A black hole IS an apt analogy for the mystery of embodied consciousness; and it could be more than an analogy. The Pythagorean Illuminati believe that 'Black Holes Are Souls' (the actual title of one of their books). Souls or 'monads' are literally singularities composed of an infinite number of Fourier wave patterns that cancel out to zero. Leibniz's concept of a monad -- a soul -- is, like a singularity, an unextended mathematical zero point in space that takes on 'virtual mass' through rapid movement -- that is vibration, which is where the Fourier waves come into the picture.
Of course, this is all just a further elaboration upon the basic analogy. Just because singularities lack extension and mind might,/i> be an unextended substance does not necessarily mean that minds ARE singularities; but it is a tantalizing possibility. It would go a long way in explaining how something immaterial and supernatural like a soul could interact with the natural world. The black hole is, in a very literal sense, a supernatural entity which miraculously intrudes upon the natural world and destroys all it touches. Beyond its event horizon, all that we take for granted as 'natural law' is submerged in screeching chaos. Perhaps black holes are the demons who will one day rip apart God's creation and free us from the tyranny of the flesh.
Well, I discount that elaboration or tantalizing possibility in the article because it's beside the point I wanted to make, and it's pretty farfetched. The analogy and the larger function hold even if there's no causal connection (let alone an identity) between black holes and selves.
In any case, there are billions of people, so is each one supposed to come from a different black hole? How would a black hole reach out to a distant galaxy and manipulate an organism on a particular planet? Saying this is speculative is an understatement. It's sci-fi madness, as far as I can see.
I think the singularities that the PI are speaking of are microsingularities. Black holes get a lot of publicity because they are gigantic enough to swallow planets, wheres these singularities would be microscopic and couldn't even eat a single atom. The idea goes back to the question of whether or not matter could be divided infinitely (atomists said no, but haven't proved it to my satisfaction). If matter could be divided infinitely, then eventually you'd end up with no matter at all, but an infinitesimal point in space -- which sounds a lot like a singularity in the sense that it's just empty space. Of course, since black holes are also singularities, I guess they'd have to be souls too, though discarnate.
Aren't microsingularities supposed to be highly unstable, disappearing almost as soon as they appear? Or are these virtual particles from the quantum foam, arising due to quantum uncertainty? Either way, I don't see how they'd be suitable windows from which to control more stable matter from another dimension or wherever.
A black hole IS an apt analogy for the mystery of embodied consciousness; and it could be more than an analogy. The Pythagorean Illuminati believe that 'Black Holes Are Souls' (the actual title of one of their books). Souls or 'monads' are literally singularities composed of an infinite number of Fourier wave patterns that cancel out to zero. Leibniz's concept of a monad -- a soul -- is, like a singularity, an unextended mathematical zero point in space that takes on 'virtual mass' through rapid movement -- that is vibration, which is where the Fourier waves come into the picture.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this is all just a further elaboration upon the basic analogy. Just because singularities lack extension and mind might,/i> be an unextended substance does not necessarily mean that minds ARE singularities; but it is a tantalizing possibility. It would go a long way in explaining how something immaterial and supernatural like a soul could interact with the natural world. The black hole is, in a very literal sense, a supernatural entity which miraculously intrudes upon the natural world and destroys all it touches. Beyond its event horizon, all that we take for granted as 'natural law' is submerged in screeching chaos. Perhaps black holes are the demons who will one day rip apart God's creation and free us from the tyranny of the flesh.
Well, I discount that elaboration or tantalizing possibility in the article because it's beside the point I wanted to make, and it's pretty farfetched. The analogy and the larger function hold even if there's no causal connection (let alone an identity) between black holes and selves.
DeleteIn any case, there are billions of people, so is each one supposed to come from a different black hole? How would a black hole reach out to a distant galaxy and manipulate an organism on a particular planet? Saying this is speculative is an understatement. It's sci-fi madness, as far as I can see.
I think the singularities that the PI are speaking of are microsingularities. Black holes get a lot of publicity because they are gigantic enough to swallow planets, wheres these singularities would be microscopic and couldn't even eat a single atom. The idea goes back to the question of whether or not matter could be divided infinitely (atomists said no, but haven't proved it to my satisfaction). If matter could be divided infinitely, then eventually you'd end up with no matter at all, but an infinitesimal point in space -- which sounds a lot like a singularity in the sense that it's just empty space. Of course, since black holes are also singularities, I guess they'd have to be souls too, though discarnate.
ReplyDeleteAren't microsingularities supposed to be highly unstable, disappearing almost as soon as they appear? Or are these virtual particles from the quantum foam, arising due to quantum uncertainty? Either way, I don't see how they'd be suitable windows from which to control more stable matter from another dimension or wherever.
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