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The curve, also in mathematics called a curved line in theoretical and applied mathematics texts is the mathematical object similar or different to the axial straight plane lines, the curved line is not a straight line but may be a function, or the curved line may be part of a non straight plane (nonrectangular object), or part of a sphere or spherical object, or a curved plane, etc., and there too is different to straight lines that are part of straight planes but for some functions may be projected to a straight plane into straight planes.
A plane algebraic curve is the zero set of a polynomial in two indeterminates. More generally, an algebraic curve is the zero set of a finite set of polynomials, which satisfies the further condition of being an algebraic variety of dimension one. If the coefficients of the polynomials belong to a field k, the curve is said to be defined over k. In the common case of a real algebraic curve, where k is the field of real numbers, an algebraic curve is a finite union of topological curves. When complex zeros are considered, one has a complex algebraic curve, which, from the topological point of view, is not a curve, but a surface, and is often called a Riemann surface. Although not being curves in the common sense, algebraic curves defined over other fields have been widely studied. In particular, algebraic curves over a finite field are widely used in modern cryptography.
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The 45th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 45° south of the Earth's equator. It is the line that marks the theoretical halfway point between the equator and the South Pole. The line is crossed on the Milford Highway as the road passes through ancient Beech tree forests, South Island, New Zealand.
My great Flickr friend Jerry recently posted an image of the Mission Point Lighthouse that sits on the 45th parallel north, which is halfway between the North Pole and the Equator Old Mission Peninsula, Grand Traverse County, Lake Michigan, Traverse City, Michigan, USA . Therefore we both live nearby to the northern and southern 45th parallels respectively.
Eyes By: Theoretical Afterthought
"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
(GreenDay)
Eyes by Theoretical Afterthought
The look of love is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love is saying so much more than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard, well it takes my breath away
I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you
You've got the
Look of love, it's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight, let this be just the start of so many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow and then seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you, feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you, now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so
Dusty Springfield (oldies but goodies)
visionary
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thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.
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relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition.
"visionary dreams"
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a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.
"he is a visionary keen on policy-making"
Last weekend I managed to get an additional day off for a three day photoblitz of 5 locations including the White Mountains, Seirra Nevada, Alabama Hills, Whitney Portal and Trona Pinnacles. First stop was Ancient Bristlecone Forest. When we arrived the weather was quite threatening and I was thrilled. Lightning striking every couple of minutes and thunder rolling through the clouds, and heading in our direction, It was quite thrilling. I was with my cousin and Flickr photographer Juvian Duff, so we jumped in the truck and managed to get out ahead of the storm slightly, when the clouds parted shooting some light down onto this hillside.
I've always wondered what lays at the end of a rainbow and on this day it was a whopper. It came in form of a chance meeting with Dr. Elliot McGucken. Dr "E" is an renowned professor that earned a BA in Theoretical Physics and a PHD in physics, His NSF funded research on an artificial retinal prosthesis is now helping the blind to see.
I have been following The Doc since I first joined Flickr, and I had always thought that the creator of the site was a female shooter having never taken the time to read the profile. Just the sheer beauty and creativity I guess made me automatically think "Female." Sorry Doc, that is intended as a compliment. :)
As I was driving "expeditiously" down the dirt road leading up to Patriarch Grove and rounded a corner while looking down at my GPS I might add, and found a vehicle parked off to one side on the dirt road. I was looking for this location because Wayne and I had marked it on the GPS as a possible MW comp under a glorious lone Bristlecone Tree, I stepped out of the truck and found The Doc shooting towards the same tree I had marked, waiting for a good lightning strike. Previously, I had made a personal pact to introduce myself to every photographer that I meet. Not just to get my name out there but I have met and made friends with several people that I found shooting at field locations. So, I introduced myself and we stood there chatting in a 20 mile per hour wind that was bustling across the ridge. I noticed that he was quite outgoing and well spoken so I ask him if he did any social networking and if he was a Flickr Member. He said he was and then told me his screen name was 45 Surf Oddessy. I immediately recognized the screen name from not only his glorious photos of magnificent landscapes, but an incredible collection of fabulous swimsuit portraits of beautiful ladies on the beach. We then started taking some photos together there but I was shaking so bad I couldn't hold the camera still, being in shorts and a T-Shirt at 10,000 ft in the wind, that was going to require a tripod and long pants. At this point the wind was so bad i think we both decided to head elsewhere and parted ways after exchanging contact info.
