and, 128-29
nanotubes and, 10, 15, 167-68
Carrie (Ring), 89-90
Casimir, Hendrik, 206-7
Catala, Claude, 138
cause and effect, law of, 276, 279-83
C. elegans, 117
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 67,
75-76, 78, 150
centrifugal force, 166, 173
ceramics, 13-14, 21
CERN, 179, 181, 201
charge parity-reversed (CP-reversed)
universes, 192-93
charge parity time-reversed (CPTreversed) universes, 193
charge parity (CP) violation, 184, 192
charge-reversed (C-reversed)
universes, 190-93
chemical lasers, 38, 40
Chinese room test, 108
Christmas Carol, A (Dickens), 218
Christopher, Milbourne, 74
Christus Hypercubius (Dali), 232
civilizations, 284, 312rc
extraterrestrial life and, 145-47
parallel universes and, 249, 251, 253
and speed of light, 213-15
time travel and, 224, 275
types of, 145-46
Clarke, Arthur C, 3, 124, 126
space travel and, 167, 170-71
Clever Hans, 71-72, 74
closed time-like curves, 222
Cocconi, Giuseppe, 130-31
COG, 116
coin toss experiments, 92
cold war, 74-75, 140
communication systems, 141, 146
computers, 6-7, 81, 150, 242, 276
extraterrestrial life and, 132, 134
psychokinesis and, 94-98, 100-101
quantum, 66-69, 123, 204
robots and, 103, 106-8, 110-17, 120,
122-24, 310n
Comte, Auguste, 285-86
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court, A (Twain), 218
continental drift, xi-xii
Copenhagen School, 243, 245-46
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 127
Corot satellite, 138-39
cosmic consciousness, 243-44
cosmic rays, 172, 180, 185, 299
cosmic strings, 223-24
cosmological constant, 291-94
Cosmos 1 space sail, 158
Cours de Philosophie (Comte), 285-86
Cox, John, 263
crystals, 20, 26-27
lasers and, 38, 40-41
Cummings, E. E., 229
CYC, 113-14
Daedalus, Project, 164
Dali, Salvador, 232
Damasio, Antonio, 120
biological arms race, 140-41
Birbaumer, Niels, 95
black holes, xiii, xviii, 156, 252, 235-36,
249-50
and future of the impossible, 288,
290, 297-99
gamma ray bursters and, 51-52
Hawking on, 220-21
and speed of light, 208-12
wormholes and, 209-11, 223
Blue Book, Project, 148
Bohr, Niels, xvi, 37, 53, 57, 245, 296
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 264-65, 268, 298
Bose Einstein condensates (BECs),
65-66
Bradley, Aston, 64-65
brain, brains, 68, 141, 231
entropy and, 314rc-15/i
machine interfaces with, 95-97
psychokinesis and, 94-98, 101
robots and, 104, 110-12, 116-17,
120-21, 310rc-12rc
scans of, 76-84, 86-87, 94-96, 101,
309«
telepathy and, 72, 74-87, 309n
BrainGate, 95-97
Brenner, Sydney, 121
Brooks, Rodney, 111, 116
Brown, Dan, 179
Brownlee, Donald, 136
Bruno, Giordano, 127
Bryan, William Jennings, 284
Buckyballs, 30-31
Bussard, Robert W., 160
Cabra test, 48-49
Capek, Rarel, 105
carbon, 124
Buckyballs and, 30-31
extraterrestrial life and, 128-29
nanotubes and, 10, 15, 167-68
Carrie (Ring), 89-90
Casimir, Hendrik, 206-7
Catala, Claude, 138
cause and effect, law of, 276, 279-83
C. elegans, 117
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 67,
75-76, 78, 150
centrifugal force, 166, 173
ceramics, 13-14, 21
CERN, 179, 181, 201
charge parity-reversed (CP-reversed)
universes, 192-93
charge parity time-reversed (CPTreversed) universes, 193
charge parity (CP) violation, 184, 192
charge-reversed (C-reversed)
universes, 190-93
chemical lasers, 38, 40
Chinese room test, 108
Christmas Carol, A (Dickens), 218
Christopher, Milbourne, 74
Christus Hypercubius (Dali), 232
civilizations, 284, 312rc
extraterrestrial life and, 145-47
parallel universes and, 249, 251, 253
and speed of light, 213-15
time travel and, 224, 275
types of, 145-46
Clarke, Arthur C, 3, 124, 126
space travel and, 167, 170-71
Clever Hans, 71-72, 74
closed time-like curves, 222
Cocconi, Giuseppe, 130-31
COG, 116
coin toss experiments, 92
cold war, 74-75, 140
communication systems, 141, 146
computers, 6-7, 81, 150, 242, 276
extraterrestrial life and, 132, 134
psychokinesis and, 94-98, 100-101
quantum, 66-69, 123, 204
robots and, 103, 106-8, 110-17, 120,
122-24, 310n
Comte, Auguste, 285-86
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court, A (Twain), 218
continental drift, xi-xii
Copenhagen School, 243, 245-46
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 127
Corot satellite, 138-39
cosmic consciousness, 243-44
cosmic rays, 172, 180, 185, 299
cosmic strings, 223-24
cosmological constant, 291-94
Cosmos 1 space sail, 158
Cours de Philosophie (Comte), 285-86
Cox, John, 263
crystals, 20, 26-27
lasers and, 38, 40-41
Cummings, E. E., 229
CYC, 113-14
Daedalus, Project, 164
Dali, Salvador, 232
Damasio, Antonio, 120