Trolls.
The mean face of the Internet, they slide in every location and spread anger and mean spirits.
But here is the problem folks, we are the trolls.
They didn't spontaneously come into existence in the early 90's at the early stages of web forums. These people were already here, they were just afraid to act for fear of reprisal.
All people want to feel powerful and bigger than they are, Trolling lets an average person gain above average control over another person's life. It's like the way prank calling was back in the earlier days, except more people troll because there is much less chance of being recognized or caught. I could troll all of my friends, and they would never know it was me.
Think about it people, how many of you have entered a anonymous forum with the intent of starting a fight? How many of you have developed a reputation on user-name forums for being a trouble starter?
Most of us have. Even my father has. There is no way to fight the trolls because we are the trolls. As long as people feel powerless in their own lives, there will be trolls.
But here's where things get confusing. If everyone is a troll, how you tell who is trolling whom?
The standard rule of the internet is the first person pointed out has having been "trolled" is the rube, the other the troll. But, if outcomes reverse and the other person is referred to as a troll first, does that change the fact that the first person was trolling?
Nope, not really. The only way to tell who has been trolled can't really be measured, it's a big game of "you rage you lose" but with both sides shrouded in obscurity. So the game continues until someone yields or both sides get bored.
Not the greatest of past-times, but anything to give us a sense of control in our lives.
(Side note: been busy, will attempt to get back into a regular posting schedule. Short story series is in the works, but not ready for posting yet. Will keep everyone updated.)
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
You are Here.
Protip: folks. The key to finding happiness is finding your place in the universe.
This is not as hard as it may seem.
This process does not mean you need to find your "calling" the one and only job that will make you happy for the rest of your life. Not everyone can be James Bond, nor would everyone really want to.
The trick is to find the qualities that you feel define yourself.
I am a story teller. I may for part of my life tell stories for a living, but I will continue to tell them regardless of whether people pay me. In Olden times I might have been a bard or a traveling minstrel, but more likely I'd just be the farmer in town who likes to tell people stories down at the pub.
This is one of the qualities that defines who I am in the universe. There are others, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Once you find one of these qualities in yourself, you have discovered how to make yourself happy.
I tell my stories, preferably to an audience, but even to myself is enough to satisfy me.
Once you have one of these qualities figured out, next define your place in the universe by the company you keep. Think about the 5 people you spend the most time with. Those people in certain ways are reflections of you. You keep them around because they have qualities that you like, and these are most likely qualities that you have in yourself.
Try to isolate these qualities and you will discover further definitions of yourself.
One of my 5 most seen friends is a man who loves to start shit. He revels in making people uncomfortable and saying the outrageous.
Upon reflection, I see that to a lesser degree, I am much the same. I get joy from making certain people uncomfortable, I love causing trouble that I know won't affect me or anyone I care about in a significant way.
This is all you need in life, figure out what defines you and you will figure out what makes you happy.
This is not as hard as it may seem.
This process does not mean you need to find your "calling" the one and only job that will make you happy for the rest of your life. Not everyone can be James Bond, nor would everyone really want to.
The trick is to find the qualities that you feel define yourself.
I am a story teller. I may for part of my life tell stories for a living, but I will continue to tell them regardless of whether people pay me. In Olden times I might have been a bard or a traveling minstrel, but more likely I'd just be the farmer in town who likes to tell people stories down at the pub.
This is one of the qualities that defines who I am in the universe. There are others, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Once you find one of these qualities in yourself, you have discovered how to make yourself happy.
I tell my stories, preferably to an audience, but even to myself is enough to satisfy me.
Once you have one of these qualities figured out, next define your place in the universe by the company you keep. Think about the 5 people you spend the most time with. Those people in certain ways are reflections of you. You keep them around because they have qualities that you like, and these are most likely qualities that you have in yourself.
Try to isolate these qualities and you will discover further definitions of yourself.
One of my 5 most seen friends is a man who loves to start shit. He revels in making people uncomfortable and saying the outrageous.
Upon reflection, I see that to a lesser degree, I am much the same. I get joy from making certain people uncomfortable, I love causing trouble that I know won't affect me or anyone I care about in a significant way.
This is all you need in life, figure out what defines you and you will figure out what makes you happy.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Fuck you Sam Raimi
Ok, we all know the horrible Mr. Raimi (henceforth to be referred to as "Sinner Sam").
Sinner Sam is the one who brought us such great movies as Evil Dead, and the First Spider-Man movie.
He also brought us the never ending supply of crap that was Hercules, Xena, Young Hercules, Cleopatra 2525, Jack of All Trades, and Spider-man 3.
The master of disaster now has a new serving of shit that he wants to present to us for dinner:
Spider-Man 4.
