Just finished reading Second Foundation

[Vort]

11 minutes ago, zil2 said:

No.  Cartoon / comic books / graphic novels and anime/manga have never called to me.  The fantasy I read is novels, mostly very long novels.

I didn't exactly enjoy Death Note—too dark and unrelentingly horrific for my taste—but it opened my eyes to the storytelling possibilities in the anime/manga style. It was really quite gripping (though not enough to convince me to watch it all the way through; two or so seasons was enough for me). And as is often the case, the medium isn't the point; that's just how it's dressed up for today's audience. The writing, as always, is the central feature that determines how compelling the narrative is.

[zil2]

I don't need this:

6 minutes ago, Vort said:

too dark and unrelentingly horrific for my taste

...to have this:

7 minutes ago, Vort said:

It was really quite gripping .... The writing, as always, is the central feature that determines how compelling the narrative is.

There are plenty of good authors who don't go places I don't want to go.

[Traveler]

@vort I have theorized that quantum entanglement is strongly linked to my theory of dimensional space time.  That we are 3 dimensional physical creatures subject to the space time that we exist in, but the actual universe is comprised of additional dimensions.  Though relativity and special relativity describe our 3-dimensional observations of space and time it is incapable of expressing the entire universe.

My theory is that spirit is matter of alternate dimensions and that G-d is a being transient of all the dimensions.  That time is affected differently in the alternate dimensions which can better explain quantum entanglements and the grandfather paradox. 

 

The Traveler

[Vort]

7 hours ago, Traveler said:

@vort I have theorized that quantum entanglement is strongly linked to my theory of dimensional space time.  That we are 3 dimensional physical creatures subject to the space time that we exist in, but the actual universe is comprised of additional dimensions.  Though relativity and special relativity describe our 3-dimensional observations of space and time it is incapable of expressing the entire universe.

My theory is that spirit is matter of alternate dimensions and that G-d is a being transient of all the dimensions.  That time is affected differently in the alternate dimensions which can better explain quantum entanglements and the grandfather paradox. 

Introducing a fourth spatial dimension would easily solve many of the mysteries about heavenly beings à la Flatland, though that belongs firmly in the camp of untestable speculation.

[Traveler]

15 hours ago, Vort said:

Introducing a fourth spatial dimension would easily solve many of the mysteries about heavenly beings à la Flatland, though that belongs firmly in the camp of untestable speculation.

Just between you and me – my initial theory was to include one dimension, though I have come to realize that more are possible.  I theorized that attraction and repulsion forces are characteristics or dimensional intersections.    This would mean that forces do not act on the center of mass of particles but rather the volume of intersecting area between the particles.  This would create a delta difference offset from the center of mass and center of volume that is measurable for particles of mass traveling at near light speed.   It would also account for quantum anomalies and the uncertainty in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

 

The Traveler