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Friday, January 6
Short Story: 2200 - The universe existing in a bottle - Part I of VII
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Fri 06 Jan 2006 02:00 AM EST
Trapped
2200 AD The Universe Existing in a Bottle
A boundary to the universe
A limit to the significance of man
Trapped
Part I of VII
Speculation 2200 A.D.: A new dilemma arises and we finally understand we are nothing but a bug in a bottle. We fall into despair and depression for we can find no way out. We find the limit, the walls containing our universe, and realize our own significance is limited.
Mathematics is the cutting edge of science, the universal language used to describe and define our universe. It is a learned way of thinking that has finally earned the respect it has so long deserved. Mathematics turns out to be universal to all life forms throughout the reality we travel.
Topology is a field of mathematics that started by defining a plane, a piece of paper, with only one side. One can paint the inside and outside surface of a ring of paper made by gluing two ends of a strip of paper together. Once painting the inside of the ring red, one can then paint the outside of the ring green. If, however, one puts a single twist in the paper before gluing the ends together, one obtains what is known in topology as a Mobius strip. The ring has only one side and can only be painted one color, since if one puts a paint brush on any point and paints the total surface, one will, without picking up the paper and turning it over, end up with all surfaces painted red because the ring now only has one side. Thus, a two sided ring becomes a one sided ring. This leads to a startling concept regarding humanity, the universe, and eternity.
To be continued: Part II of VII: Topological mathematics developed the Klein bottle in the 1900’s, a three dimensional bottle in three dimensional space that only...
Food for thought: 1st principle applies to many actions
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Fri 06 Jan 2006 01:49 AM EST
1st principle applies to many actions
Why is it philosophers think 1st principle would not be described by many a multitude of laws be they Divine law of Human law?
Thursday, January 5
What does the conceptual framework of Islam have to offer us? Part II of II
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Thu 05 Jan 2006 02:00 AM EST
What does the conceptual framework of Islam have to offer us?
Part II of II
...Muslims bring forward the idea of justice as a part of not only this life, but the life to follow. Justice, the idea of fair treatment and due reward in the afterlife, implies being responsible for one’s actions in this life.
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What does this idea of justice do for a Causative Force? The idea of fair treatment and due reward in the afterlife suggests that we have a responsibility in this life. It suggests that we all have a responsibility and we must all determine just what that responsibility is. However, since we are all significant, since we all have a responsibility, we must respect each person’s attempt at accomplishing the responsibility each feels they have as individuals.
We have no right to interfere with a person’s journey in this life as long as that journey does not interfere with the journey of others.
Justice will be meted out by a force far greater, both in power and understanding, than ourselves. Justice will not be denied. Justice will be enforced in the life beyond this one. This whole concept of justice being a part of the afterlife releases us of the socially time-consuming burden involving agonizing over the just sentencing in a transgression. It would cause us to look at how to rectify the situation and how to prevent its happening to anyone in society again.
Food for thought: Divine laws are specific examples of universal laws
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Thu 05 Jan 2006 12:20 AM EST
Divine laws are specific examples of universal laws
If there is such a thing as universal laws, 1st and 2nd principles, wouldn't it suggist Divine laws are offshoots of such laws?
Wednesday, January 4
What does the conceptual framework of Islam have to offer us? Part I of II
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Wed 04 Jan 2006 02:00 AM EST
What does the conceptual framework of Islam have to offer us?
Part I of II
Islam: The term means “submission to God.” The faith is characterized by an exclusive monotheism, the worship of Allah as the one true God, and Mohammed as the greatest of the prophets. Depending upon the degree of one’s faithfulness and purity, one falls into the tortures of hell or feasting… The duties…payment of 2 percent poor tax… The ethical impulse of the movement would seem to have been powered more by justice than mercy.
From: Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, William L. Reese, p. 349
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What do Muslims bring to the world? As do Jews, Buddhists, and Christians, they continue the spread of the Hindu ideas of monotheism, the soul, and eternal life. Their worldwide influence reaches over one billion Muslims in the world. In addition, they bring a commitment to the Buddhist struggle against suffering and they bring something new into the total picture.
To be continued: Part II of II: Muslims bring forward the idea of justice as a part of not only this life, but the life to follow. Justice, the idea of fair treatment and due reward in the afterlife, implies...
Food for thought: Black and white: Divine laws versus Universal laws
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Wed 04 Jan 2006 01:00 AM EST
Black and white: Divine laws versus Universal laws
Why is it so difficult to summarize divine laws into 'universal laws'.
Tuesday, January 3
What does the conceptual framework of symmetry have to offer us? Part II of II
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Tue 03 Jan 2006 02:00 AM EST
What does the conceptual framework of symmetry have to offer us?
Part II of II
...How could the abstract, the nonphysical, the invisible, the untouchable, ideas, emotions, and awareness, ‘create’ something composed of matter and energy when matter and energy did not exist? Would this even be possible? If the ‘Creator,’ what we refer to as the Causative Force, were all knowing, omniscient, She would know how to do so. If the Causative Force were all powerful, omnipotent, She would have the power to do so. If the Causative Force were all present, everywhere, omnipresent, She would do so within Herself, for there would be no other place to put Her newborn creation.
Only recently has science advanced the concept of symmetry enough to be able to speculate upon this question. Symmetry is recognized, in the physics community, as one of the basic principles existing within our universe. With symmetry as a base, the idea of totally dissolving matter and energy universes becomes logical, thus the reverse, creating universes of matter and energy, becomes logical.
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The concept of dissolving universes is a Hindu concept. Hindus aren’t the only ones that have held this belief. Now science has begun to understand the physics involved. Asimov’s explanation
Food for thought: 2nd principle: Travel unimpeded
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Tue 03 Jan 2006 12:17 AM EST
2nd universal principle: Travel unimpeded
If we are to first protect the right of the individual to travel unimpeded, why would we expect the second universal principle to be anything less than the statement that we, as individuals, should travel unimpeded?
Monday, January 2
What does the conceptual framework of symmetry have to offer us? Part I of II
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Mon 02 Jan 2006 12:33 AM EST
What does the conceptual framework of symmetry have to offer us?
Part I of II
Symmetry: 1. (in physics) The set of invariances of a system. Upon application of a symmetry operation on a system, the system is unchanged.
–Oxford Concise Science Dictionary, p. 709
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The Causative Force, awareness, able to create ‘some-thing’ from ‘no-thing.’
This sounds like an impossible task. Entropy and the Big Bang Theory both imply change must and does constantly take place. Both imply what lies beyond the universe may not be physical, may not be affected by time, may be eternal, may be abstract (not made of matter or energy). Both suggest two things: change could occur within this ‘thing’, if it occurred in an abstract form and our universe, matter and energy, did not exist at one point.
These ideas would seem to validate the idea of the universe being ‘created.'
To be continued: Part II of II: How could the abstract, the non-physical, the invisible...
Food for thought: 1st principle: Protect the right of others to travel unimpeded
by
Daniel J. Shepard
on Mon 02 Jan 2006 12:26 AM EST
1st principle: Protect the right of others to travel unimpeded
Why is it we think our personal rights supercede the rights of others?
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