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       #Post#: 2199--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 🏥 RE is Dying 2
   DIR By: K-Dog
       Date: December 27, 2021, 9:35 pm
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       --- Quote from: RE link ---
       >
       > Not a big Hawking fan myself.  Never could figure out what he
       did that qualified him as a Genius. He didn't invent the light
       bulb, radio, car, airplane, atomic bomb or computer.  To me, he
       always seemed like a Jerry Lewis Poster Child for MD, just
       older.
       >
       > Not sure how Maslow applies to me either.  Basic Needs are
       currently covered at the bottom and at the top I have been
       actualizing myself since I was about 5, give or take a year.
       What is Safety?  I wasn't very safe driving my motorcycle in NYC
       traffic between the lanes or skiing double diamond trails and
       missing the trail markers and going straight off a cliff. lol.
       Love has dropped in and out of my life periodically, now it is
       out and I don't expect a return visit.  My self-esteem is very
       high, there is nobody I respect more than me. lol
       >
       > What am I supposed to learn from this?
       >
       > RE
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       You are suppose to learn that you skipped Safety and the
       Love/Belonging levels and gave yourself Esteem.  Your pyramid
       has three levels because you are essentially anti-social.
       Not that it is a bad thing because when your esteem comes from
       belonging as my socialization pressures me to do, you are
       screwed when the love and belonging that feeds you goes away.
       Hell you can't trust people anyway so if it works for you, it
       works.
       #Post#: 2200--------------------------------------------------
       Re: 🏥 RE is Dying 2
   DIR By: K-Dog
       Date: December 27, 2021, 9:42 pm
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       --- Quote from: RE link ---
       >
       > Apparently while unconscious I crashed into one of the
       checkout register conveyors, and somebody caught me before I
       fell off the seat.
       >
       > Newz for today is I have a Cardiologist appt for Jan 13,
       except the doc is currently stuck down in the lower 48 due to
       flight cancellations.
       >
       > Still no PCA, and I cancelled my PT appt for tomorrow, and
       suspended any further appts unti I get a PCA and my tailbone is
       sufficiently recovered I might actually be able to try working
       with the fake leg again.  I will need a new referral and go to
       the back of the queue, so it will be a few months (if ever)
       before that can be resumed.
       >
       > As dying scenarios go, this one is really good.  Zero pain,
       very fast.  Had I not regained consciousness, I never would have
       known I was dead.  lol.
       >
       > RE
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Don't die.  Not yet.
       #Post#: 2227--------------------------------------------------
       Where Does The Big Sleep Go?
   DIR By: Glainty Glassaische
       Date: December 29, 2021, 1:36 pm
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       What's cool about 'the big sleep' is that it might take us to
       the end of our universe 'just like that', in the blink of a
       relative eye, and then we wake up again in a new one, maybe from
       'soil' of the old...
       So all that time-- quadrillions of years or way more, after
       black holes and neutron stars and white dwarfs and all those
       other strange relics finally disappear into non-existence-- gets
       infinitely-shrunk relative to our current experience into a kind
       of soul singularity and we do it all over again as consciousness
       slows time down for us again.
       Maybe we come back as a bird or a bug that gets squashed almost
       immediately after birth.
       Maybe RE's soul returns as some kind of short and very muscular
       and thick-boned creature on a planet with much more gravity than
       our current Earth. Maybe he has 8 legs and can afford to lose 4,
       who knows. Maybe he's able to fly or glide in the planet's thick
       and dense atmosphere.
       #Post#: 2228--------------------------------------------------
       Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Glainty Glassaische
       Date: December 29, 2021, 1:48 pm
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       --- Quote from: Phil Potts link ---
       >
       > Steven Hawking was a hoaxter. I wrote the damn information
       sheet on Motor Neurone Disease for the Neurological Centre in
       the 90s and saw the sufferers. They were all deteriorating and
       dying. When was Hawking first famous, 80s  or 90s? It doesn't
       matter, he died only a few years ago and whether he claimed to
       have had 20, 25, or 30 years with MND its bullshit. Just 15
       would be extremely lucky. Whatever condition he had was not MND,
       because nobody survives that long.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       He survived longer than usual maybe because he was able to tap
       into the universal mind which transcended a little bit the
       limitations of his physical self.
       ...Well, you never know...
