(Roughly) Daily“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”*…
Happy Charles Dodgson’s (Lewis Carroll’s) Birthday!
Just when we thought that there was nothing else about which to worry, a different kind of “alien” concern: Helen McCaw, and economist and former senior analyst at the Bank of England, has written to her former employer with a warning…
The UK must plan for a financial crisis that would be triggered if the US government announces that aliens exist, a former Bank of England expert has said.
Helen McCaw, who served as a senior analyst in financial security at the UK’s central bank, has written to Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England’s governor, urging him to set out contingencies in case the White House ever confirms the existence of alien life, according to The Times.
Ms McCaw, who worked for the Bank of England for 10 years until 2012, said politicians and bankers can no longer afford to dismiss talk of alien life, and warned a declaration of this nature could trigger bank collapses…
Read on: “Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens, says former policy expert,” from @the-independent.com.
* often attributed to Arthur C. Clarke (but likely from Stanley Kubrick, quoting Carl Sagan [who was riffing on a Walt Kelly Pogo quote])
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As we acclimate to chaos, we might recall that it was on this date in 2021 that Resident Alien debuted (on Syfy).
Resident Alien is based on a comic book of the same name [by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse]. Created by Chris Sheridan, Alan Tudyk plays an alien who crash-lands in Patience, Colorado and immediately goes on a killing spree including the town’s doctor, Harry Vanderspeigle.
Taking on the form of Harry, the alien continued killing thinking that by doing so, it would be good for planet Earth. But then, he was overcome with human emotions and started questioning the morality of it all…
– source
Alan Tudyk as the alien (source)“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”
– Lewis Carroll
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