1681: "The Day After Disclosure: Humanity Already Has a Plan"

1681: "The Day After Disclosure: Humanity Already Has a Plan"

Interesting Things with JC #1681: "The Day After Disclosure: Humanity Already Has a Plan" – Scientists verify a possible alien signal before anyone announces it, while updated global protocols now account for social media, AI hoaxes, deepfakes, and the unresolved question of who is allowed to answer.

1680: "The Overview Effect: How Does a Cosmic Perspective Change Us?"

Interesting Things with JC #1680: "The Overview Effect: How Does a Cosmic Perspective Change Us?" – An astronaut sees Earth from space and the known facts stop behaving like ordinary facts. Borders disappear, the atmosphere looks thin, and the planet becomes one finite system as the same perception shift keeps appearing across crews.

1679: "The Fermi Paradox: Why Haven't We Found Anyone?"

Interesting Things with JC #1679: "The Fermi Paradox: Why Haven't We Found Anyone?" – The Milky Way contains billions of stars and planets, and many civilizations could have had billions of years more time than humanity to develop, yet every search for intelligent life has come back empty while the universe continues to offer more places where it could exist.

1678: "The Formal Study of ESP"

Interesting Things with JC #1678: "The Formal Study of ESP" – A Duke University student is identifying symbols on hidden cards without seeing them, his scores repeatedly exceed what chance predicts, and the results trigger years of scrutiny as researchers try to determine whether the effect survives stricter testing.

1677: "The Benben Stone"

Interesting Things with JC #1677: "The Benben Stone" – A sacred stone once stood at the center of Egypt’s solar temple, marking the place where creation was believed to begin. The stone disappeared, but its shape continued to appear atop pyramids and obelisks for thousands of years.