Now moving from Friday to either monday or wednesday to avoid conflicting with my game blog and promote frequent repeat visitors.
A thought for the day though. If you found out you were immortal how would that change your life? What would you do if you knew you would never die?
I think I'd be a lot more aggressive in changing the world and stop worrying over day to day survival, I would free myself from being a debt slave to the capitalist economy.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
We are all 8th dimensional travelers
When we think and consider what if all universe met at a single point. We come to realize that what we do here on earth by having actors and emulating these stories is that we're really opening portals into another dimension that for a short time we live in. Yet we're so unaware of our own power that we have an abstraction of it that we call acting, which we separate into theater, tv, movies, and more such as that of literature which in some universe somewhere is the same as a written history of events. In my travels I have found the simple truth that we are all higher beings merely waiting to be awakened.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Movie Philosophy "In Time"
I thought a change of pace might be good. Today I consider a movie and some of the ideas in it, and if it does well then perhaps I'll do more in a similar nature. The movie I'm detailing today is "In Time" with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. This isn't a complete movie review or commentary on the collective as I'm sure there's a mixed bag of views on how subjectively good the movie is or not and I don't feel a need to add to it. Instead we're focusing on the focal point of the movie which is time as a currency both literally and metaphorically.
Since the metaphor is fairly straight forward it's comparatively short to discuss. The way I see it is that the movie uses it as a social commentary on how we spend our time or waste it doing everything. We all start out in life knowing that someday we die which can be equated to a fixed time of some degree. We then spend huge chunks of it doing repetitive things, some out of necessity like sleep, and others like labor as a means of survival. It could be taken a bit further that from the context of the movie we only have a couple years in our early years to truly live, suggestively in the 25 to 26 range after which a life of freedom essentially ends. Smaller notes posted throughout show some support for this concept such as the 3 minutes for coffee moment, which I know people will spend much more time in line waiting on their coffee. The time given to help out others and a subtle suggestion that the rich are stealing your life one second at a time. Quite honestly it's one of the most thought out concepts I've seen in a movie in quite some time.
Then there's the literal sense of time as currency. Early on we hear about the cost of bills and a breakdown of how much time it will cost to pay them. We then determine rent is surprisingly cheap depending on how much they get paid per shift at work which have to assume is more than the time they put in at the work itself. In terms of exact numbers it could be anywhere from 12 to 36 hours cost in rent which for their tiny apartment in a slum would be between 90 and 270$ and in my experience it's usually closer to 400$ so that's not an entirely unrealistic cost. Then we find out a single bus ride used to cost 1 hour and now costs 2. I don't know about you but I wouldn't be spending more than 3 dollars on a bus ride let alone 7 to 15 or more. So the pricing is a little out of control, going back to the 3 minutes for a cup of coffee this becomes much more extreme. If we consider the price of the coffee and compare it to a standard cost of coffee we find a minute is worth nearly a dollar or almost a direct transition. Meaning an hour is 60$ Would you spend 120$ a day for a bus ride plus however long it takes to get there, or would you just walk the 2 hours? Consider this a function of marginal utility in economics, and I guarantee you no sane person would do this on a regular basis. If we adjust rent for this pricing instead of using a sliding scale we find their slum rent is 2160$ which we don't know if that's per week or per month though I'm inclined to believe it's monthly. As an economics system this sounds so horrifically flawed.
Then we must also consider one of the most important things. This currency expires constantly and is supposedly nonrenewable. Consider how the time cop requests his "tritium /tridium" to be wired to him. This suggests that time can be transferred wirelessly and thus is not some chemical resource being introduced to the body. If this were somehow computer based as a binary countdown it'd be relatively easy to hack even if there were some genetic component to it. Stopping the timer, making it count up, changing it's values, stopping the kill switch/trigger at zero thus allowing negative values, etc. We have to then assume this somehow is not the case. That the time is static unchangeable and constantly decaying. How then does this not become a systemic crisis? Consider the cost of raising a child for 25 years, you're probably not going to have multiple kids to somehow renew the resource of time. Where and how does the time you get paid for working come from? How are there rich people in this system? If this were introduced tomorrow, firing up the "what if machine" and say everyone had these timers counting down. Billions would be dead by this time next year and that number only gets smaller each successive year even if there were a few select rich people collecting time with all of it counting down on the arm of every person this inevitably would have to kill everyone.
This is actually pretty clear to break down actually. If instituted today assuming the population is roughly 7.6 billion on the planet and that children's timers remain frozen until the age of 25 thus children born today have 26 years to live, knowing that the 1 year every person has expires one second at a time then we know that if nobody uses their time for anything and lets it expire then the majority of the population is gone by the end of the year. For people to continue to live it would become a necessity to give up time to others, or have children at much earlier ages knowing you wouldn't be able to finish raising them. The human race in order to survive would literally have to have kids when they're just hitting puberty at the average age of 13 raise them for the next 12 years in time to see them ready to have their own kids before their time starts to expire. Going the other route we see likely half of the population giving up it's time to the other half and dying out, repeated year after year assuming we don't use time as a currency we go from 7.6 billion to 3.8 after the first year, 1.9 the second, rounded up we'd have 1 billion the third year, 500 million the fourth, 250 the fifth, 125 the sixth, 67 the seventh, 38 the eighth, 19, etc with time expiring literally each person would revolve around having only that year left with everyone around them dying. That's the most people surviving as long as they can. Alternatively the majority of people could sacrifice themselves to a minor few concentrating 7 billion years into 600 million people, giving everyone an extra 11 to 12 years. Still though nobody could make it 25 years to raise kids unless that number gets concentrated down much further. It's possible some people might continue to live a bit longer, in particular children born in this timeframe will make it a bit longer but eventually all the time would expire and there'd be nobody left. If this movie worked as it claimed then that one city would be the only one left by the logic that your main characters mother is turning 50, thus 25+ years expired, and that one man is worth more than 1 million years easily betting a thousand.
By necessity I'm forced to conclude the machines they use to adjust time are just that some form of computer or machine designed with function and purpose which could be hacked to make alterations thus breaking the entire system. As an economic method it's horribly unbalanced and downright evil bordering on nonviable. As a metaphorical social commentary it's pure genius.
Since the metaphor is fairly straight forward it's comparatively short to discuss. The way I see it is that the movie uses it as a social commentary on how we spend our time or waste it doing everything. We all start out in life knowing that someday we die which can be equated to a fixed time of some degree. We then spend huge chunks of it doing repetitive things, some out of necessity like sleep, and others like labor as a means of survival. It could be taken a bit further that from the context of the movie we only have a couple years in our early years to truly live, suggestively in the 25 to 26 range after which a life of freedom essentially ends. Smaller notes posted throughout show some support for this concept such as the 3 minutes for coffee moment, which I know people will spend much more time in line waiting on their coffee. The time given to help out others and a subtle suggestion that the rich are stealing your life one second at a time. Quite honestly it's one of the most thought out concepts I've seen in a movie in quite some time.
Then there's the literal sense of time as currency. Early on we hear about the cost of bills and a breakdown of how much time it will cost to pay them. We then determine rent is surprisingly cheap depending on how much they get paid per shift at work which have to assume is more than the time they put in at the work itself. In terms of exact numbers it could be anywhere from 12 to 36 hours cost in rent which for their tiny apartment in a slum would be between 90 and 270$ and in my experience it's usually closer to 400$ so that's not an entirely unrealistic cost. Then we find out a single bus ride used to cost 1 hour and now costs 2. I don't know about you but I wouldn't be spending more than 3 dollars on a bus ride let alone 7 to 15 or more. So the pricing is a little out of control, going back to the 3 minutes for a cup of coffee this becomes much more extreme. If we consider the price of the coffee and compare it to a standard cost of coffee we find a minute is worth nearly a dollar or almost a direct transition. Meaning an hour is 60$ Would you spend 120$ a day for a bus ride plus however long it takes to get there, or would you just walk the 2 hours? Consider this a function of marginal utility in economics, and I guarantee you no sane person would do this on a regular basis. If we adjust rent for this pricing instead of using a sliding scale we find their slum rent is 2160$ which we don't know if that's per week or per month though I'm inclined to believe it's monthly. As an economics system this sounds so horrifically flawed.
Then we must also consider one of the most important things. This currency expires constantly and is supposedly nonrenewable. Consider how the time cop requests his "tritium /tridium" to be wired to him. This suggests that time can be transferred wirelessly and thus is not some chemical resource being introduced to the body. If this were somehow computer based as a binary countdown it'd be relatively easy to hack even if there were some genetic component to it. Stopping the timer, making it count up, changing it's values, stopping the kill switch/trigger at zero thus allowing negative values, etc. We have to then assume this somehow is not the case. That the time is static unchangeable and constantly decaying. How then does this not become a systemic crisis? Consider the cost of raising a child for 25 years, you're probably not going to have multiple kids to somehow renew the resource of time. Where and how does the time you get paid for working come from? How are there rich people in this system? If this were introduced tomorrow, firing up the "what if machine" and say everyone had these timers counting down. Billions would be dead by this time next year and that number only gets smaller each successive year even if there were a few select rich people collecting time with all of it counting down on the arm of every person this inevitably would have to kill everyone.
This is actually pretty clear to break down actually. If instituted today assuming the population is roughly 7.6 billion on the planet and that children's timers remain frozen until the age of 25 thus children born today have 26 years to live, knowing that the 1 year every person has expires one second at a time then we know that if nobody uses their time for anything and lets it expire then the majority of the population is gone by the end of the year. For people to continue to live it would become a necessity to give up time to others, or have children at much earlier ages knowing you wouldn't be able to finish raising them. The human race in order to survive would literally have to have kids when they're just hitting puberty at the average age of 13 raise them for the next 12 years in time to see them ready to have their own kids before their time starts to expire. Going the other route we see likely half of the population giving up it's time to the other half and dying out, repeated year after year assuming we don't use time as a currency we go from 7.6 billion to 3.8 after the first year, 1.9 the second, rounded up we'd have 1 billion the third year, 500 million the fourth, 250 the fifth, 125 the sixth, 67 the seventh, 38 the eighth, 19, etc with time expiring literally each person would revolve around having only that year left with everyone around them dying. That's the most people surviving as long as they can. Alternatively the majority of people could sacrifice themselves to a minor few concentrating 7 billion years into 600 million people, giving everyone an extra 11 to 12 years. Still though nobody could make it 25 years to raise kids unless that number gets concentrated down much further. It's possible some people might continue to live a bit longer, in particular children born in this timeframe will make it a bit longer but eventually all the time would expire and there'd be nobody left. If this movie worked as it claimed then that one city would be the only one left by the logic that your main characters mother is turning 50, thus 25+ years expired, and that one man is worth more than 1 million years easily betting a thousand.
By necessity I'm forced to conclude the machines they use to adjust time are just that some form of computer or machine designed with function and purpose which could be hacked to make alterations thus breaking the entire system. As an economic method it's horribly unbalanced and downright evil bordering on nonviable. As a metaphorical social commentary it's pure genius.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Total Weather Control
Today's topic is primarily for people familiar with both the military tech used for crowd control and some experimental japanese weather control systems. In particular the military has developed a system that boils the water just under your skin to the point no rational person would stay where they are by choice but is otherwise non-lethal. In japan on a small relatively uninhabited island for the last couple years there's been an experimental weather control system being developed and tested. The island itself is mostly stable all year round naturally staying within a specific temperature range which helps to determine the effectiveness of the system. Apparently they've been successful in making it rain when they want to, which could suggest they can do quite a bit more if they want to.
Now consider the principals of each and how we know thermodynamics work in response to specific electromagnetic frequencies and wavelengths. You could in theory create a fast acting freeze ray if you're not worried about cell damage that comes from rapid cooling and expansion. Which is to say if you're not using it on something living, such as people or animals as a primary example. These systems are both relatively small and very portable, given enough of them we could have a much greater control over the weather if we really wanted.
Consider though the effects this might have on the world if we could control the global weather. Would they be to our advantage or disadvantage? What repercussions could come from manipulating such a large natural system to such a great extent? I'm equally fascinated and horrified by the potential some of our wildest tech has to offer these days.
Now consider the principals of each and how we know thermodynamics work in response to specific electromagnetic frequencies and wavelengths. You could in theory create a fast acting freeze ray if you're not worried about cell damage that comes from rapid cooling and expansion. Which is to say if you're not using it on something living, such as people or animals as a primary example. These systems are both relatively small and very portable, given enough of them we could have a much greater control over the weather if we really wanted.
Consider though the effects this might have on the world if we could control the global weather. Would they be to our advantage or disadvantage? What repercussions could come from manipulating such a large natural system to such a great extent? I'm equally fascinated and horrified by the potential some of our wildest tech has to offer these days.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Is there someone out there for you? The Numbers
Most of us at some point will ask ourselves if there's someone out there that's right for us. While there's a lot to consider on the nature of soul mates there's one abstraction that can't be denied and that's the numbers game. What are the odds that someone is out there for you at all let alone "the one".
It's estimated that we're in the neighborhood of 8 billion people and we now have the ability to collect large amounts of all kinds of aggregate data on all kinds of things. For example we've officially passed having more than 2 women for every man on this planet. I'm very interested in knowing why that's happening but that seems to be the current case. In some specific areas that number is amazingly larger more like 16:1 or 32:1. Our first big cut is trying to figure out how many people are in monogamous relationships. We can somewhat safely assume it's greater than half which leaves all those extra women for the remaining men provided we're only looking at hetero relationships. To solve that we cut the collected information of supposed polls that the global population is anywhere from 7 to 12 % homosexual. Keep in mind if more than half the population is in a 2 person relationship then the ratio's only get bigger. The current realistic number is no less than 3 available women per man and likely more in the range of 6 to 1 if we throw in more variables. However as we've learned previously from Occam's razor it's more likely that fewer variables is better or more accurate.
So the sad truth is ladies that men are slim pickings. As for men there are plenty of fish in the sea seems more appropriate than ever. Though to both the clear answer is you won't catch any fish if you're only hunting for the best.
It's estimated that we're in the neighborhood of 8 billion people and we now have the ability to collect large amounts of all kinds of aggregate data on all kinds of things. For example we've officially passed having more than 2 women for every man on this planet. I'm very interested in knowing why that's happening but that seems to be the current case. In some specific areas that number is amazingly larger more like 16:1 or 32:1. Our first big cut is trying to figure out how many people are in monogamous relationships. We can somewhat safely assume it's greater than half which leaves all those extra women for the remaining men provided we're only looking at hetero relationships. To solve that we cut the collected information of supposed polls that the global population is anywhere from 7 to 12 % homosexual. Keep in mind if more than half the population is in a 2 person relationship then the ratio's only get bigger. The current realistic number is no less than 3 available women per man and likely more in the range of 6 to 1 if we throw in more variables. However as we've learned previously from Occam's razor it's more likely that fewer variables is better or more accurate.
So the sad truth is ladies that men are slim pickings. As for men there are plenty of fish in the sea seems more appropriate than ever. Though to both the clear answer is you won't catch any fish if you're only hunting for the best.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
No Paradox Here
For students of determinism you may have already come to the conclusion that time travel is indeed possible if not likely and exists without the possibility of paradox. That is to say that if determinism is true then everything is destined and can not be changed. Thus if you're destined to time travel and kill yourself before you traveled that the does not result in a paradox nor does changing anything within the timeline as you were destined to do these things. This actually also doubles as proof of a timeline's ability to exist separate within itself and for multiple simultaneous timelines. With determinism you can never invalidate the premises required for a given event to occur or that doing so has no impact relative to your current action.
Part of this could possibly coincide with the hologram theory however that's thousands of times more complex to explain and I could easily write a book on it. Suffice to say I want to try and keep philosophy short from now on if that's at all possible. Perhaps just a paragraph or two in the future, let me know what you think.
Part of this could possibly coincide with the hologram theory however that's thousands of times more complex to explain and I could easily write a book on it. Suffice to say I want to try and keep philosophy short from now on if that's at all possible. Perhaps just a paragraph or two in the future, let me know what you think.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
The Long Way Home
The beuty of the universe is that it will always find new ways of telling you how much you simply do not know. Submerged in all the endless possibilities I hadn't stopped to consider the long term effects of what I've been doing in relation to myself. I'd believed that my methods were proof of my concepts and that because everything is happening at once anything that could happen was happening and thus could also not be happening. So I was surprised to say the least when I found myself unable to control what was now happening to me as a side effect of my travel that couldn't simply be undone. Merging with all the possible versions of myself resulted in not only overwhelming information but a kind of physical confusion of muscle memory making regular movement nearly impossible at times. Separating one timeline from another was also equally difficult in terms of memories. I'm not sure now which version of me was the original or if I can even claim to be an individual at this point given how many of me there are.
I can at least take solace in the fact that I am at least in control of myself and learning new methods by which to understand the universe. Honestly I had considered not even coming back, just as much as I'd considered going back and continuing as if nothing had changed which I very well am doing. I've adapted to comprehend that which I now see which is infinitely more than I'd ever imagined just a few perceived years ago. To me it feels like several lifetimes knowing how much I've done.
Even so I've also found a greater link between space and time and that any movement through space can have both direct and indirect movements through time. The electrons in your own body repel against almost all other electrons resulting in some isolation already keeping you from ever truly touching anything. Manipulating this fact you can have the first stage of travel. After mastering control of thisthe second stage comes in completely isolating yourself from the timeline you're in, and the third stage being movement between lines or across them and through them. The next stage is a matter of communication bringing things back and forth in similar manners expanding into larger objects and locations. then where I am now is a matter of all spacial movement having proportionate dualistic time movement that can be influenced so that for example walking around a kitchen you could step through a point in time in which perhaps the floor did not exist. Controlling how your movement effects the time around you different to how time effects you through movement. Consider it from an observational point instead of the person fading in and out it's the environment.
It's difficult to generate the words necessary to describe the concept further as not only do they not exist but creating them requires the readers to be able of comprehending their meaning which only a select few at this point can. perhaps in my explorations I'll discover a future version of my writings or derivative with greater understanding that I can provide for the sake of those interested.
I can at least take solace in the fact that I am at least in control of myself and learning new methods by which to understand the universe. Honestly I had considered not even coming back, just as much as I'd considered going back and continuing as if nothing had changed which I very well am doing. I've adapted to comprehend that which I now see which is infinitely more than I'd ever imagined just a few perceived years ago. To me it feels like several lifetimes knowing how much I've done.
Even so I've also found a greater link between space and time and that any movement through space can have both direct and indirect movements through time. The electrons in your own body repel against almost all other electrons resulting in some isolation already keeping you from ever truly touching anything. Manipulating this fact you can have the first stage of travel. After mastering control of thisthe second stage comes in completely isolating yourself from the timeline you're in, and the third stage being movement between lines or across them and through them. The next stage is a matter of communication bringing things back and forth in similar manners expanding into larger objects and locations. then where I am now is a matter of all spacial movement having proportionate dualistic time movement that can be influenced so that for example walking around a kitchen you could step through a point in time in which perhaps the floor did not exist. Controlling how your movement effects the time around you different to how time effects you through movement. Consider it from an observational point instead of the person fading in and out it's the environment.
It's difficult to generate the words necessary to describe the concept further as not only do they not exist but creating them requires the readers to be able of comprehending their meaning which only a select few at this point can. perhaps in my explorations I'll discover a future version of my writings or derivative with greater understanding that I can provide for the sake of those interested.
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