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2009-09-22
First a few words about the work and then some links.
In brief, in 2000 I intuitively received a vision of the nature of
reality that re-oriented my world-view. Other than a knew way of
understanding, it mainly expressed itself in my mind as a form of
mathematics, which I came to understand through the framework of
information and system theory, mystic metaphysics, quantum mechanics
and virtual reality simulation.
This evolved over time into a project that could be described as
"laying down the mathematical foundations of a unified holistic
science" and "using this foundation to shed light on and
unify both ancient and modern wisdom". The work also involves
self-enquiry; observation of, and participation in, the evolution of
collective consciousness; and the navigation of a paradigm shift in
our collective world-view.
To give some insight... Imagine that this physical universe could
be thought of as a virtual reality simulation, within which we are
evolved sentient virtual beings. It would all seem to us to be
physical and in no way different from how it currently does. In this
analogical context what I address is not the objects, people, places,
events, sights, sounds, shapes, qualities, etc within the VR
universe.
What I try to describe and model is the computational process, the
logic of the simulator, the simulation process in action, the
structure of the model that is animated, the low-level virtual
processes and forms that arise within the VR, how these integrate and
evolve into complex systems, how the behaviour of these gives rise to
the principles of physics, how some of these complex systems may
attain sentience and enquire into the nature of their situation, how
they can most effectively achieve this, what they will find when they
do and how does this whole situation relate to mystic wisdom and what
it describes about reality.
What these virtual beings eventually realise is that ultimately
they are not physical beings in a physical universe with individual
identities, they are motions of a cosmic whole that is non-dual,
non-physical, non-local, non-temporal, imperceivable, all pervading
and the animating essence of all things.
Furthermore, there is a persistent cognitive habit that causes
them to perceive and experience things from a dualist perspective.
When this is recognised and its dominance over the mind is overcome,
then reality can be apprehended clearly. Although it is not
perceptible to their senses, it can be intuitively apprehended in no
uncertain terms because it is the inner most essence of their being.
This underlying reality, beneath the film of appearances can be
modelled mathematically and understood scientifically, thus providing
a solid foundation for a unified holistic science/spirituality.
First see this memetic map of areas of interest.
Here is a general
introduction, it's a bit dated but it paints an overall picture
of my line of research. Here is a CV or rough chronological list of primary influences.
Here are various overview articles.
The main results
so far and the main essay
describing the world view implied by the results.
Here are a few brief articles... More >
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2009-03-21
I have been very busy lately and not posting much at all so here
is a quick update...
I recently wrote an article for The Explorer, which is the
newsletter of the Society for Scientific Exploration. The newsletter
has yet to be published but you can read the article here:
Signs
of an Emerging Paradigm Shift.
I am also writing a book. It is a detailed explanation of the core
principles of my work. In style, the book is somewhere between a
popular science book, an introductory textbook on advanced
mathematics and an introductory treatise on abstract metaphysics.
Part one is complete and the last part is coming soon. You can read
part one here:
System
Science of Virtual Reality: Toward the Unification of Empirical and
Subjective Science.
Right now I am mostly involved in a fascinating online
conversation about naïve
realism, its ramifications, its role in the global systemic
crisis and how to overcome it for the sake of us all... If you have
an interest in this subject then check out STAR
for some background information.
The essay Changing
How we think for the sake of all describes my input to that
conversation. The comments have been arranged and edited into a
single essay that expresses the vision that I am sharing in the
conversation.
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2008-11-10
Lately my focus has been primarily on inner work hence there has
been very little published for a while. But below are some links to
some recent work.
Unification
of Science: A brief outline of the path towards unifying
introspective science (Eastern spirituality) and empirical science
(Western science).
Roots of
Meaning: an essay on meaning, conditioning and misunderstanding - proposes a
way to overcome entrenched misunderstanding.
Perception,
Cognition & Communication Ontology: to help clearly reason about what we experience, think and say.
Exploratory Analysis of Naive and Unified Realism: uses the PCC ontology to clearly explain the difference between naive and unified realism.
SMN Latest Version: Introduces the latest version of the SMN general system simulator.
How Does SMN Work: Introduction to the details of how the SMN algorithm works.
SMN Ontology: An ontology showing the logical structure of the SMN algorithm.
SMN System Modelling Using Ontologies: A tutorial introducing the idea of using ontologies to create system models that can be immediately simulated in SMN.
STAR: STriking at the Roots - a proposal for a project to identify the root causes of systemic social dysfunction throughout history and work towards rectifying the situation.
I have also brought an end to the experiment with public
discussion of these issues, it has not been successful, hence there
are no more public comments on this blog. If you wish to discuss
these things then email me.
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2008-07-16
Before joining the conversation, please read and accept this
Invitation
to a Conversation.
A Press Release from Living the Field
organisation. Please spread the word!
