SubscribeA Lonely, Lonely Universe
Depressingly impossible thought of the week:
We assume that every human we see around us– our friends, family, kids, adults– experience the same sort of self awareness and sense of existence as we do. In other words, for all 6 billion people on the planet, there’s a soul in the driver’s seat for each and every [...]
Perspective
It seems, at times, that I might have an extraordinarily limited perspective of the universe. Considering for a moment the magnitude of shit that exists out there that we will never experience (and could never even imagine experiencing), it seems to dwarf the infinitesimal sliver of existence for which I am an observer.
For example, imagine [...]
An Infinite Universe
Infinity is a pretty weird concept, to be honest. You can’t really have an infinite amount of anything (at least anything that’s real). Pi has an infinite number of shit digits after it, but math is an entirely man-made abstract concept… so that doesn’t count.
But maybe the entire universe itself is infinite? It might seem [...]
Nick Bostrom's Argument
I have no idea how I came across this the other day but I found it mildly interesting. And by that I mean it leaves you thoughtful for a few fleeing moments, but then you basically forget about it and carry on with your life as normal. Anyway, the following is taken mostly from the [...]
A Few Thoughts On Time
Most likely due to my love of Back to the Future at a young age… I have always been fascinated by time and time travel. I read books about it and even tried to “build” a time machine in my closet (at age 7, of course). I even checked out time travel novels from the [...]