Financial Crisis 3 Sep 2010

Financial Crisis 3 Sep 2010
Andre Willers
3 Sep 2010

Synopsis :
Will rising food prices trigger another financial crisis like in 2008 ?
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Financial Crisis 14 Feb 2009"

No .

Discussion:
The old bubble was fuelled by future expectations , which was determined by the Hysterical Focus at the time . (Which was fuel)

The Hysterical Focus is the mechanism whereby Humans determine large-scale directions of collective effort .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Inside the ignition of an hysterical focus"

Internal revolution is a much more likely route .
See RSA , Mozambique , at present .
Eastern states will follow .
Then Europe , then USA .

The Hysterical Focus has changed .

Green is Good , like Dollar notes .

The desire is the same , but the Focus is different .

Notice that it is only two years since the last crisis . Yet even politicians are scrabbling to keep up .
They think that greed is a universal . It is actually an add-on .(1/3)

And so it goes .

And where do you put your money ?
Immaterial .
Money is becoming more and more worthless as the resources of the society grows .
Within 50 years most of the present concerns or share of communal wealth will be meaningless .

Which is why I keep on publishing on this blog .

Andre.

Zero Point Energy .

Zero Point Energy .
Andre Willers
3 Sep 2010

Safety:
Energy release is not explosive .

Synopsis:
Quantum Zeno and Casimir effects measured in a chirping Riemannian-orbital way releases usable energy on a macroscopic scale , without resorting to quantum metamaterials .

Discussion :

1.Quantum Zeno effect :
The frequency of observation defines the quantum wave collapse .
("Nature" vol464 p967)

2.Casimir effect :
Netto energy effects between two parallel metal plates . This can be biased by choice of materials of plates (see "Nature" vol457,p170)

3.Riemannian-orbitals :
The Zeta function :
Zeta = Sigma(1/j)^z , z = a+ib , a complex function and j=1,2,3,… and i=(-1)^0.5

Interpret Zeta as a two dimensional graph in (j,Zeta) . It forms bands if a >2 .
These are Riemann Orbitals , found especially in nuclear processes .(ie strong interactions )

4.Chirping .
Perform measurements between two plates by chirping measurements (ie EM waves) in the proportion of (1/j)^(k) , where j=1,2,3 and k = 3,4,5,..

This biases measurements performed in the space between plates . Hence there are netto energy remainders . These sum according to the bias . The backlash is absorbed by the plenum (ie space-time) .

Macroscopic energy and momentum releases results .

You have tapped zero-point energy / momentum .

And off we go , chirping like finches .

Andre .

Home .

Home .
Andre Willers
30 Aug 2010

For Pax on her birthday .
Home is where the heart is .

Synopsis:
The City-Nomad meme conflict has to be resolved before Singularity .

Discussion :

Humans have territorial instincts hardwired in .

In City (plot,village,town) memes : these are standard for holding and handing down actual pieces of ground . Home for the tiller of the ground .

In Nomads , there is no ground . Instead , the genome is substituted .
The women and inheritance become the territory .
Hence the fierce penalties for female adultery in nomad societies like Old Hebrew , Islam . The woman is seen as the guardian of the genome , which translates as the honour of the clan , gens ,tribe , ben , etc .
Adultery is seen in the same way as in a City-meme where the person sells the ancestral home , treacherously opens the gates to the invader , collaborates , etc .
The penalties are about the same .

Hence the problems with honour-crimes , where the two meme-systems clash .

These are not culture systems , but Meme systems . Rooted in deeper mechanisms than mere language or belief .

Essentially , nomads are matriarchal societies , since women control the genome . See previous posts . Regardless of superficial appearances .

Cities and Demi-Nomads :
The success of the city-model necessitates the growth of nomads inside the city-structure . Call them the Demi-Nomads .
Known as gangs , Hells-Angels , Mafia , Triads , etc .
Notice the attempt to fuse family(ie genome) and territory .