For all of those photographers that keep to themselves when on location, you are doing yourself a disservice. Introduce yourself and you will find it not only makes for a better experience on site but could possibly culminate in a great friendship as it has for me on several occasions.
Thanks Doc, It was great to make your acquaintance and I hope to get a chance to shoot with you again soon. :)
Here's a link to Dr. McGuckens awesome Flickr stream. Do yourself a favor and check him out, he writes great descriptions and is very forthcoming about his techniques and processes
www.flickr.com/photos/herosjourneymythology45surf/
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Mysteries such as these are not merely theoretical and theological; they are thoroughly practical. It makes a great difference to the act of contemplation whether I see myself as an isolated subject, who, albeit assisted by God’s grace, endeavors to understand something of the mysteries of revelation; or whether, in faith, I have the conviction that my inadequate attempt to understand is supported by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit dwelling within me, that my acts of worship, petition and thanksgiving are borne along and remodeled by the Spirit’s infinite and eternal acts, in that ineffable union by which all human doing and being has been lifted up and plunged into the river of eternal life and love.
-HANS URS VON BALTHASAR, PRAYER, pg 76
A warp drive is a theoretical superluminal spacecraft propulsion system in many science fiction works, most notably Star Trek and I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at speeds greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude. In contrast to some other fictitious FTL technologies such as a jump drive, the warp drive does not permit instantaneous travel between two points, but rather involves a measurable passage of time which is pertinent to the concept. In contrast to hyperdrive, spacecraft at warp velocity would continue to interact with objects in "normal space." The general concept of "warp drive" was introduced by John W. Campbell in his 1931 novel Islands of Space
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Andromeda M31
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Schrodinger's cat is a famous theoretical thought experiment in quantum physics
If even remotely interested......
There's something called The Copenhagen Interpretation that posits that "things" at the subatomic level don't have any determined properties, only possibilities. A particle can be in two places at the same time, the atom can be in both an excited and unexcited state at the same time, and a photon can be both a particle and a wave.
What determines what we see is our measurement and observation,
Then all the probabilities collapse into one, the one being observed.
Schrodinger wasn't a fan of that theory, so he devised a thought experiment to show how absurd it would be to apply to the gross world of stuff.
He said imagine we put a cat in a box. Also in the box is a radioactive particle which might, or might not begin to decay and emit radiation. If it does, there's a gieger counter which will trigger the release of a noxious gas that will kill the cat.
Then we put a lid on the box.
But until someone opens the box, the cat is both alive and dead.
That's hugely oversimplified, but it's the layman's gist.
This little cat was sitting under a curb on a recessed sewer grate.
So,, is it coming or going or both?
I'm happy to say it was alive. ;-))
Theoretical location is Baristo and Aveneda Caballeros I have selected as of nearly seven years ago is near perfect and central located with just the right amount of land to accommodate the masjid and islamic learning center. This is also ideal as other places of worship have built in this area so zoning would likely be a less of a challenge as a result.
See the video at: www.palmspringsmosque.com
Recently the field of theoretical cosmology has been enervated by the suggestion that our universe is the mirror image of another one stretching back in time before the Big Bang (see, for example, www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/icpti-symmetric-uni... ).
Intrigued, I set out to test whether this was observable in practice. After a quick calculation on the back of an old envelope (cigarette packets now being not Politically Correct) I worked out that conditions would be favourable for an experiment in the period around the vernal equinox for my latitude (51N). At this time the angles of the Earth’s gravitational field, the neutrino flux from the sun and a local EM field could be arranged to the optimum.
So, setting a sufficiently powerful Tesla coil in a glass envelope with an inert gas (I used Nitrogen), I tried it out.
And it worked!
Sometimes I could actually see the dim reflection of the alternate universe appear in the glass capsule, but perhaps the best result was this one where I managed to create a wormhole bridging the paired universes.
If you look carefully at the image though you might observe that the energetic feedback created by the wormhole burnt out my coil… such are the sacrifices of science…
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Storytelling idiocy aside, this image was one of the fun results of an evening spent with a local friendly group of photographers taking images of lightbulbs on tablets (and other things but I didn’t get that far :( ).
I used a clear glass bulb on my iPaddle which I set up to show some very colourful graphic images that I had generated using Midjourney (I finally found something useful to do with that toybox… The text prompt for this one, if you are interested, was ‘Close - up macro HDR photograph of the centre of mirrored 3D circle sculptures, overlapping rainbow circular fractal, vivid rainbow colours, graphic abstract’).
The bulb was lying on its side at an angle resting on the bayonet fitting so I made the canvas larger and rotated it. Starting in Capture One I dropped the greys to black using a levels adjustment and played with the Clarity and a little Dehaze. In Affinity I sharpened it with High Pass/Linear blend and a bit of Unsharp mask and enriched the colour. Then quite a lot of work with inpainting to remove the vestiges of the iPad and a lot of dust.
PS I forgot to mention that this was a focus stack of ten images, though I suspect only four or five contributed anything useful. The camera did the focusing and I used Helicon Focus for the stacking, which I've not really done before (it was fast, worked with raws and produced a dng output).
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Easter and 100x :)
Reflections: The Greater and Lesser Magellanic Clouds are reflected in the shallow waters of the Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. The Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. They do have a “bar” of stars or brightness centrally but are not classic spiral galaxies. Observation and theoretical evidence suggests that the clouds have been greatly distorted by tidal interactions with the Milky Way as they travel close to it (Astronomy.com). ___________________________________________ As an observer from the Northern Hemisphere it was fun to see the features of the Southern Hemisphere sky, like the Magellanic Clouds. These lie near the “southern arm” of the Milky Way and are not visible in the Northern Hemisphere. ___________________________________________ Usually we just have to coordinate the position on the Milky Way, the moon cycles, landscape location, and weather to get the desired shot. Here there was one more factors, the tides, which I was not used to considering. At low tide there is a very thin layer of water along the shore which was perfect for capturing reflections. Luckily this occurred around 1 - 2 a.m. when the stars were in excellent position. Stacked image, 14-24 mm lens, 14 mm, f/2.8, 20 sec., ISO 12,800. ___________________________________________ If you want an excellent guide to good shooting spots on the Great Barrier Island contact Carol @darkskysanctuary on IG.
Neil Taylor (born 1945)
"Theoretical Matter" 1999 (detail)
- welded steel
Neil Taylor is an artist working in Melbourne. This welded steel sculpture creates an interesting impression when looked at closely. As Taylor himself describes his work:
"I try for an unimpeded apprehension of the whole piece simultaneous with the space it occupies. Space is illustrated as much as an idea presented. Emptiness is manifest, the laws of structure reveal space as pure potential, scaffolds open up space and give it a known face."
Madison River
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
I separated from the rest of the group, who stayed in the van in the woods and ate lunch, and went out onto this bridge crossing the Madison. Wonderfully solitary and desolate, where one can just barely grasp the vastness of things.
Just ten/fifteen minutes later, the pack of wolves we saw also crossed this bridge just ahead of our van, and I got to thinking--'what would I have done had they felt that the appropriate time to cross the bridge was when I was also on it?'. Delighted that this was only a theoretical question.
Been sifting through 4k in pics I have on my hard drive and snapped this one when I had the pleasure to meet Theo in world as her exhibit. Even though she is not inworld anymore her spirit continues to live on in her work which continues to be a huge inspiration to me.
Her av had an ageless beauty about her like a character out of Cabaret not to mention the awesome music conductor like typing ao she had, so I thought this tune would be appropriate with the image.
Dirty Pearl
Theoretical results about the Universe suggests that we, like holograms, are made of matter and energy. One may say that from the Universe's quantum physics (black hole theory) perspective.. we 'are' in theory 'holograms' with spacial depth.
Hologram
The term is taken from the Greek words holos (whole) and gramma (message or letter).
Unlike 3-D or virtual reality on a two-dimensional computer display, a hologram is a truly three-dimensional and free-standing image.
Theoretically, holograms could someday be transmitted electronically to a special display device in our home.
The theory of holography was developed over 60 years ago by inventor Dennis Gabor in the year 1947.
The recent development of laser technology made holography possible.
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Orange and blue are complimentary colours, being opposites in the theoretical colour wheel. In practice, they have the highest contrast between their exposures, which means that our brains are able to recognise the difference with the least effort. The result is that orange and blue are a powerful and aesthetically pleasing combination. This photograph is another variation on the theme of Charles O’Rear’s famous work ’Bliss’ and was taken in the Wadi Rum in Jordan in December 2018.
