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Yoga

I had to have some reason for Vayu to turn up in person to speak with Sherlock about Eustace so I had Eustace be an advanced practitioner of a form of yoga – which had me looking into different forms of yoga. I always knew there were more than one but wanted to look into which were the first and classical yogas before all these dumbass modern ones were thought up. I settled on Raja yoga for…

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The Great Dissolution

I was researching what other religions had an equivalent of The Christian Apocalypse and came across Pralaya. Pralaya, a Sanskrit term, translates to “dissolution,” and refers to the cyclical destruction of the universe at the end of a period called a kalpa that lasts billions of years. Unlike the Apocalypse, or Ragnorak, it isn’t necessarily a negative event, but a dissolving and reforming…

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Dark Matter, Tachyons? What's that all about?

The theory that dark matter could be composed of tachyons is aspeculative idea in physics. Tachyons are hypothetical particles that, unlike normal matter, always travel faster than light. According to current understanding of physics, they violate the laws of causality and have yet to be observed. As for Dark matter, that’s a mysterious substance that makes 85% of the universe’s mass. It’s…

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Evolution of Mathematical Awareness

Our brains inherent ability to find and utilize mathematical patterns provides a strong evolutionary advantage. On a more general level, understanding geometric relationships helps organisms navigate their environment, predict movements, and solve problems related to survival and reproduction. Natural selection would follow the same principles and favour brains that could grasp these underlying…

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Intelligence as an Emergent Property 2

We can only consider the possibility of biological neural structures as an emergent property based on what we currently know. Perhaps there are underlying forces or laws we are not aware of. Like for example, the discovery of quarks, the Higgs field and dark matter and dark energy. Neural structures may be an emergent property of unknown laws. Our current understanding of biology might not be the…

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Consciousness, Entropy and Negentropy

The tendency for order to arise in all aspects of biological and material existence (Terran and cosmological) that lead to possible life and intelligence might be a potential indication of a fundamental property Just as there is a fundamental law of Entropy, that, at the other end, there is a complimentary and opposite law of Negentropy that has emotions and/or consciousness as one of its…

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Intelligence as an Emergent Property 1

Intelligence as an Emergent Property.The fact that complex emotions are observed in various species beyond humans lends credence to the theory of emotions as emergent properties.Emergent properties arise from the complex interaction of simpler components. The whole system exhibits characteristics that none of the individual parts possess.In the context of emotions, our complex neural networks,…

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Some Types of Dialogues Large Language models Like Gemini Find Challenging

According to Gemini: Open ended, free flowing conversations: While Gemini can follow a conversation and respond thoughtfully, it struggle with truly casual, open ended chats. These rely heavily on shared experiences, social cues, and understanding humor or sarcasm – things Gemini is still under development for. Debates or arguments: Gemini can provide information from different viewpoints, but…

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Dark Matter Discussion with Gemini

Cloudtales: Is there a pattern to the distribution of galaxies where the effects of dark matter have been seen? Gemini: Yes, there is a strong correlation between the distribution of galaxies and the inferred presence of dark matter. Here’s how: Galaxy Rotation Curves: When we study the rotation speeds of stars and gas within galaxies, we see that they spin much faster than expected based on…

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You are not a person, but a process

You are not a person, but a process

At its most basic level, our senses are all about converting energy into information. The world around us is filled with different forms of energy: Light, sound waves, pressure changes, temperature variations, and even chemicals all exist as various forms of energy. Our sensory organs are specialized detectors: Each sense organ is designed to pick up on a specific type of energy. Eyes detect…

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Anarchy & The Peoples Infantry in 'Nanopunk'

In ‘Nanopunk’, the Peoples Infantry is an organised alliance of Veterans and Anarchist HackersNanopunk is based in the near future. The world is recovering from The Big Freeze which had seen Private Military Corporations called in to help Governments maintain order when almost half the world’s population perished.With limited resources, the wealthy bought themselves to the front of the queue…

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Computers you could buy in 1979

Apple II: Released in 1977, the Apple II was one of the first personal computers, to quickly gain popularity. One of the reasons for its popularity was its relative ease of use. With the PC you got a few software programs, including BASIC, a popular programming language at that time. Commodore PET:  Another popular PC released in 1977 was The Commodore PET , designed for home use. This was an…

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UFO/UAP Sightings in Scotland November/December 1979

There were several reports of UFO sightings in Scotland in November and December 1979. The most famous of these was the Robert Taylor Incident, which occurred on November 9, 1979. Taylor, a forestry worker, claimed to have seen a large, dome-shaped object hovering in a clearing in the woods near Livingston, West Lothian. He described the object as being about 30 feet tall and having a smooth,…

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Lightning Seed

Earth is icebound. Billions have perished – When all radio and networks go dead, a veteran finds herself escorting a young amnesiac with uncanny abilities across a lawless, haunted America.An army of extremists want to fix the weather and save the world with a weapon that could wipe out Earth’s last survivors; a weapon only the amnesiac can deactivate. The veteran has one task, keep them alive…

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Nanopunk

In a world recovering from climate devastation, Alister, infected with nanoparticles, can hack any network. When his sister, the creator of the particles, is kidnapped by Lycus, a corrupt military corporation, he sets off to rescue her. It’s not long before MI6, Lycus, and mercenaries start to hunt him down, turning his search into a deadly race across a devastated Europe.

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Why humans can’t trust AI: You don’t know how it works, what it’s going to do or whether it’ll serve your interests

Why humans can’t trust AI: You don’t know how it works, what it’s going to do or whether it’ll serve your interests Do you trust AI systems, like this driverless taxi, to behave the way you expect them to? AP Photo/Terry Chea Mark Bailey, National Intelligence University There are alien minds among us. Not the little green men of science fiction, but the alien minds that power the facial…

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Lightning Seed

Earth is icebound. Billions have perished. The Followers, an extremist army, plan to fix the weather and save the world – it’s a plan that could destroy all life on Earth. Scattered in the memory of a teen tortured into amnesia is the plan and the means to stop them. With the help of a veteran haunted by her own demons, he sets out across a lawless and deadly landscape to save Earth’s last…

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