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Shifts and jumps in chaotic systems – USA
We had a chaotic change in our politics. What does that mean? The United States appears to be experiencing an historic shift in its social order. No need for a bullet list of changes, the election of Donald Trump is … Continue reading
Of Time and Physics
Physics and Timepath are compatible views – the past is real; the future – messy probability; the Now separates them. Well-trained, reputable physicists have published claims that the past is fixed, the future is just like the past but stretches … Continue reading
Time Path – Probability Begins It
The probables in the Potential Future use Bayesian hooks into the events of Now to continuously form Reality We continue discussing the Time Path, with a closer look at what must be happening when potential events become real events. We … Continue reading
Time Path – Exploring the past
How can we know that this Which caused that What? It depends on how we use the timepath. We continue where we stopped our discussion in Time Path – The Flow of Time. and discuss how we identify what happened … Continue reading
Time path – the flow of time
What are the Past and Future? What is Now? The time path is interesting Our experience of time is focused around what we describe as Now. Before Now, there is no time containing any realized structure, just interconnected potential actions … Continue reading
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Tagged becoming Now, being and becoming, being Past, Ontology of time, picture of time, potential Future, Time, time line, time path
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Physics – Science or Ideology?
Should physics theories be tested – or just accepted? So asks essay the in New York Times Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser discuss whether Physics has moved beyond the need to be checked. Their essay (Sunday New York Times 2015-Jun-7) … Continue reading
Fortunetelling killed by Time’s arrow
Precognition / clairvoyance / prescience? Not in our universe! The gypsy soothsayer says “Cross my hand with silver and I will tell you your true future.” If such actions could be possible, over our past 70,000 years, the soothsayer’s guild … Continue reading
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Tagged Doug Beason, Fermi paradox, James Randi, Kevin Anderson, Larry Niven, magic, Mona Clee, Nature of time, Precognition, Stephen King, teleportation, time travel
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How To Peel A Mango
Peel a mango, remove its pit, without mess and in less than a minute. Same for any other stone fruit. Mangoes are my favorite fruit. This even though they have a bad reputation for being really messy, wasteful to peel, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Hercule Poirot, lemon freezer ice cream, mango, peel and de-pit fruit, stone fruit
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Economics can never be right
“What is Economics Good For?” is the provocative New York Times essay by Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain. They point is that economics is no kind of science and never can be. This is an excellent essay and worth reading. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Rosenberg, Economic science, economic theory, Economist scientist, Erik Maskin, new york times, Tyler Curtain
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Ideologies Can’t Work
To be stable, a process must monitor situations from both upstream and downstream of its activity. Too bad – ideologies are processes that cannot succeed in our real world. I am reading Flashback by Dan Simmons, an interesting science fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, complexity, Dan Simmons, feedback, fog of war, ideologues, ideology, process control, Simon Hawke, time machines
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Police, Martial Law and new directions
Police are not good enforcers for Martial Law. Do they serve an over-purpose? On Friday, November 11, Police in Davis California used pepper spray to quell a quiet group of students participating in the current nation-wide protests. This never works. … Continue reading
Obama, Compromise and Drew Westen
Can Society improve by Obama’s contiuous compromises? The New York Times printed a stunning analysis of Pres Obama today, Sunday, August 7, in its Sunday Review. The front page article is “What Happened to Obama” by Emory University’s Drew Westen. … Continue reading
This, the final technical society
We live in the last human civilization that will use and control technology for its comfort and success; we live in the last technical age for the planet Earth. This is the premise that I plan to examine as the … Continue reading
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