For Tuesdays class we had to create an acount on Second Life and go into it and play around for a bit. I have never been one to play video games, or computer games. I got Super Nintendo when I was like ten, and never got anything to replace it, because quite frankly I never played it. I have just never thought that it is fun to sit and play video games when there are so many other things to do that make a difference in the real world, not a virtual world. That being said, you can probably guess that I am not a big fan of second life.

When I first went into this virtual land, I had trouble doing anything because I have a slow learning curve when it comes to video game controls. I did figure out how to fucntion after a little bit of fidling, and I also discovered that you can fly in this world. You can pretty much walk or fly around wherever you want, and you can see that there are other people in the virtual world, doing the same thing that you are. You can talk to these people, and you can see that they are also real people somewhere, some just trying to have a good time, and some probably so unhappy with their lives that they need to create an avatar in a fictional world to live their lives through a computer game. I am not saying that everyone on this website is a loser or anything, but I do believe that there are a good number of people on there that really wish they could just live through second life instead of their real lives.

During class last week we discussed Martin Minsky's article "Will Robots Inherit The Earth?" The part that I found most interesting was the part that my group was assigned to discuss. This was the issue of brain transplants, and whether or not they are feasible and right or wrong. I believe that when you transplant someones brain, they are not the same person. I think that they would become a person with some of the traits of both them, as well as the donor. I think that if parts of the brain could be transplanted to save someones life, it could be beneicial, but there is the sensitive issue of population control to consider as well. The population of the earth is growing rapidly, and although it may sound insensitive, we need to consider this as well. Pollution and poverty would both become worse problem than they already are if the population rate increases any more rapidly than it is currently.

While visiting the Museum of Fine Arts the other day, I found that the Egyptian section was very interesting. It was cool to see the tombs and statues, that are thousands of years old. It is cool to think about how thousands of years ago, these pieces were being made by egyptians, most likely for some noble member of society