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Aliens

If and when we ever come into contact with an alien race, I think the similarities between us will be one of the most fascinating things.

Maybe we breathe completely different gasses yet we both drink water.

Maybe both of our societies will have developed weapons of shockingly similar designs.

Maybe they'll have emotions we have absolutely no concept of and vice versa, yet we'll both know things like happiness, sadness, terror, and bravery.

Maybe they'll have sports similar to ours.

Maybe marriage will be a concept we both have. Or they may think tying yourself to one other individual is strange and instead spend their entire lives essentially dating.

Maybe we'll both be obsessed with death and what comes after. Simply because we don't even know if any thing does at all.

Maybe we'll both be struggling with balancing the power of our governments. Maybe corruption is a universal concept.

I could go on, yet I still won't know anything for sure until the it day finally happens.

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First contact certainly will be an undertaking. I would imagine, if there is life out there, it would be absolutely teeming. I would imagine that our case would not be too uncommon. There may be systems in place to incorporate our race into a universal society, when we are ready of course.

I would imagine that our race would go through some sort of orientation or we may be given mentors from many different species. To catch us up to speed as much as they could.

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Maybe that's why none of this has happened yet. We simply aren't ready. A great deal of our species clings to our old bed time stories.

As a species we are quick to judge and act without thinking. We are slow to consider new ideas and have a habit of killing those who introduce them.

Our technological advancement, while impressive in our eyes, pales in comparison to where we will be in less than a decade. Let alone to civilizations who are millions of years ahead of us.

Our computers are still bound to one calculation at a time. We won't have quantum computers for another 25 - 30 years or so. Even then, they'll still be in infancy.

We only just confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson and we are still only scratching the surface.

Our discovery of quantum mechanics is just us realizing that there's a rabbit hole to go down. Super-positioning and Quantum entanglement, two intensely amazing concepts that we're just barely beginning to understand. Think of what else there must be, things twice as complicated and backwards to our normal way of thinking.

We clearly aren't ready for what a universal society may have to offer. However, I truly hope I live to see the day we are.

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I Forgive Them.

I don't blame the individuals in American government for the job they're doing.

I don't blame them for keeping secrets from us.

I don't blame them for messing up.

I don't blame them for the damage they've done.

It would be unrealistic to expect the people in government to make good decisions on a regular basis. They are under so much stress that I can't expect them to be able to think clearly. They are always so tempted to fall into corruption because it's the easier way. The people who go in gun-ho about doing the right thing and making the world a better place and end up running straight into a brick wall. If they try to attach themselves to some strings to get over, they stay attached.

Time and time again, the American public has proven to prefer blissful ignorance over harsh truth. No Honey, those pants don't make you look fat. Of course you're good in the sack Dear. I believe that if our government started informing us about every lie they've told us, there would be mass chaos. At first at least, what I don't like is that we are all to scared to give ourselves a chance to rough out the initial shock of the truth. I have confidence that in the long run we could handle it.

I don't blame the people at the top of the world for not wanting to share. Whatever you want to call them, The Financial Elite, The Illuminati, Ect. they have all put generations of effort into building their empires. I wouldn't be too surprised if some of them only stayed at the top because it's their father's father's father's wish that their empire never falls. Others, the temptation is too much to give up all of that power. Whatever their motivations are ultimately, even the owners of the world are at their core just human beings. Faults and all.

The world will never be a better place until there is compassion for all, even for the ones who have forgotten what compassion is. Rather than only showing them more hate, why don't we show them what compassion is first hand.

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Thoughts

It's been a while since I've posted anything, and I apologize for that, I've been preoccupied.

Here are some observations I've made recently.

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Money alone does not give you power, having people follow you gives you power. Money is bait. No leader has any real power over you, no matter the size of their army. If you can convince their army that their leader is wrong, then the guns turn around and are pointed at them. This is one reason why knowledge grants true power, it's value does not change.

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Every single human being is above the rules. All rules and laws, save the laws of physics, are completely man made. The creator is above their inventions. ( So long as that invention is not self aware and cannot think independently  I'll be all for robotic equal rights when the time arrives.) However, just because you're above the rules, does not mean you must break all of them. As a member of society you are obligated to follow the rules. However, do not respect rules because they are rules, respect the reason for them. Your judgment is what makes you above the rules.

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You do not learn in the American school system. Information is shoved down your throat, you then regurgitate it onto a scan-tron, and then forget it within a year. What you do remember is fragmented and basically useless. In school we are given information without context or application. This problem is seen in all courses, but mathematics is the biggest offender. (I could go on and on with this so I'll save it for it's own post.)

