Critque of Micheal Crichton's best selling novel Prey.

PREY:
A Great Novel to Counter Act the Zealous Oversell
of Potential Benefits of Nanotechnology
and Introduce
A Realistic Appreciation for Potential Risk
Associated with Develop and Implementation
of Nanotechnology on a Grand Social Plateau.

The release of the new best selling Michael Crichton novel PREY is a sign of the times marking the clash of powerful memetic currents flowing in a society characterized by tremendous socioeconomic change and transition. The new Michael Crichton novel, PREY, is a great novel to counter-act the zealous oversell of potential benefits of nanotechnology and introduce a realistic appreciation for potential risk associated with development and implementation of nanotechnology on a grand social plateau.

During recent years I have personally explored the possibility of starting a new Not-for-Profit Foundation that may highlight and accentuate the potential of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence to drastically improve and economically transform the global economy. Inspired by the classic movie, It's a Wonderful Life, produced by Frank Capra, I entitled my new Not-for-Profit Foundation, Wonderful Life Foundation.

One of the major goals of Wonderful Life Foundation is to help ordinary average working class families survive, sustain, and keep pace with rapid scientific progress by fund raising capital to offer as many families as possible an unprecedented 3 percent fixed 30 year term mortgage on new construction homes. It will not be necessary to be poor to qualify unlike other home assistance programs. As founder of this new Not-for-Profit, I am currently tinkering with the idea of offering 0 percent fixed 15 and 30-year term mortgage on older homes.

Currently, Wonderful Life Foundation is merely a meme or idea. Wonderful Life Foundation is in the very early stage of organizational development. I may never be successful in getting this idea off the ground.

The meme for Wonderful Life Foundation began with the original Frank Capra Hollywood Box Office classic, It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart. As founder of Wonderful Life Foundation, I sometimes speculate that the meme included in the original It's A Wonderful Life motion picture classic has a Divine purpose.

My idea for a new Not-for-Profit Foundation memetically clashes with the memetic content contained within the new Michael Crichton novel PREY. As a nano-enthusiast, I cling to high hope nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may drastically transform the global economy for the better and improve the human condition.

The new Michael Crichton novel, PREY, is focused on potential negative consequences of scientific progress leading toward full molecular assembler based nanotechnology. The new Michael Crichton novel highlights and accentuates social risk and danger inherent in scientific progress toward full assembler based nanotechnology.

Despite the memetic clash between memes associated with the organizational structure of Wonderful Life Foundation and memes included in the new Michael Crichton bestseller,PREY, the new Michael Crichton novel is a valuable complementary view. The complementary view included in the Michael Crichton best selling novel, PREY, serves a valuable memetic function of helping to insure environmental regulations designed to protect the public are not side stepped in an effort to cut cost, save scientific research dollars, and win a corporate race toward legal patent of full assembler based nanotechnology.

My idea for a new Not-for-Profit organization is dubbed Wonderful Life Foundation. It would not be too wonderful to be eaten alive by an accidental release of nanotechnology industrial pollution possessing distributed intelligence made possible by in-built molecular computers. Also, I don't think anyone on earth would want to become a remote controlled robot.

Ho, Ho, Ho
A Classic Case of Oversell
of Potential Benefits of
Nanotechnology

A classic example of oversell of potential benefits of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence is a feature article I wrote entitled, Did God Anticipate Time Travel: Why a 43 Year Old Man Still Believes in Santa Clause. In this Feature article I pondered God's reasoning for placing a Cherubim at the Gates of the Garden of Eden.

According to Ancient Scripture, God placed a Cherubim with a flaming sword at the Gates of the Garden of Eden to prevent reentry into the Garden of Eden. In the feature article entitled, Did God Anticipate Time Travel: Why a 43 Year Old Man Still Believes in Santa Clause, I theorize the Gates of the Garden of Eden exist in time milliseconds before the Big Bang Origination point of the natural universe.

In the text of the feature article, I also put forth the conjecture that future human civilization may eventually be capable of time travel by sending an utility fog ( Nanoparticle Swarm ) space probe through a black hole in space. A black hole is a dying star projecting a powerful energy field capable of warping the very physical fabric of the universe, including time.

I do not believe anyone could fault a person for trying to develop a closer relationship to the Creator of the natural universe we live in by contemplating reasoning, logic, and decision making associated with the Divine nature of God. Sacred scripture states no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he becomes like a child. Of course, no earthy person has seen God face to face, so all I have is conjecture derived from reflection and meditation after reading scripture text.

