Though my direct interest would be in harnessing it to apply over computers, What is the systematic way to harness it accross the physical world.
To answer this question I would need to understand how my mind works better. Meditation would be a good point to start with.
This problem is very challenging because of the following problems at start of analysis.
1) Is there really a mind. Is mind a illusion of brain activity.
2) If we get past the first question and if the answer is affirmative about mind then, Does mind has a physical significance on physical world. To be more detailed, Can mind or thought excert any kind of physical force on world.
3) If we get past first two questions. Is the physical force strong enough to make a significant impact.
The problem of answering these questions is that we can only answer it in the reverse order. If our mind does not have any significant impact on the world we probably cannot detect it. That is if the third question fails then Second fails and we cannot answer the first one.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Life as a 4 dimensional data
I have been recently looking out for tools to visualize 4 dimensional data and other higher dimensions.
It is very hard for me to visualize a 4 dimensional object. One question I have is if such a thing is possible.
I can understand the logic of specifying that a 2 dimensional object can be visualized as a collection of 1 dimensional object and 3 dimensional object as a collection of 2 dimensional object.
Trying to apply the same concept to visualize a 4 dimensional object. To visualize a 4 dimensional object I have to assume a collection of 3d objects say cubes along a fourth dimension. What could be a fourth dimension. Time is one thing that comes to my mind, but many people have done that. Before considering time i would like to consider other possibilities. Is it possible to have a fourth dimension to space itself. Suppose in our space there is a fourth dimension say x,y,z and a. What this would mean is that at given volume of space that you see could contain more than just one thing. That is if you look along the a axis upon the world you can have infinite number of things in that space having different x,y,z coordinates.
In other words say at one x,y,z coordinate in space which is a small ball in my bedroom. I am able to see only this ball. But that space could contain infinitely more elements along the a axis. I am able to see only one thing along this a axis. Possible because I am also located at the same 'a' axis value. The same problem that a circle in a two dimensional world had.
How amazing it would be if there were more dimensions to this space than 3. And it is totally possible because we cannot assume that humans have the capability to see all the dimensions possible.
Now I would like to show you a very interesting thought. Suppose there is a fourth dimension and lets denote it by axis a. You are at a particular value of a axis. I give you a velocity in the direction of a axis and send you. For you as an object you do not have understanding to know that you are moving along a axis because you dont even know what that dimension is. All that you can see is the 3d world around you at that particular a axis value. But as you are in a motion along a axis and the world is different at every a axis value you would find that the world around you is changing. Ring Bells. This is exactly the experience we have everyday. We observe that the world around us is changing.
What I am trying to show you is that it is possible that time is a fourth dimension of space and we are moving along it with a velocity. With that I would like to add that the likeliness of this is high than just a guess, because as our universe believes in symmetry it is bit out of place when we consider space as a separate kind of dimension and time as a another separate dimension not related to each other.
Now the only point left in this argument is how to define the two words we used in this article. That is motion and velocity. It is now confusing to do this as we do not have time as a coordinate. As we are moving along a axis, the motion would be a2 - a1 where a1 is our initial coordinate and a2 our final coordinate. To be honest with you there is no reference frame we know with respect to which we can calculate this velocity. The four dimensions we know is x,y,z,a and we have motion along all four of these. If we want to calculate the velocity of this motion we need a 5th dimension from which we can do that. But for the time being let us assume we have such a dimension and we can define motion and velocity with respect to this dimension.
Implications
What this implies is that the world that we see is pre determined. It bring us back to the concept of fate. It also throws up the possibility of time travel if we know how to change our velocity along the new a axis.
It is very hard for me to visualize a 4 dimensional object. One question I have is if such a thing is possible.
I can understand the logic of specifying that a 2 dimensional object can be visualized as a collection of 1 dimensional object and 3 dimensional object as a collection of 2 dimensional object.
Trying to apply the same concept to visualize a 4 dimensional object. To visualize a 4 dimensional object I have to assume a collection of 3d objects say cubes along a fourth dimension. What could be a fourth dimension. Time is one thing that comes to my mind, but many people have done that. Before considering time i would like to consider other possibilities. Is it possible to have a fourth dimension to space itself. Suppose in our space there is a fourth dimension say x,y,z and a. What this would mean is that at given volume of space that you see could contain more than just one thing. That is if you look along the a axis upon the world you can have infinite number of things in that space having different x,y,z coordinates.
