{"id":1017,"date":"2015-11-01T19:44:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2015-11-01T19:47:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:47:17","slug":"the-real-world-is-catching-up-with-the-imaginary-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=1017","title":{"rendered":"The real world is catching up with the imaginary one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I chuckled as I read the following article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2015\/11\/01\/resurrecting-the-dead-bringing-back-the-dearly-departed-digitally\/\" target=\"_blank\">Resurrecting the Dead\u2014Bringing Back the Dearly Departed Digitally<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FFG-amazon-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1020\" src=\"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FFG-amazon-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Force for Good \" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FFG-amazon-cover.jpg 333w, http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FFG-amazon-cover-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my novel<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Force-Good-Samuel-Muggington-ebook\/dp\/B00FINCV2Y\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446425067&amp;sr=8-9&amp;keywords=force+for+good\" target=\"_blank\"> Force For Good<\/a>, this idea played an important role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chuckled as I read the following article: Resurrecting the Dead\u2014Bringing Back the Dearly Departed Digitally In my novel Force For Good, this idea played an important role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-mind-of-muggington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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