(202203255) Commented on the article:
"Ask Ethan: Should Alpha Centauri be our first interstellar target?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-should-64240069
I think only those people who cannot see the difference between humans & robots/lab-mice/aquarium-fish/cage-birds would/could think that generation(al) (star)ship is a good idea! :-)
Cryogenic/suspended animation would/could be the only way, IMHO!
(202203266) According to Islam, Satan/Iblis is a Jinn who is the leader of devils/demons (who are his children)!
He was joined the ranks of God's angels & over-time rose to the top & became their leader!
But later he disobeyed/betrayed God & turned into God's greatest enemy!
& here is a big question:
Why God allowed him to join the ranks of The Angels & rise to the top, all the while fully knowing he will disobey/betray & become the greatest enemy in the future?
First of all, consider the story of Moses:
The Pharaoh learns about him & does such a totally radical (& unethical) action as getting all newborn babies killed to eliminate the threat of Moses!
But, because of that, Moses gets found on the river as a baby & taken into the palace & raised there by The Family Of The Pharaoh & gets all the training/education/experience he would need to deal w/ The Pharaoh in the future!
According to Islam, each & every human has an angel & a devil/demon who are keep providing good & bad (subconscious) suggestions/advice all the time!
Now imagine that was God's goal/plan right in the beginning!
Realize that, while God surely had plenty of angels to provide good suggestions/advice to humans, who would give the bad suggestions/advice?
& so, what if, God just picked the worst of The Jinns (who is very smart but also full of arrogance/hubris) & provided him all the training/education/experience he would need for the job?
(As for why Satan & his children (absolutely) hate Adam & his children (& want/try to send them all to Hell (eternally)):
According to Islam (at least), when God ordered Satan & all angels to bow/kowtow/prostrate to(wards) Adam, Satan refused/rejected/disobeyed claiming to be superior to Adam!
(So, maybe kind of like how a human may see/claim himself/herself to be (far) superior to a chimp/monkey!?)
(Maybe the real/actual reason was just jealousy (kind of like jealousy of an older brother towards his younger one)!?)
& so, he lost (absolutely) everything (by going from eternal Heaven to eternal Hell)!
& so, it is not hard to guess that he is blaming & hating Adam (& his children) for the loss of his (& his children)!)
(According to a religious (Islamic) story I had read, one time, Satan told Moses that he is regretful & wants forgiveness from God & God said that he would be forgiven if he did bow/kowtow/prostrate to(wards) Adam's grave & then Satan got angry & left!)
(According to another religious (Islamic) story I had read, one time, long before creation of Adam, Satan noticed a writing somewhere in Heaven that said something like "One of my subjects will betray me!" & cursed/damned whoever that is (who later turned out to be himself)!)
(202203292) According to Islam, all supernatural miracles done by The Prophets are actually done by The God (who runs absolutely everything in our universe/reality)!
&, according to Islam, "The Antichrist" will also have supernatural powers! But how/why?:
My guess is, he is probably the worst of all those people who think/thought "The real reason The God wants faith/worship must be because of gaining power/energy from the faith of people!"!
Imagine, what if, The God picked the worst of those people & "played-along" to use him to test the people of whole world?
(& so, made him to think that he really has supernatural powers ("because of his very strong faith in himself") & that his supernatural powers would get stronger, if he can just get more people to have faith in him!? & so, he will travel the whole world, to try to make everybody believe that he is The God!?)
(202204015) According to The Islamic Sources, one time Prophet Muhammad told a story about Prophet Moses speaking w/ Prophet Adam:
Moses asked God to allow/enable him to speak w/ Adam (like an inter-universal video-phone-call!) & said to Adam something like: "Whole humanity is paying the price for your sin/fault/crime!"
& Adam responded/countered by saying that it was really something bound/inevitable to happen as it was written to happen even long before he was created!
& according to the story, Prophet Muhammad thought/said that: "Adam won (the argument)!"
I think, story of Adam & Eve getting cast-out/thrown-out of Heaven is also an explanation/evidence/proof (provided by God) about why it would really be a bad idea for God to create all humanity directly in Heaven!
Realize that, for example, people who never experienced hardships/lessons of life (on Earth) would never really/truly understand/appreciate the value of life in Heaven & also they would always stay as very naive people (like Adam & Eve who easily got lied/tricked by Satan)!
(Not to mention, so many inferior/undeserving people would be forever enjoying life in Heaven (instead of their true nature ever coming-out (on Earth) & getting send to Hell)!)
(202204052) Superheroes who really/actually had superpowers ever existed in our world?:
I think the answer is really/actually yes, at least for people who believe in Abrahamic Religions (Judaism & Christianity & Islam)!
For example, Hz. Hizir who is told in countless (Sunni(te)) Islamic stories (& even in Koran/Quran & Hadith) appears to have many supernatural abilities, pretty much like an Islamic version of Doctor Strange or Doctor Fate!
(He appears to be effectively a never aging immortal! (Maybe by keep visiting a "Fountain Of Youth"!?) (Or, maybe he is already long-dead but somehow still able/allowed to visit our world!?))
