It's elementary, my dear Watson
Instructional technology; politics; education, training; current happenings; technology in general; and who knows.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Abortion
Sunday, September 29, 2024
The Mind
The more I read and hear about the various consciousness theories, the more I revert to an older and more simplistic theory: the brain produces consciousness. Without a brain consciousness (mind) doesn't exist. I know I have a mind, I am aware that I am aware of myself and all else that I have experienced as well as I imagine what I haven't personally experienced. But only because the various parts of my brain are working together to produce that awareness and ability to ponder it.
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
As a liberal conservative I believe that reproduction is essential to continuance of our species so in that regard I do have a horse in the abortion/assisted reproductive technologies race. I believe abortion to be a form of murder with the possibility of extenuating circumstances that should be considered. I do not know when life begins. It is generally accepted within the scientific community that life begins at fertilization (conception). As for assisted reproductive technologies, I am all for them and do not believe frozen eggs and embryos to be live humans. The only issues that need to be sorted out have to do with parental rights and each locality has to deal with that accordingly.
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Saturday, August 24, 2024
Fine-tuned for Life
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Israel
1. Majority Muslim countries' goal is to eliminate Israel.
2. Israel's goal is to continue to exist in peace.
3. Majority Muslim countries are not militarily able to defeat Israel.
4. A few majority Muslim countries use proxies to goad Israel into a major conflict that will give the appearance of Israeli war mongering agression thus prompting other countries to support the Muslim countries.
Isael in Palestine. Most U.S. so-called supporters of Palestine are wrong in theur conclusion that the Palestinians are innocent. The fact is, while they may not be direct supporters of Hamas, they fully support Hamas' goals regarding the total distruction of Israel and are passively sacrificing themselves and their children in efforts to protect Hamas.
Yemen: Another Iran backed group, Houthi, have targeted Israel.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Time
I've been working on my time theory. Actually, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, first argued that reality is a network of events and that our perception of past, present, and future is a projection onto this network. I postulate that wherein there is no past, present, or future, actually wherein there is no time. Quantum entanglement and time dilation suggest the same. In my theory, all universal events occur simultaneously. Such a theory solves several cosmological mysteries. But we have to back up a bit to my proposition that the universe of which we are aware has always been. I realize that using terms such as "always been" implies eternity which is sort of a reference to how humanity views time that never ends, a human fallacy. Sorry. No, the universe did not begin with a "big bang" or even a little whimper. It just is. Kind of replaces the God thing. Back to the no-time theory, I've run into a wall. SPACE. Where is all this happening? Or is space also an illusion? Einstein's equation that creates the concept of space-time fits nicely into the world we experience, but is it what is? We love our space but events without time may not require space since space most probably is only required for events in time.