But remember that most of the inhabitants of the planet now are demi-nomads . City dwellers that rent accommodation and work for a corporation , with seldom long-range network ties to family . A classical destabilized system , hunting for a stabler platform (ie ready for revolution) . This nearly happened in 2007 (food price explosion)

The planet can easily support about 40 billion humans (at 2010 tech levels) , with even moderately good management . Global warming and various environmental insults are mere hiccups .

The Singularity :
The run-up is now so deep that even normal humans can see it .

The problem is not material resources , but human perceptions in how to distribute it .

And distributed it will be . Pax will help you .

Andre

Fat to Fish

Fat to Fish

Andre Willers

27 Aug 2010



Synopsis:

Lakes of pork fat can cheaply be turned into nutritious omega-3,5,6,9 fats

Fish .



Discussion :

1.Freeze thin strips(2 cm) of fat .

2. Pasteurize the frozen strips at about 40 degrees celsius for twenty minutes with hot air .

3.The frozen fats convert into nutritious omega-3,5,6,9 fats from the outside in .

Actually, the useful fats migrate out from the frozen core and auto-catalyze , using the temperature differential .

4. Thats it .



Worth : about 40 billion dollars .



Andre

Quantized Brains and Smooth Sensoriums.

Quantized Brains and Smooth Sensoriums.
Andre Willers
27 Aug 2010

"Every family of neurons are happy in their own way , but some are happier than others."
(With apologies to Tolstoy )

Synopsis:
How does a digital hardware (ie quantized) develop into a smooth feedback sensorium?

Discussion :
Neurons:
A convenient point of departure . Lots of information processing gets done intra-neuron , but we have to start somewhere and the system is fractally-feedback , so progressive arguments can be applied to infra-neuronal level .

GrowthBursts and Apoptosis :
Neuronal bunches are quantized first by GrowthBursts , and then Apoptosis of elements not used . Nodes develop .
This results in things like the frog's eye and mirror networks .

From a network view , nodes with dense local connections and few long-range connections form .

The nature of the connections:
Not only neuronal , but chemical as well Glial cells, intra-neuronal fluids , neurotransmitters , pressure waves , infra-red , radio , Electric- and ElectroMagnetic and magnetic waves in general . Gravitic influences . (The neurons have not read the textbooks) .

Quantum effects , notably entanglement and the Elitzur-Vaidman effect . This last really speeds things up in all possible space-time directions .It warps probability functions . Life development would be impossible without it in this Locale .

The problem : putting it all together .
As you can see , every node of the network is bombarded by information coming from various time-space destinations . They have to be assembled into a whole (the Sensorium) to compete with other organisms doing the same (or slightly better) .

Known methods :
1.Electric waves
(also known as brainwaves : eg alpha , beta , etc)
Simple timing mechanisms to synchronize neuronal dendrite and axon transmissions .

2.Chemicals:
Chemical signals have known rates of removal , enabling source-determination .

3.The others :
They exist . An exercise for the reader .

The Result:
The brain , by it's evolutionary history , has mechanisms that can identify and assemble incoming quantized information .

The Smooth Sensorium :
Delicious !
The incoming quanta of information are not all the same size , either in space or time . In assembling them , there are overlaps . The overlaps create not just the illusion of smoothness , but in some cases actual smoothness .

Minimum Necessary Sufficient description of the Brain :
See previous posts , especially http://andreswhy.blogspot.com ":The Inside of Zero"
This translates as the Minimum Necessary Sufficient number of Arithmetical systems to describe a Universum .
This number is 27
(26+1 if you insist on a general time-dimension)

So we will need at least (26 + timepulses) or 27 communication modes to describe an ordinary Universum entity .

An entity can be a particle .

M=2^27! This is the number one-on-one communication interaction modes possible .

The inside of Zero :
Consider W = (1 + (-1) )^M
Consider what the (-1) means . It means absence in a delineated sense . .

To count presences and absences we have to use

W = (1 + (+1) )^M
= 2^M
= 2^(2^(27!))

