Amazing Creature

1 08 2009

Tiger





Accelerating Returns

4 10 2008

As order increases, time increases exponentially.  The time between salient events decreases.

Order is information that fits a purpose.  The measure of order is the measure of how well the information fits the purpose.

A long time isn’t as long as it use to be.





Thermodynamics

4 10 2008

In a closed system, disorder (entropy) increases.   

Time moves in relation to the amount of chaos in the system.

We are order amid great chaos.





The Book of Life

20 09 2008

Most of your genetic information is contained within the double-stranded DNA molecules that reside within the nuclei of your cells.  DNA molecules are so large that if the coiled DNA of a single cell were unraveled into a straight line, it would stretch more than six feet; if all the DNA in the human body were put end to end, it would reach to the sun and back more than 600 times.





Tachyon

13 09 2008

tachyon (from the Greek ταχυόνιονtakhyónion, from ταχύςtakhýs, i.e. swift, fast) is any hypothetical particle that travels at faster-than-light speed.