Odonata
05-08-2008, 01:08 AM
The following was written by me a few days ago when I was a bit out of sorts. It's a lucid thought, I just hadn't slept for some time. I was thinking that perhaps some of your expertise might be able to formalize this into a more concise thought. Look forward to hearing back from you all.
Much Love,
Odonata
"So I've been doing some thinking. I now know of reality and squiddies.
So, the pythagorean theorum doesn't really apply to geometry in any but the grossest sense. In truth, I think it is more a measure of reality, hence the mystery cult. I've been doing some thinking on the subject and fed some facts into the old schizometer and here's what I've come up with:
The pythagorean theorum doesn't actually work, but only sort of. I figure that in abstracts a2+b2=c2 works just fine, but any time you plug real numbers into the equation to identify the third angle, you cannot actually use real numbers. We do not yet have the technological capacity to measure real space accurately.
As far as I can tell, space is not three dimensional, in a philosophical way, but one dimensional. Time and 'ether' are the other two dimensions. We'll just call it ether now out of convention, call it peanuts if you like. So, presumably one could go about philosophically applying the pythagorean theorum to his place in space and time to be able to make assertions of his place in ether.
The inherent problem therein is twofold. First we are poorly equipped to identify exactly when and where we are at any given juncture. Typically through meditation one could simply provide 'here' and 'now' to assert ones position in ether, but in practice these values equate to an equally vague position in ether. The second problem is that if we can not accurately measure a value for any given number, the entire equation is inaccurate. Given the nature of the measure of space, or time, neither measurement is a real number anyway. They only act as real numbers when under scrutiny.
So, if you draw a triangle to represent this, one of the angles will never be formed, and since the measure of space and time can always be more and more accurate the closer you look, you will always have to adjust the dimensions of the triangle to take into account greater or lesser accuracy.
If you actually draw this out you get a fractal of sorts.
What this means is that if you try to determine your place in the ether by subjecting your place in space and time to close scrutiny, the fractal impression of a spiral will arise in your head as truth, but a false truth, something wrong. What does your brain matrix this as to identify it?
Tentacles. I think Lovecraft wrote about "Alien Geometry"? You gots it.
Maybe when they kick on the hadron collider we'll get an accurate measure of space. Finally, reality without the squiddies.
I don't even know what any of this means. Go without sleeping for a few days, it'll make sense. Shit, they might even talk to you."
Much Love,
Odonata
"So I've been doing some thinking. I now know of reality and squiddies.
So, the pythagorean theorum doesn't really apply to geometry in any but the grossest sense. In truth, I think it is more a measure of reality, hence the mystery cult. I've been doing some thinking on the subject and fed some facts into the old schizometer and here's what I've come up with:
The pythagorean theorum doesn't actually work, but only sort of. I figure that in abstracts a2+b2=c2 works just fine, but any time you plug real numbers into the equation to identify the third angle, you cannot actually use real numbers. We do not yet have the technological capacity to measure real space accurately.
As far as I can tell, space is not three dimensional, in a philosophical way, but one dimensional. Time and 'ether' are the other two dimensions. We'll just call it ether now out of convention, call it peanuts if you like. So, presumably one could go about philosophically applying the pythagorean theorum to his place in space and time to be able to make assertions of his place in ether.
The inherent problem therein is twofold. First we are poorly equipped to identify exactly when and where we are at any given juncture. Typically through meditation one could simply provide 'here' and 'now' to assert ones position in ether, but in practice these values equate to an equally vague position in ether. The second problem is that if we can not accurately measure a value for any given number, the entire equation is inaccurate. Given the nature of the measure of space, or time, neither measurement is a real number anyway. They only act as real numbers when under scrutiny.
So, if you draw a triangle to represent this, one of the angles will never be formed, and since the measure of space and time can always be more and more accurate the closer you look, you will always have to adjust the dimensions of the triangle to take into account greater or lesser accuracy.
If you actually draw this out you get a fractal of sorts.
What this means is that if you try to determine your place in the ether by subjecting your place in space and time to close scrutiny, the fractal impression of a spiral will arise in your head as truth, but a false truth, something wrong. What does your brain matrix this as to identify it?
Tentacles. I think Lovecraft wrote about "Alien Geometry"? You gots it.
Maybe when they kick on the hadron collider we'll get an accurate measure of space. Finally, reality without the squiddies.
I don't even know what any of this means. Go without sleeping for a few days, it'll make sense. Shit, they might even talk to you."