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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - "If this protein boosts visual memory in humans, the implications are staggering."

Survey Team - "There’s also a possibility that Earth life is Mars life."

Sales Pitch - "The ASA banned the ad on the grounds it linked alcohol with seduction and enhancing confidence and told the company it could not use the "Unleash your wild side" strapline in future campaigns."

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The Future Of The U.S. Government, According To Science Fiction

The Worst Fake Cities On Earth

New Study Proves Smoking Pot Does Not Make You Crazy

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

The Cosmic Puppets - "Looking into the Past, a Flickr photo pool started by Jason E. Powell, is a collection of images that literally overlap past and present incarnations of everyday spaces."

VALIS - "Those who believe they are being targeted are getting a bit of official recognition."

The Unreconstructed M - "Designed for search and rescue missions - which, let's face it, are only ever one loose word away from "search and destroy" - the SCRATCHbot uses its whiskers to detect disaster survivors in inhospitable or dangerous areas."

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - "This is seriously great news. It means we can have stem cell treatments that don't involve injecting new stem cells into the body - you can just stimulate production in your already-existing stem cells. It also means that we may have figured out a way to help people grow new neurons - a golden ring of neuroscience - with an already-existing drug."

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More Augmented Reality Software That Will Change the Future

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The Minority Report - Branded From Birth

If you're the kind of person who is concerned by the power of advertising and its effect on  impressionable minds, then click away now. Otherwise, enjoy this pair of overheard examples of the mental insidiousness of modern marketing. . .


Scene: Two teachers approach each other near the main entrance of a College. A group of students form a lazy 'gauntlet' through which both have to pass. . .

Teacher 1 : Hello.

Teacher 2 : Hi, Mark.

Student : [ snorts, giggling ] 'Primark' ? Did 'e just say 'Primark' ?

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Scene : A toilet cubicle, the end one in a row of three. Palmer Eldritch has been sat for some minutes, enjoying this rare moment of peace. Someone enters the neighbouring cubicle, dumping a large bag on the floor. Eldritch deduces from this that the person is a student. Eldritch remains silent, trying to cling to his peace for a few more precious seconds. The student 'goes through the motions', stands up, picks up their bag and prepares to leave their cubicle. On opening the door, he breaks into brief song:

Student : [ to the tune from the well-known McDonalds ads ] Doo-doo doo-doo-doo. . . just had a shit.

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

The Man In The High Castle - "It seems that the market for PKD memorabilia has been poisoned."

We Can Build You - "The robot is based on a three-dimensional mechanism with six linear actuators that reproduce the motion and forces sustained by teeth within a human mouth."

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale - "Those who have championed digital technologies as a means to render race flexible and racism obsolete maybe disheartened by these results."

Mr. Spaceship - "The system has an emergency stop that can be activated by the user puffing his cheeks."

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Next Blood Soaked Tokyo Gore Hero Is A Geisha Robot

"Tourist Remover" cleans up your vacation photos

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

Twitter Tuesday. Feh. Meh.

Dr. Futurity - "The device enters the body through an extremely compact tube. Once inside the body, the instruments are extruded and then they fully articulate to allow the surgeon to perform necessary tasks."

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Michael Jackson Is In Hell

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

Dark-Haired Girl Day and it's hot.

The Great C - "The clock is equipped with a scroll of sticky paper for catching the flies which it then scrapes into it’s cell for digestion."

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said - "The government believes the scheme will aid the delivery of vital social services to the poorest people who often lack sufficient identification papers."

Counter-Clock World - "Brooke hasn't aged in the conventional sense. Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, in Tampa, says Brooke's body is not developing as a coordinated unit, but as independent parts that are out of sync."

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Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World

Do you love humanity?

Who cares if God exists?

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

And atheists shout "DAWKINS!"

The Electric Ant - "The robot kept talking to me. The robot looked up at me and, for a moment, I swear this robot was alive."

Dr. Futurity - "An autonomous surgical robot created at Duke University has demonstrated that it can successfully locate very small fragments of metal within flesh, and guide a needle to the exact location."

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Robots spotted promoting movie worldwide

Homeless Guy Smashes Other Homeless Guy Upside Head With Skateboard During Quantum Physics Argument

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

It's Twitter Thursday. Not as good as Twitter Tuesday.

Beyond Lies The Wub - "The corpulent Mangalica grows very slowly and cannot be kept in closed quarters. It is therefore poorly suited to modern industrial pig farms, and it has been gradually replaced by modern breeds."

Dr. Bloodmoney - "The country would have been divided into 12 regions, each governed by cabinet ministers with wide powers, aided by senior military officers, chief constables and judges and based in bunkers."

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Clever New Breast Gadgets Can't Support Their Claims

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Which PKD Story Are We In Today ?

"Hi. Yeah, I'd like a refund on these Gibsons? Phil said it would be OK."

We Can Build You - "I don't understand what's so scary. It's just Robin Williams."

Stability - "Parts of the policy seem to be snuffing out peoples’ First Amendment rights of expression by a company that wraps itself in the First Amendment."

Second Variety - "The ‘bots would be programmed with preliminary data, but they’d continue to train themselves once deployed."

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TV preacher proves that only the Christian god is real

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Another Twitter Tuesday, another crack in space...

Radio Free Albemuth - "It's the U.S.A., not U.S.S.R. -- I didn't fight to protect this shit."

A Scanner Darkly - "There's nothing wrong with instilling fear."

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Philip K. Dick, fictionalized

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