The Global Peace Intention Experiment
Join Us for September 14th.
Other dates to be announced
A “Live Aid” of scientific experiments will
test the power of group mind to lower violence around the world
See www.theintentionexperiment.com
for more information.
The Intention Experiment – a highly popular ‘global
laboratory’, involving an international consortium of scientists in
prestigious academic centers and thousands of participants around the
world – is planning an ambitious series of scientific studies to
determine whether ‘group mind’ has the power to lower violence in
areas chosen for high crime and violence levels. More >
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2008-06-22
I cordially invite all interested readers to engage in a
conversation about the issues raised on this blog.
[Note (2008-11-10): Comments have been deactivated for now. The conversation continues in private, feel free to email me.]
In this article I first explain my motivations for the invitation.
Secondly, I identify some potential pitfalls in collective
communication that we must seek to avoid. And finally I provide a
flow-chart for a rational discourse that serves as a clear and
binding guarantee / commitment that all participants will be civil,
rational, impersonal and detached. More >
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2008-06-09
I have noted that there are many people who are operating as knowledge workers but who have very little understanding of knowledge itself. Many people have been driven by necessity to analyse, disseminate and debate knowledge but unless they know what knowledge is, what facts are, what evidence is and so on they often end up caught in frustrating and confusing discussions that do little to improve our collective knowledge.
To help those who are willing to help themselves, here are some links related to the subject. There are approximately 50 pages of links with quotes from the linked pages and a few comments of my own interspersed throughout. This just provides an overview of some of the major terms and issues involved and the links may serve as a jumping off point for further research. If a term is interesting to you then please do further searches on the term to find out more about it.
The article was too long for this NCN blog so see it on my website:
What is Knowledge, Science and Reasoning?
Before joining the conversation, please read and accept this Invitation to a Conversation.
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 2008-04-30
Before joining the conversation, please read and accept this Invitation to a Conversation.
Quotes from a review of the book Lost Discoveries - http://www.hknet.org.nz/VWH-hidden.html
The "standard model" of the history of science locates its birth around 600 B.C. in ancient Greece, where the dramatis personae typically include Pythagoras, Empedocles, Democritus, Aristotle and other sages, who laid the modern foundation for math and the sciences. It was this foundation, buried during the Middle Ages, that was rediscovered during the Renaissance. What were the peoples of India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, sub-Saharan Africa, China and the Americas doing all this time? "They discovered fire, then called it quits," Teresi observes sarcastically. He admits starting this exercise "with the purpose of showing that the pursuit of evidence of nonwhite science is a fruitless endeavor. . . . Six years later, I was still finding examples of ancient and medieval non-Western science that equaled and often surpassed ancient Greek learning."
The Babylonians developed the Pythagorean theorem at least 1,500 years before Pythagoras was born. Indian mathematicians performed multiplication and algebra, and even ventured toward calculus, a millennium before Europeans. An Arab astronomer, Ibn al-Shatir, spelled out the theory of planetary motion 150 years before Copernicus. The "Mercator projection" was used by Chinese cartographers centuries before the birth of Mercator. In the third century B.C., physicists in China pretty neatly summarized Newton's first law of motion. More >
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 2008-04-30
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Check out this new technology about to hit the market...
Air powered cars - http://www.positivenews.org.uk/artman/publish/article_1559.shtml
It is the pressure in the tank that is the energy that drives the car, there is no foreign substance involved, just air.
Any means of increasing the pressure in the tank would be a means of powering the vehicle. For example, a small on-board motor or perhaps even the shock-absorbers and air-vents could contribute.
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2007-09-06
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There are technologies that could replace our dependence on oil, coal, gas and nuclear but for financial and geo-political reasons they have been suppressed. However the motivation is growing amongst various power structures to release these technologies.
This is where AERO comes in.
From the website: http://www.aero2012.com/en/about.mhtml
"Advanced Energy Research Organization (AERO), LLC was founded by Steven M. Greer, M.D., in July 2007. AERO is a new research and development group which will develop and strategically protect new energy and propulsion technologies that will completely replace oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power
AERO is the group that is most strategically ready to develop, disclose and establish the long-suppressed technologies that will enable us to establish a truly sustainable civilization on Earth.
It is time that humanity move on to its next level of development. This cannot happen with the internal combustion engine and fossil fuels. Time is short. Indeed time - and obscurity - are elements that must be overcome for success to occur."
This is the latest initiative by Steven Greer, the founder of The Disclosure Project. Quoted from its website: "The Disclosure Project is a nonprofit research project working to fully disclose the facts about UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence, and classified advanced energy and propulsion systems. We have over 400 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses testifying to their direct, personal, first hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret.
See this video of a recent (2007-08-20) presentation by Steven Greer about AERO and the imminent disclosure and large scale development of energy technologies and the social impact of this, it is well worth watching:
For other related videos see the sidebar at google videos.
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