Author Arthur C. Clarke dies
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i watched thsi space odyssey..gawd! it was so slow i was falling asleep in between and den would wake up remebering that i was watchina movie..there was absolutely no music...bah!
Sad news... he was one of the people whose contributions to modern society are not widely understood and appreciated by the general public.
Neither were his pedophile incriminations and activities....
I thought he died a few years back until I realized last month he was still alive......
I thought he died a few years back until I realized last month he was still alive......
Yeah, he is accused of pedophilia and the accusations may well be true. But as you are quick to remind people in other contexts, he has not been... what's the word again... CONVICTED. Pedophile or not, I think he was an important thinker of the 20th century.
His activities were published some years back and he himself was quoted as saying they were all consensual. Who in SL would accuse and jail a white man. He was like Mother Teresa to the Lankans. Will anyone charge and convict Mother Teresa for denying food for the destitutes until they converted ? Same thing here.... does not mean Mother Teresa or A.C. Clarke did not indulge in immoral activities.
Agreed Clarke did think ahead rather think right at the right time - unlike Ramanujan.
What can we say? Crazy people do crazy things.
Disclaimer: This post should be read by "sensitive" people at their own risk.
Agreed Clarke did think ahead rather think right at the right time - unlike Ramanujan.
What can we say? Crazy people do crazy things.
Disclaimer: This post should be read by "sensitive" people at their own risk.
You may be interested to know about the following scientists. One of them won a nobel prize.
Pedophile scientist #1
Pedophile scientist #3
Pedophile scientist #1
Pedophile scientist #3
So my unscientific statement was/is and will be true eternally: No one's sexual behavior can be guessed or predicted.
or stay the same throughout
I don't that is true...
if you are talking about the "sexual intensity" or emotions it sure will change with age, experience, and hormonal changes. But, sexual practices combined with views on what is and is not wrong will change only in a very few people. That too, knowing something is illegal most will never do anything in that regard. Sure from a moral standpoint one might change the views.... as society itself changes its views every 10 years. premarital sex was considered a no-no and now it is a normal thing. Many such restricted practices have changed and have been "moralised" by the society. Naturally the society's inhabitants are likely to change their attitudes as well. But, most will not go to the extent of sexually gaining at the expense of others' sufferings - as in this child rape case.
if you are talking about the "sexual intensity" or emotions it sure will change with age, experience, and hormonal changes. But, sexual practices combined with views on what is and is not wrong will change only in a very few people. That too, knowing something is illegal most will never do anything in that regard. Sure from a moral standpoint one might change the views.... as society itself changes its views every 10 years. premarital sex was considered a no-no and now it is a normal thing. Many such restricted practices have changed and have been "moralised" by the society. Naturally the society's inhabitants are likely to change their attitudes as well. But, most will not go to the extent of sexually gaining at the expense of others' sufferings - as in this child rape case.
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The sad irony is that I finished his Space Odyssey series of books just yesterday, and I loved them. Now it turns out that he's no more. I'd love to have met him some day and told him just how much of a laugh I got at times seeing the pop-culture references he sneaked in, or how extraordinary and awesome some of his ideas were. Well, all of that's gone.
What his creation, Frank Poole, said: In live, Love and Death are the most important things.
Rest in peace, Arthur C. Clarke.
And no matter what stupid allegations have been brought up against him, the man was a virtual prophet in some areas. It's because of him that the idea of communication satellites became popularized, among other things. And Apollo 8's crew were tempted to say they'd spotted a Monolith on the moon...but decided against the prank. After all, how many science-fiction authors have influenced the space program to such an extent, apart from H.G. Wells and Jules Verne?
Childhood's End? No, but I've heard of it, and I intend to get that next if I can find it. I think the British Library has Fountains of Paradise and Prelude to Space, so I could borrow those the next time I go there.
Anyway, thanks!
And yes, I'm an Asimov fan too. The Caves of Steel and the Naked Sun are my two favorite Asimovs. And I love the I, Robot collection of stories as well.