Yea, fuck that.
If that wasn't bad enough, Sinner Sam is also involved with a "Venom" spin-off.
That's it folks.
We did it for Uwe Boll, we can do it for Sinner Sam.
It's time to force him into retirement. He clearly needs to stop making movies. The only exception would be the occasional Bruce Campbell feature.
Hollywood as a whole needs to stop making Terrible concept programming.
For example:
There is a new show on NBC called "Kings". Nobody watched it, but it was a modern day telling of the story of "David and Goliath".
Yea, and they wondered why it tanked.
And apparently Nicholas Cage wants to do "Ghostrider 2".
No, sorry, fuck you Cage. I suffered through the first one, you are not getting my money a second time.
Each time I hear about a movie it's like Im being shown what months in the future that I will be avoiding the theater like a fat guy avoids a gym.
Fuck you Hollywood, Im revoking your "Entertain America" rights.
From now on, Public user content online, that's the way of the future. Atleast when we watch user-created content, we've got a good impression that it'll be bad, getting sucker punched by Sinner Sam is just not acceptable.
Sinner Sam is the one who brought us such great movies as Evil Dead, and the First Spider-Man movie.
He also brought us the never ending supply of crap that was Hercules, Xena, Young Hercules, Cleopatra 2525, Jack of All Trades, and Spider-man 3.
The master of disaster now has a new serving of shit that he wants to present to us for dinner:
Spider-Man 4.
Yea, fuck that.
If that wasn't bad enough, Sinner Sam is also involved with a "Venom" spin-off.
That's it folks.
We did it for Uwe Boll, we can do it for Sinner Sam.
It's time to force him into retirement. He clearly needs to stop making movies. The only exception would be the occasional Bruce Campbell feature.
Hollywood as a whole needs to stop making Terrible concept programming.
For example:
There is a new show on NBC called "Kings". Nobody watched it, but it was a modern day telling of the story of "David and Goliath".
Yea, and they wondered why it tanked.
And apparently Nicholas Cage wants to do "Ghostrider 2".
No, sorry, fuck you Cage. I suffered through the first one, you are not getting my money a second time.
Each time I hear about a movie it's like Im being shown what months in the future that I will be avoiding the theater like a fat guy avoids a gym.
Fuck you Hollywood, Im revoking your "Entertain America" rights.
From now on, Public user content online, that's the way of the future. Atleast when we watch user-created content, we've got a good impression that it'll be bad, getting sucker punched by Sinner Sam is just not acceptable.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Fist full of assholes.
Also known as "Nick and Norah's infinite supply of shitty music".
If you were thinking about seeing this movie, one word. Don't.
The movie follows two heterosexuals (nick and norah), a trio of gay musicians, and a drunk mess as they wander the New York club scene in search of their favorite band's hidden show. During the movie Nick and Norah have to dodge their exes and deal with old drama while the entire time retaining their douchebag status.
Making the movie even more confusing is the ambigious ages of the cast. They clearly have no curfew, as most of them are running around New York at four in the morning, but early on half of the cast is portrayed as attending high school.
This devolves the movie into "jailbait scene kids getting drunk and causing havok".
This movie makes me want to kick babies. If this is the way of the future and all teen romantic comedies are going to be like this Im gonna save some time and destroy my TV now.
The only aspect of the movie that was amusing was the huge series of coincidences throughout.
Norah's Dad is a huge record Exec, so her and her friends get in for free at any and all clubs.
The trio of gay men are a walking cliche' as they instantly notice that Norah is attracted to Nick, and always recommend that Nick does the right thing, while always doing the wrong thing themselves.
The complete absence of cops or any other sort of authority figure in the entire movie. It's a movie about high school kids, yet there are no parents, teachers, cops, et all in the entire movie.
Norah's hot friend Caroline and her amazing ability to remain drunk and get herself into more and more trouble. That woman should have sobered up halfway through the movie, yet she never did.
Caroline's gum, that she chews for hours, vomits into a public toilet, retrives, continues chewing, gives to norah who chews it, who then gives to nick who also chews it. That's gotta be the weirdest thing of the movie.
There you go, I have suffered through this movie and explained it to you, so you wouldn't need to suffer yourselves. I expect christmas cards and cookies in return.
If you were thinking about seeing this movie, one word. Don't.
The movie follows two heterosexuals (nick and norah), a trio of gay musicians, and a drunk mess as they wander the New York club scene in search of their favorite band's hidden show. During the movie Nick and Norah have to dodge their exes and deal with old drama while the entire time retaining their douchebag status.
Making the movie even more confusing is the ambigious ages of the cast. They clearly have no curfew, as most of them are running around New York at four in the morning, but early on half of the cast is portrayed as attending high school.