Artwork by Neil Taylor - "Theoretical Matter" - at Heide Sculpture Park in Bulleen, Melbourne.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
77mm; 1/80 sec; f/5.6; ISO 640
One of the art works form the Sculpture park by Neil Taylor… suggesting, despite its malleability, the suggestion of volume and the absence of mass - like the openness of dense foliage.
Heide Museum Of Modern Art gardens, Bulleen, Victoria
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Architects: Saucier & Perrotte, 2004.
© Stephanie Fysh 2005; all rights reserved
Lawrence Krauss: "We are all Stardust" (youtube 0:36 Lawrence Krauss: theoretical physicist, cosmologist. One of the books he wrote: "The physics of Star Trek")
Quote: "Forget Jesus, the stars dyed that you are here today"
That is step one. The atoms the Earth is made of and also our bodies are made of stars that exploded, are from stars that have dyed.
Step two - sorry the next video is only in German - therefore an English summary: Estimation: in every human being there are about 20 millions atoms that are from Jesus. Assumed that Jesus has lived as a person. Although if one believes that Jesus` body ascented into heaven, nonetheless there are atoms that once belonged to his body still on earth, because everybody looses cells, hair, skin cells, nails etc. during his lifetime. These atoms during long time spread around the world - so everybody has atoms in his body that were former atoms in the bodies of other people and were part of plants, animals and objects, and also of Jesus (if he has lived as a person).
Science Busters: "Jesus Atome" (youtube 2:28)
Vorausgesetzt Jesus hat überhaupt als Person existiert, gelebt. Dann sind in Hostien genausoviele Atome von Jesus wie in der gleichen Menge Auer Baumstämme. !Aber: ein Atom bleibt exakt das gleiche egal wo überall es schon gewesen ist, es ändert nichts an einem Atom ob es nun mal in Jesus und in Mohammed und dann in Hitler und dann in einer weißen Lilie und dann in einer Waffel war, gegessen wurde und wieder ausgeschissen wurde, dann in einer Fliege war und dann in mir und dann in dir! Es hat keinerlei Einfluß auf Körper, Geist, Persönlichkeit, etc. wieviele Atome man von Jesus hat, wieviele von Hitler - Atom bleibt sozusagen Atom. Und auch umgekehrt: nur weil Atome von verstorbenen Tieren, Personen in mir sind, leben diese Personen, Tiere nicht durch mich, in mir, weiter genausowenig wie Jesus (falls es ihn gegeben hat) in mir weiterlebt, weil Atome, die einst Teil von Jesus waren in mir sind. Tot ist tot. Reliquien sind Überreste verstorbener Heiliger - wenn in mir Atome von Jesus sind warum bin ich keine Jesusreliquie und werde als Reliquie des Heiligen Antonius verehrt, und aller anderer Heiliger deren Atome in mir sind…
Part of: "Putting on Paper ~ zu Papier bringen" Auer Baumstämme - inspired by, angeregt durch, Hommage to: Eat Art von Daniel Spoerri // "Picture Puzzles Bilderrätsel Riddle Rebus Rätsel" Die Antwort auf die Zusatzfrage: in Hostien sind gleich viele Atome von Jesus wie in der gleichen Menge Auer Baumstämme // Fronleichnam: Fest des heiligsten Leibes und Blutes Christi Sollemnitas Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi - heilig heiliger heiligst - no to "some things and people count, most don`t" heilig, Fetisch, Anbetung von Reliquien - Immunisierung gegen Kritik - führt zu Verengung des Horizonts, Verengung der Weltsicht - Stichworte dazu auch: Echo-Kammer - führt zu Stillstand, Wiederholung anstatt Weiterentwicklung - - Kreativität ist keine Phase - - Argumentation, Diskussion, in Frage stellen, nicht abwehren wenn in Frage gestellt wird, auch nicht es nur aushalten, sondern darauf eingehen -- Kreativität ist keine Phase - Kreativität heißt nicht dasselbe immer wieder zu wiederholen - eine Idee zum x-ten Male wiederholen ist nicht eine Idee haben - und Bienenstöcke ob sie nun am Kahlenberg stehen (die hab ich 2015 fotografiert) oder am Zentralfriedhof und das hunderste beinahe gleiche Schnittmuster Herumgespiele mit Narrenturmbildern etc. bringt nichts Neues - dieselben Schritte wiederholen und zum selben Ergebnis kommen nur leichte Variationen und dem dann halt immer wieder einen ein bißl anderen Titel geben - das ist das Gegenteil von Ideen haben es ist eine einmal gehabte Idee wiederholen - ein exzellentes Beispiel dafür was Blockierern passiert - die Blockade blockt mehr sie selber als die Blockierte - wer schadenfreudig ist der lacht da vielleicht, lacht sich vielleicht ins Fäustchen, aber bevor man lacht über diesen Blockierer, sollte man doch noch einmal innehalten und bedenken: wer zuletzt lacht lacht am besten.
