SpaceX has stimulated human fascination, we are becoming explorers again. Elon Musk’s Tesla car attempts to address global warming, Neuralink human technology integration, but for SpaceX to explore the universe takes the cake. He intends to send his first rocket to Mars in 2024. We once explored the Earth with ships, soon the universe with…
Phuket A 4 day holiday to Phuket for CNY, 22 – 26 January. I’ve been to Thailand many times, more than 20 I reckon, all over. Places I remember going: Bangkok, Koh Samui, Ko Pha-ngan, Koh Tao, Koh Chang, Koh Lanta, Chang Mai, Chang Rai, Surat Thani, Krabi, Ao Nang, Nopparat Thara, Raileigh, Phuket. Many…
Christmas in AoNang, a 2 week holiday. Also visits to places nearby including Phi Phi, several to Raileigh, Phra Nang beach and Krabi. A record here for memory as I often use this blog to recall the things I've done. It does help to try and use that faculty, remember...
We all have premonitions, like a sixth sense. I remember walking home from school when young studying my gait, something I now do every day. At that time I was interested in walking having been taught techniques at primary school, heal then toe. I also considered balance, putting my weight from my left foot to…
Religion is practiced all over the world: Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sufism, the list goes on. Even primitive culture exhibits belief. If nothing else religion demonstrates the human desire for the good. Unquestionably good and evil exist in the domain of consciousness, and act out in the world.
A post from Melbourne, travel is possible again as we learn to live with covid. The main interest for coma victims is the provocation of memory. I remember my way around my favourite area here, the top end of town near parliament. I should visit Fitzroy where I used to live. I am visiting mum…
Coma presents a monolith, I feel that I am recovered but must still use a walking stick and have memory loss. I am starting to wonder if these problems are a consequence of coma, or at 55 the beginnings of old age. A couple of little pangs now and then, perhaps caused by natural decay.…
Consciousness might be described as the focus of intelligence, emotion and memory where identity emerges. Is there a biological element, maybe the heart? Poetically the heart has often been given weight, home is where the heart is. There is no heart for AI, perhaps artificial consciousness is not possible. I am close to being swayed…
We went to see Transverse Orientation by Greek playwright Dimitri Papaioannou. I think it investigates consciousness, perhaps indirectly according to the author asking him during question time. He did agree with some of my observations. We apprehend at will, within context meaning is given by the spectator. Perhaps my thoughts about it reflect more my…
A conversation with Elon. Mars is our best opportunity not to be trapped by history. You mentioned a move past representational government and the use of technology to become truly governed by the people, direct democracy. Government came before technology and its ability to communicate with the masses. Even though you have a lot, on…
The Third Industrial Revolution is a book and documentary by Jeremy Rifkin with ideas for what we should do about climate change. He says we are moving from a me economy to a shared economy, millennials are taking over. The Internet of Things offers a new means of communication, transportation and energy, historically three fundamentals…
Monist theory suggests rather than matter consciousness is the universe, (Hoffman, Kastrup, Kleiner...). Unquestionably consciousness exists and must be accounted for. They say consciousness is not a byproduct of the brain but exists independently in its own right, matter is the epiphenomenon of consciousness. We are altered consciousness of the collective obtaining our individuality that…
Recently there has been talk of my favourite film, 2001 A Space Odyssey, in relation to the emergence of Artificial Intelligence. I was watching a program describing HAL, the AI computer in the film that controlled the spaceship, and thought to comment. HAL stands for Heuristic ALgorithmic computer. In the film, why did HAL kill the…