This devolves the movie into "jailbait scene kids getting drunk and causing havok".
This movie makes me want to kick babies. If this is the way of the future and all teen romantic comedies are going to be like this Im gonna save some time and destroy my TV now.
The only aspect of the movie that was amusing was the huge series of coincidences throughout.
Norah's Dad is a huge record Exec, so her and her friends get in for free at any and all clubs.
The trio of gay men are a walking cliche' as they instantly notice that Norah is attracted to Nick, and always recommend that Nick does the right thing, while always doing the wrong thing themselves.
The complete absence of cops or any other sort of authority figure in the entire movie. It's a movie about high school kids, yet there are no parents, teachers, cops, et all in the entire movie.
Norah's hot friend Caroline and her amazing ability to remain drunk and get herself into more and more trouble. That woman should have sobered up halfway through the movie, yet she never did.
Caroline's gum, that she chews for hours, vomits into a public toilet, retrives, continues chewing, gives to norah who chews it, who then gives to nick who also chews it. That's gotta be the weirdest thing of the movie.
There you go, I have suffered through this movie and explained it to you, so you wouldn't need to suffer yourselves. I expect christmas cards and cookies in return.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Leper colony for Cheaters. (New Content!)
Ok, Thats enough old content for now. I have a couple more I am saving for next time I fail to deliver an article on time.
Time for new content.
Cheaters and the cheating cheats they cheat for.
Most people who actively date have been cheated on, atleast once.
Some times it's something relatively innocent like "We got drunk and woke up naked next to eachother." Not something to be proud of, but forgivable.
Then there is the brain/hammer pairing of people who demand attention at all times, and people foolish enough to give them attention.
Monogamy is a feature that most people assume in a relationship. Unless specified to the contrary, it is expected to always be faithful to the person you are seeing. Even if you are only casually dating, it's still bad form to be dating more than one person at a time.
But people time and again fall into this habit of cheating. It seems to be specific people, not a universal quality. So a person who cheats on one significant other, is highly likely to cheat on another. This has gotten to the point where it should be a lie-detector test for first dates.
"Hi! Have you ever cheated on a significant other? Yes? Ok, we're done here. Have a nice life."
I shit you not, that one question, answered honestly would save people months of drama. Honestly, I feel cheaters should only be allowed to date other cheaters. If you feel that you deserve to have a woman on the side, any woman you date should feel the same entitlement.
Those of us who manage to resist the urge to stray can hang out in the drama-free zone and enjoy our stable commitments. We can enjoy our relationships that end safely without adultery.
The most horrible thing about cheaters is this:
They don't care enough about the other person to tell them that they are seeing other people. People who cheat, clearly care more about themselves than about their partner. That's not love, that's serial lust. These people go through the motions of monogamy so they can get in the bedroom, but have no interest in remaining monogamous.
These people suck, and should go live in a leper colony.
(yes, I do believe that cheaters can reform from their ways, I just don't find it likely)
Time for new content.
Cheaters and the cheating cheats they cheat for.
Most people who actively date have been cheated on, atleast once.
Some times it's something relatively innocent like "We got drunk and woke up naked next to eachother." Not something to be proud of, but forgivable.
Then there is the brain/hammer pairing of people who demand attention at all times, and people foolish enough to give them attention.
Monogamy is a feature that most people assume in a relationship. Unless specified to the contrary, it is expected to always be faithful to the person you are seeing. Even if you are only casually dating, it's still bad form to be dating more than one person at a time.
But people time and again fall into this habit of cheating. It seems to be specific people, not a universal quality. So a person who cheats on one significant other, is highly likely to cheat on another. This has gotten to the point where it should be a lie-detector test for first dates.
"Hi! Have you ever cheated on a significant other? Yes? Ok, we're done here. Have a nice life."
I shit you not, that one question, answered honestly would save people months of drama. Honestly, I feel cheaters should only be allowed to date other cheaters. If you feel that you deserve to have a woman on the side, any woman you date should feel the same entitlement.
Those of us who manage to resist the urge to stray can hang out in the drama-free zone and enjoy our stable commitments. We can enjoy our relationships that end safely without adultery.
The most horrible thing about cheaters is this:
They don't care enough about the other person to tell them that they are seeing other people. People who cheat, clearly care more about themselves than about their partner. That's not love, that's serial lust. These people go through the motions of monogamy so they can get in the bedroom, but have no interest in remaining monogamous.
These people suck, and should go live in a leper colony.
(yes, I do believe that cheaters can reform from their ways, I just don't find it likely)
American Politics and Money.
Ok Americans, in the words of Hancock, You are all idiots.
Im sure many of you don't qualify for this, but the majority of you do.
