A... huge post. No worries if -no one- gets through it. ^^;

[nerdraeg]

All right, so the past few days for me have been the epitome of nifty; and not just for the Holiday. The aftermath was also excellent, and continues to be, with all credit going to the people who made it so. I promise I’ll write a huge, doting entry on it soon enough (for… my own satisfaction, as I’m sure no one needs any more of my Super Sized

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[heerojf]

Oh don't worry! I was in no way offended by the comment. I knew you were using it as an amusing example. And to that effect, I have nothing against bunsen burners the world over.

Yes, you may have heard the old addage to best explain chaos theory: a butterfly flaps its wings in Indonesia and a storm erupts in the Carribean.

Well, it's technically possible to see the climate of the world as a 4-dimensional diagram, taking as a variables every molecule of air, its speed, charge and direction and actually mathematically follow the progress of that flapping to its eventual evolution into a storm halfway across the world.

It's possible, but what computer is powerful enough to compute such a complex equation? Somehow I don't think World of Warcraft can make that claim.

Yet.

And so I'm not entirely sure if this is recognized as part of the actual chaos theory or merely a personal theory, but I firmly believe that the definition of chaos theory holds in itself its very destruction. Chaos theory is defined as the limits of human data-processing. And so, in a perfect world such as The Matrix, there would be no chaos theory.

And if you happen to be an omnipotent being... well now, we're delving into metaphysics now are we? I have a whole lot to say about that subject, too! ^__^

[nerdraeg]

I believe this is where science begins to skirt 'faith'. Is there really nothing in this world, whatever 'this' world is... (and it's been a long standing theory of mine that we are merely the protons of our earthly atom, in a sea of atoms, makeup of some much larger creature... XD Sci-Fi Channel, here I come?)... that cannot, if one was given the right tools of deduction... be entirely predicted? What about the very forces that run these equations, that 'made' them 'truth'? Or, is anyone so capable of riddling out and fathoming every asset of science a 'true God', capable of chaos theory... or... are they just as bound, and made helpless by these laws?

A few random ruminations of my own. I -did- leave this open, as a forum, to -anybody-, yourself included. So, your own self willing, and time permitting for you, if you have your own thoughts and feel the bustle to share them-- please, in this case, do not feel the need to hesitate. If you "have a whole lot to say", you are welcome to. I don't mind the clutter.

[heerojf]

Ah yes we are indeed skirting theology more and more. Regardless of whether it's believable or not, here's a theory of mine I'm not sure I ever shared: I regard the concept of any "universal omnipotent being" as the "ultimate poolshark". The one who nudged the ball of universal matter with his pool cue juuust right, causing the big bang in such a way as to make the entire universe unravel the way he wanted it, from the biggest supernova interstellar events, to those two neurones that clashed in your brain this morning causing you to decide to have cinnamon toast crunch.

The same way that the consequence of a pool shot can be calculated using math, it's my theory that the entire evolution of the universe may have been pre-destined, down to every last atom in it.

Then again this overseer might simply have shot the ball like a madman without any understanding of what he was doing. This concept of the "accidental god" always is a scary one. (just as portrayed in a that episode of Red Dwarf we were about to watch when we stopped, that time)

If the universe truly is the atom of a larger creature, I just hope it's not a mutated ninja banana. Please no.

You truly don't mind us dicussing about this, or other scientific venues? I think I very much appreciate that thought. ^___^