I have been planning this post for a few days now. And now all of a sudden robots are all over the news, so I shall post it now. I wonder where artificial intelligence is going? Is the future now? How intelligent are robots going to get and what will they be doing? Will they really take over the world or are they actually incredibly useful for doing those dull, dirty and dangerous jobs humans don’t want to or can’t physically do? Will there ever come a time when we won’t be able to tell the difference between a human and an artificial robotic humanoid? Take a look at some of the technology out there and make up your own minds.
Personal robots are here already and the Nao robot is small and cheap enough to be bought by schools and individuals to interact with and he can be personalised the more its owner interacts with it.
I suppose if you could teach the little robot to help with tidying the kids toys away, it could be pretty useful!
Nao seems to have a thing for socks!
Eh! Is that Nao becoming self aware?
What’s that – we shouldn’t be worried? Or should we?
Next we have Asimo. Asimo is quite a cute robot, he is very mobile and can be in service of some kind, serving drinks, playing with children and moving things around. And you think unemployment is bad now?
This clever little fellow is called iCub
So exactly how human are these new androids going to be? Will they look and sound like us? Will they be able to answer our questions, converse with us about emotive subjects like love or the nature of the soul? Will they believe they are alive and have souls themselves???
Here are a few snippets from Jules, a very realistic looking robot…
This robot is going to keep people warm and safe in his people zoo! Say what now?
One last thought – once AI is released from its box so to speak, will it just run away from us? Some people, some rather rich and influential people think it may…
I thought this film had many very interesting points. It is a bit long and sometimes somewhat confusing but certainly leaves me questioning – what is all this UFO and alien phenomena about? And if we are being manipulated by aliens, what on Earth is their agenda and is it something we can ever hope to understand through human reasoning?
I haven’t posted on here for months, so I thought today was as good a day as any. I have taken a break from the mundane of the routine of every day life – kids, housework, me trying to get my head around A level English Language for a bit (Cough! Oh yeah let’s forget that I’m struggling with that simple task and just take a look at the fundamental principles of reality for a moment!) yeah! And so I have been looking at more weird stuff on Youtube – I know, I know, what’s new? – Well it is the idea that there is some kind of matrix or holographic illusion to do with the sky, the sun and the moon and in fact reality as a whole – what is all this stuff? So weird… What are we to make of all of this information coming at us from all directions? We are bombarded by conflicting views and principles from every corner of society. From main stream education and institutional principles and data, which although appear to give the facts, it is often obvious even to the man on the street that they are not always correct, that the scientists themselves have conflicting views of principles or that they are not even reporting the truth at all – sometimes it is obvious, sometimes it is not and the differences can be quite subtle. And then we are presented with so many different, what are often called pseudo scientific facts through the internet, which on the one hand look totally bizarre but on the other, appear to be actually not only entirely possible but probable.
So with all of this in mind I have put together a collection of videos that might appear to be completely ludicrous from the off – but – before you say it is all a load of rubbish and dismiss it. Stop. Watch it all and remember the people that are presenting these videos are just ordinary folk like you and me. Why are they convinced something’s wrong? It may be a hoax, yes that’s true. But if it isn’t, what does that mean? How could it be possible – is it possible? Scientifically? What is it we are actually talking about here – God? Aliens? Photoshop? Creative license gone mad? Humour me! Watch the kinds of videos that thousands of people are watching every day on Youtube and then think about it. Doesn’t it make you just a little bit curious about the actual nature of our true reality? If not, go back to ironing your work uniform and watch the BBC news and Coronation Street and forget all about this weird X Files rubbish people, nothing to see here… LOL
Let’s start with the fact that we need to understand a bit of science – what is the mainstream physics, how the universe is reported by the scientists and how the senses work in view of our understanding of reality? That might help. So the first video is a scientific view (warning – it’s complicated so you might want to start with the last video and work your way back to this one!) and the second video… well I thought this video was interesting (the beginning is science – later on in gets more intense as different religious and esoteric views are represented and mixed up with known scientific principles of reality and we are back to the rabbit hole again … and then the videos are supposed home movies of people recording actual weirdness, stuff that, if it is real, should blow reality out of the water and replace it with WTF?
First strange things people film and comment on is the sky. Strange clouds that appear to have shadows?
And some people are adamant that this is real and now even alternative scripture i.e. the lost books of the bible are being offered up as proof of this stuff…
What’s up with the planes? Planes freezing in mid air? Planes that are cloaked? Planes that aren’t even planes – people are saying they are alien spaceships disguising themselves as planes. What? And of course there are plenty of planes going down and disappearing and people on planes reporting UFO sightings – what IS going on?