For some time now I've been advocating a massive overhaul of our system for the mere survival of our way of life. And nobody listened. Americans, like a large percentage of the world's population, don't get concerned until their pocketbooks are affected.
Here's some news folks, your pocketbooks have been in jeopardy for quite awhile now.
our national budget, I.E. all the money our federal government collects every year, is $2.5 trillion.
A pretty hefty sum.
However our federal Government OWES $10.4 trillion.
which means that for us to climb out of debt it would require us to shut down ALL government spending, everything up to and including firing all government employees, shutting down all government installations, and turning of the electricity and and running water in the white house, for four years and two months before we'd break even.
This isn't a new fact, the number used to be lower, but we've been in debt for decades.
Yet nobody bothered to pay off that debt.
Then over the last eight years we've had a spend-crazy executive branch of our government, that encouraged de-regulation of all business and even encouraged the public to spend money frivolously.
This is repeated history Americans.
1929 people did the same thing. We all know how that ended. In that time many people spent past their means and bought alot of things on credit, a similar function as today's mortgage loans.
So why is ANYONE surprised when it all came crashing down?
You want to know how to save the country and your personal economy?
This really shouldn't be this hard...
STOP SPENDING MONEY!!!
I swear, It's like Im talking to a country of over-eaters who can't seem to fathom that losing weight might involve putting down the fork.
But more specifically, there are alot of simple steps that Americans can follow to minimize the risk and damage they receive in this financial crisis.
1. Don't invest your money in Stocks. Put it in reliable banks. The stock market is an extremely risky venture currently, and banks need your liquid assets to be able to grant people loans. After the stock market crash all banks are required to be FDIC insured, so if you put money in the bank, even if the bank goes under, your money isn't gone. Please be aware that there is a limit of $250,000 per depositor, so don't go throwing ridiculous amounts of money into one account.
2. Don't "buy" a house. with the exception of old property passed down between generations, nobody ever owns a house within their lifetime. They rent a house from a bank. They pay rent to the bank in the form of a monthly Mortgage payment. Don't fall into this trap, unless you live in a rural area where houses are the standard and costs are low enough to justify the buy-in, these are a financial trap. Many urban people feel that it is the American dream to live in a house with a white picket fence in the suburbs. This is simply not the case. What the American dream doesn't show you is the crushing debt and hidden expenses to owning a house. I live in an apartment and Im not tied to it for any term longer than my lease. Homeowners cannot leave their home unless they can find another person willing to take on their debt. Furthermore, homeowners have to pay for their own repairs. You know what I do when something breaks in my apartment? I call my landlord. They fix it, and I don't pay for it. Because the terms of my paying rent and staying in my apartment are that everything works. If things stop working, that gives me reason to seek housing elsewhere. They want to keep me around paying rent, so they foot the cost of the repairs.
3. Don't waste money on unnecessary expenses. I know X-mas is coming and everyone wants to forget their troubles on elaborate and expensive gifts to cheer eachother up. Don't. Just buy something simple that you know they will like, or something they need. When I needed a new computer a few years ago, I told everyone that all I wanted for x-mas/birthday was money for a new computer. And low and behold, everyone chipped in $20-50 and I used that money to pay for a large portion of my new computer. It was easier for them, less time consuming, and overall cheaper than spending $20+ on me per event. And in the end I got something I needed and wanted, and everyone got the satisfaction of knowing their gift brought me happiness. It doesn't need to be that complicated, just try to get people ONE thing they want/need, rather than a dozen things they may or may not even care about.
4. Try to find cheap ways of spending your free time. I hate to say it, but now is not the time to be spending $50 on a meal and another $30 on two movie tickets, one soda, and one bag of popcorn. Just plan your dates more practically. Instead of going to an expensive restaurant try to find a relatively inexpensive but interesting restaurant. Pubs and ethnic food are often a good choice, as the food is different, the decor is interesting, and the price is right. Then just go to the movie. Don't buy sodas and popcorn. The sodas just make you need to pee and the popcorn soaked in that butter-like sludge just makes you break out. Instead of holding your popcorn, hold your date's hand.
Novel concept, I know.
Try to find group activities that don't involve spending money. Here's one. Play baseball once a week. Im sure you can find a park somewhere that you can play in, and everyone will actually enjoy the exercise and carefree experience.
America can pull through this economic crisis, It just requires everyone pulling their heads out of their own asses. We've had eight years of a tyrannical nutjob running the country, and nobody made a single motion to censure him, impeach him, nothing. Now everyone is freaking out over who the next person in the office will be, not realizing how much of a bloated mess that person will be inheriting.
It unfortunately will have to get worse before it gets better.