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United we stand, Divided we fall. I do not look at the world and see countries, I see humans. I look at war and all I see is humans killing humans. Many believe nationalism unites us. It doesn't, it divides us. We are all Humans, we are all one.  Afghan, Israeli, British, American, Russian, Swedish, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Korean, German, Jewish. These terms are unnecessary, we are all Human.

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Change

I honestly think it’s sad that so many people have become complacent to the idea that they can’t change the world. That change is impossible. It seems that the group mentality of those around me is that it’s someone else’s job to make the world better. “A politician has to do it,” “someone smarter than me has to do it,” or “its not my job.” It seems that everyone wants someone else to change the world. That someone else will do it for them. I don’t blame them. Group mentality is a powerful thing. It would seem the group mentality is that someone else has it covered. Here’s a hard truth, it seems that no one else has it covered. The people who are “supposed” to have it covered, the people in power, don’t want change. They’re quiet happy with where they are. We need a new group mentality. We need the mentality, “it's up to me.” “Be the change you want to see in the world.” -Gandhi I personally intend to be the change in the education system. But don't take it as me being someone else who has it covered. Someone needs to come in right behind me should I fail. Someone needs to come at it from a different angle, so that I may have opposition, because opposition brings refinement. There needs to be change. Ideas can't die, but they can stagnate. Change is how one keeps and idea alive and full of vitality.

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Result: the company passed up what would have been one of the best damn system architects they would have ever met because he/she didn't have an over inflated ego and was genuine about their skills.

This is the fault of both parties. Its the fault of the hirer in that their system isn't good at assessing actual talent vs egotistical up selling.

Its the fault of the INTP because as a natural system architect, they should have been able to navigate the system, despite the fact that it was probably designed by a monkey with a crayon.

From “The Secret Lives of INTPs”. Link

Scenario 1

Average Person: “I was the best troubleshooter in the department.” (Translation: I was the best troubleshooter in the department, unless it involved the website.)

Result: Interviewer is impressed.

Scenario 2

INTP: “I was the best...

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Small Thing: Opposition

There must always be an opposition to an idea. A voice out there pushing for change, someone challenging the norm. Because the competition of ideas leads to their development. If literally everyone on earth agreed that the earth was flat, there wouldn’t be an opposition to the idea and we’d all be content with our ignorance. As long as there is an opposition, there will be progress.

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Small Thing

I don't always have time to write a whole post at a time or I have one fairly isolated idea that doesn't warrant a whole lot to go around it. So have a small thing. I'm honestly getting tired of people at school telling me I'm smart. Because it just makes me more frustrated with the education system. Everyone! Everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone! Could be smarter than me. Its just that our education system has successfully beat the innovation, love of learning, and creativity that every child has out of them. The only reason I seem smart to my classmates is because somehow, someway, I managed to hold on to those things.

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Zen of Anger

It's like a rant, but slightly calmer.

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I'm in high school. I'm in the middle of the education system and it's incredibly frustrating. It's either absolutely terrible or quite successful at it's job. If that job is to educate my generation, it's absolutely terrible. If the job is to make my generation a bunch of complacent retards, it's quite successful.

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My school promotes tolerance for all and yet has a zero tolerance policy.

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My school tells us all we are all unique individuals and yet we are all taught exactly the same material in the same way and take state wide standardized tests.

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ADD and ADHD is a made up disease that is used to label those who need to be taught differently in order to learn. Instead of the school system adapting to meet the requirements of its job, the kids are drugged and told to shut up.

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At my school, the first we hear about our lunch account balance is, "Oh, you can't pay for this."

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For our standardized reading tests, we have something called and OER, Open Ended Response. You are given a passage and then asked a question, the answer must have text evidence. The irony is that you have to follow a formula to the letter or you will fail. If you try and go above and beyond, you will probably fail and therefore teachers actually discourage us from trying to think outside the box or from doing our best.

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There is more to come.

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5th Dimensional Forces

The 5th Dimension is theoretically our probability space. In that it is where our choices are made. It is where I can choose to punch my monitor, continue typing, add a 5th example, and slam my head on my desk. All of these examples really happened, it's just that 'I' chose not to observe them.

Now, with that in mind, I believe we can consider our emotions as proper forces acting upon us. Your emotions pull you towards certain decisions. Your anger towards someone pulls you to punch them in the face. Your love for someone pulls you to give them affection. Your fear of something causes you to pull away from it.