As another example, (Prophet?) Samson who is told in all 3 Abrahamic Religions appears to have super-strength!
(According to an Islamic version of his story which I had read, he was captured & tied-up (by his own hair?) & he prayed to God & promised to keep fighting against non-believers for the rest of his life! & then afterwards an angel came & released him & he really kept his promise later! Now compare that to the attitude of some other people, who whenever in a really bad life-or-death situation, would think like:
"If really there was a (Good) God this would/could not happen to me! & so, there cannot be a (Good) God!")
(&, also, not to mention, what if, for example, first & foremost, the religion you believe-in is really/actually one of the wrong ones?!)
(202204063) On Noah's Flood:
How could be possible that Noah's Ark/Ship could really/actually hold/carry all pairs of all animal species?:
Islam (at least) makes it clear that God never asks/orders anyone anything more than they can really/actually do!
(& so, also, God does not hold people responsible for any parts of their tasks which they cannot really/actually do!)
& so, it is quite possible that Noah only really/actually needed to get all possible pairs of animals he can get & hold/carry in his ark/ship (& all the rest were handled by God)!
(& of course, God also could it in any other miraculous/supernatural way too, for example, by making all animals in the ark/ship very small (& light) (kind of like The Ant-Man Tech! :-) or by making the ark/ship "bigger on the inside" (like The TARDIS Tech of Doctor Who :-)!)
What I think can really/actually be scientifically analyzed about Noah's Flood is, if Earth really/actually has enough water for such a (deadly) global flood & if there is really/actually any geological record/evidence/proof for it!?
(But, of course, the best possible scientific evidence/proof for it would be, finding & identifying the remains of a/the (very large) ark/ship (very high) on a mountain (like Mount Ararat)!)
(As much as I understand, Islam (at least) seems to be implying that the main source of water for the flood was underground water!
& I remember reading an article in the past which was saying/claiming that amount of water Earth has deep underground was found to be vastly more than previously thought!)
Also, I think any geologists would quickly claim that there is no any evidence for the flood but I for 1 quite doubt that the possibility of the flood really/actually ever thoroughly scientifically researched!
(Because I think such scientific research would be quickly dismissed/rejected/ridiculed today! But, what is really the goal of science, if not really trying to thoroughly answer/settle any question that probably billions of people have?)
(Also, for example, isn't it really possible that North America etc was covered in ice at the time & so there is no evidence for the flood in there?)
(Could it be also possible that Antarctic ice cores may have evidence still preserved for a global flood layer?)
(202204096) Commented on the article:
"Did Fermilab’s new result blow a hole in the Standard Model?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/did-fermilabs-in-64824317
I think discrepancies found for W-bosons & Muons maybe because SM is definitely still missing an elementary particle!
IMHO, Black Holes should/must be made of particles (just like Neutron Stars)!
& there is only 1 possible particle they could be made of (which was theorized decades ago): Planckion (Planck Particle)!
(Imagine a particle that already has minimum possible size (Planck length) & maximum possible mass/density (Planck mass)! & so it cannot be crushed or compressed any further (towards a singularity)!)
& so, SM should/must have Planckion as a currently missing member!
How to prove that?:
Realize that, if Planckion really is a member of SM then results of many theoretical calculations (involving/considering FULL set of SM particles) would change!
Then, it just need to be checked, if old calculations were closer to all experimental results/measurements or the new ones!?
I am not suggesting Planckions as a DM candidate, since they are unstable individually for sure (because of Hawking Radiation)!
But, I think they would be highly stable when created in massive numbers by a huge collapsing star!
(Similar to how neutrons are highly stable when when created in massive numbers by a huge collapsing star (even though they are unstable individually)!)
Also, I am well-aware that the idea of Planckions is not widely-known!
(Even the Wikipedia page for "Planck Particle" seems disappeared somehow, after many years being there!)
But maybe that is one the huge problems in whole theoretical physics community!:
Always everybody are keep working on what everybody else are keep working on!:
Very popular but actually long failed ideas!
Here, I will make some really/truly huge claims/predictions, which time will surely tell, if I was really right or wrong:
Black Holes have to be made of particles (just like everything else in our universe/reality)!
(Not to mention, idea of physical existence of zero-size/infinite-density singularities is absolutely illogical/ridiculous!)
& for that Planckion (Planck Particle) is the ONLY possible solution!
& so, scientific understanding of true nature/structure of Black Holes can NEVER EVER make any big/real/significant progress, unless/until theoretical physicists start considering/researching such a possibility!
(Regardless of how much time passed and/or how hard/many wishful-thinking tried/attempted!!)
(202204111) Commented on the article:
"Ask Ethan: Could “heavy light” be the missing dark matter?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ask-ethan-could-64870178
Here, I will make some really/truly huge claims/predictions, which time will surely tell, if I was really right or wrong:
Dark Matter is just a side-effect caused by (incoming) Dark Energy!
It is just where spacetime superfluid is denser!
