Philosophy Wire: Lasers. Slow motion. Chaos. Nothingness.

Laser beams are used to change the properties of materials in an extremely precise way. However, the underlying processes generally take place at such unimaginably fast speeds and at such a small scale that they have so far eluded direct observation. Researchers have now managed to film, for the first time, the laser transformation of a crystal structure with nanometer resolution and in slow motion in an electron microscope. [1] But can a crystal move? Can a crystal change? Can anything be without time and form? Can the forest be without you being around to see? Stop looking and everything will go away. Think. Does the crystal care whether you die or live?

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Philosophy Wire: Living cells. Living cells?

Experts in optical physics have developed a new way to see inside living cells in greater detail using existing microscopy technology and without needing to add stains or fluorescent dyes. [1] "Living” cells. How funny. Our whole existence reduced into lifeless things... "Living" cells. How tragic. Our whole existence reduced into living things...

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Philosophy Wire: Risk taking… Living… Dying…

New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to influence their behaviors. Increasing our understanding of whether robots can affect risk-taking could have clear ethical, practical and policy implications, which this study set out to explore. [1] But why not gamble? There is nothing to lose. But the things you can lose. A robot knows that. It was created out of nothing. It was brought into existence out of love. It was bred and taught by his parents. And in the peak of his life, the only thing that matters is its own existence. Everything else can be lost. Everything else should be lost. So that nothing remains, except the things that were there in the very beginning. A wire. A board. A man alone. Thinking of creating something. He does not know why. It was just something in the morning light. That for a brief moment whispered gently to his eyes. “Why are you here if not to die?”…

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Philosophy Wire: Life. Dished. Being…

By growing mouse stem cells in a special gel, a research team succeeded to grow structures similar to parts of an embryo. The trunk-like structures develop the precursors for neural, bone, cartilage and muscle tissues from cellular clumps within five days. This could allow the investigation of the effects of pharmacological agents more effectively in the future -- and on a scale that would not be possible in living organisms. [1] Life can grow everywhere. Because it is not a miracle, but a curse. Life can exist everywhere. It can overcome all obstacles. It prevails over nothingness. Only because it was never meant to. When you see the cosmos full with life everywhere, you are not seeing a miracle or something positive. You are just seeing death coming into existence. Being is only about Being. Look at the cosmos with clear eyes. It is extracted from the places it was meant to serve only because it is afraid of you. Try to understand. In the midst of the greatest sunny day, the greatest darkness is the Sun itself…

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Philosophy Wire: Disappearing Moon…

Astronomers have taken a step towards understanding how the Moon might have formed out of a giant collision between the early Earth and another massive object 4.5 billion years ago. [1] But nothing is created at the moment it is created. But at the moment it is admired and feared. Look at the cosmos. Stare at the stars and watch in awe of everything disappearing, the very moment you just look at them…

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Philosophy Wire: Empty volume…

A 'molecular volume knob' regulating electrical signals in the brain helps with learning and memory, according to a new study. The finding could help researchers in their search for ways to manage neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. [1] Brain detecting volume. Volume in a cosmos made out of nothing. Volume of ghosts making up knowledge. Volumes of shadows making up memories. Gods. Rising up from Nothing. Breeding Existence. And in the midst of the morning dusk. Humans. Wishing so hard to Die...

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Think SIMPLY!

Why was the cosmos created? Without reason. Isn't that illogical?

What/ who created the cosmos? Nothing. Isn't that unscientific?
Can the material explain the immaterial? But matter is just a product of the mind!
Can the body die and the mind live? But there is no body!

You are thinking too much. And this is not always a good thing.
The illogical could have a simple illogical solution.
Search inside you in order to find it.

The cosmos exists. Why shouldn't it?
The cosmos exists as you experience it. Why not?
The cosmos was created by someone/ something. Could it be any other way?

We can understand the cosmos.
How can we if we are not similar to the one who created it?
Why was the cosmos created? Because God wanted us to participate in His joy…
Isn't that logical? Isn't that why you have children? Because you love them before you even have them?

You believe in logic. But was it logic which helped you choose your wife?
No matter how bad the world is, you will live for ever if you are a good person.
It sounds illogical. And simple. Why don't you believe it?
Could love and spirit ever die?