But it can get better.
You just have to show some concern BEFORE the shit hits the fan.
Just remember this visual folks:
If a person walks into a room with their hands full of shit, THAT should be your warning sign that it's time to leave, or stop them.
You shouldn't wait until they have thrown the shit at the ceiling fan and it comes raining down on top of you.
Not unless you want to be covered in shit anyways.
Im sure many of you don't qualify for this, but the majority of you do.
For some time now I've been advocating a massive overhaul of our system for the mere survival of our way of life. And nobody listened. Americans, like a large percentage of the world's population, don't get concerned until their pocketbooks are affected.
Here's some news folks, your pocketbooks have been in jeopardy for quite awhile now.
our national budget, I.E. all the money our federal government collects every year, is $2.5 trillion.
A pretty hefty sum.
However our federal Government OWES $10.4 trillion.
which means that for us to climb out of debt it would require us to shut down ALL government spending, everything up to and including firing all government employees, shutting down all government installations, and turning of the electricity and and running water in the white house, for four years and two months before we'd break even.
This isn't a new fact, the number used to be lower, but we've been in debt for decades.
Yet nobody bothered to pay off that debt.
Then over the last eight years we've had a spend-crazy executive branch of our government, that encouraged de-regulation of all business and even encouraged the public to spend money frivolously.
This is repeated history Americans.
1929 people did the same thing. We all know how that ended. In that time many people spent past their means and bought alot of things on credit, a similar function as today's mortgage loans.
So why is ANYONE surprised when it all came crashing down?
You want to know how to save the country and your personal economy?
This really shouldn't be this hard...
STOP SPENDING MONEY!!!
I swear, It's like Im talking to a country of over-eaters who can't seem to fathom that losing weight might involve putting down the fork.
But more specifically, there are alot of simple steps that Americans can follow to minimize the risk and damage they receive in this financial crisis.
1. Don't invest your money in Stocks. Put it in reliable banks. The stock market is an extremely risky venture currently, and banks need your liquid assets to be able to grant people loans. After the stock market crash all banks are required to be FDIC insured, so if you put money in the bank, even if the bank goes under, your money isn't gone. Please be aware that there is a limit of $250,000 per depositor, so don't go throwing ridiculous amounts of money into one account.
2. Don't "buy" a house. with the exception of old property passed down between generations, nobody ever owns a house within their lifetime. They rent a house from a bank. They pay rent to the bank in the form of a monthly Mortgage payment. Don't fall into this trap, unless you live in a rural area where houses are the standard and costs are low enough to justify the buy-in, these are a financial trap. Many urban people feel that it is the American dream to live in a house with a white picket fence in the suburbs. This is simply not the case. What the American dream doesn't show you is the crushing debt and hidden expenses to owning a house. I live in an apartment and Im not tied to it for any term longer than my lease. Homeowners cannot leave their home unless they can find another person willing to take on their debt. Furthermore, homeowners have to pay for their own repairs. You know what I do when something breaks in my apartment? I call my landlord. They fix it, and I don't pay for it. Because the terms of my paying rent and staying in my apartment are that everything works. If things stop working, that gives me reason to seek housing elsewhere. They want to keep me around paying rent, so they foot the cost of the repairs.
3. Don't waste money on unnecessary expenses. I know X-mas is coming and everyone wants to forget their troubles on elaborate and expensive gifts to cheer eachother up. Don't. Just buy something simple that you know they will like, or something they need. When I needed a new computer a few years ago, I told everyone that all I wanted for x-mas/birthday was money for a new computer. And low and behold, everyone chipped in $20-50 and I used that money to pay for a large portion of my new computer. It was easier for them, less time consuming, and overall cheaper than spending $20+ on me per event. And in the end I got something I needed and wanted, and everyone got the satisfaction of knowing their gift brought me happiness. It doesn't need to be that complicated, just try to get people ONE thing they want/need, rather than a dozen things they may or may not even care about.
4. Try to find cheap ways of spending your free time. I hate to say it, but now is not the time to be spending $50 on a meal and another $30 on two movie tickets, one soda, and one bag of popcorn. Just plan your dates more practically. Instead of going to an expensive restaurant try to find a relatively inexpensive but interesting restaurant. Pubs and ethnic food are often a good choice, as the food is different, the decor is interesting, and the price is right. Then just go to the movie. Don't buy sodas and popcorn. The sodas just make you need to pee and the popcorn soaked in that butter-like sludge just makes you break out. Instead of holding your popcorn, hold your date's hand.
Novel concept, I know.
Try to find group activities that don't involve spending money. Here's one. Play baseball once a week. Im sure you can find a park somewhere that you can play in, and everyone will actually enjoy the exercise and carefree experience.