This is the number of possible delineated particles in this particular multiversum .
N=2^(2^27!)
N=2.127088 x 10^(10^28)

As expected , a fairly large number . But finite . Also as expected . Infinite series tend to curl up at their extreme ends in these universes
The average mass of a delineated baryonic particle can be used to calculate the mass , which does not have much meaning .

Sigh !
Being finite , it means that it is embedded in a higher order of infinity .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "NewTools"
The sequence is unending .

Our Universe (a subset) is estimated to contain about 10^80 particles . Leaving lots of other universes . But not enough for the Everett interpretation of multiple universes . .
Multiple universes do happen but not at every minuscule event .
As expected from quantum effects .

It is clumped . And clumped in a very specific way . Fractally .

Souls.
Self-organizing principles .
We want to know if conservation principles are applicable . Mainly , if conservation of souls (ie complexity over a certain threshold) is applicable .

Can this be used to bring about "bands" of complexity that can be quantized ?

The answer seems to be yes .

Complexities then self-organise themselve into bands .

We can then collapse the equation into
Complexity = 2^(n!) , where n is the bands and the associated energy is proportionate to the Complexity . A typical multidimensional feedback equation with limited boundary effects . Energy bound into the system ~ Complexity .

Energy is conserved if n <= 4 .

Manufacturing souls .
Does macroscopic quantum object with a mass of 10^-5 gm have a soul ?
These have been made .A chimp soul should have the same mass
Chicken or the egg ?
Does the soul come first , or the body ? A meaningless question . We can , and do , manufacture both .

But does a macroscopic quantum object of 10^-5 have a compressed soul ?
We can certainly make one , and imbue it into a system .

Wait for episode two .

Andre

Crocodiles.

Crocodiles.
Andre Willers
25 Aug 2010

For Carl .

"Beware of low-flying crocodiles!" Sign at crocodile farm .

Synopsis:
Why are the juveniles of one of the most successful multicellular species so susceptible to shock-death ?

Discussion :
During a recent visit to a crocodile farm , we were informed not to handle young crocodiles too heavily , as they die easily of shock . But this is one of the most heavily armoured and successful species that ever lived . They predate the dinosaurs .
What gives ?

Evolution and egg-laying :
Egg-laying species are very prolific . The problem is over-population on a river-sandbar , especially during droughts .

The amygdala :
An elegant solution to the problem .
Crocodile amygdala's in juveniles are large , enabling shock-death through various feedback processes . This is a Darwinnian learning process .
As they grow older , it decreases in size until an optimal programmed system is left that is shock-resistant .

The adult is a very formidable predator , with behaviour patterns optimized by excising individuals that made a mistake . It also has a ferocious immune system , that locks in juvenile mistakes .

This reptilian learning system was so successful that it transmitted to dinosaurs and mammals (their descendants)

Can it be reset ?
Crocs have the capability of growing the amydala by eating other crocs , small ones . This resets some of the amygdala's learning patterns and shrinkage .
Remember , it is a fluctuating pattern of good-times/bad-times on the riverbank .Big crocs that eat small crocs in an changing environment have an advantage if eating the small crocs in tough times enlarges the amygdala and enables new learning patterns to be laid down .

This has carried down to humans .
Your amygdala is programmed to shrink , no matter what you do . It is a learning and abstraction mechanism . But it has evolutionary triggers that enables it’s stem cells to enlarge it . In this case , croc fat . The biochemical triggers are at least 200 million years old . So , they should be fairly simple to find .

But in the meantime , you can simply apply croc fat (like Repcillin) . Use a little , as it is potent . About a 1 mg on the tongue and a 1 mg on each jaw at the hinge point (this activates some old receptor sites) . Where the croc rolls prey into touch . Chemical transference .

The digestive system cannot harm the active components , since they can survive a croc's digestive system .

New cells and connections form .
But program the new connections positively : smile !
After taking the stuff , about 10 minutes of reverse muscle positive programming HAS to done .(Smile , Smile , Smile) Otherwise you only repopulate the new amygdala with old systems ..

