This is the World We Live In...

And these are the creepy robotic hands we’ve been given.

From the BBC news…

Scientists have discovered a way to reproduce the acute sensitivity of human touch in robotic hands. Through a process I don’t pretend to understand (that is, science), professors at the University of Nebraska have finally surmounted one of the greatest hurdles on the path to our own destruction and domination.

By way of demonstration, the pair of hell-bent researchers used their device to touch a penny and it registered the grooves that comprised Abe Lincoln’s clothes and the “TY” in “Liberty.”

For this blogger, the development of robot hands seems to be the next logical step down the road toward human supplication by a race of power-driven robots fueled by a self-evolving artificial intelligence.

One researcher, however, does not see these dire consequences.

In a conference call, philosopher and sometime geologist Dr. Matthew McConnell called this theory “a piece of trash” and postulated that “his boy Bricker” could “get a robot to tap out in ten seconds.” He sees no evidence for the development of A.I and does not worry for the human species.

When he pressed for details, the interviewer was called a “fucking retard” and challenged to a match of foosball which he respectfully declined.

The call was ended when the slurred voice of an unidentified female was heard in the background, speaking loudly and warning the interviewer that the man he was talking to “knows absolutely nothing about running. NOTHING!” This voice, however, was silenced by the click of the telephone receiver.

We do not know where Brett the Mad Scientist, stands on this issue as he could not be reached for comment (read: I don't have his phone number), but our guess would be his theory is something soulless and spirit-killing.

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