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Can we conceptualize thought? Is it an agent and a driver, or an effect? Is it anachronistic or rooted in the present? Is it tangible or intangible? Please provide your insights. Thanks in advance.

Just pondering....may be the event horizon of a black hole could constitute a supernatural phenomenon....difficult to explain but impossible to deny As a popular example of ESP, I would like to list nde's (near death experiences). They constitute the unreal and irrational, yet many people testify by them. Is there a holographic time-independent constituent of the mind that assimilates into the Universe. (may be this is what ancients like Pythagoras called the soul.....which he believed even the bean possessed..) only time will tell? My own take on the "Theory of Everything" is it has to include more subtle things like how the human mind collapses the Universal wave-function and we perceive the Universe... which has, and will always be, awe-inspiring.

Are there any applications where a laser can be more effectively substituted with a maser?

My stand is that we tend to associate paranormal phenomena like ESP, deja vu, intuition etc with religion. There is no reason as to why they are connected. May be some people tap in to the "event horizon" naturally and are pre-disposed to experience such phenomena. It could be that even spirits and ghosts are actually dinizens of some inter-planetary "Hades", experiencing some dimension which we cannot comprehend. Though science refutes belief in gnomes, ghosts et al I think in the light of 21st century "enlightenment" we should look at this more subjectively. One conundrum, is why do we extrapolate these phenomena on some religious matrix? These could be some scientific phenomena, that we are yet to comprehend, and we tend to propitiate our rational thought (about what are currently construed as irrational phenomena) on the random quirks of some officiating deity. Please affirm my stand, if you please.

How do we believe? Is it chronological or are the elements of faith misplaced and anachronistic? I understand that :- a) Firstly we conceive an identity of belief in some entity real or otherwise b) Then we visualize this entity within our 4 dimensions of space and time (because that is as far as our imagination can stretch) c) Then we affirm this belief through more visual demonstrations of the same like symbols, habiliments etc. d) Then we aggregate with other similar individuals who think along the same lines e) Then we reaffirm our identity (which by now has transformed from individual to collective). f) Then we seek justification of our thought process. I am not trying to accept or reject any faith. I am simply trying to identify how faith, if it does indeed, evolve. Please express your thoughts on the same.

Perhaps one difference could be if we viewed this retrospectively.... If an event occurred by chance we could say "it happened fortuitously". If an event occurred in response to a probability we could say "it happened." Note the difference.

From semantics it appears that the two are analogous by not synonymous. A chance event could crystallize with some probability (random in this case, not definable by say, a simple distribution) but a probabilistic event could be defined as a plot on some underlying curve or distribution. (i.e to say that it is not totally random, unlike in the first instance, but "pseudo-random", if you get my drift).

What are the ethical, genetic and sociological implications of cryo-freezing sperms over several generations. If a person X has his gametes cryo-freezed now and these are restored say, 100 years later will such an offspring be able to face the challenges of survival? (in an idealized non-violent, non-toxic world), if at all? Is this a realistic scenario? What are your views on this? Please advise.

My own viewpoint on this is as follows - the Universe is not necessarily a continuum of matter. There could be a large void in space beyond the most distant observable mass (much like land masses that cover the earth which is 70% water). If water could be equated with a void it does not imply that space is defined by landmasses alone. It exists beyond solid physical reality. I see the Universe as analogous to this. ​

I reflected on this for a while and arrived at the following thought process. Early man must have been more broad pupiled. Preposterous as this might seem, we all know that a broad eye pupil is like a camera with a larger aperture that captures more photons (to enable greater threat perception) and this must have characterized early man. This makes him perceptibly less focused. Modern man is more narrow pupiled. - with less immediate threat perception reflecting his transition from a role of a hunter to a "thinker". Animals play games - but i doubt whether either the passion or the competitive flavor that characterizes it is incorporated in the former. In that sense it is not sport,but just good natured banter.

Is sport a sign of evolutionary specialization? Sport is a sign of - a) civility as opposed to savageness of early man b) mental focus as opposed to mental disorientation in early man c) co-ordination among a team as opposed to dog-eat-dog scenarios of early man Sport is actually very cerebral. It involves precision and skill. It is something early man could not have conceived. I could hardly visualize early man competing in a tree-swinging contest. Is sport then a concomitant of superior neuronal intelligence? Your views will be appreciated.

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Rest assured sir I value and respect your feedback. I think that is not only implied but imperative. Any delay in replying was fortuitous rather than intentional. Thanks again.

We know that intelligence can be built into a computer program to generate a sequence e.g. a Fibonacci sequence using recursion. In many aptitude tests we come across problems where we have to guess the next term of the series. Can an algorithm be developed that can solve any number sequence, analogous to a human doing the same, in real time. Is it infeasible? Please opine.

DNA helps define the internal wiring (both physical and emotional) of an individual. Poor adaptation to the external environment is a product of this. DNA wiring at the lowest level is the atoms of the nucleotides coupled together as per the personality profile of the individual, which is as per string theory, a string vibrating to define the atomic signature. These strings come with their own rhythms which when magnified to the external interface level define the constructs of personality. These strings could be traded for similar strings in another individual which could indicate affinities or interests. Maybe even species separated by evolution could be loosely coupled by such an association.

By conventional methods it is difficult to justify Bell's theorem. However we all know that a particle of zero spin can decay into 2 particles of +1/2 and -1/2 spin. Using string paradigm this could be visualized as the unwrapping of 2 strings from the same parent in much the same way that a dna double helix de-couples. These strings then get separated by a space like separation but the parent information is encoded in the children. (not sure why?). The strings resonate with each other by a natural symphony and their resonance is reflected in their respective spin orientations and complementary and predictable behaviors. This symphony is not bound by the restrictions of space. It is to be noted that the two strings resonate from the point of separation and the progressive increase in distance does not play any part. Just my concept and theory.

Physics defines nature as a vibration of strings. Is human personality then a symphony of strings encapsulated in dna? Do these strings resonate with the cosmos? These constitute the backbone of my "alpha personality theory..."

How real is the scenario predicted by futurist Raymond Kurzweil that we are fast approaching the point of singularity when AI will overtake human intelligence and a singularity will be reached. (which in this context means a defining or irreversible transition)? Please opine.

I propose a simple argument : 1st observation - photons don't appear spontaneously. Photons from a light source take a finite time to reach us from an emitter. This indicates a finite velocity. This is also true of radio waves. 2nd observation - if we consider reflection of photons (white light) and radio waves from a reflector, a detector detects the two beams at the same time if the distance of the source and the qualities of the reflector are similar. This points us to the fact that essentially the two beams are equivalent. Both beams are transverse waves and hence their velocities are the same (differing only in wavelength). This is pretty elementary physics.

This appears to reflect good control over the sympathetic nervous system. Bio-feedback is a counter to anxiety and can be used to produce the effects that you have described. viz heart rate 10 p/m. Anger is a reflection of imbalance in the nervous system and the associated symptoms are increase in heart rate, respiratory rate etc.It is an acquired trait handed down by evolution and the only difference is that nowadays the triggers are different. It is very unlikely that we would get hysterical by seeing a velociraptor in Jurassic Park, although our ancestors viewed that quite differently...

Algorithms in different flavors permeate everyday life. Painting is an algorithm of colors, poetry is an algorithm of words, prose an algorithm of phrases, biology an algorithm of DNA, chemistry an algorithm of atoms and molecules etc. Algorithms are omnipresent in nature. It only takes a discerning eye to see them....

This doesn't explain schisms in religion. For instance, Christianity's division into smaller sects, while still retaining the architectural flavor of the parent.

My study of architectural styles related to major faiths : ancient greek, christian and islamic led me to the following conclusions : - ancient greek art was characterized by the ionic, doric and corinthian styles - christian was characterized by the gothic style for example - islamic art is characterized by the creation of a repository of objects like the mosque, tomb, palace etc., each with it's own purported significance What i found striking was the universal adaptation by any one class of subjects by the styles ascribed to them. Why didn't christendom change their art form from spires to ornate domes (predominantly islamic). Is there a subtle reflection of the underlying psychology (or maybe even parapsychology and mysticism) latent in each design? Is it a reflection of patterns encoded in our brains at design time? viz. birth. Or else what? Please opine.

Found this interesting post : http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/06/quantum-computing-explained-particle-mechanics

Computer science is essentially an applied science that uses tried and tested solutions on a number-crunching engine to generate speedy results. To illustrate, you could use a bubble sort for ordering or a matrix approach for solving a linear equation. Computer languages provide a platform to translate these scenarios into real time solutions. Computer programming without a proper algorithm would be : - too slow - logically weak - syntactically redundant I think this describes the gist of my argument.