I've outgrown my own imagination and spent my youth on what was not yet needed. Maybe an escape will steal from the present the little bits of the past i've left behind. Here i'll be cheerful, imaginative and cheifly inconsistant. I might get gloomy though... Hopefully untied to myself.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Viaje hacia y retornando de Provo
Fué un total de apróximadamente 70 kilometros, que completé en más o menos 4 horas. Si dividen encontraran un promedio un poco bajito, pero mi defensa es que tenía que revisar las direcciones a cada momento. Encontré la famosa calle por la que debía coger cuando me perdí la primera vez que intenté el segmento de retorno...
También descubrí que el puente por el que debía cruzar estaba en reparación o almenos aún no estaba terminado; y no fué nada agradable cruzar ese pedazo a las 9 de la noche con frío y sin luz... había preguntado por un Inn antés de llegar al susodicho, ya que la luna no terminaba de salir y la temperatura había bajado 10 grados en los últimos 30 minutos.. Estaba dispuesto a 'call it a day' y continuar al otro día; con calma y con luz... pero me dijeron que habría un Comfort Inn en la próxima salida.. resulta que lo que había era el puente; y nada, lo cruzé. Poco despues salió un bella luna menguante, practicamente completa, naranja y luminosa, que fué mi guía por los 25 kilometros restantes del viaje.
Al final del viaje, y como todo final satisfactorio para una aventura de ciclismo celebré buscando lomas que escalar en el pueblo de destino! El próximo viaje será en Payson Canyon.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Fermi's Paradox and it's insights outside of space-time
The jury is still out on the exact probability with which civilizations arise in a galaxy, but Fermi's paradox is a very true, and important question.
After science feels confident on a more precise estimate for the probability of the development of civilization, and we have either: evidence of other civilizations, or a more accurate calculation of what is expected, I believe the results may be used in connection with the Simulation Argument. That is: If we never find extra-terrestrial life, it should a strong argument to believe we are running inside a simulation.
Yes, I am aware fermi's paradox, and the simulation argument are rather orthogonal, but you must accept there is at least SOME interplay here.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Cycling...
Its funny sometimes when you get back to your roots, and find yourself in such a comfortable position, that feeling of homelyness; plus its healthy!
The trip from Provo was a whole other story though... got lost twice, ran around in circles, both tiresw got flats with a total of 7 holes, did the repairs myself, and finally made it back home 5 hours later. It was just one of those days...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
I remember the first time I was challenged to respond: "Why is there something rather than nothing"
I was about 16, and started my answer with: "Why not?"; its been an interesting progression since then. I had just read Stephan Hawkings' Brief History of time, so I was repeating these very notions. Later on, discussing with my grandfather how the anthropic principal was just misguided reasoning. I guess conscious atheists go through this process of liberation and humanization; an emotional situation Andre Comte-Sponville refers to as Joyful Despair.
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