Bei dem Bild handelt es sich um den Abdruck eines Abdrucks der Vorderseite und der Rückseite (Oberseite und Unterseite) eines Schnittenblocks. block, square, quadrat, würfel, cubus, nicht gespiegelt, nicht Rorschach
Foto 17 15. 6. 2017 Fronleichnam Feast of Corpus Christi, Welttag gegen die Misshandlung älterer Menschen, Global Wind Day (Heiliger Lothar von Sées, Heiliger Vitus (Veit), Heiliger Bernhard von Aosta)
Hochgeladen am 30. 6. 2017: Internationaler Asteroidentag Asteroid Day weils auch um Himmelskörper geht (Heiliger Otto von Bamberg, Heilige Erentrud von Salzburg, Seliger Ernst von Prag)
Mißgeschick: 13. Juni ( jeden Tag ist Tag irgendeines/irgendeiner sogenannten Heiligen, meistens nicht nur eines einzigen: Seliger Gerhard von Clairveaux Heiliger Ragnebert Heiliger Antonius von Padua) // passen tut da jeder Titel zu diesem Foto: hausnummer hypnose Moos unter Bäumen, unter Steinen, unter Wasser, bunte Steine, Laurins Rosengarten, goldener Faden, Minarette des heiligen Antonius, roter Faden, Meer der Stille, versteinerte Nackenrolle, Spectre de la rose, Granatapfel im Spiegel, Fäden stutzen, Last der Liebe, Himmelsleiter, im Haus der Schrecken, Puppenstube, Öffnung des Kokons, Prokrustesbett, daydreaming, sewing pattern, schnittmuster paper pattern konstrukt, kaleidoscope, djoser, bermuda dreieck, sonnenuhr, morgenlicht, abendlicht, mittagslicht, sonnige Ecke, cubus, kleid eines Engels, bienen, bienenstock, tee, dreamsketch, golgatha, die Farbe blau, die Farbe rot, damasttrommel, ahab, Undine, blühen verblühen, 33 35 i ching i ging triangle square circle shen shong Écriture automatique automatisches Schreiben aufstieg wachsen 46...#textur #texture #pattern #muster #baumstamm #tree #trunk #baum #bark #rinde #wrapping #verpackung #envelope #umschlag #fett #fat #grease #geschmolzen #schmelz #plattgedrückt #schmelzen #wärme #hitze #sommer #summer #hot #red #rot #black #schwarz #weiß #white #grey #gray #grau #schokolade #waffel #oblate #fronleichnam #eucharistie #fleisch #blut #blood #blutrot #sanguine #purpur #braun #brown #violett #violet #magenta #blue #blau #kakao #cocoa #flesh #christus #jesus #matthäuspassion #heilig #holy #reliquie #wall #wand #mauer #ziegelmauer #fence #gitter #block #fetisch #aberglaube #superstition #food #eat #abdruck #druck #print #spur #numerologie #schrift #writing #zeichen #sign #letter #buchstabe #symbol #analogie #fetish #zahl #ziffer #abstrakt #abstract #konkret #improvisation #idee #idea #experiment #inhalt #form #aussage #ornament #sweet #süß #diary #tagebuch #note #notiz #farbnuancen
Street scene in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; this gentleman might be starting work on his annual Christmas letter, but whatever he's doing, I'm guessing he's not wasting his time on Facebook or Twitter (22 May, 2018)
Fly-over the campus of the Swiss Institute of Technology of Lausanne with the Rolex Learning Center easily recognized by its Emmental-like "holes". Ecublens, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
In 1963 Lorenz published a theoretical study of this effect in a highly cited, seminal paper called "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow". Following suggestions from colleagues, in later speeches and papers he used the more poetic butterfly. Initially, he called it the seagull effect.