I am not a saint, but I am a very reflective, meditative, introspective person. Some people may exclaim, butt is the key word to effectively parse and diagram sentence structure to derive meaning of the last sentence. William James, the founder of modern Psychology, used the technique of introspection to establish cognitive science.

Words can be either the epitome of meaningfulness or a source of enormous deception on an unprecedented scale. Sometimes, words that pop out the human mind from nowhere do not seem to be organic in origin.

I believe a window is open to receive messages from heaven, and the spiritual realm of reality beyond, anytime a person is engaged in a creative endeavor and concertedly applies his or her human sensory faculties to creativity. I believe this may be the reason Karl Marx became obsessed with the process of alienation of the common worker from the final products of production as workers became absorbed in the mechanical act of assembly manufacturing task.

Creativity may be considered a form of prayerful reflective meditation. Creativity may produce theological assertions that may run counter to dogma of established church organizations. An initial apparent conflict may actually be a complementary view.

Utility fog and Nanoparticle swarm are terms that refer to a projection of very real actual physical forces by molecular machines. Utility fog and Nanoparticle swarm are concepts of future designs of engineering that may produce real world virtual reality.

The term Utility Fog has more optimistic connotations than the term Nanoparticle swarm. The term Utility Fog emphasizes tremendous benefits of extremely flexible functionality of molecular machines designed and engineered with ability to project very real molecular forces. The term Nanoparticle swarm contains more negative connotations, especially after the release of the great best selling novel, PREY, written by famed author Michael Crichton.

The term Nanoparticle swarm concentrates upon ability of molecular machines, possessing in-built molecular computational systems, to communicate with each other. The term Nanoparticle swarm metaphorically emphasizes ability of molecular machines to communicate with each other. The metaphorical comparison incorporated in the term Nanoparticle swarm is related to how insects, such as a bee or ant, communicate with each other as members of a hive or colony of insects.

The new emerging field of nanotechnology involves a convergence of scientific fields of study historically unrelated to each other. Nanotechnology research and development involves an overlap of scientific knowledge derived from physics, chemistry, biology, computer and information science, software engineering, etc. In the new best selling Michael Crichton novel, PREY, Michael Crichton does an excellent job educating the public about biological processes such as co-evolution and symbiosis.

As I make observations of my own internal cognitive processes, I wonder about the motivating force behind my choice of using the term Nano-swarm, instead of the more optimistic term Utility Fog, within the text of my feature article entitled, Did God Anticipate Time Travel: Why a 43 Year Old Man Still Believes in Santa Clause.

I remember feeling uneasy about using the term Nano-Swarm as I wrote the article. I simply could not recall the more optimistic term Utility fog when I wrote my feature article.

I now consider it a very fortunate accident to have used the term Nano-swarm, instead of the more optimistic term Utility Fog, within content of an over zealous optimistic feature article about potential future benefits of nanotechnology research and development. My use of the word Nano-swarm in my feature article allowed me to wisely allude to potential danger and social risk presented by scientific research and development of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.

Does God answer prayer? Does God put words and thoughts in our mind? Can God guide scientific progress to have a positive impact upon human civilization? It is fascinating to introspectively make cognitive observations about mental events and word associations during the process of engaging in creative endeavors.

In the feature article that I wrote entitled, Did God Anticipate Time Travel: Why a 43 Year Old Man Still Believes in Santa Claus, I speculate within the article that the modern day myth of a plump white bearded old man named Santa Claus who flies a sleigh through the air with help of a team of tiny flying reindeer may have originated from actual sightings of nanotechology powered Utility Fog Nanoparticle Swarm space probe vehicle sent by a future generation back through time as a test.

Bookmark this page now and click here to read the Wonderful Life Foundation Feature article entitled, Did God Anticipate Discovery of Time Travel? Thinking Of Angels, Cherubim, and Ole Saint Nick: Why I, a 43 Year Old Man, Still Believe in Santa Clause!

Historically, the modern day myth of Santa Claus is derived from the life of a very generous giving loving elderly white bearded monk, known today as Saint Nicholas. However, there exist a big evolutionary memetic jump from the historical Saint Nicholas to the modern day myth of Santa Clause dressed in a red suit flying around the world in a sleigh with the help of tiny reindeer delivering toys to children on Christmas eve.

It is fascinating to contemplate why God may have allowed the memetic evolution of the modern day myth of Santa Claus. Many religions make a special point to educate the public about the pagan origins of the modern day myth of Santa Claus. Text of sacred scripture, indicates that God can bring good out of evil.

It cannot be denied that modern day myth of Santa Clause represents symbolic expression of a self sacrificial giving spirit characterized by love and generosity. I wonder if God may have allowed the memetic evolution of the modern day myth of Santa Claus to introduce dissonance into the system.