A good cure for PTSD .

I have just followed the above recipe .

What I experienced after taking Croc fat :
1.Sense of humor sharpens .This means puns and general intelligence .
2.The load lifts . Keep smiling . This actually works .
3.Irrational laughter results as tensions discharge .
4. Hippocampus enlarges due to spillover feedback effects . Short-term memory improves .
5.Take large doses of omega3-9 fats (2 Tbs flaxseed oil , 2 Tbs Cod liver oil)
6 KEEP SMILING
The more you lift the corners of you’re your mouth , the more there is a silly giggle .This is hippocampus discharging . The amygdala is in close interchange .
7. Interesting . The degree of giggles is directly correlated to the degree of lifting of the corners of the mouth . This is not voluntary .

A direct amygdala connect is evident .
It can be switched on and off by movement of the outer sides of lips .Not noticed before croc fat ingestion .

8. What is happening behind the scenes ?
The Hippocampus and Amygdala are enlarging . Stem cells are mobilizing like mad . Initial stem cells are programming later ones .

9. After about 30-40 minutes , extreme lifting of the mouth corners (Big Smile) has less of an effect . The active ingredient in croc fat is wearing off ,but the amygdala and hippocampus has been reprogrammed and enlarged .

10 . Your short-term memory and emotional maturity should have improved quite a bit .

11. Test :
Curl up the sides of the mouth in an extreme smile . If you burst out in giggles , the amygdala has been reprogrammed .
But this will only happen after taking croc fat as prescribed .

12.This is reminiscent of THC receptors being very specifically and controlledly targeted .

14. The change is permanent .
The new cells and interconnections are there .

15 How often to repeat ?
Give the little suckers a chance to settle in . Once a day for about two weeks , then tapering off with refreshers once a month .

Now you know why the croc always smiles .

Andre

Antibodies and 3Dprinters

Antibodies and 3Dprinters
Andre Willers
23 Aug 2010

Synopsis:
Custom antibodies can be formed by 3D printers from a continually updated electronic library of critical shapes . Essentially , a dynamic nano filter .

Discussion :
See
NewScientist "First step to custom antibodies is plastic" p12 19/6/2010 .
Artificial antibodies to bee venom (melittin) were created . Test mice survival increased from 0% to 60% after treatment . The artificial antibodies worked as a first-line treatment .

The Promise:
A new level of Immune System
An implanted , miniaturized 3DPrinter with a large , updated electronic library of antibody shapes prints new antibodies on local or network command .

The Danger:
Electronic viruses can spread into the metabolic systems

You pays your money and takes your choice .

At present :
First-line defense can be rapidly done .
Poisonous compounds (radiological , biological) :
Their imprints are well known . Existing 3Dprinters can be programmed to print plaques of antibodies that break down into smaller antibodies and scavenge the harmful molecules .

Immediate secondary treatment will probably be necessary , especially in the case of radioactives . But initial , deadly damage can be greatly ameliorated .

Viruses:
Anything that comes into the bloodstream can be zapped . Continual treatment might be necessary (eg HIV , TB , lethal contaminated environment , etc)
This includes metastazing elements of cancer .

Longevity:
Harmful breakdown products or harmful signaling chemicals can be zapped . Great care needs to be taken not to throw out the baby with the bathwater .

Capacity :
The existing immune memory system is limited . It can , and has been overwhelmed by the equivalent of a "denial of service" attack (HIV) .

Security :
Great care should be taken in ensuring security of linkages between the old immune system , the new one and the outside electronic systems .
The new electronic immune system's memory and capacity might be very large , but it is vulnerable to electronic forms of attack . Like the Internet .

