Among the many blogs I read, today’s curious case was from the latest post in Quiet Babylon and the Scott Adams’s blog.
Tim Maly, the author of Quiet Babylon, in today’s post dated Sept. 3rd 2010, talks about the concept, history, fiction, and reality of Cyborgs. He said:
So when you think about cyborgs, [...] Don’t think about total loss of self, bodies encroached and erased by technology, humanity swallowed whole. Instead think of cellphones. Think about off-loaded memories, of constantly renewed enhancement and new abilities. But also think about insistent ringtones, and demanding interruptions, think of externally controlled access, and a reliance on a sprawling infrastructure. [emphasis added]
Curiously, Scott Adams, on the same day, talks about cell phones and the need for renaming the device. He said:
My suggestion, which I offer simply to prime the pump, is to call the phone your “head.” This term recognizes that you are essentially a cyborg with a detachable brain. You offload a lot of your memory into your device, and it helps you communicate and gather information, just like the other parts of your general skull area.
Also, neither post links to the other or even acknowledges the other’s existence. I think it’s really curious that two people would elucidate identical ideas on almost the same subject on the same day. If it’s a coincidence, it’s one hell of a coincidence. Plagiarism anyone?
