The annual Linus Pauling Memorial Lectures Series takes place in Portland Oregon (Linus's home town). The six-eight presenters each season address topics ranging over all of the sciences, engineering and related philosophies of science and engineering. the focus has been on leading-edge thinkers. Website: www.isepp.org
From Job 38 (The Message Translation) ... Where were you when I created the earth? Tell me, since you know so much! Who decided on its size? Certainly you’ll know that! Who came up with the blueprints and measurements? How was its foundation poured, and who set the cornerstone, While the morning stars sang in chorus and all the angels shouted praise? And who took charge of the ocean when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb? That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds, and tucked it in safely at night. Then I made a playpen for it, a strong playpen so it couldn’t run loose, And said, ‘Stay here, this is your place. Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.’ 12-15 “And have you ever ordered Morning, ‘Get up!’ told Dawn, ‘Get to work!’ So you could seize Earth like a blanket and shake out the wicked like cockroaches? As the sun brings everything to light, brings out all the colors and shapes, The cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked- they’re caught in the very act! 16-18 “Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things, explored the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean? Do you know the first thing about death? Do you have one clue regarding death’s dark mysteries? And do you have any idea how large this earth is? Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer. 19-21 “Do you know where Light comes from and where Darkness lives So you can take them by the hand and lead them home when they get lost? Why, of course you know that. You’ve known them all your life, grown up in the same neighborhood with them! 22-30 “Have you ever traveled to where snow is made, seen the vault where hail is stockpiled, The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readiness for times of trouble and battle and war? Can you find your way to where lightning is launched, or to the place from which the wind blows? Who do you suppose carves canyons for the downpours of rain, and charts the route of thunderstorms That bring water to unvisited fields, deserts no one ever lays eyes on, Drenching the useless wastelands so they’re carpeted with wildflowers and grass? And who do you think is the father of rain and dew, the mother of ice and frost? You don’t for a minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen, do you? 31-33 “Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters, or distract Orion from his hunt? Can you get Venus to look your way, or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play? Do you know the first thing about the sky’s constellations and how they affect things on Earth? 34-35 “Can you get the attention of the clouds, and commission a shower of rain? Can you take charge of the lightning bolts and have them report to you for orders? What Do You Have to Say for Yourself? 36-38 “Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis, and storm-savvy to the rooster? Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds or tip over the rain barrels of heaven When the earth is cracked and dry, the ground baked hard as a brick? 39-41 “Can you teach the lioness to stalk her prey and satisfy the appetite of her cubs As they crouch in their den, waiting hungrily in their cave? And who sets out food for the ravens when their young cry to God, fluttering about because they have no food?”
Watching this now in 2023 James really picked up the early challenges of the internet when this was recorded 20 years early... Reductionism has indeed entered our democracies Just look at how our Leaders across the globe are now elected on nuance and not facts... and are we living in algorithm created echo chambers that can even do our thinking for us and we don't even realise it....
There are two types of logic deduction and induction. Induction is thinking outside the box or universe. How about thinking about the concepts involved in the mind brain and body relationship involving personal health. Think about the spirit of mankind.
Our earth is based on matter,, there is also water, fire, air and space, all macro elements. There are multiple micro elements. If every element macro and micro can be represented by its own planet and universe then the show really gets interesting.
Copernicus was right in terms of Man and of his Consciousness. Da Vinci saw it the same way as Copernicus. Today, realty is based on matter: materialism. The reality is: we are the conscious center around which space is revolving. We need to get back to Reality, and likely will when Consciousness is no longer ‘the hard problem’ but is understood. Materialism explains matter, it does not explain Reality. That is why religion is important, the ancients both Pagan and Christian were religious so they saw more, and understood more, than just matter or what is elemental, based on the elements micro and matter. They consciously and mentally saw and felt what was causal to the elemental although they did not name it as material science does: all composed as: Spirit or Consciousness; magnetism, electromagnetism, forces, elements, and the organizing vibrating principle that brought them to form(s) and coherence and continues to sustain them. Modern science (material science) struggles as matter does not have the power to make anything happen by random selection or anything else. God did not ‘make’ the universe He dreamed the universe. There is no difference between God and the universe. The universe is in the mind; the consciousness of God. God is both Spirit (transcendent) and Immanent (as the Consciousness and Mind in which Universe(s) manifest.