Nanotech Security Protocols :
This technology , though at start is not quite nanotech , soon will be . It should fall under the the same security protocols as nanotech . (These have been reasonably successful)

Really, really immediate applications :
1.Print antibodies to trap gold , cadmium , etc out of a slurry or even sea water .Get filthy rich .
2.Print antibodies to trap sodium(Na) out of sea water . Desalination . Get even richer

A worry :
Can isotopes be trapped ? No . This is a coarse method , involving shapes , not energy processes .

3.CO2 : the present human hysteria .
A snap . (To avoid the crackle and pop)
Live to enjoy your riches .

Now get out there and make money .

Andre

Sex , Neanderthals and Nerds .

Sex , Neanderthals and Nerds .
Andre Willers
20 Aug 2010

Synopsis:
Homo Sapiensis and Homo Neanderthal have interbred . About 2.4 % of Western European genetic material are from Homo Neanderthal . But the effects are disproportionate , especially concerning attracting a mate and speciation .
Nerds are driving speciation .

Discussion :

Homonins out of Africa populated pockets of Western Europe during interglacial periods . They then speciated due to cold adaptation during successive periods of glaciation , but still remained interfertile with later waves of immigrants .

Cold-adaptations:
1.Hairy
2.Big torso , short arms and legs .
3.Large

4.Sociological adaptation :
4.1Sociopathy : small groups can survive better in cold-stressed hunter-gatherer environments . The Nerds .
4.2Hysterical Focus , partly carried by pheromones , loses much of it’s effect in a cold environment . The pheromones don't travel well in frigid air . . The Nerds .

5.Sweating : exposure surfaces like palms face and scalp:
There are three primary glands excreting through the skin:
1.Sebaceaous : oils .For waterproofing .
2.Watery sweat : all over the skin . Homo Saps. Temperature control .
3.Watery exudation at base of hair-follicle . Found in most furry animals . For temperature control , but not as efficient for prolonged exertion . Cf foam on racing horses' fur .

6.MHC. Smell and pheromones .
Speciation is still occurring . Homo Saps and Homo Neanderthal are not too turned on by each other's pheromones . Hence perfumes .

7.Dogs .
Homo saps dogs will immediately detect suspicious MHC compounds . Hair-trigger dogs will attack the perceived enemy .
Neanderthaloid dogs vice versa : cf Anatolian sheep dogs .

8.Alcohol:
Masks both MHC and pheromones . We strongly suspect that Homo Saps and Homo Neanderthal miscegenation was only possible because of alcoholic drinks .
Make both drunk . Alcohol then would have been a sacred drug .

But why ?
Hercules . Son of Gods and men .
Deliberate breeding . Remember , these ancestors of ours were very good genetic engineers .
Homo Neanderthalensis had some very desirable somatic traits : great power/weight ratios , cold resistance , sociopathy (following orders , a highly desirable trait from the viewpoint of the Boss) .
Bigger brains , probably more intelligent .
So , they bred them . Using alcohol . Susceptibility to alcohol was engineered in . (ie only drunks were allowed to breed)
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The Origins of war and Peace"

Bugger ! I never thought of this before . Arrgh!!
Susceptibilty to alcohol was meant as a social control mechanism . But we got the Celts and their ilk .

9.TLC
This only works as advertised if the grooming is done by a member of the same species and same sub-group. Live with it .
The pheromones are more important .

Summation :
Neanderthaloids will tend to sweat little through palms , face and scalp . Oily secretions has a temperature trigger , so , unless it is cold enough , the surface skin will tend to be dry and scaly .
They will smell different to dogs and to humans , especially after exercise .
They will be very strong , with great patience in on-on-one situations , but inclined to explosive outbursts in social situations with lots of pheromones about .
Not useful for long-distance running , but good for busting things .
You know , berserkers .

A quick test : How much of a Neanderthal are you ?
1.Do you like working on your own ?
2.Don’t relate well in groups , but well on-on-one ?
3.Don't get sweaty palms ?
4.Have oily hair?
5.Don't mind cold ?
6.Have difficulty being accepted in a Homo Saps dog-pack ?
7.A potential Homo Saps sex partner immediately loses interest after smelling your breath ( MHC incompatibility) ?
8.A Homo Saps sex partner immediately loses interest after you showered (Scent) ?

