Activity for Thom Blair III‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: How expressive is a color-based language? Binary Consider how complex a computer is and what it is capable of, yet all its code is composed of almost the most rudimentary elements possible: zeros and ones (binary code). So, the computer software you and I are using right now to communicate is being transmitted to each other via binary and a... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Humans Achieve Massive Increase In Average IQs -- But How? The Average Human Achieves IQ Scores 60 Standard Deviations Above The Average Person of 2016 By the time the year 3016 rolls around, the human race for the first time ever has achieved an average Intelligence Quotient that is 60 standard deviations above today's average. Using any scientifically va... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Missile from above A terrorist wants to shoot a bomb down onto an unsuspecting high-value target, for instance Washington DC. So, the terrorists somehow get a private space company to deploy what seems to be a normal, inconspicuous weather monitoring satellite. However, unbeknownst to them, the satellite is only a di... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Deepwater Horizon cap is demolished--Apocolypse now? Let's say a terrorist organization decides to attack the cap on the Deepwater Horizon oil well. They use high powered explosives to blow such a large hole in the sea bed that there is no viable way to even attach a capping mechanism like the original one to the severely unstable edges of the hole. I... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago