Last Tuesday, an old friend said the following in our conversation: "life is not easy, faith and hope keeps me going". I suppose her words contain universal wisdom. Her words (also) relate to 1 Corinthians 13-13: "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." Got Questions states the following conclusion on the difference...
Energy vs Matter
Black holes may be the source of mysterious dark energy that makes up most of the universe (the Conversation)
1 Mar, 2023
The Conversation title: Black holes may be the source of mysterious dark energy that makes up most of the universe By: Chris Pearson and Dave Clements Date: 15 February 2023 "Black holes could explain a mysterious form of energy that makes up most of the universe, according to astronomers. The existence of “dark energy” has been inferred from...
Russia’s energy weapon weakens (Axios)
19 Feb, 2023
Axios Markets title: Russia's energy weapon weakens By: Matt Phillips Date: 13 February 2023 "Markets mostly shrugged off Russia's threat to curb crude production in response to Western sanctions, Matt writes. Why it matters: It shows that President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine has left Russia with less leverage against the West than he...
Interdependence
6 Feb, 2023
Recently, I had a discussion with a friend on interconnectedness and interdependence. In his view, interdependence ranks higher. We agreed that our discussion might be rooted in semantics. He proposed that I write about this topic. A related topic is causation, or cause and effect. The subject of causation is annoying (to me and others) as we often confuse cause and...
Consciousness, a known unknown
25 Jan, 2023
On 29 December 2022, Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant published an interesting interview on consciousness with Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel. In his view, "there is no life after death, but there is continuity of consciousness" (my translation). His opinion would imply that our Data-Info is conscious. On 16 January 2023, the Wall Street Journal published the...
Theory of Everything (3)
18 Jan, 2023
Last Thursday, I made the drawing below. Before, I did "see" the various dots but I wasn't able to connect these dots inside my mind. The house analogy suddenly dawned upon me, last Thursday. I'm pleased to present the result. In my view, it might well be my best accomplishment so far. My concept of the 7 Belief systems (eg, 2015 original and 2019 update) is a part...
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