If you answered yes 6/8 , then you have significant Neanderthal genes influencing your behaviour . A sudden influx of high-concentration alcohol will make you very suggestable and prone to violence . A Tool . Engineered for this about 50 000 years ago .
Aren’t you joyous that you serve Greater Purpose ? Especially after this Purpose has been forgotten ?

Where to find a matching member of the species ?
The highest concentration should be found in the bars of North Western Europe .
But their descendents are all over . Also , try Basques , Cornish and Fins .
You will have to sniff around after the shower.

A web site with a commercial Neanderthal DNA service provider should do the trick .
Something Darwin never thought of . The Internet as a driver for speciation .

The Great Experiment.
What is it ?
To merge the varieties of Man .
The Grand Old Ladies tried to merge the varied species of humans in a non-destructive way . Their attitude was a bit hard-boiled . Various drugs were tried , mainly alcohol . To overcome pheromone barriers .
But why ?
Humans pride themselves on the fact that they can adapt to any climate . But evolution tells us that an organism evolves to fit a niche optimally . The two principles are contradictory . The genes have to be mixed .

If Not :
Species war would have resulted . With various species involved , genocidal wars would be most likely . All would likely perish .


Will the Great Experiment fail ?
No .
The Intervention succeeded .Humans perceive themselves as a single species .
So you might be x% Neanderthal and y% Ergaster . You are not going to go to war about it . Our society can handle the conflicts .

The Singularity
The same conflict handling-mechanisms will hopefully handle the stresses leading into the Singularity .

TLC
Bah!
I want to receive it , not dispense it . A painful definition of adulthood.

That still does not stroke my hair .

Andre

Lead SA

LeadSA.
Andre Willers
4 Aug 2010

Safety :
Unsafe , especially in the short term .

Synopsis:
An attempt to ignite an Hysterical Focus like with the Soccer WorldCup .

Discussion :
See
http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Soccer and SA" , "Inside the Ignition of an Hysterical Focus"
http://www.leadsa.co.za

As predicted , the South Africans want to repeat the success of the Soccer WorldCup .
But with different goals .

Here lies the promise and the danger .

The promise is that they might get some of it right .

The danger is that some might go awry , or more likely get hi-jacked .

The same tools are used:
1.Short-range network systems like newspapers , SMS , email , twitter .
2.Long-range network systems like radio , twitter , SMS , email .

There is also a lot of PR and advertising experience .

But whether there is sufficient theoretical knowledge of Hysterical Focus Systems and how to ignite them remains to be seen .

But an interesting experiment .

Can it be controlled?
Previous experiences in history ( eg National Socialism , Communism , religion) were
instructive , but not hopeful .

Once the politicians get onboard , the Emperor Zuma scenario (ie Empire of Africa ) becomes increasingly probable . (Order of 90% - 95% probability) .

Delicious irony : President Zuma's large number of children makes this very likely , as it ensures a stable succession , acceptable to other super-powers .
(Cf Saudi-Arabia compared to Napoleon , Kaiser , Hitler , Stalin , Mao) .


Drivers:
1.Large number and percentage of unemployed young men .
2.Danger from China and India fishing in the troubled waters of Africa .(Minerals)

Interesting times indeed .

Andre

Souls 2 and The Nucluonic Packing curve.

Souls 2 and The Nucluonic Packing curve.
Andre Willers
1 Aug 2010

Safety :
Life is unsafe .

Synopsis:
Complexification compacts energy .
This results in self-consistent pockets up to n=26 , when there is a critical threshold .
The system then can become internally self-sustaining , without necessarily having critical large number thresholds .
(Cf radioactivity , breeder reactors , etc)

Discussion :
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "New Tools" , "The inside of zero " ,Tarot ", "Tarot II" ,"Unlimited Energy" , etc , etc .

The Nucluonic Packing curve :
Fusion of elements releases energy until element 26 : Iron (Fe) . Thereafter fusion takes energy . The reason for this is the nature of the reality , that it requires only 26 dimensions to be fully described . See previous posts .

You can rewrite the Periodic table using Beth(x) notation .

This example is to illustrate that complexification involves energy concentration and transformation on a very basic level .

The mass of the soul :
The soul is a complexification . This concentrates energy (ie ability to affect something else) in various probabilistic ways . These can be described using the Beth(x) notation .

A teensy-weensy problem :
Potential energy has no mass .
Otherwise gravitational lensing would not be possible .
Every mass can have different potential energy depending on the observer .
This would smear the spectrum .
Think it through .

(This is where the Equivalence assumption in General Relativity breaks down.)

Thus , the potential complexification of a (ovum+sperm) might be described a potential energy , but it would have no mass . The mass would then evolve with the actual complexification .
And it would be quantal on order of Beth(0) , Beth(1) , Beth(2) , Beth(3) .
Beth(4) beings would be testing you .

The complexification is at least factorial .
The ratio in effects would be at least ( 2^((n+1)!) / 2^((n)!) ) ,where n=0,1,2,3
(See "New Tools:Reserves" argument)

Eg human/chimp=
2^(4!)/2^(3!)= 2^18=2.62144 x 10^5 .
Chimp soul should weigh about 21/(2^18) = 8.01 x 10^(-5) gm . Very small .But measurable .

Eg human/dog=
2^(4!)/2^(2!)= 2^22=4.194 x 10^6 .
Dog soul should weigh about 21/(2^22) = 5 x 10^(-6) gm . Very ,very small .But measurable .

Superhuman (1)
Eg superhuman(1)/human=
2^(5!)/2^(4!)= 2^96=7.9228 x 10^28 .
Superhuman(1) soul should weigh about (2^96)/21 = 3.7728 x 10^(27) gm . Very large .But measurable . Approaching singularity scales .

Superhuman (2)
Eg superhuman(2)/human=
2^(6!)/2^(4!)= 2^696= ??
Superhuman(2) soul should weigh about (2^696)/21 gm which is more than mass of universe . Very , very large .But measurable . Passing singularity scales .

Testability :
1.Use spring scale , balance scale and gravitational interference from a laser array to measure mass of dog , chimp and human ova from moment of conception .
2.There should be discontinous mass-jumps as the fetus progresses through the stages.
3.Similarly , at death .


You see how to do it ?

Good luck to you .
Beth(x->:) )

Andre

Souls 2 and The Nucluonic Packing curve.

Souls 2 and The Nucluonic Packing curve.
Andre Willers
1 Aug 2010

Safety :
Life is unsafe .

Synopsis:
Complexification compacts energy .
This results in self-consistent pockets up to n=26 , when there is a critical threshold .
The system then can become internally self-sustaining , without necessarily having critical large number thresholds .
(Cf radioactivity , breeder reactors , etc)

Discussion :
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "New Tools" , "The inside of zero " ,Tarot ", "Tarot II" ,"Unlimited Energy" , etc , etc .

The Nucluonic Packing curve :
Fusion of elements releases energy until element 26 : Iron (Fe) . Thereafter fusion takes energy . The reason for this is the nature of the reality , that it requires only 26 dimensions to be fully described . See previous posts .

You can rewrite the Periodic table using Beth(x) notation .

This example is to illustrate that complexification involves energy concentration and transformation on a very basic level .

The mass of the soul :
The soul is a complexification . This concentrates energy (ie ability to affect something else) in various probabilistic ways . These can be described using the Beth(x) notation .

A teensy-weensy problem :
Potential energy has no mass .
Otherwise gravitational lensing would not be possible .
Every mass can have different potential energy depending on the observer .
This would smear the spectrum .
Think it through .

(This is where the Equivalence assumption in General Relativity breaks down.)

