• The Continuum: The Interior of the Blackhole

    The surface of a marble table is spread out in front of me. I can get from any one point on this table to any other point by passing continuously from one point to a “neighboring” one, and repeating this process a (large) number of times, or, in other words, by going from point to…

  • The Triangle Descends into the Square

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  • The Flyby Anomaly

    Galileo flying by Earth Galileo, launched in 1989, flew by Earth twice for gravity assists on its 6-year journey to Jupiter. Credit: Michael Carroll Researchers Investigate New Cosmic Mystery: The Flyby Anomaly by By Amir Alexander A new study by researchers from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows that spacecrafts that swing by the Earth are…

  • Asch conformity experiments

    One of the pairs of cards used in the experiment. The card on the left has the reference line and the one on the right shows the three comparison lines. The Asch conformity experiments which were published in 1953, were a series of studies that starkly demonstrated the power of conformity in groups. These are…

  • Rankin’s Eyescapes

    See here Rankin’s Eyescapes photographsby David PescovitzOf the Week By Bee of Backreaction Iris recognition:An algorithm of a person’s universe? Breakthrough work to create the iris recognition algorithms required for image acquisition and one-to-many matching was pioneered by John G. Daugman, Ph.D, OBE (University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory), who holds key patents on the method.…

  • Wrapping the Energetic Particles to the Cosmos

    The Origin of the Highest Energy ParticlesDate: 2008-01-09 14:00:00 Abstract: After almost a century of observations, the ultra-high energy sky has finally displayed an anisotropic distribution. A significant correlation between the arrival directions of ultra-high cosmic rays measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the distribution of nearby active galactic nuclei signals the dawn of…

  • Donut, W/hole in Space:The Structure of Consciousness and the Universe

    The innermost and outermost psychological ‘space’ (which is here a metaphor for ‘concentrated attention’ and ‘diffused attention’) are recognized as indeed the same, continuous. For explanations of these images see here It is important to understand the way in which inner/outer have come together for me. As a mathematical exercise viewing the most “basic consideration”…

  • Shadow Dancing in the Light

    Man ponders shadow, or shadow ponders itself? I am currently working on this. Models built for thought progression were important features in understanding what any theory does for us as we want to progress our views of the world we live in. No matter how abstract the idea, if it can lead one to new…

  • Living Spaces

    IN the picture of Raphael’s located in the signatore’s room in the Vatican, I draw peoples attention to the centre of the picture for a good reason. In center, while Plato – with the philosophy of the ideas and theoretical models, he indicates the sky, Aristotle – considered the father of Science, with the philosophy…

  • στομα’χιον

    The word Stomachion has its root in a Greek word, στομα’χιον, meaning stomach. There is a 64-fold symmetry in the solution space of Stomachion tilings.That is how we can reduce the 17152 (=64 x 268) different tilings to merely 268. See here <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/science/14MATH.html?ex=1174622400&en=2a24348af294106e&ei=5070&quot; target=_Blank title=" In Archimedes’ Puzzle, a New Eureka Moment-New York Times”>A…

  • Great White North

    Just got back today from visiting the Grandkids and having spent Halloween with them. The pictures are ones my wife took, on our way back. Dialogos of Eide