America can pull through this economic crisis, It just requires everyone pulling their heads out of their own asses. We've had eight years of a tyrannical nutjob running the country, and nobody made a single motion to censure him, impeach him, nothing. Now everyone is freaking out over who the next person in the office will be, not realizing how much of a bloated mess that person will be inheriting.
It unfortunately will have to get worse before it gets better.
But it can get better.
You just have to show some concern BEFORE the shit hits the fan.
Just remember this visual folks:
If a person walks into a room with their hands full of shit, THAT should be your warning sign that it's time to leave, or stop them.
You shouldn't wait until they have thrown the shit at the ceiling fan and it comes raining down on top of you.
Not unless you want to be covered in shit anyways.
Astrophysics and Religion (extended edition)
Astrophysics, Religion, and Cycles Theory
This is to be a study in the nature of the universe and of religion, throughout it's course we will attempt to find the connection between all things.
Let us begin with an analysis of the various religions and their similar traits. Firstly, they all fill the basic human questions, I.E. where do we come from? where are we going? in the christian faith we are believed to have been created by Yahweh and if we lead a good life we shall eventually re-join him in Paradise. This belief coincides with a number of other religions (obviously all of the judeo-christian) and also the Hindu/Buddhist belief too. In both of these religions it is believed that the soul is reincarnated through various lifetimes, but the origin of the soul is from the god Atman. Atman is said to be a god who became bored with his solitary existence, so he divided himself up into nearly uncountable parts, dividing his consciousness into millions upon millions of souls. at this point Atman was divided, so he became Brahman, and further divided himself into the lesser gods (ganesha, shiva, Kali, etc) these gods were given the duty of creating and after a preset amount of time, destroying the world. for Atman life is a constantly recycling experience, and he experiences it from all possible angles, however the religion fails to identify where exactly Atman came from.
There are even more similarities found in christianity this way, as the bible speaks of a new earth were the faithful will go to live when they die. the hebrews call it paradise, Eden version 2.0. but one can expect that just as Adam and eve ate the apple, these people on the new earth/paradise will be unable to help themselves and the cycle will repeat. The only problem in this cycle is yet again , a complete lack of identification of the being who supposedly started the cycle. yahweh, god, etc.
The answer therefore cannot lie in religion, as all religions share the same problem that there is no account of an origin for a creator. This is most likely due to the fact that back when these religions were founded, Creator gods were simply thought to have always been there, however simple logic tells us that on a limitless timeline and infinite empty space a solitary omnipotent being doesn't simply pop into existence, nor can he possibly pre-date his own place of occupation. I being cannot occupy space if there is no space, therefore the space must pre-date the creator.
If the answer is not in religion, we next go to check science. The primary working theory for the creation of the universe has been widely accepted as the big bang theory. for those unfamiliar, the big bang is the belief that at some point in limitless time and space there existed a sphere, this sphere was super dense and contained all matter and energy that now exists in what we call the universe. Suddenly the ball exploded, and sent matter and energy off into every corner of the universe (metaphorically, since infinite space by definition cannot have corners) This theory is widely accepted by the science community, but however contains a number of distinct problems that prove it to be flawed.
1- where did the sphere come from? just like a god, it is limited in origin. one cannot simply say "it was always there" because that answers no questions and simply raises more.
2- if the sphere had all the energy in the universe, why did it not explode earlier?
3- if the sphere had all the mass in the universe, what possible energy source could cause it to pull away from itself?
4- what made the sphere select the specific time that it did? why not earlier? why not later? why did it explode in the first place?
All of these questions leave the big bang theory as flawed and invalid.
At this point in my pursuit I was tempted to leave the answer here, there is no answer, life is meaningless. but I was unsatisfied, there must be an answer that satisfies all questions.
I began to work on the following theory:
What if the real answer is actually a combination of religion and science? Religion attempts to add answers where there is no fact, yet is beaten down by facts, Science tries to find meaning in facts, yet does not have any answers. the answer must surely be in the combination of the two theories.
I was reminded of the religious theory of cyclical history and repetition of action. consider this, what if the big bang theory was, in practice, correct, but incorrect in regards to time and duration. the problem with the big bang theory is that humans can only accurately measure it from when it begins to when it ends. so what if it's ending is also it's beginning? the sphere explodes, shoots matter and energy out in every direction and the matter becomes planets, the energy becomes stars, etc. but then, trillions of years later, the mass at the origin of the explosion starts to pull all the matter back towards the center. we all know that mass is attracted to gravity, and the more mass and density an object has, the larger the gravity. so as the universe starts to close in on itself it begins to reconstitute itself into a super dense sphere again, sucking in all matter and energy in the universe. and here is where molecular physics comes in, matter likes to remain as even spread out as possible, and this sphere is counteracting that principle based on the laws of gravity, but what this proves to us, is that eventually the laws of gravity can, and do break. eventually density surpasses gravity, and when that happens, the sphere explodes, the cycle begins again.