       What's cool 8) about Hawking, if I have this aspect correct, is
       Hawking Radiation, because it seems to function as a kind of
       uniter/connector of one universe to another and therefore
       represents infinity. This is assuming that many if not most
       black holes are and/or contain a universe.
       The importance of infinity to me is about free will versus
       determinism. If we have infinity, then it effectively breaks
       absolute determinism, and therefore we are free individuals by
       virtue of the possible fact that we exist in infinity and
       therefore infinite variables act upon us to render our actions
       and thoughts,
       #Post#: 2235--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: December 29, 2021, 3:37 pm
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       --- Quote from: Glainty Glassaische link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=26.msg1855#msg1855
       date=1637890243]
       > Steven Hawking was a hoaxter. I wrote the damn information
       sheet on Motor Neurone Disease for the Neurological Centre in
       the 90s and saw the sufferers. They were all deteriorating and
       dying. When was Hawking first famous, 80s  or 90s? It doesn't
       matter, he died only a few years ago and whether he claimed to
       have had 20, 25, or 30 years with MND its bullshit. Just 15
       would be extremely lucky. Whatever condition he had was not MND,
       because nobody survives that long.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       He survived longer than usual maybe because he was able to tap
       into the universal mind which transcended a little bit the
       limitations of his physical self.
       ...Well, you never know...
       What's cool 8) about Hawking, if I have this aspect correct, is
       Hawking Radiation, because it seems to function as a kind of
       uniter/connector of one universe to another and therefore
       represents infinity. This is assuming that many if not most
       black holes are and/or contain a universe.
       The importance of infinity to me is about free will versus
       determinism. If we have infinity, then it effectively breaks
       absolute determinism, and therefore we are free individuals by
       virtue of the possible fact that we exist in infinity and
       therefore infinite variables act upon us to render our actions
       and thoughts,
       [/quote]
       BJ replied to that post saying something about a little
       knowledge not being enough to offer opinions because of rare
       cases, and posted an article explaining why Hawking lived so
       long. This was an article by a neurologist in Taiwan. The post
       was removed for some reason, but I read it and ironically I
       believe I now know what explains hawkings lifespan.
       First, let's use that article to learn from, as its typical of
       the TNI/MSM today and the reason faith in it plunges ever lower.
       The article mostly sang the accolades of Hawking, clearly the
       Taiwanese Neurologist was a huge fan. The bottom line was that
       Hawking was an amazing person and so had an amazing will to
       live, as well as very good care. That explanation may satisfy
       the gormless, credulous, clueless, naive and trusting normies
       who still have full faith in official narratives. To critical
       thinking readers it is just typical of legacy media propaganda.
       They all know there are people with amazing will to live, dying
       of terminal conditions every day and if the amazing will was
       involved, it should have prevented or slower the progression of
       the condition in the earlier stages. Good care, including
       physiotherapy and even ventilated breathing are available today
       as well, but don't result in lasting 50yrs that I'm aware of. I
       would be much more satisfied with pointing to brain plasticity
       and regained function in some cases with different conditions as
       a possibility. Full disclosure at the end of that article was it
       was funded by the US military.
       Thanks to Buddy's first post I learned that Hawking published a
       book in 1974. Thanks to the deleted post, I learned from the
       article explaining to the semi conscious how Hawking lived so
       long, he was diagnosed when he was 21.
       I figured he was probably at least 30 when he published the
       book, so was diagnosed in the 50s or early 60s. Wiki says his
       DOB is Jan 1942, so it would have been 1963.
       BJ asked in the deleted post if ALS is a subtype of MND. Yes it
       is, but in Europe it is more often called Classical MND, in
       America known mostly as Gherrigs disease (after a famous
       baseball player who had it).
       He would have stopped playing right about when he was diagnosed
       if he was playing at the time as it would be impossible.
       It's a well known phenomenon that now it is almost entirely
       older people who get ALS, but before about 1960, younger people
       also had it a lot more often. Today if you said a baseball
       player has MND, I would assume they had already stopped playing
       years ago. It is not understood why this is.
       I think Hawking was misdiagnosed in 1963 and had PLS,  not ALS,
       but never corrected the record when that became clear later. The
       mistake is understandable, since PLS is extremely rare, MRI and
       CT not available in 1963.
