James' Writing Projects

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Our thoughts are a drum

Our lives are a song

We are influenced by and provide influence to

Nothing is our own

Because nothing can be separated

From the whole

I'm just a number, value unknown

But my number changes

With each interaction

To some new number, still unknown

This is oddly predictable

I am causality, aware of itself

I learn more, with every interaction

My identity, becoming more complete

Yet still, oddly unpredictable; a leaf on the wind

Our numbers have crossed, math'd, and functioned

Again and again, the interval repeats

The things we learn, and then forget

I am the block universe

Experiencing every slice

With you

Causality = 1 leap of faith

Causality guides me to truth

Truth is my higher power

I see truth in all things

Any perceived paradoxes, or mistruths, flows or defects, are simply TRUE reflections of our own finiteness

So all things are divine

01 -- Every event is determined by a combination of previous events (antecedent conditions) and random fluctuations in spacetime. 

02 -- There is no algorithm for determining the universe (it's non-computable) and so it cannot be exactly predicted (no destiny). 

03 -- You can't have perfect knowledge of a system (Heisenberg uncertainty principle) and any set of useful axioms can be used to derive contradictions (Gödel's Theorem).

04 -- You ARE the Universe. Identity and free will are illusions of consciousness. In exchange, You ARE fundamentally connected (to the past, present, and future) to a Universal community through gravity and causal impact. I have known you for an eternity. 

05 -- Be proactive. By the time 'now' happens it's just a physical process; prepare for the future while you have time. 

06 -- Everything you do matters and will impact countless other pieces of the universe forward in time. At the same time, nothing matters because the universe will still end in heat death. Enjoy life every day. 

07 -- Time and Life are illusions of entropy. Every order of complexity is derivative of another until we get to fundamental particles which are standing waves in a quantum field, or what I like to think of as quasi-infinite loops of spacetime.

08 -- As higher order functions, we have the responsibility to use our great causal influence to educate and awaken other parts of the universe, and to help solve the remaining great questions. 

09 -- Exercise patience with the parts of the universe that do not yet see us as a whole; show compassion, love, and forgiveness to all parts including yourself. 

-- Patience: Murphys Law, whatever can happen, will happen (with time). 

-- Compassion: Understand each person is subject to forces outside of their control

-- Love: The greatest positive influence is to have another human in your life that cares about you.. If we all love each other, we all win.

-- Forgiveness: You can't change the past. You can however learn from it and prepare better for the future. 

10 -- Every movement is a once in a lifetime moment, enjoy it while you can and find beauty every day

• Agree with each other that we really do exist
• Agree that 99.99% of what we see is understood by physics
• Reconcile their reality with quantum observations, and feel free to have open dialogue with other about interpretations
• Listen to their intuition, not stifle it - yes may lead you into trouble, at first, but intuition will learn/grow
• Agree we are so strongly connected by physics, technology, and proximity that we are able to see ourselves as one living thing: Earth. 
• Feel comfortable switching  perspectives between a
  • Block universe
  • Interaction-only universe
  • Every human on the planet
  • 1st person (Default)
• Be a citizen scientist
  • Define citizen = scientist
• Practice humanizing and skills-based understanding of others
  • Every societal defect can be traced back to a lack of skills at the right place and time