This leaves us with an interesting religious and scientific question:
Does time repeat itself? or is the cycle merely ever repeating?
Realistically, the answer doesn't matter, at the time of universal reset, all sentient lifeforms have been compressed into the sphere, and are therefore unable to record or even notice what is happening. at this point of reset, all life also resets, so the question is purely speculation.
I however was not satisfied with this.
I later concluded that the only reasonable explanation is for the cycle to be endlessly repeating through infinite time and space. the perception to a human would be the same as if time itself repeated, but if time were to repeat, then it would change the rules of physics we were basing this theory and all other beliefs on, up would become down, night would become day, etc.
But where does this leave us on a religious viewpoint?
Up for debate, it could be said that religion had some insight into this process, one could also argue that human or whatever "Souls" are part of the energy that is constantly exploded through out our limitless time and space.
For myself, I prefer to believe that Souls are the only thing that repeat in this process. I pursue this belief because the alternative is that we each get one life, period, over the course of limitless time and space, and regardless of how we do in this life, it's unimportant because in a few trillion years the universe will reset and nobody well ever even know that my species existed. For this i consider myself and optimist. I'd like to think that my soul will live on, even after my body is dead and is reconstituted back into the sphere.
SO I had a chance to discuss my theory with my uncle whom is a physics professor. He gave me the following notes:
1- This theory of mine is already known to the physics community, they refer to it as the "big bang/ big crunch" theory.
2- my idea was correct, if the universe contracted back into a ball, not only is it likely to blow up and expand again, but it has to.
3- the theory cannot be tested because in the last ten years scientists have discovered vast amounts of gravity and energy sources that they cannot see. they can tell that the energy or gravity is being used, but cannot see what is generating it. they refer to these two as "dark matter" and "dark energy". and apparently these two account for 96% of all the stuff in the universe, and we can't even see it. my uncle seemed slightly perturbed by this, as it means that scientists truly know that they know nothing. but he is excited that now there is 96% of the universe still to discover.
4- string theory is bullshit. in my uncle's words: "the mathematics line up beautifully, however it doesn't make any sense."
So yea, im just happy that my theory that i developed with very little scientific knowledge is a sound one and is fairly widely accepted.
(it is accepted as a theory, not as fact, currently scientists are trying to figure out whether the universe has more mass or more energy. if it's more mass then it means that the universe will contract and the cyclical theory is correct. if it is more energy then it means the universe will be ever-expanding until we reach heat death when the universe becomes too spread out.)
This is to be a study in the nature of the universe and of religion, throughout it's course we will attempt to find the connection between all things.
Let us begin with an analysis of the various religions and their similar traits. Firstly, they all fill the basic human questions, I.E. where do we come from? where are we going? in the christian faith we are believed to have been created by Yahweh and if we lead a good life we shall eventually re-join him in Paradise. This belief coincides with a number of other religions (obviously all of the judeo-christian) and also the Hindu/Buddhist belief too. In both of these religions it is believed that the soul is reincarnated through various lifetimes, but the origin of the soul is from the god Atman. Atman is said to be a god who became bored with his solitary existence, so he divided himself up into nearly uncountable parts, dividing his consciousness into millions upon millions of souls. at this point Atman was divided, so he became Brahman, and further divided himself into the lesser gods (ganesha, shiva, Kali, etc) these gods were given the duty of creating and after a preset amount of time, destroying the world. for Atman life is a constantly recycling experience, and he experiences it from all possible angles, however the religion fails to identify where exactly Atman came from.
There are even more similarities found in christianity this way, as the bible speaks of a new earth were the faithful will go to live when they die. the hebrews call it paradise, Eden version 2.0. but one can expect that just as Adam and eve ate the apple, these people on the new earth/paradise will be unable to help themselves and the cycle will repeat. The only problem in this cycle is yet again , a complete lack of identification of the being who supposedly started the cycle. yahweh, god, etc.
The answer therefore cannot lie in religion, as all religions share the same problem that there is no account of an origin for a creator. This is most likely due to the fact that back when these religions were founded, Creator gods were simply thought to have always been there, however simple logic tells us that on a limitless timeline and infinite empty space a solitary omnipotent being doesn't simply pop into existence, nor can he possibly pre-date his own place of occupation. I being cannot occupy space if there is no space, therefore the space must pre-date the creator.