The truth of the matter is humans tend to ascribe too much meaning to events. We tend to take ourselves too seriously.

We live in an existential world devoid of meaning to a large degree, and govern by natural physical law. The act of ascribing too much meaning to events can lead a person to become too judgmental.

A person who becomes too judgmental risk equating him or herself with God. A person crosses the fence to the other side when he or she equates him or herself with God.

In the book, The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead , written by renown physicist Dr. Frank Tipler, Dr. Tipler provides a discussion of the concept of evil. Dr. Tipler dismiss evil as a fictitious concept created by the human mind. The rationale for Dr. Tipler's view is (1) we are living in an existential world devoid of meaning, (2) the physical universe is govern by physical law, and (3) humans tend to cogitatively ascribe too much meaningfulness to events.

Dr. Tipler may be right to some degree, however to a large measure I part company with Dr. Frank Tipler's viewpoint upon the reality of evil. Personally, I believe it is foolish to deny the existence of evil in the world. Personally, I believe evidence for the reality of evil in the world is overwhelming and insurmountable.

Personally, I believe evil associated with deliberate and intentional abuse of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence is a greater danger than unintentional industrial accidents that may lead to creation of a run away out of control Nanoparticle swarm as described within Michael Crichton's new best selling novel, PREY. I believe a clear and present danger exist that nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may enable a relentless and ruthless dictatorship to diabolically try to transform people into remote control robots.

Dynamic manifestation and operation of the complementary and divergent viewpoint of Dr. Frank Tipler and myself pertaining to the topic of evil in the world is clearly illustrated in the bitter debate and controversy surrounding the issue of Capital Punishment. It is easy for a conscientious person searching for truth to wake up and discover him or herself on the wrong side of the fence when he or she starts to waddle in the muddle of the Capital Punishment issue. An equal number of strong valid arguments allows one to build a case for and against Capital Punishment.

Recently, Santa Claus came to death role inmates in the state of Illinois. Recent mass media press releases announced that Governor George Ryan, Governor of the great state of Illinois, has commuted death sentence of all death role inmates to life in prison for all inmates on death role. Personally, I fluctuate back and forth between extremes of pro death penalty supporter and con opposition to the death penalty.

I believe if a person has committed rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse their only hope for salvation and redemption in the afterlife is to want the death penalty and actively seek justice by Capital Punishment. I believe once a person has committed rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse they have crossed a line and are forever spiritually ruined unless the ultimate price is paid.

In the book, The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead , Dr. Frank Tipler describes how the Omega Point will expend vast amounts of energy in an effort to try to fix spiritual and moral flaws in resurrected human creatures. Personally, I believe once a person has crossed the line to commit brutal crimes such as rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse no amount of energy expended on earth or in the afterlife will be capable of rehabilitation or redemption of the guilty person.

The Omega Point may try to redeem the fallen criminal for a billion years in eternity. The billion years in eternity may only be a millisecond on earth.

The person has become psychologically and spiritually incapable of receiving the gift of salvation once he or she crosses the line to commit a brutal crime such as murder, rape, and certain forms of child abuse. I believe if a person is guilty of committing brutal crimes such as rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse that person is condemned for eternity to continuously relive that crime, except the victim will not be there.

The guilty criminal who harbors deep anger and hatred and is susceptible to an enormous amount of self-deception may not realize he or she no longer has a victim. And, at the end of time when the physical universe closes there will be nothing but agony and intense heat.

In a existential cold hearted, hostile, mean spirited world devoid of love and compassion to a large degree, every form of psychopathic behavior imaginable can be justified with excuses and rationalization. Salvation may be defined as getting through life without killing somebody.

It may be sinful and cruel for society to allow a person guilty of rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse to remain alive in a wretched ruined spiritual state that allows them as individuals to continually and forever rationalize and justify the crime they committed with excuse after excuse.

The only way a person guilty of rape, murder, and certain forms of child abuse may be able to come to terms with the reality of the crime they have committed is to face death. The major problems with this line of thinking pertaining to the death penalty is that society is put in the position of facilitating suicidal impulses of death role inmates.

Science has demonstrated that people who have mild forms of mental illness, such as depression, may have abnormal brain shape and morphology. An abnormal brain shape and morphology may lead to an organic deterioration and degeneration of cellular brain mass and tissue.

Is it right to impose the death penalty upon people who have performed criminal behavior that may be caused by underlying physiological organic medical conditions? Dr. Frank Tipler believes that so-called