I can never listen to these elaborations. Sorry. I also suspect hat even chatgpt isn’t using much of those descriptions. I’m never sure about their purpose. Isn’t it like making a novel from po seeing about the comma?
odel's "Theorem" is a complete farce and absolute bullshit. Godel assigns a unique number to all the symbols in real numbers via the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: e.g., the syntactical symbols "+", "-", "x" (multiplication) as well as the actual numbers and powers (e.g. 3^2). By his criteria, a "proof" consists of a tautology on each side of the equal sign. At first, one might think the statement "3 + 4 = 7" is a "proof", since it can be reduced to a sum of units on either side. But that would be a contradiction, according to Godel, because "3 + 4" has a different Godel Number than "7". So the only "proofs" for Godel are G(wff) = G(wff); any other statement is a contradiction by Godel Number. I call BS - a giant twittering machine built on nothing, see my pdfs on physicsdiscussionforum dot org Remember, you read it here first... :)
16:27 7:45 listening in 2024 ...no sh:! T 16:00 didn't Kant explain this a long time ago. Maybe we should listen to one another. Maybe we should understand enlightment reason because we may have mistaken ideas about reason.... You know, Critique of Reason Hegel. Absolute Knowing Lacan: identity = identity + difference 20:00 Misunderstanding due to ivory towerism ? Of critical theory all the way through to enlightment ? Yikes. Is critical theory not just a channeltoward questioning asumptions about missteps in frame connections due to human psyche confusion. For example, confusing males for God. A mistake in connections made within a frame. 2024 now ...this singular mistake needs to be CRITICALLY reassessed before its to late. 29:15 NOT! Chomsky said... Not from what i heard from Chomsky. Chomsky understands philosophy. Is this where the problem lies? And on top of that a confusion between conteniental and analytic philosophy? The odd gaps around the use of enlightenment gives a clue here? 33:15 at this size and speed...not true on quantum level. 38:40 at this size and speed but not at quantum level. So instead of cutting off other domains ie: philodophy perhaps nuancevis called for...otherwise, arrogance whichnis self defeating. Is this because of cutting off the unconcious/ psyche? The real - the imaginary - the symbolic order - the mirror stage / mirror neurons...oh boy
James Burke's new paradigm is patently wrong. The internet had created a very sophisticated way of controlling people's thinking. His idea that we will be free from the control of the 1% is debunked by the new wave of fascism going around the world from Putin to Orban to Trump and Bolsonaro. Stupidity is what the social media creates for control of voting decisions to what people eat and buy. RU-vid is a great tool for learning, but the masses use it for gossip and entertainment
Good talk. I think proving that R is bigger than N is easy to explain. You just assume there is a pairing, which is just a function f(n) and then consider the real number a1.a2a3a4… where an differs from the nth digit of f(n). It’s a real number that is left out.
2024 and the landscape is alive with the tangible effects of technological innovation, though perhaps not at the breakneck pace some anticipated. Today established institutions, deeply rooted like mushrooms, predictably resist the tide of change, while many individuals cling to the familiar Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Yet, amidst this resistance, change persists and gains momentum. AI stands at the forefront of innovation, but it merely scratches the surface of a vast iceberg of transformative advancements. Ahead lie uncharted waters, teeming with possibilities and opportunities .
I think he was referring to #sir John Geilgud . As an ex Shakesperian actor I know what he means; I can recite a shakespeare verse from any play Ive been in. And Im about to become a singer and no doubt lyrically I'll be able to do the same.,that said, Id hope I wouldnt loose the cerebral cortex.
Stunning lecture. Jaw dropping. I also find it fascinating that Dr. Schele was 7 Ahau, Reflecting Sun God, which is the same Mayan birthday as Barbara Marciniak, our most famous Pleiadian channel.
LOVE James Burke, he one of my heros. one thing, the "high rates of innovation today" are nothing more than subtle changes example: Sonet and Eithernet, combustion engine vs electric, how many pixels you can fit is just and expansion of an existing science. our rate of expansion has be more like refinement - not expansion. example analog data transfer, now is fiber optic, it works on the same principal, one was sound frequencies (analog) the other is light frequencies (fiber optic) - the principal is the same.
" the laws break down" maybe the laws were not produced yet so of course anything we learn of do cant find things that didn't exist yet . cosmological thought before action
I really would have loved to have been able to witness Roger converse with the court and see everyone's reaction when he was asked "Please stand. Can you please explain to the court, your issues with these patterns?" The term "bite off more than you can chew" springs to mind lol.
Home movies and illiterate scribblings pretty well describes all the social media and their comments. James Burke at 87 is still active, commenting on AI, space travel, the human condition, and Connections in general.
Yep, the speaker jumps from one incomplete thought to the next. Im not sharp enuf to follow but still interested. Many of the pictured earlier mathematicians were conscripted by the rcc- jesuits. Then at 12:41 the ball earth. I am a christians and while fascinated by the mysteries and scholars of physics i am sure that the wisdom of man is foolishness to God. Was recently intrigued by universal acceleration owing to the twice yearly reemergence of small rocks when cleaning my dirt floor chicken pens. I know the chickens are not bringing them in and yet here they are, again. I surmise the rocks are being pushed up from below, somehow. Anyway, relativity is id dead. Flat earth rules. Pancake not melon.✝️