If the answer is not in religion, we next go to check science. The primary working theory for the creation of the universe has been widely accepted as the big bang theory. for those unfamiliar, the big bang is the belief that at some point in limitless time and space there existed a sphere, this sphere was super dense and contained all matter and energy that now exists in what we call the universe. Suddenly the ball exploded, and sent matter and energy off into every corner of the universe (metaphorically, since infinite space by definition cannot have corners) This theory is widely accepted by the science community, but however contains a number of distinct problems that prove it to be flawed.
1- where did the sphere come from? just like a god, it is limited in origin. one cannot simply say "it was always there" because that answers no questions and simply raises more.
2- if the sphere had all the energy in the universe, why did it not explode earlier?
3- if the sphere had all the mass in the universe, what possible energy source could cause it to pull away from itself?
4- what made the sphere select the specific time that it did? why not earlier? why not later? why did it explode in the first place?
All of these questions leave the big bang theory as flawed and invalid.
At this point in my pursuit I was tempted to leave the answer here, there is no answer, life is meaningless. but I was unsatisfied, there must be an answer that satisfies all questions.
I began to work on the following theory:
What if the real answer is actually a combination of religion and science? Religion attempts to add answers where there is no fact, yet is beaten down by facts, Science tries to find meaning in facts, yet does not have any answers. the answer must surely be in the combination of the two theories.
I was reminded of the religious theory of cyclical history and repetition of action. consider this, what if the big bang theory was, in practice, correct, but incorrect in regards to time and duration. the problem with the big bang theory is that humans can only accurately measure it from when it begins to when it ends. so what if it's ending is also it's beginning? the sphere explodes, shoots matter and energy out in every direction and the matter becomes planets, the energy becomes stars, etc. but then, trillions of years later, the mass at the origin of the explosion starts to pull all the matter back towards the center. we all know that mass is attracted to gravity, and the more mass and density an object has, the larger the gravity. so as the universe starts to close in on itself it begins to reconstitute itself into a super dense sphere again, sucking in all matter and energy in the universe. and here is where molecular physics comes in, matter likes to remain as even spread out as possible, and this sphere is counteracting that principle based on the laws of gravity, but what this proves to us, is that eventually the laws of gravity can, and do break. eventually density surpasses gravity, and when that happens, the sphere explodes, the cycle begins again.
This leaves us with an interesting religious and scientific question:
Does time repeat itself? or is the cycle merely ever repeating?
Realistically, the answer doesn't matter, at the time of universal reset, all sentient lifeforms have been compressed into the sphere, and are therefore unable to record or even notice what is happening. at this point of reset, all life also resets, so the question is purely speculation.
I however was not satisfied with this.
I later concluded that the only reasonable explanation is for the cycle to be endlessly repeating through infinite time and space. the perception to a human would be the same as if time itself repeated, but if time were to repeat, then it would change the rules of physics we were basing this theory and all other beliefs on, up would become down, night would become day, etc.
But where does this leave us on a religious viewpoint?
Up for debate, it could be said that religion had some insight into this process, one could also argue that human or whatever "Souls" are part of the energy that is constantly exploded through out our limitless time and space.
For myself, I prefer to believe that Souls are the only thing that repeat in this process. I pursue this belief because the alternative is that we each get one life, period, over the course of limitless time and space, and regardless of how we do in this life, it's unimportant because in a few trillion years the universe will reset and nobody well ever even know that my species existed. For this i consider myself and optimist. I'd like to think that my soul will live on, even after my body is dead and is reconstituted back into the sphere.
SO I had a chance to discuss my theory with my uncle whom is a physics professor. He gave me the following notes:
1- This theory of mine is already known to the physics community, they refer to it as the "big bang/ big crunch" theory.
2- my idea was correct, if the universe contracted back into a ball, not only is it likely to blow up and expand again, but it has to.
3- the theory cannot be tested because in the last ten years scientists have discovered vast amounts of gravity and energy sources that they cannot see. they can tell that the energy or gravity is being used, but cannot see what is generating it. they refer to these two as "dark matter" and "dark energy". and apparently these two account for 96% of all the stuff in the universe, and we can't even see it. my uncle seemed slightly perturbed by this, as it means that scientists truly know that they know nothing. but he is excited that now there is 96% of the universe still to discover.
4- string theory is bullshit. in my uncle's words: "the mathematics line up beautifully, however it doesn't make any sense."
So yea, im just happy that my theory that i developed with very little scientific knowledge is a sound one and is fairly widely accepted.
(it is accepted as a theory, not as fact, currently scientists are trying to figure out whether the universe has more mass or more energy. if it's more mass then it means that the universe will contract and the cyclical theory is correct. if it is more energy then it means the universe will be ever-expanding until we reach heat death when the universe becomes too spread out.)
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