Jesus Christ lived in the middle east 2000 years ago.
And yet, he’s white.
Praise the lord and hallelujah!!
And yet, he’s white.
Praise the lord and hallelujah!!
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Monday, March 25, 2019
Trump's Lessons
Donald Trump says he's exonerated by Robert Mueller. Donald Trump is a liar, a cheat, a selfish, narcissistic hater, and just plain petty thug. No investigation is ever going to change that.
What we can learn from Donald Trump will not be found in investigations or indictments. The real lessons of Donald Trump go to our collective conscience as a species and should serve as warning to us all.
If we don't fundamentally change as a species - intellectually, ethically, spiritually - we are not going to make it.
What we can learn from Donald Trump will not be found in investigations or indictments. The real lessons of Donald Trump go to our collective conscience as a species and should serve as warning to us all.
If we don't fundamentally change as a species - intellectually, ethically, spiritually - we are not going to make it.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Underachieving Gods
There is no reason to believe that an intelligence capable of creating a computer simulation of an entire universe can't come to exist.
Assuming 'real' universes exist for billions of years it is likely this has already occurred.
In fact it is more likely we exist in such a simulation than in a ‘real’ universe given how easy simulations would be to create as compared to ‘real’ universes.
If our universe is in fact such a simulation all I can say is that its creator is one hell of an underachiever.
Assuming 'real' universes exist for billions of years it is likely this has already occurred.
In fact it is more likely we exist in such a simulation than in a ‘real’ universe given how easy simulations would be to create as compared to ‘real’ universes.
If our universe is in fact such a simulation all I can say is that its creator is one hell of an underachiever.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
A Mind Numbing Deal
Religion as a deal.
A simple trade - fear of the unknowns of life and death replaced by mindless, unquestioning, faith.
Darkness cloaking spirit and curiosity for false security.
Spiritual?
True spirituality is an intensely personal, lonely, pursuit of truth.
Truth is the reward of our courage to face the unknown.
Truth is the reward of our courage to face not knowing.
The pursuit of truth the only thing that will expand understanding, compassion, humility.
For truth is the light that reveals the beauty that is this universe.
The pursuit of truth then our greatest spirituality.
Religion, a mind numbing, cowardly, deal.
A simple trade - fear of the unknowns of life and death replaced by mindless, unquestioning, faith.
Darkness cloaking spirit and curiosity for false security.
Spiritual?
True spirituality is an intensely personal, lonely, pursuit of truth.
Truth is the reward of our courage to face the unknown.
Truth is the reward of our courage to face not knowing.
The pursuit of truth the only thing that will expand understanding, compassion, humility.
For truth is the light that reveals the beauty that is this universe.
The pursuit of truth then our greatest spirituality.
Religion, a mind numbing, cowardly, deal.
Thursday, January 3, 2019
The Beginning of the End
We are richer.
We are more powerful.
Therefore, we are better.
Our lives more important.
The beginning of the end of every great society.
We are more powerful.
Therefore, we are better.
Our lives more important.
The beginning of the end of every great society.
Monday, October 1, 2018
An Intelligent Universe
If you brought all the 6 billion people on earth together in one place and then removed all the space between them, and their atoms, what volume would they then occupy? Answer: An area slightly smaller than a sugar cube.
The vast majority of the universe is ‘empty’ space. ‘Empty’ space can be bent, contracted, expanded. Learning how to manipulate just two states of local empty space would enable it to be used as a computer: bent, unbent = 0,1.
Powering this computer could employ quantum field fluctuations - annihilating quarks as they spontaneously condense from ‘empty’ space would provide all the energy required.
It would then be possible to imprint ourselves onto this computer, existing entirely as a conscious being in ‘empty’ space.
In a universe this old, this has already occurred.
Our universe is someone else's gigantic supercomputer with intelligence woven into its fabric.
The vast majority of the universe is ‘empty’ space. ‘Empty’ space can be bent, contracted, expanded. Learning how to manipulate just two states of local empty space would enable it to be used as a computer: bent, unbent = 0,1.
Powering this computer could employ quantum field fluctuations - annihilating quarks as they spontaneously condense from ‘empty’ space would provide all the energy required.
It would then be possible to imprint ourselves onto this computer, existing entirely as a conscious being in ‘empty’ space.
In a universe this old, this has already occurred.
Our universe is someone else's gigantic supercomputer with intelligence woven into its fabric.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Instant Justice
Computer intelligence (refuse to call it artificial) now possesses intuition. Using deep learning computer intelligence has defeated the world’s champion GO player. GO is an ancient game of strategy that has hundreds of millions of possible moves. It is commonly believed that a large part of champions victories centers on their use of intuition instead of strategy. The computer, Alpha GO, has learned over time how to destroy the world’s champions, and as such is believed to be employing intuition in its victories. Intuition is considered a ‘human’ quality vital in all kinds of human endeavor.
In the not too distant future computer intelligence will be used in criminal law. Imagine a ‘judge’ capable of attaining and processing all information in a criminal proceeding in seconds rather than weeks or months. A judge that collects and analyzes every piece of information available, not only the crime, but the defendant, the police, the victim(s) - instantly. Birth records to police and surveillance video, high school transcripts, to genomes. Capable of detecting lies, recognizing patterns of police and prosecutorial bias, criminal intent, and likelihood of recidivism. And in the process can apply an intuitive sense so vital in the delivery of justice.
Scary? Or true justice? No more awaiting trial in prison for months or even years for lack of money for bond. No more verdicts based on partial or false information, racial bias, or whether the judge has eaten recently.
But, a machine?
In the not too distant future computer intelligence will be used in criminal law. Imagine a ‘judge’ capable of attaining and processing all information in a criminal proceeding in seconds rather than weeks or months. A judge that collects and analyzes every piece of information available, not only the crime, but the defendant, the police, the victim(s) - instantly. Birth records to police and surveillance video, high school transcripts, to genomes. Capable of detecting lies, recognizing patterns of police and prosecutorial bias, criminal intent, and likelihood of recidivism. And in the process can apply an intuitive sense so vital in the delivery of justice.
Scary? Or true justice? No more awaiting trial in prison for months or even years for lack of money for bond. No more verdicts based on partial or false information, racial bias, or whether the judge has eaten recently.
But, a machine?
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