We kind of already accept this, just as one can be hopelessly pulled by the force of a river, one can be hopelessly pulled by the force of emotions:

People do stupid things when they're in love.

People can be excused of crimes via temporary insanity.

Lust or sexual desire can cause people to do stupid things.

Phobias are commonly known to be irrational fears by the individual, yet they are still pulled by the fear.

I'm sure you can think of many more examples yourselves.

Now, when you continue on that train of thought, you realize that all forces could be considered 5th dimensional forces in that a force like gravity for example, pulls on you and limits your vertical options. Logic also could be considered a 5th dimensional force. Sometimes it pulls with your emotions, sometimes it pulls against them. My point here is that there are more forces, less observed than the ones we consciously identify as forces, that act upon us and can affect our behavior.

Care to add your two cents?

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Little Things

Life is full of little things we overlook, let's look at them.

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Your eyes are incredibly good a tracking objects. Just think about how precise the muscles in your eye are. The same goes for your fingers, and how complex the nerve structure is for you to be able to manipulate objects as easily as you can.

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Words are a testament to the ingenuity of human beings. Here we have a fairly clunky and unreliable means of exchanging ideas and yet we have managed to make it work pretty well. Imagine how much better we could exchange ideas if we could all communicate telepathically. Instead of describing your mental image with words, you could transfer the image directly to others.

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The scientific method is so overlooked and yet so important. The scientific method: Problem, Hypothesis, Test, Results, Conclusion, has allowed everything in front of you to be. I think people should find a way to involve a version of the scientific method into their every day lives: Problem, Hypothesis/Solution, Test, Results, Lesson, Application. --

Technological communication is such a fundamental part of every day life. Every day, less and less people are alive who have lived without it. The ability to exchange information instantly (for all intents and purposes) is such a mind boggling achievement, and it's only getting better.

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Electricity is at a point where you can walk into a dark room and expect there to be a light switch right next to you. You expect the electricity to be there. Imagine life without it, try and do it without imagining an apocalypse. Electricity makes the world go 'round.

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The Sun gives us life. Plain and simple. The sun feeds the plants, which feeds the herbivores, which feed the carnivores, and all of those feed us. The sun gives us warmth, light, food, energy, and so on.

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The Earth gives us life. Plain and simple. The Earth gives us a place to exist, gives us resources for our civilization, protects us from the harmful part of the Sun, keeps us warm and alive with it's atmosphere, and keeps us within that atmosphere with it's mass.

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Life is full of beautiful things, we just need to wake up and become aware of them.

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The Earth and You

I have a theory... Hear me out.

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Humans have electromagnetic fields around their heads. These fields can be affected by the little magnets we can hold in our hand. The affects can cause minor behavioral changes.

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As a general rule, there are no "First World Countries" South of the Equator. Australia being the only exception. Many attribute this to the climate, however I think it's more than that. We call a country a "First World Country" because we consider it an advanced country and has a standard of living about equal to America's. This label comes from a close minded point of view in that only our way of living is the best way, this is simply incorrect.

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Human beings are polarized. We have positive feelings and negative feelings. We have morality, good vs bad. Positive vs Negative. "We", our minds, polarize information as it comes to us. The information itself is neutral. In general, words like: hate, hell, stab, shoot, and kill get negatively polarized by our mind. Words like: love, heaven, nirvana, heal, and life get positively polarized. Every idea we come into contact with gets polarized by our mind. There was recently a study that showed that your brain actually perceives people who you feel negatively towards differently than those who you feel positively or neutrally towards.

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I'm willing to bet that if the little magnets we can hold in our hands can cause minor behavioral changes, the giant magnet we spend our entire lives on, which is so powerful it literally creates a shield around the entire planet, can determine the behavior of the entire population.

If the magnetics of the Earth can determine our mass behavior, this model of the Earth's magnetics might explain why there is so much discord on our planet.

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Now, in light of the crazy weather and geological events we've been experiencing, I'm wondering if there is something behind it all. Maybe the Earth is gearing up for a pole shift. We know we're due for one, maybe this is it. If human behavior is determined by the Earth's magnetics, then a shift would cause a shift in human behavior as well.

I wonder if we're about to get the change many of us seek.

Want to criticize in the effort of refinement?

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There is no such thing as Impossible

I don't believe in impossibility. Impossible is just a label for something we haven't figured out how to do yet.

Time and time again we have labeled something impossible, and then achieve it some time later.

When the first 8Gb hard drive was released, many believed we would never be able to make anything bigger, that it would just break down. My terabyte hard drive begs to differ.