       PLS only affects the upper motor neurones (brain), unlike ALS
       that affects both upper and lower (brain and spine) PLS is a lot
       more gradual, although there are cases where initially only
       upper motor neurones are affected and later lower also, that
       would be my guess for him. With PLS, dying after 20 yrs is
       typical but a normal lifespan is not unusual.
       Re all the quantum physics, I have no idea. I get the sense he
       was also a celebrity because of being in a wheelchair and
       communicating via technology, looking at words that transcribed
       to digitised sound like a cyborg. This makes very futuristic TV,
       answering questions and talking about missions to Mars like an
       all knowing half human supercomputer.
       If you ask me to name just one more contemporary physicist, I
       can't, only a few past ones for very practical and applied
       contributions, eg Einstein, Oppenheimer, Tesla. People tend to
       love the story of the struggle and overcoming odds, plus the
       semi cyborg aspect of Steven Hawking. I'm sure his ideas and
       work were also inspiring, I just don't know anything about them
       to comment.
       On determinism and infinity, my take is you need to explain the
       purpose of existence or life to put the idea in context.
       
       #Post#: 2283--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: January 2, 2022, 2:25 pm
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       --- Quote from: BuddyJ link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=26.msg1882#msg1882
       date=1638141711]
       > On determinism and infinity, my take is you need to explain
       the purpose of existence or life to put the idea in context.
       --- End Quote ---
       Why does existence or life need a purpose? Seems a bit of a
       random human construct...that our life needs a purpose any more
       than...say...an ant? Or tardigrade?
       [/quote
       There are various levels in living up to the name homo sapiens.
       #Post#: 2287--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: January 2, 2022, 5:08 pm
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       --- Quote from: BuddyJ link ---
       >
       >
       > Who says humans are required to "live up to the name"? What
       does that even mean?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       'Homo sapiens' means 'wisdom' and 'same as or like us'. Your
       suggestion is we are all the same as Homer Simpson, incapable of
       contemplating or being what GG was talking about, infinite.
  HTML https://youtu.be/2HwmO_GZfzI
       
       #Post#: 2292--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: January 3, 2022, 1:51 pm
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       --- Quote from: BuddyJ link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=26.msg2287#msg2287
       date=1641164937]
       > [quote author=BuddyJ link=topic=26.msg2284#msg2284
       date=1641159543]
       >
       > Who says humans are required to "live up to the name"? What
       does that even mean?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       'Homo sapiens' means 'wisdom' and 'same as or like us'. Your
       suggestion is we are all the same as Homer Simpson, incapable of
       contemplating or being what GG was talking about, infinite.
       [/quote]
       Yes...humans are inflicted with hubris on a massive scale, us
       thinking we are so wise and all. My suggestion is not that we
       are the same as Homer Simpson, but that we are delusional as to
       our importance, regardless of how clever and wise we want to
       think we are.
       What's with the dorky video? I know RE throws up golden oldie
       songs which dates his taste in music, but Brittany Spears
       singing in some form of afterthought clothing seems to have as
       much thought in it as the guy in the suit. And is more
       interesting to watch to boot.
       [/quote]
       What importance do we think we have, which you know better than
       the rest of us we do not?
       The Homo Sapiens song is painful to watch, but not less relevant
       than the meme on individual insignificance in the question of
       infinity GG raised.
       KD also occasionally throws up old song clips here and there.
       Points are awarded for obscurity and decades since airplay, so a
       horrible one hit wonder from forty years ago is hard to beat for
       bonus points.
       #Post#: 2294--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: January 3, 2022, 7:33 pm
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       --- Quote from: BuddyJ link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=26.msg2292#msg2292
       date=1641239480]
       > What importance do we think we have, which you know better
       than the rest of us we do not?
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I posted a meme above that perfectly demonstrates the importance
       of us individually, and collectively. What else about our
       "importance" do you believe I am missing?
       --- Quote from: Phil Potts ---
       >
       >
       > The Homo Sapiens song is painful to watch, but not less
       relevant than the meme on individual insignificance in the
       question of infinity GG raised.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Painful is not what I implied when comparing it to the value of
       Brittany doing the same. And the meme was framed from the
       perspective of an individual, but it also includes the entire
       species. And planet, and solar system, for that matter. I get
       gout on occasion, that is painful, Devo videos or guys in
       amusingly colored suits don't qualify.