Lorenz discovered the effect when he observed that runs of his weather model with initial condition data that was rounded in a seemingly inconsequential manner would fail to reproduce the results of runs with the unrounded initial condition data. A very small change in initial conditions had created a significantly different outcome.
Macromondays Theme:"Handle With Care". Cropped and color filtered. HMM!
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Do we exist in time or does time exist in us?”
~ Carlo Rovelli, theoretical physicist & author of ‘The Order of Time’.
On a recent moonless evening, Rishabh and I had a rendezvous with the timeless universe. We perched on a high granite slab and comfortably settled into the classical Yosemite view of the Half dome. As our eyes adjusted to darkness, the darkness faded into a well-lit non-acrylic version of Van Gogh’s Starry nights. Slowly but surely, the milky way rose from its nocturnal blue bath and the summer sky –resembling a marvelous spring garden– blossomed with stars of all colors. And for us, Time paused.
But does Time really pause? Doesn’t Time constantly and uniformly flow from the past, through the present, and on to the future and never ever stop? Isn’t Time the ultimate truth that cannot be denied or reversed, but only mapped via our clocks and watches? Or, are these ideas arcane and mere consolations for our clumsy and naïve perception of the universe? Are we now equally ignorant about the true nature of Time as folks of pre-Copernicus era were about space, who believed that the flat earth was the center of our galaxy?
Let’s ask science. In physics, most notable equations describing mechanics of the universe and its components take time into consideration. These include Newton’s laws of classical mechanics, Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetism, Einstein’s theories of relativity, and Schrödinger’s equation of quantum events. In neuroscience –the science of the brain and the mind– scientists have discovered ‘Time cells’ in the hippocampus (a brain region necessary for making, preserving, and recalling memories). Time cells encode temporal aspects of our experiences in our memories. Without them, we would be deprived of our remarkable ability to remember the temporal sequence of life-events. If two branches of science harbor such evidence in favor of the flow of time, one could earnestly conclude that Time must be real. Real as we know it–– flowing from the past to the future and uniform all over. Right?
Now consider this: From Einstein, we know space and time are not discrete but a continuum (space-time). Such space-time continuum is also reflected in neuroscience, where Time cells are often found to be the same set of hippocampal neurons that also record the spatial information of our memories and are called, in that respect, ‘Place cells’. This malleability of space and time, both in our external and internal worlds, could mean that many aspects of time depend on the space (of observation). To illustrate this dizzying point, imagine this example I gave Rishabh: two supernovas simultaneously explode in two far away galaxies, A and B. Because light will need more time to travel further, an observer in galaxy A will see the supernova in their own galaxy before the supernova in faraway galaxy B (supernova A happens before supernova B). However, to an observer in galaxy B, who will also see the supernova in their own galaxy before the one far away, the order of events will flip, and supernova B will precede supernova A! So, one myth down, Time certainly isn’t uniform all over on its own, but relies on the observer’s location for its directionality. Going even further, as Rovelli puts it, “Times are legion: a different one for every point in space. There is not a single time; there is a vast multitude of them.”
So, do we exist in time, or does Time exist in us? From our granite perch in the Yosemite darkness, we saw pacing headlamps up the Mist trail. Those were half dome hikers trying to beat the sun (and/or the permit-checking ranger, who shows up by the half dome cables at the crack of dawn). The rush of these hikers was real; their perception of when the sun will rise was real; their flow of time was understandably fast. But at the same time, Time barely unraveled for Rishabh and I. We did not care about the sunrise or a permit-validating ranger and were utterly content with the vast nocturnal sky. For us, the Time we held in us –a little mote of time– crumbled down to what it really was… an illusion of continuation that in reality was the present moment constantly breeding in us our past, present, and the future. That’s eternity, isn’t it?
Technical information: Single shot. And… I really wanted this shot to have 1000 seconds of cosmic time, but darn!
