participation universe

[AntonioLao]

A good example of a participation universe is a Shakespearean play limited to the confine of a theatre with its stages of actors composed of certain numbers of protagonists and antagonists surrounded by the gallery of spectators. The normal uninterrupted continuation of a play following the steps by steps sequence of the scripts usually progresses as the plot thicken where and when the protagonist and the antagonist are constantly at each other’s throat. The play almost always ended with someone being the victor and the other being the vanquished. Depending which side the audience were rooting for, their responses at the very end could be a standing ovation, a cry of misery, a sigh of relief, a scoff of disagreement, or a boo of disappointment.

With the exception of a soliloquy, the minimum numbers of participants in a play is three, one protagonist, one antagonist, and one spectator. The spectator usually plays the part of a passive observer. The protagonist plays the part of the good, and the antagonist plays the part of the bad. For a perfectly balanced play, every action of the protagonist corresponds to an equal opposite reaction of the protagonist. This dynamic equilibrium allows the play to continue forever unless the spectator decided to break this impasse. Seemingly, the physical universe does not exactly correspond to this state of dynamic equilibrium between ordinary matter and antimatter with the space-time continuum being the singular spectator. However, if the protagonists are the different forms of energy and the antagonists are the different forms of matter, then the spectators are the space-time charges of the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the squares of zero-point energies. In this sense, matter represents the oddness, while energy represents the evenness of squares of energy. Together with quantized space-time spectators, these represent the three fundamental stages of the participation universe. Moreover, the oddness of squares of energy allows matter to be separated into ordinary matter and antimatter, while the evenness allows only positive energy to come into action or reaction of opposite quantized directions such that for every direction there is an equal but opposite direction. Nevertheless, there is always only one director. And for the first time in the history of the Academy Awards, the 82nd Oscar for Best Director was awarded to a woman by the name of Kathryn Bigelow.

[labelwench]

An excellent combining of analogy and metaphor, Antonio.

This style of presentation of information is most engaging to the broader audience, of which I count myself as one. Though you continue to seek for the secret of cold fusion, and those who may help you unlock it, it is apparent that there are considerably more facets to your personality, numerous other frameworks of potential engagement.

So it is with most persons.

Depending on our framework in presentation at the time of meeting, we are not always able to engage immediately. Circumstances may be that each is focused on objectives that do not correspond to the energies and interests of the other. Unless one or both adjust their framework, or external circumstances force such adjustment, the parties continue along their projected course of movement with little or no interaction or involvement.

Personal relationships, interest groups and communities evolve from the interface and realignment of the frameworks of individuals.

Interesting to observe, that in the final analysis, The Hurt Locker emerged victorious over Avatar. Neither movie have I seen, only trailers and summaries, yet it interests me from the perspective of psychology, that, not surprisingly, the vote fell as it did.

We are intrigued by Science Fiction, yet we can experience empathy with the Human Drama.

[AntonioLao]

In the late 1960s I was still living in the Philippines while my father was already an American citizen living and working as a civil engineer with the Federal Department of Transportation in Washington, D. C. and I remembered written to him with this question: Why does USA spent billions of dollars going the Moon while many parts of the Earth are still living in poverty? At that time, my simple mind still did not understand that poverty is not necessarily the cause of one's action but of natural causes: famine, drought, earthquake, overpopulation, etc. Now, we can say that much of poverty and suffering are caused by wars.

[labelwench]

In the late 1960s I was still living in the Philippines while my father was already an American citizen living and working as a civil engineer with the Federal Department of Transportation in Washington, D. C. and I remembered written to him with this question: Why does USA spent billions of dollars going the Moon while many parts of the Earth are still living in poverty? At that time, my simple mind still did not understand that poverty is not necessarily the cause of one's action but of natural causes: famine, drought, earthquake, overpopulation, etc. Now, we can say that much of poverty and suffering are caused by wars.

Yes. There can be many causes of poverty, many of which can be attributed to the ravages of nature or a lack of foresight and preparation by our species.

There are many reasons why people go to war, yet there is still but one cause of war, and that would be people.

We are the single species with the ability to make choices that can profoundly affect our environment and circumstances, by means of our technology, mobility and adaptability.

People are the cause, and the potential solution, to war.

We are the species with the power of choice.

[AntonioLao]

We are the species with the power of choice.

We each of us participates by contributing 9 billion deuteron ions taken from a few drops of our blood plasma then we can have a cold fusion reaction. This works only if the blood plasma is made of heavy water.

[labelwench]

We each of us participates by contributing 9 billion deuteron ions taken from a few drops of our blood plasma then we can have a cold fusion reaction. This works only if the blood plasma is made of heavy water.

What is the effect if the blood alcohol level is somewhat higher than the tolerance suggested for unassisted breathing, as may be the case with a few of the day's earlier participants on the Capitalism thread?

[AntonioLao]

What is the effect if the blood alcohol level is somewhat higher

For cold fusion, it has no effect whatsoever since alcohol is not made of heavy water.

[labelwench]

For cold fusion, it has no effect whatsoever since alcohol is not made of heavy water.

That's good to hear. Thinning the blood and dulling the senses may be helpful when drawing the sample needed for the 9 billion deuteron ions you require per person. Quite a number of people are very uncomfortable with having to undergo any procedure involving a needle.

Is there anything in particular that makes you apprehensive, Antonio?

[AntonioLao]

Is there anything in particular that makes you apprehensive

Anything that is not comprehensively understood by my own meager knowledge or intellect.

[labelwench]

Anything that is not comprehensively understood by my own meager knowledge or intellect.

To fear the unknown, or that which we do not comprehend is a most natural reaction, common to most species. (The tiny northern lesser weasel is the most fearless creature that I have ever encountered. No matter the size of the adversary, if cornered, it does not wait to engage, it brings the battle to the challenger.)

My Grandfather did counsel that there is naught to fear but the fear itself. One should examine the reason behind the fear, and one may contemplate a strategy, then, to alleviate or otherwise deal with the concern.

Our own imaginings are often the greater than that which we eventually engage.

There are occasions, I will suggest from experience, that such contemplation may have to be undertaken while taking evasive action, depending upon the nature of the challenge one is undertaking with trepidation.