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What is "Orion's Arm" you might ask? That is an excellent question, and in a nutshell here is your answer:
Orion's Arm is:
The next step in the evolution of science-fiction
A collective hard science fiction world building endeavor
A space opera
A communal background for science fiction stories
A universe ready to be brought to life through illustration
A forum for cutting edge science
A roleplaying setting
A transhumanist projection of what the future might look like
A bunch of semi-sane sentients having fun together
Why are we here? The answer to that question can be found in our Statement of Purpose:
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
Our purpose is to inspire writers, artists and thinkers. To create a vision of the future that is plausible at every level, internally consistent and abides by the accepted facts and theories in the physical, biological, and social sciences. We embrace speculative ideas like Drexlerian assemblers, mind uploading, posthuman intelligence, magnetic monopoles, wormholes and the technologies, and developments that will make all this possible.
To quote Arthur C. Clarke's Second Law:
The only way to explore the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Our task is to create an ever evolving universe that is interesting, inspiring and provocative - to theorize on a future that may, or may not, come to be.
In order to meet this goal we have established certain ground rules:
Matter cannot travel faster than light
Matter and energy are conserved
No evolved humanoid aliens have been discovered
Technology will change the nature of social issues
A logical explanation for even the most fantastic elements within the setting must be provided.
Space is vast - expect the same challenges to have many different solutions, or as we say at Orion's Arm - Diversity! Diversity! Diversity!
Orion's Arm is a work in progress, a space opera setting like no other. It spans the next ten thousand years of galactic history, from the near future interplanetary colonization to the far future where the galaxy is ruled by vast ascended intelligences. It incorporates hard science, and the "soft" or social sciences, as well as the mythological, archetypal themes, as the gods of the collective psyche incarnate in unforseen new forms.
The Orion's Arm project (OA for short) is a big place with nearly a decade of history and hundreds of contributors. Most likely you will encounter new concepts and terminology throughout the site. We have provided links on this page to a number of helpful resources to get you acquainted with all of them. The Illustrated Backstory and Orion's Arm Primer are specially writtern to provide an introduction to the setting. You may also want to peruse the FAQ pages for answers to various commonly (and not so commonly) asked questions. There is of course the Encyclopaedia Galactica, where you can find anything in the Orion's Arm universe. Enjoy the stories, art and ideas you find here, and should you find during your journey that something is missing, or you have something to contribute, please join us at one of our many discussion groups. When that time comes we highly recommend going over the How to Contribute and Netiquette pages.
Like all good art, this project is ever growing, and will therefore never be complete. We invite you to join us on this journey of imagination; afterall it looks like we've barely gotten started, and there are still many worlds left to explore.
Above all else we would like to ask you to remember to have fun while you're here.
Found this at the suggestion of black beetle. I'm not sure if this is what he was talking about though.
And to think that the scientist/atheist thinks creationism is a myth! Don't get me wrong. I've read and enjoyed many science fiction novels. It's just that it seems like the imagination can get a bit carried away.
A lot of spelling errors too.
Here's a point from the list of rules I found particularly interesting. Technology will change the nature of social issues
Science is the new God. Reminds me of the verse that says they worship the creature rather than the creator.
Originally posted by josephwwhy is this in the spirituality forum? just curious, i don't care.
http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-intro
[b]What is "Orion's Arm" you might ask? That is an excellent question, and in a nutshell here is your answer:
Orion's Arm is:
The next step in the evolution of science-fiction
A collective hard science fiction world building endeavor
A space opera
A communal background for science fiction storie ...[text shortened]... me of the verse that says they worship the creature rather than the creator.
Originally posted by josephw"Science is the new God. Reminds me of the verse that says they worship the creature rather than the creator."
Read at the bottom then. 😴
saw that. that's it?
Edit: to avoid more back and forth:
your whole post has nothing religious or spiritual in it. it is simply a description of a book club. a book club that has nothing religious or spiritual in it. and then you post that last sentence that has nothing to do with the rest of the post. it is like you tell someone the implications WWII had on world economy and then say "btw, the new simpsons episode about beer is very funny"
Originally posted by ZahlanziYou're making me think there's not much depth to you.
"Science is the new God. Reminds me of the verse that says they worship the creature rather than the creator."
saw that. that's it?
Edit: to avoid more back and forth:
your whole post has nothing religious or spiritual in it. it is simply a description of a book club. a book club that has nothing religious or spiritual in it. and then you post that l ...[text shortened]... had on world economy and then say "btw, the new simpsons episode about beer is very funny"
Everything has spiritual implications.
Originally posted by josephwGreetings to the evolved non-humanoid aliens!
http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-intro
[b]What is "Orion's Arm" you might ask? That is an excellent question, and in a nutshell here is your answer:
Orion's Arm is:
The next step in the evolution of science-fiction
A collective hard science fiction world building endeavor
A space opera
A communal background for science fiction storie ys they worship the creature rather than the creator.Greetings to the evolved
Originally posted by josephwOf course it is not what I meant at the other thread, josephw; at the other thread I was talking about Orion Arm (the specific position of our solar system in our galaxy, implying that "religion is the best franchise in our solar system"😉 and not about Orion's Arm.
http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oa-intro
[b]What is "Orion's Arm" you might ask? That is an excellent question, and in a nutshell here is your answer:
Orion's Arm is:
The next step in the evolution of science-fiction
A collective hard science fiction world building endeavor
A space opera
A communal background for science fiction storie ...[text shortened]... me of the verse that says they worship the creature rather than the creator.
And, after reading your post regarding Orion's Arm over there, I merely thought that you brought up this funny senario of yours because you wanted to debunk my quote regarding aletheia (as it was conceived by the Prosocratic philosophers) by means of establishing an analogy to religion and to atheism
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Originally posted by black beetleNo, I'm just off on a tangent.
Of course it is not what I meant at the other thread, josephw; at the other thread I was talking about Orion Arm (the specific position of our solar system in our galaxy, implying that "religion is the best franchise in our solar system"😉 and not about Orion's Arm.
And, after reading your post regarding Orion's Arm over there, I merely thought that y ...[text shortened]... Prosocratic philosophers) by means of establishing an analogy to religion and to atheism
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I couldn't debunk anything you say no matter how hard I tried. 😉