For the longest time, flying was impossible, leaving Earth was impossible, traveling faster than 50mph was impossible. At some point in time, everything in front of you was impossible.

We think traveling faster than light is impossible. We think 100% efficiency is impossible. We think time travel backwards is impossible.

Impossible a bad word. It encourages giving up.

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Misconception?

It's common knowledge that the Ancient Egyptians worshiped cats. But did they really worship them?

What would an alien race find if they were listening in on our communications? If they were to brows our internet?

They would find an immense amount of cat images. Millions upon Millions of images of cats. They may very well think we worship cats in some way. Do we worship cats? We sort of do... we tell ourselves it's ironically or we're just lolling at teh funneh catz, but just look at how much attention we give them.

If Humanity at one point worshiped cats, we never really stopped giving them the attention.

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Food for Thought

This is the kind of stuff that is on my mind nearly 24/7. I have a full plate. Anyone want to help me chew through this food?

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The world around you is just waves of information that your body is receiving and you brain is compiling in real time.

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The information we humans refer to as 'visual information' is just waves of electromagnetic energy in the 'visible light' spectrum. Color is just slight variations in frequency. An object only has color because the material absorbs all frequencies of light except the frequency your eye picks up.

Creating visual art is the act of arranging materials based on what frequencies of light they absorb.

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Everything you Taste, Touch, Hear, Feel, and See is just information. There is no such thing as a surface. There is only a threshold in which the particles become too dense for your particles to pass through.

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What exactly is one referring to when they say "I"? What is "I"? Are we referring to our body? Sometimes maybe. But obviously not all of the time, otherwise we would have no need for the term, "my body". If "I" always included the body, we wouldn't ever need to use "body" in a possessive context. I have named this phenomena, "The Concept of I." Others may refer to it as Consciousness. Is consciousness the same thing as the concept of I? Is it more?

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Everything is everything. Until you look at it. The idea that "if you aren't looking at something, it doesn't exist" comes from a subtractive point of view. In actuality, if you (or anyone else) isn't looking at something, it is everything. This is backed by quantum mechanics in that a particle exists in all possible states until observed and/or measured.

If all particles exist in all possible states until observed, how does it know when it is being observed? Is the universe looking right back at us? Or, do we subconsciously choose what form that particle will take? If so, does that mean we can literally create our own reality?

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Humanity is a child that has been sitting in it's own little room for it's entire life with no verifiable contact with anything beyond it's room. We have no choice but to figure out what existence is by ourselves. We have told ourselves we know what is going on if only to help us sleep peacefully at night. In reality, we have no clue. In general. We have no clue what we're doing. We're just firing shots in the dark trying to find our way to the light*. Everything we have studied and observed is on our one little planet. One of innumerable others. We base all of our scales on what we have here in our little room. When we have observed that what is in our little room, only makes up 3% of the universe. The other 97% of the universe is Dark Matter. Dark Matter is just science talk for "we haven't a fucking clue."

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*Light. What is light? Light is information. What is dark? Dark is the absence of light, information. Dark is the absence of information. We're scared of the dark. We fear the unknown. What is the fear of death, the unknown? Why don't we fear technology? We know it, it is our creation. We understand it. Why don't we fear our homes? We know them, we understand them.

We fear the dark because it is the absence of information. Light IS information. Or at least, it is the information our mind is most comfortable with.

Every single human being craves information.

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The Most Exciting Thing

I am currently 17 years old. The MOST exciting thing in the world to me is the possibility that within my lifetime, I will get to watch humanity reach out to the stars. Colonise other worlds and explore other solar systems. Even if I don’t get to participate, if only a very select group of people get to be part of the colonization of other worlds, if I’m too old or unfit for deep space travel. I will have felt unbelievably privileged to wittiness our humble little species grow out of Mother Earth’s embrace. To watch the human race obtain a means of understanding the universe on a level even Einstein never dreamed of. To watch humanity far surpass the technology we fantasise about in our science fiction. To create technologies that we now couldn’t even dream of. I have high hopes for the future. All of these things, the possibilities, the potential, the beauty of it all. I can’t help but nearly tear up just thinking about it.

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Truth

I believe I have found the root of all ignorance in society. It lies in the school system, and there are many who will argue it is there on purpose. The problem is: Students are taught to be told truth, not to find it themselves.

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or you might already know them.

Alternatively, it's fascinating to think that your future husband or wife could think that particular thought. Your future husband or wife could be thinking of you right now and neither of you would know it.

It's weird to think that your husband/wife is somewhere in the world right now doing something.