tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post1056205573633526082..comments2023-05-11T17:35:12.051+10:00Comments on cosmic rapture: pure theses: research ideas for the intelligently unemotionalmasterymisteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-84090057682620472932011-04-12T08:41:14.709+10:002011-04-12T08:41:14.709+10:00Hi Martin, yes this post is going quite well... Th...Hi Martin, yes this post is going quite well... Thanks for stopping by.masterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-69263194470730385012011-04-12T07:32:51.097+10:002011-04-12T07:32:51.097+10:00Anonymous,
Strictly speaking you're right ab...Anonymous, <br /><br />Strictly speaking you're right about "demographics" (deathographics?) though boundaries between disciplines are increasingly wide aND fuzzy.<br /><br />Re Bode's law, I think there's two possibilities: that thge distances between the planets and the sun, and the distances between the planets and other planets, are gbased on the golden mean and/or multiples thereof (easy enough to test this hypothesis --- the distances arE known. Calculator anyone?)<br /><br />The other possibility is that if the distances between the planets and the sun were strings, and you plucked them, the resulting sounds would stand in relation to each other according to the golden mean or multiples thereof (this one's harder to prove/disprove, bvut still relatively easy).<br /><br />Re Pythagoras, yes his work on harmonics definitely has a bearing on this topic --- But I need to familiarise myself to a much greater extent with P. and his work). <br /><br />I would say "minimising local entropy" is an outcome/output of the process called "sublimation" but I don't think we have a substantive difference of opinion here. To me its terminological. <br /><br />I like to think of living things as anti-second-law-of-thermodynamics engines. <br /><br />Yes I am a follower of Jung's thinking, in a very amateurish sort of way, and I think a lot of his work has been misunderstood or deliberately distorted by those who should know better. His concepts of "archetypes" and the "collective unconscious" have had a huge impact on modern thought in such areas as psychology, sociology, anthropology, cultur-ology etc.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments --- challenging as they are! <br /><br />Hope you'll stop by again soon.<br /><br />MMmasterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-83001976530068105152011-04-12T04:42:53.141+10:002011-04-12T04:42:53.141+10:00what thoughtful writing and interesting comments!what thoughtful writing and interesting comments!martin Olsonhttp://feralhouse.com/encyclopaedia-of-hell/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-77600094446770705862011-04-11T21:44:28.510+10:002011-04-11T21:44:28.510+10:00@mgeorge: The Reality Dynsfunction ( the first boo...@mgeorge: The Reality Dynsfunction ( the first book in the Neutronium Alchemist series) rocked, the last really sucked - too many bloody Deus Ex Machinas. You've got to read Peter Hamilton's Greg Mandel series... and what do Communists have to do with near death experiences anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-32018249910362548982011-04-11T21:39:10.226+10:002011-04-11T21:39:10.226+10:00Ummm sorry, have to clear up a few misconceptions ...Ummm sorry, have to clear up a few misconceptions here. "Statistics/mathematics/actuarial studies" deals with a MUCH wider range than counting the *number* of people alive / dead at the moment / over a period of time. I think you mean "demographics".<br /><br />Nice work with linking the golden mean with Bode's law, not sure how this links in with Phythagoras' investigation into harmonics, though. Surely this is more to do with Maths/Physics than Arts?<br /><br />Shouldn't "sublimation" really mean more like "minimising local entropy"?<br /><br />From the same Wikipedia entry: "Jung's seminar on kundalini yoga, presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich in 1932, has been widely regarded as a milestone in the psychological understanding of Eastern thought", you JUNGIAN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-82324262542471157972011-04-07T07:20:08.583+10:002011-04-07T07:20:08.583+10:00weirsdo, that's a very useful addition to this...weirsdo, that's a very useful addition to this debate. I haven't listened to much of Bartok, but I will now...<br /><br />All, <br /><br />I responded in detail some days ago to comments (above) left by Karen, mgeorge and Faycin. I don't know why my comments-in-response have vanished. When I wrote and published them, they clearly existed in the comments field. Now they've gone. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks to everyone for stopping by and for particularly thought provoking comments.<br /><br />I hope this comment stays published. <br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />MMmasterymisteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844831221838590812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-57160555101675694222011-04-07T00:25:10.171+10:002011-04-07T00:25:10.171+10:00Bela Bartok based his compositional technique, inc...Bela Bartok based his compositional technique, including his tonal language, on the golden mean. Although some may find his use of dissonance unpleasant, he produced some of the greatest melodies of 20th century music.weirsdohttp://pansifiles.blogspot.commnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-74849674567850033212011-04-03T18:45:14.880+10:002011-04-03T18:45:14.880+10:00Oddly, the first thing I thought was "a fissu...Oddly, the first thing I thought was "a fissure," as in a volcanic fissure. But magma really isn't alive, is it? Although I have always thought of it as the Earth's blood.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857378831052530432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-65881746755018910932011-04-03T18:03:46.236+10:002011-04-03T18:03:46.236+10:00In a hot climate, one praises a cool day, and asso...In a hot climate, one praises a cool day, and associates clouds and rain with fertility, while in a temperate land, one hopes for a "bright sunny day". Similarly, tones, colours, etc. can have cultural settings. If our blue sky had been associated with intense UV throughout our evolution, cloudy/grey would have been good.<br /><br />Those most urgently requiring reincarnation (for their own good or because they are saviours) can be sent to the head of the queue, regardless of those waiting in cold storage. However, drastic advances in gerontology could upset the spiritual applecart, the comic order, or whatever. BTW, there is an epic science fiction series (The Neutronium Alchemist series by Peter F. Hamilton) on the undead muscling their way back in body by living body, and taking over the show.<br /><br />Talk of reincarnaton seems to exist only in association with (a) Hindu/Buddhist/Jain culture, or (b) in the case of Westerners, also in association with a romanticised ancient Egyptian and Greeek culture (though I doubt the last 2 civilizations entertained this idea). Similarly, we hear the earnest testimonies of those who "saw the light" during near-death experiences, but the authors and producers have chosen not to interview Buddhists, Communists, shamanists, etc.mgeorgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203307449470951304.post-88497613422254067222011-04-03T10:59:34.788+10:002011-04-03T10:59:34.788+10:00PS "faeces".PS "faeces".k. riggs gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807633349311664382noreply@blogger.com