Intro LO: After digesting this recent Scientific American article, the conclusion is simple: it’s (nearly) impossible that life on planet Earth is a singular event within the Universe. There must be other life-forms throughout the Universe. Hence, science-fiction is (much) more like science - and technology - than like fiction. The (alleged) sightings of...
A recent Aeon article (ie, Will we ever know the origins of the Universe?) touched an unresolved thought of mine: must the Universe truly have a beginning?? The Aeon article has a clear answer: No. Not necessarily. “The Malament-Manchak theorem presents us with a sobering limit: our observations, no matter how extensive, may never be sufficient to determine...
Intro LO: A 1 December 2024 SCMP article (see below) caught my immediate interest as I’ve had a similar idea mid 2022 that was based on an earlier idea in my 2018 blog: 2022: Is stupidity the flip side of beliefs? 2018: Knowledge = Power and the Great Filter in civilisations (5) I prefer my 2022 diagram in this specific stupidity context. Source: my 2022 blog...
Yesterday's blog on the decreasing energy of (sun) light and the increasing age of the Universe (ie, 26.7 billion years), made me realise that the age of planet Earth (ie, 4.55 billion years) is only 17.0% of the Universe. Hence, my assumed answering of the where question in yesterday's blog was wrong. The list of UFO sightings starts in 1450 BC in Africa, and has...
Early 2016, I wrote my blog: Unknown unknowns – dreams. I suppose dreams are often about doubt, fear, hope & love. Sometimes, my dreams feel like science-fiction. According to ancient Sumerian (religious) beliefs, the human soul can travel during sleep and in the afterlife. In my view, the soul is the linking pin between individual and universal consciousness....
Two weeks ago, a complex diagram was emerging in my mind about consciousness, dimensions (eg, spacetime), and (un)known (un)knowns. I decided working on some of its elements first. Please see last week's blogs. Last Wednesday, I finally had a breakthrough. The result is stated below. One of my main questions above, is the seeming impossibility of a multiverse in...
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