Other strange effects to do with planes…
This plane doesn’t seem to have any doors or windows either!
The moon. Is it real? Has something happened to it? Are there things about the moon that are being hidden from humanity? It’s all very strange and there seems to be so much on the internet with regards to conspiracy theories and apocalyptic type theories etc. Wow! There are some far out theories out there.
The sun also has been targeted as having something wrong with it…
And then there are strange storms and clouds that exhibit weird effects, including some very odd sounds. I have posted about the odd sounds in the sky before. This is just one part of all this strange sky stuff posted on the internet…
and this one…
Let’s finish off with some suspect skies…
OK I know I covered a lot of videos there. Lots and lots of the weird kinds of videos that you can come across on You Tube. And once you start looking at these kinds of videos, more and more pop up. So what do you think? Do you think there is something weird going on or do you think people are just weird and are posting hoaxes all the time? Or is there some reasonable explanations for some of this stuff? I’d love to hear your views but please don’t shoot the messenger. any really offensive replies will not be tolerated. Thank you.
I just wanted to take a moment to share a poem – this features at the beginning of my novel in the making – ‘Dawn’s Greeting’. Over on MARSocial’s New Poet’s group there is a poetry competition running with the theme of time that I am judging as last week’s winner. So if you write poetry and want to join the group – pop over and check it out.
Father
Time
in Heaven
wherever that may be
in whatever form or reality
grant us a diversion from your continuity
give us all a little peace to savour your piety
and the sight of wisdom to travel your road with dignity.
Mother Earth so patient and tolerant of our sins
take away the chains of greed and give your children wings
to fly from our short-sightedness and plant the seeds of hope
may they blossom with love and charity and help lost souls to cope.
Children of the Dawn greet the day anew
absorb the bright sun’s energies and savour every view
Lend a helping hand to keep the stars from falling
to be the hands of destiny is your only calling.
Yours is the road less travelled
it is the road of time
help us now to plan our route
that leads to the
Divine
UFO Blogger ( http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2013/09/universe-computer-simulation.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ufo_blogger+%28UFO-Blogger.Com%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail ) is reporting on a story that has an amazing premise that sounds much more like science-fiction than science-fact, and that is that we could in fact all be living inside a simulation. If you are thinking of the MATRIX right now – well yeah! That is what they are basically saying. They are imagining a multi-verse where there are or have been intelligent life forms so far advanced – millions of years more advanced than our own feeble human minds can comprehend, in fact, that they can recreate complete universes in their entirety. These simulated universes would be so perfect that all the life living within them would have no idea that they were living in a simulation and therefore wouldn’t be able to tell the simulated and real universes apart! Well if that is the case, then surely the simulated universes WOULD be real universes, wouldn’t they?
Wow! Is your mind reeling right now? Well – duh! No! I mean how many science-fiction books, films and games are already based on this idea? Matrix is the obvious one but there are so many – so is this something that is ingrained in our society’s social consciousness? Is it in fact pre-programmed? Well I don’t know. Maybe humanity just has an amazing imagination – I mean – one being creating a whole universe – that’s just crazy, isn’t it? Oh wait! Where have I heard that idea before?
“2012 – JP Moreland speaks on the case for the existence of the soul. Is man just matter and motion? Is man just his brain and physical body? Is there a soul?”
An extremely interesting and thought provoking talk. If you are not a Christian, please don’t be put off watching this film because the speaker is a Christian and talks about some of the points from a Christian point of view because he sets out in a very scientific way using scientific reasoning alongside Christian belief.
If you look at this talk and set aside the Christian beliefs that run alongside it – it will still offer you an extremely thought provoking tool in viewing how the soul can possibly be an entirely separate thing to the physical body and the brain.
If you have Christian beliefs, if you have Buddhist beliefs, if you have Hindu or Islamic or Jewish or entirely no religious beliefs – it is in fact irrelevant to the points that are laid out before the “consciously” thinking “person” that is watching this film. And so I am posting this film on this site and on my “Well in the Garden” site because it is a subject that is relevant – I believe – for science, philosophy, spirituality and metaphysics – and could be an extremely good starting point for scientific or philosophical discussion, creative writings or personal spiritual enlightenment. So with that said I will leave you to watch and digest this very interesting talk on the evidence for the existence of the soul.
Time Travellers United 