Originally published at: What if science fiction writers joined science research teams? The writer would convert the knowledge, challenges and discoveries of his peers into stories that excite the public

"Nerd culture" is not and never will be popular. The lord of the Rings films were wildly popular, superhero films are dominating, gaming is an even bigger market than film, anime is bordering

Ievan Polka - Korpiklaani

If you like what you hear consider pitching in

Ashes To Ashes - Blind Guardian

Last Days Of Utopia - Domain

Twilight Symphony - Stratovarius

White Pearl, Black Ocean - Sonata Artica

German Scottsmen always make me smile.

Dethrone Tyranny - Gamma Ray

Fantasmic - Nightwish

The Wizard's Last Rhymes - Rhapsody (of fire)

Highlander (The One) - Lost Horizon

Haloween - Helloween (The definitive power metal song)

Titans Of Our Time - Iron Savior

Ad Asperea Per Aspera by Auspex (French symphonic power metal)

A little over a year ago it occurred to me that you could use a quantum computer to generate software for conventional computers If you happen to have such a machine handy feel free to try it out.

A (very) short story inspired by Jordan B. Peterson's lectures: It was intended for a science fiction magazine in Christchurch but was about 1300 words too short.

So I'm new here. I'm into Libertarian politics, open source software, metal music, prog rock and trying to train myself to be a philosopher. EDIT: My current project here on steemit is dumping all of the