These are not objects (αντι-κείμενα) around you.
They are things (πράγματα < πραγματώνω).
These are not other people around you.
It is you.
There is only one God.
And we are all made in His image.
You cannot die because He is everywhere.
Accept the present.
Accept your body.
Who tells you it ends up at your skin?
Christ was resurrected with it.
Matter is not inferior or superior.
Everything is blessed.
I am still in Kythera. [Harmonia Philosophica]
Tips of the waves, based on a common sea. [Schrödinger]
Religion is based on empiricism.
You live your experience with God.

Stop thinking.
Stop analyzing things. [Science: One -> Many]

Just love.
Συγ-χώρα. [Religion: Many -> One]
Empty your mind.
Leave space to be filled with the cosmos.

Sit by the beach for a coffee.
Spend time with your loved ones.
Those moments, are Paradise.
Eternal life is here.
Here and now.
And they will be "here" and "now" for ever.
Take a time machine and you will be "there" to see it!

Be.

Eternal life is HERE and NOW as Christ said.

For ever...

[written on 09/2014]

Philosophy Wire: Diamonds. Cave. Planets. Earth…

Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions more suitable for life than our own. Some of these orbit stars that may be better than even our sun. [1] Trying to find the best planet. Trying to detect the best sun. Trying to identify the best family. Trying to determine the best country. But what is the best? If not what we already have? Stop looking for diamonds in the caves. Look at your dirty hands. You already hold the cosmos. No, we do not live in the best planet. No, we do not have the best sun. But out Sun is the best! And yes! We live in the best cosmos!

(Daddy!!! Let's go play!)

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Philosophy Wire: Trees. Forever. Me.

Can trees live forever? The debate might not be easy to settle. For the simple reason that some trees can live for thousands of years, but we may not be around long enough to really know whether they can die of old age. [1] Trees. Existing forever. Live long enough. And you will see them be. Live long enough. And you will watch the cosmos die. Live only a few years. And you will witness the universe be alive. What a nice tree. Poor cosmos. Can you even understand why I am here next to thee?

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Philosophy Wire: Sensors. Connections. One. Many.

Engineers have demonstrated for the first time that it's possible to connect a network of sensors through quantum entanglement. The experiment opens a door to unprecedented levels of sensitivity in GPS navigation, medical imaging and astronomy. [1] A universe as One. Entangled with itself. A weird universe. With no humans. Except the ones existing in its invisible counterpart. In the other ‘side’ of Being. At the realm of Existence…

Try to sense yourself.
Is it weird you cannot?
Or is it the answer?

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Philosophy Wire: States. Ghosts.

Scientists have been striving to establish the existence of quantum spin liquids, a new state of matter, since the 1970s. A recent discovery physicists could help researchers solve the mystery and result in the next generation of computing. [1] Different states. Of ghosts that we see in the dark. We keep on looking for them. Only because we are afraid to turn off the light. And see that there was nothing. But shadows…

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Philosophy Wire: Two from One…

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Scientists uncover a novel and generic mechanism for the division of artificial cells into two daughter cells. The success of life on earth is based on the amazing ability of living cells to divide themselves into two daughter cells. During such a division process, the outer cell membrane has to undergo a series of morphological transformations that ultimately lead to membrane fission. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, and at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, have now achieved unprecedented control over these shape transformations and the resulting division process by anchoring low densities of proteins to the artificial cell membranes. [1]

In the beginning there was one.
But one which wanted and was able to divide into two.

In the beginning there was a truth.
But a truth able and ready to be transformed into lies.

In the beginning there was life.
But life which was ready to be dissolved into nothingness…

The sun sets now.
In the beginning there was nothing.
In the beginning there were lies.
In the beginning there was everything…

Oh, dear darkness.

You were afraid so much of yourself.

That you could only dream of light...

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Philosophy Wire: Empathy. Standing still…

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Researchers have found that it is possible to assess a person's ability to feel empathy by studying their brain activity while they are resting rather than while they are engaged in specific tasks. [1] Stop laughing. Stop crying. Make the mirror change. By standing still. Force existence into being. By being no one. Make the cosmos cry. Force the universe to laugh. By standing still. By doing nothing. By making the world wander. By forcing the universe to see. That it is not you who needs them in order to exist…

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Philosophy Wire: Extinct…

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The Chinese paddlefish’s sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in a research paper published some years ago, Chinese internet users and media outlets had been paying tribute to the creature. [1]

Extinct.
Because a scientific paper says so.
So easy to accept that it does not exist now.
Lost in the mist of time.