In other words say at one x,y,z coordinate in space which is a small ball in my bedroom. I am able to see only this ball. But that space could contain infinitely more elements along the a axis. I am able to see only one thing along this a axis. Possible because I am also located at the same 'a' axis value. The same problem that a circle in a two dimensional world had.
How amazing it would be if there were more dimensions to this space than 3. And it is totally possible because we cannot assume that humans have the capability to see all the dimensions possible.
Now I would like to show you a very interesting thought. Suppose there is a fourth dimension and lets denote it by axis a. You are at a particular value of a axis. I give you a velocity in the direction of a axis and send you. For you as an object you do not have understanding to know that you are moving along a axis because you dont even know what that dimension is. All that you can see is the 3d world around you at that particular a axis value. But as you are in a motion along a axis and the world is different at every a axis value you would find that the world around you is changing. Ring Bells. This is exactly the experience we have everyday. We observe that the world around us is changing.
What I am trying to show you is that it is possible that time is a fourth dimension of space and we are moving along it with a velocity. With that I would like to add that the likeliness of this is high than just a guess, because as our universe believes in symmetry it is bit out of place when we consider space as a separate kind of dimension and time as a another separate dimension not related to each other.
Now the only point left in this argument is how to define the two words we used in this article. That is motion and velocity. It is now confusing to do this as we do not have time as a coordinate. As we are moving along a axis, the motion would be a2 - a1 where a1 is our initial coordinate and a2 our final coordinate. To be honest with you there is no reference frame we know with respect to which we can calculate this velocity. The four dimensions we know is x,y,z,a and we have motion along all four of these. If we want to calculate the velocity of this motion we need a 5th dimension from which we can do that. But for the time being let us assume we have such a dimension and we can define motion and velocity with respect to this dimension.
Implications
What this implies is that the world that we see is pre determined. It bring us back to the concept of fate. It also throws up the possibility of time travel if we know how to change our velocity along the new a axis.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Analysis of Definition of Consiousness
Before we try to define consciousness or pick one of the theories from the four given before it is a very interesting question if our consciousness will ever be able to define itself.
Consider for example if i create a sub universe autonomous robots will one of those robots be ever be able to define what kind of intelligence is running in them. Let us consider a imaginary living being for example. This living being is alive. I am going to define this living being as simple as possible. This living being has a heart and one another organ and nerve that connects them. This other organ collects food and gives energy for the organism to live.
Consider for example if i create a sub universe autonomous robots will one of those robots be ever be able to define what kind of intelligence is running in them. Let us consider a imaginary living being for example. This living being is alive. I am going to define this living being as simple as possible. This living being has a heart and one another organ and nerve that connects them. This other organ collects food and gives energy for the organism to live.
Definition of Consiousness
At first let me present you the 4 theories of consciousness that are proposed by scientist of today.
1)Neuroscience
Brain causes consiousness. Consiousness is only a collective brain activity.
2)Cognitve Scientists:
"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am". Evaluates consiousness by human thinking capacity.
3)Activity Theory:
you are what you do - our tools shape us
4)Distributed cognition
It defers from activity theory in the fact that people and things are considered at the same level.
Before i put my thoughts on this let me summarize what all these 4 theories tell. The first two are of one kind in which it says that our consciousness in within our skin. When neuroscience tells that consciousness is nothing but nerve patters in brain cognitive science tells that it is our mind which is again an activity of the brain. The other two theories are totally different because they consider what they call social consciousness. To put in simpler words, you are influenced by the outside world and your consciousness is a sum total of all your interactions.
1)Neuroscience
Brain causes consiousness. Consiousness is only a collective brain activity.
2)Cognitve Scientists:
"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am". Evaluates consiousness by human thinking capacity.
3)Activity Theory:
you are what you do - our tools shape us
4)Distributed cognition
It defers from activity theory in the fact that people and things are considered at the same level.
Before i put my thoughts on this let me summarize what all these 4 theories tell. The first two are of one kind in which it says that our consciousness in within our skin. When neuroscience tells that consciousness is nothing but nerve patters in brain cognitive science tells that it is our mind which is again an activity of the brain. The other two theories are totally different because they consider what they call social consciousness. To put in simpler words, you are influenced by the outside world and your consciousness is a sum total of all your interactions.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Telepathy method 1
This video tells that you need to concentrate for 1 hr repeating a message continuously for sending accross a message.
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