       --- Quote from: Phil Potts ---
       >
       > KD also occasionally throws up old song clips here and there.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Sure. The songs posted here, and at the dinner, always seem to
       brand us as a bunch of old farts. Just an opinion, but one
       influenced by having a couple of kids who exist in the youngling
       world, so I am forced to bump into their musical entertainment
       on occasional as well. Sure not the stuff us old farts grew up
       with.
       --- Quote from: Phil Potts ---
       >
       > Points are awarded for obscurity and decades since airplay, so
       a horrible one hit wonder from forty years ago is hard to beat
       for bonus points.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Bonus points for....what? Old farts with enough computer skills
       to post old videos? I can post images, maybe not videos, so I
       give you best.
       [/quote]
       If going to the trouble of dressing as the devil on Halloween
       only demonstrates you can operate buttons and zippers, I suppose
       so, as well as points for being able to turn on and tune in a
       radio. The image really isn't in theme unless you can tell us
       what importance we falsely attach to ourselves and what numbers
       of various creations have to do with it.
       I've posted lyrics instead of video for your benefit now.  Mere
       millions and billions mentioned below, so how much more false
       the iimportance any poor person gives to their money must be,
       when the $upply expands by trillion$ every year.
       Whenever life gets you down, Mrs.Brown
       And things seem hard or tough
       And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft
       And you feel that you've had quite enough
       Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
       And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
       That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned
       A sun that is the source of all our power
       The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
       Are moving at a million miles a day
       In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour
       Of the galaxy we call the 'milky way'
       Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars
       It's a hundred thousand light years side to side
       It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick
       But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide
       We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point
       We go 'round every two hundred million years
       And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
       In this amazing and expanding universe
       The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
       In all of the directions it can whizz
       As fast as it can go, the speed of light, you know
       Twelve million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed there
       is
       So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure
       How amazingly unlikely is your birth
       Source: Musixmatch
       Songwriters: John Du Prez / Eric Idle / Trevor Jones
       Galaxy Song lyrics © Kay-gee-bee Music Ltd., Python Monty
       Pictures Ltd., Kay-gee-bee Music Ltd
       #Post#: 2298--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Hawking Radiation
   DIR By: Phil Potts
       Date: January 3, 2022, 11:04 pm
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       --- Quote from: BuddyJ link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Phil Potts link=topic=26.msg2294#msg2294
       date=1641259985]
       > If going to the trouble of dressing as the devil on Halloween
       only demonstrates you can operate buttons and zippers, I suppose
       so, as well as points for being able to turn on and tune in a
       radio. The image really isn't in theme unless you can tell us
       what importance we falsely attach to ourselves and what numbers
       of various creations have to do with it.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       We attach ANY importance to ourselves. Doesn't matter what, only
       that we do. individually or collectively.
       --- Quote from: Phil Potts ---
       >
       > I've posted lyrics instead of video for your benefit now.
       Mere millions and billions mentioned below, so how much more
       false the iimportance any poor person gives to their money must
       be, when the $upply expands by trillion$ every year.
       >
       > Whenever life gets you down, Mrs.Brown
       > And things seem hard or tough
       > And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft
       > And you feel that you've had quite enough
       > Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
       > And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
       > That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned
       > A sun that is the source of all our power
       > The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
       > Are moving at a million miles a day
       > In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour
       > Of the galaxy we call the 'milky way'
       > Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars
       > It's a hundred thousand light years side to side
       > It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick
       > But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide
       > We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point
       > We go 'round every two hundred million years
       > And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
       > In this amazing and expanding universe
       > The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
       > In all of the directions it can whizz
       > As fast as it can go, the speed of light, you know
       > Twelve million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed
       there is
       > So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure
       > How amazingly unlikely is your birth
       >
       > Source: Musixmatch
       > Songwriters: John Du Prez / Eric Idle / Trevor Jones
       > Galaxy Song lyrics © Kay-gee-bee Music Ltd., Python Monty
       Pictures Ltd., Kay-gee-bee Music Ltd
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I like the lyrics. Amazingly unlikely indeed. And not just
       amazingly insignificant, but completely.
       [/quote]
       So if you are not important or significant to anyone, what is?
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