At twenty, the laws of gravity are nothing more than a theoretical hypothesis—an invention of Isaac Newton to justify falling apples, certainly not a falling décolleté. Biologically speaking, the body has done its duty: it has navigated puberty, conquered the hormone rush, and stepped onto the stage proud, solid, and ready to challenge the laws of physics. A twenty-year-old woman is biologically invincible. It is the rest of the world that isn’t ready.While the body is biologically mature and unapologetic, the surrounding society has yet to find the user manual. At twenty, we find ourselves thrust into a world that expects us to be ready for everything—careers, the future, success—yet struggles to let us experience the present moment in peace. It is the ultimate modern paradox: nature grants you your peak biological stability precisely when society hands you your maximum social instability.If a proud cleavage can defy the laws of physics at twenty, a young woman must instead defend herself against the laws of a cultural market that judges, scrutinizes, and standardizes women at every single age. At twenty, you are too young to be taken seriously; at thirty, too rushed; at forty, constantly under evaluation. "The Impossible Cleavage Sag" is a visual reminder: biological gravity isn't a problem yet, but social gravity, unfortunately, already weighs a ton. Let us learn to wear our youth with the same fierce, effortless grace of this colorful necklace, leaving the true "sagging" to those who are simply afraid of women who know exactly how to stand their ground in this world.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer, born on April 22, 1904, was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics. He is predominantly known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. Oppenheimer played a crucial role in the design and development of the bomb and is often referred to as the "father of the atomic bomb."
Oppenheimer was born into a wealthy Jewish family and showed exceptional intelligence from a young age. He attended Harvard University where he excelled in physics and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in Germany. After returning to the United States, he became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
During World War II, Oppenheimer was recruited to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. He led a team of scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where they successfully developed and tested the first atomic bomb. The successful testing of the bomb at the Trinity site in July 1945 marked a significant milestone in the history of science and warfare.
Despite his contribution to the development of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer became increasingly concerned about the weapon's destructive potential. He was a vocal advocate for international control of atomic energy and opposed the further development of hydrogen bombs. However, his political views and associations with communist sympathizers during the 1930s and 1940s led to a government investigation known as the Oppenheimer security hearing. In 1954, his security clearance was revoked, plunging his career into uncertainty.
Following the security hearing, Oppenheimer focused more on teaching and continued to make significant contributions to theoretical physics and quantum mechanics. He became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and was actively involved in promoting and guiding research in various scientific disciplines.
Oppenheimer's life and career were marked by complex personal and political struggles. He is remembered as one of the great scientists of the 20th century, but also as a controversial figure due to his involvement in the development of the atomic bomb and his subsequent political troubles.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer war ein amerikanischer Physiker, der als einer der Hauptverantwortlichen für die Entwicklung der Atombombe während des Zweiten Weltkriegs bekannt ist. Er leitete das Manhattan-Projekt, das das Ziel hatte, eine funktionierende Atombombe zu entwickeln. Oppenheimer war bekannt für seine intellektuellen Fähigkeiten und galt als einer der führenden theoretischen Physiker seiner Zeit. Nach dem Krieg war er ein führender Vertreter der internationalen Abrüstungsbewegung und setzte sich für die Kontrolle von Atomwaffen ein. Aufgrund seiner früheren Beteiligung an der Atombombenentwicklung geriet er jedoch auch unter Verdacht, kommunistische Sympathien zu haben, und geriet deshalb in den 1950er Jahren ins Visier des FBI und des House Committee on Un-American Activities. Trotz der Vorwürfe blieb Oppenheimer eine respektierte Persönlichkeit in der wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft und war bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1967 weiterhin ein bedeutender Physiker und Berater der Regierung.
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Since these are meant to be pertinent to my theoretical DC Cinematic Universe, I’ve decided to put some little briefs on the roles they’d play.
Eduardo Dorrance AKA Bane (Voiced but not played physically, by Danny Trejo) would be the main villain of the first Batman movie, which would be heavily inspired by the DCMAU movie ‘Son of Batman’, with Bane effectively taking the roll of Deathstroke, killing Ra’s al Ghul in the first scene, inciting the wrath of his grandson, Damian Wayne. Throughout the movie, camera tricks, masks and plot devices (AI, Damian pushing him onto a geyser of Lazarus Pit badness, causing him face burns and respiratory shenanigans) would be used to hide Bane’s mouth (specifically ‘dem sneaky ‘not Danny Trejo’ word-smackers). He wouldn’t be killed, with Damian, now Robin, sparing him in the final act as part of his arc. He is thrown in Arkham where he goes mad from Venom withdrawal.
Just a side note, the nature of venom would be altered. Unlike its purely scientific origins in the comics, in this movie Venom is a naturally occurring chemical with some supernatural connotations, in the same vain of the Lazarus Pit. It also doesn’t make him unrealistically beefy.