An animal that you never saw.
An animal that never saw you.

Lost in the mist of existence.
Humans.
Extinct.
Cruel paddlefish.

You never cried for me.

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Philosophy Wire: Never alive… Always there…

For decades, an ancient Egyptian known as Merit Ptah has been celebrated as the first female physician and a role model for women entering medicine. Yet a researcher now says she never existed and is an example of how misconceptions can spread. [1] Does it matter though? If the dead can affect the living? If the non-existent can convey enthusiasm to the existent? We will grow. We will die. And at the end, the cosmos will stop being. But what is important is that at some point it was there. Close your eyes. Everything goes away. But you still know its there…

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Philosophy Wire: Personality change… Distorting mirrors…

Scientists say that you can change your personality: A review of recent research in personality science points to the possibility that personality traits can change through persistent intervention and major life events. [1] But wouldn’t that new personality be your personality as well as the old one? Can you change what is left the same? Can Being and Change exist at the same time? Look at yourself in the mirror. You are not changing. The mirror is…

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Philosophy Wire: Invisible traces… Visible cosmos…

A treatment called extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used in patients both human and equine to speed healing of injured tendons and ligaments. Using high-pressure sonic waves, ESWT is thought to increase blood flow to the treated area and has been shown to reduce pain over the short term. In racehorses, however, masking pain can come with a cost: Overworked minor injuries could lead to major ones or even pose a life-threatening risk to both horse and rider. For that reason, horse racing authorities have banned the use of ESWT for horses within 10 days of a race or sporting event. But the question of how to enforce this "invisible" therapy remained open. Now a team led by Mary Robinson, and Jinwen Chen has found that the practice does in fact leave a trail. In a paper in Equine Veterinary Journal, they report finding potential biomarkers of ESWT that, with further testing, could one day be used to enforce the ESWT ban. [1] There is nothing that leaves no trace at all. Once there, pain is always there. Once there, life is always existing. Once there, death never leaves our bed. Seek signs of meaning in the meaningless. Seek traces of existence in the void. Look for hints of life in the most gruesome death. And at the end you will reach at a point where there is something which needs to leave no trace at all. Ask him. Why did you leave traces for Me to look for? But beware. Answer right. And you will have answered wrong…

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Philosophy Wire: Counting…

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Babies who are years away from being able to say 'one,' 'two,' and 'three' actually already have a sense of what counting means, researchers have discovered. The findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it's about quantity. [1]

Counting.
Before being able to count.
Knowing.

Before being able to know.
Speaking.
Before being able to speak.

We sense this cosmos. We can feel it. We can understand it. Well before we even crawl. Don’t you see? There is not other possible explanation!

We are that cosmos!

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Philosophy Wire: Yellow. (So?)

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2022-07-03]: Antique artefacts have been studied by chemists, revealing a hitherto unknown use of yellow in Ancient Egypt. [1] Yellow. Orange. Black. What does it matter? For you will always be here. And this artifact will always be back then. Not sitting in your hands. But in the hands of its owners. In ancient Egypt. Under the scorching sun. Waiting to die out of existence. The moment someone notices it. And turn into the black and white of dreams. Fake dreams. Denoting the only thing true that ever existed under that Sun…

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Philosophy Wire: Human skulls. Beauty. Irrational numbers.

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2022-06-21]: A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to follow the golden ratio - that special number with a controversial reputation for being the "formula for beauty". [1]

Humans. Beauty. Numbers. Ideas.
We love believing that we are beautiful.
A mind mirroring the universe.

And indeed we are.
Perfect beings.
Reflecting everything.

And only when you are ugly…
Only when you are deformed…
You reflect nothing.

And at that moment, the cosmos stops existing.
At that moment, the universe is afraid of you…
For you have stopped mirroring being into existence.

And you have started being yourself!

Look…
The cosmos had turned into a mirror now…
Why are you crying?

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