& so, NEVER EVER any kind of Dark Matter Particle will be found!
(Regardless of how much time passed and/or how hard/many wishful-thinking tried/attempted!!)
Moreover, spacetime is a superfluid emergent property created by the gas-like medium of virtual particles of quantum vacuum!
& so, one & ONLY way to unite QM & Relativity is, first converting the equation GR to a superfluid & later (mathematically) showing/proving how (collective) gas-like equation(s) of virtual particles lead to that superfluid equation at macro-scale!
& so, QM & Relativity can NEVER EVER be united any other way!
(Regardless of how much time passed and/or how hard/many wishful-thinking tried/attempted!!)
(202204122) Islam (at least) seems to be saying/claiming that earlie(st/r) humans had much taller/bigger bodies!
Neanderthals (at least) also seem to have taller/bigger bodies!
Could it really be that human bodies (in general) are actually keep getting shorter/smaller over-time?
(& so, for example, could it really be that Neanderthals were not really a separate human subspecies that gone extinct but they were actually just the ancestors of modern humans?)
& could it really be that all insect/animal bodies are actually keep getting shorter/smaller over-time, too?
(I had seen so many news articles about insect fossils and/or animal skeletons/remains which look like much bigger versions of known/existing insects and/or animals!)
Islam (at least) also seems to be saying/claiming that earlie(st/r) humans had got all the basic knowledge for language, writing, math & geometry, agriculture directly from God!
(For example, Islam (at least) says that The Sons of Adam were growing wheat & raising sheep!)
& isn't it really/actually true that there are many known indigenous people/cultures which are/were thousands of years old but never discovered/invented any number systems, math & geometry, for example?
(202208081) Also, for example, let's notice/realize that, horses were eaten to extinction in The Americas, instead of humans ever discovering to use them for transportation!
Not to mention, they were never be able to invent metallurgy tech for copper & iron etc!
& by the way, according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, Prophet David was given knowledge of iron armor making (by God) & so, I think it is possible that was the first time humanity learned metallurgy tech for iron & that is also why it was unknown in The Americas!
Also according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, Prophet Moses was given the miracle of turning pieces of rock to pieces of copper (to sell (as his personal source of income))!
Which implies metallurgy tech for copper already existed in his time (or maybe started w/ him?)!
(Also according to (Sunni(te)) Islam, soap making tech was given to a close relative of Prophet Moses (who wanted to get (very) rich) & so, my guess is that, soap making tech was also unknown in The Americas!)
(202204122) Commented on the article:
"Einstein wasn’t a “lone genius” after all"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/einstein-wasnt-65026712
It seems to me that in pretty much all great advances/revolutions in physics, physical intuition/idea or data came first & mathematical expression(s) came later!
For example, for Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Faraday-Maxwell!
(& Feynman-Dyson too? Because I had read Dyson was saying Feynman was thinking "in terms of pictures" & he was expressing them mathematically!)
Today, on the other hand, new data is scarce & it seems to me that pretty much whole theoretical physics community firmly believe that new great advances/revolutions will come from purely mathematical analysis/constructions/derivations!
Theoretical physics world is out-of-touch w/ physical reality!
& I think that is why the progress is really/actually stuck!!
(202204122) Who are really the greatest geniuses of humanity?
People like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle or Galileo, Newton, Einstein (or maybe Euclid, Archimedes, Euler, Gauss)?
My guess is they are actually those people who were selected as prophets by God!
& so, I think the 6 greatest prophets (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad) are really/actually the 6 greatest geniuses of whole humanity ever!
Which I think could be really/actually clearly seen from many stories of those prophets!
(For example, one story I had read was saying that, one time, as a child/teenager, Jesus was lost & later he was found surrounded by people/scholars who were apparently learning things from him!)
(For example, The 6 Hadith Books (Kutub al-Sittah) of (Sunni(te)) Islam have so many examples of Prophet Muhammad answering questions of people etc & I think if any expert on intelligence/genius really closely/thoroughly examined those it should/must be very clear that he was really a great genius!)
(202204133) Commented on the article:
"Is the Universe infinite?"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-universe-65021762
I think, our universe being finite & its global geometry (4D sphere!?) can really/actually be shown/proven, by designing/developing the right kind of computer simulation!
Imagine a simplified/spherical whole universe simulation that starts w/ a Big Bang & expands & creates a (simplified) cosmic web!
Imagine that it uses GR & also a limited speed of light conditions!
Its main goal would be creating a spherical observable universe in the end for a(ny) virtual observer!
(An observable universe similar to our real one (w/ more developed cosmic-web/galaxies near-by & less developed cosmic-web/galaxies farther-away)!)
Because, realize that, if our simulated universe started w/ Big Bang & expanded & created an observable universe that is really similar to the real one we see, then, who & how can still argue that our universe is infinite and/or have a different global geometry?
(Because, realize that, we could easily say, how about you also create a similar whole universe simulation (but as an infinite universe and/or w/ different global geometry) that also creates a similar observable universe in the end!?)