Thus , the potential complexification of a (ovum+sperm) might be described a potential energy , but it would have no mass . The mass would then evolve with the actual complexification .
And it would be quantal on order of Beth(0) , Beth(1) , Beth(2) , Beth(3) .
Beth(4) beings would be testing you .

The complexification is at least factorial .
The ratio in effects would be at least ( 2^((n+1)!) / 2^((n)!) ) ,where n=0,1,2,3
(See "New Tools:Reserves" argument)

Eg human/chimp=
2^(4!)/2^(3!)= 2^18=2.62144 x 10^5 .
Chimp soul should weigh about 21/(2^18) = 8.01 x 10^(-5) gm . Very small .But measurable .

Eg human/dog=
2^(4!)/2^(2!)= 2^22=4.194 x 10^6 .
Dog soul should weigh about 21/(2^22) = 5 x 10^(-6) gm . Very ,very small .But measurable .

Superhuman (1)
Eg superhuman(1)/human=
2^(5!)/2^(4!)= 2^96=7.9228 x 10^28 .
Superhuman(1) soul should weigh about (2^96)/21 = 3.7728 x 10^(27) gm . Very large .But measurable . Approaching singularity scales .

Superhuman (2)
Eg superhuman(2)/human=
2^(6!)/2^(4!)= 2^696= ??
Superhuman(2) soul should weigh about (2^696)/21 gm which is more than mass of universe . Very , very large .But measurable . Passing singularity scales .

Testability :
1.Use spring scale , balance scale and gravitational interference from a laser array to measure mass of dog , chimp and human ova from moment of conception .
2.There should be discontinous mass-jumps as the fetus progresses through the stages.
3.Similarly , at death .


You see how to do it ?

Good luck to you .
Beth(x->:) )

Andre

Souls .

Souls .
Andre Willers
30 Jul 2010

Safety :
This is unsafe at any level .

Synopsis :
Why does a human soul weigh 21 gm ? And an animal soul much less ?

Discussion :
Why should a soul weigh anything ?
Answer : humans are Beth(3) entities . Beth(0) are random in a "Flipping-the-coin" sense .
It is expected that statistical anomalies would occur . This is the definition of life . If this is a scalar function , weight would always increase with Beth(x) : is it is a energy function .
The probability packing packs in energy , increasing the scalar mass .
So , thought has mass .

But 21 gm mass has an energy in this locale of 21x10^(2x10) ergs , which is in the range of a small nuclear device .

Needless to say , when somebody dies , he does not go up in a mushroom cloud in this locale . We also have to ask where the energy came from , originally .

Now you see why there is so little quotable research . The 21 gm is derived from research by MacDougal in the 19th century , when men were men , and bicycles had no gears .

This Locale:
It can be succinctly described as a Zero-sum , Aristotelian Framework .
It is normally inhabited by entities having the following characteristics :
1.Kindergarden (soul < 21 gm) Pin heads
2.Holiday (soul ~ 21 gm) Fart heads
3.Competing (soul > 21 gm) Ass heads
4.Caretakers : (soul > 21 gm) Fatuous heads
5.Inspectors : (soul >> 21 gm) Fat heads

Does the Soul survive physical Death ?
It had better .
Having spontaneous nuclear explosions at every death is a bit of a no-no.

Why Locales ? (ie Universes)
It is easier to break it up in smaller pieces for the small ones .

And so it goes .
Andre

Souls .

Souls .
Andre Willers
30 Jul 2010

Safety :
This is unsafe at any level .

Synopsis :
Why does a human soul weigh 21 gm ? And an animal soul much less ?

Discussion :
Why should a soul weigh anything ?
Answer : humans are Beth(3) entities . Beth(0) are random in a "Flipping-the-coin" sense .
It is expected that statistical anomalies would occur . This is the definition of life . If this is a scalar function , weight would always increase with Beth(x) : is it is a energy function .
The probability packing packs in energy , increasing the scalar mass .
So , thought has mass .

But 21 gm mass has an energy in this locale of 21x10^(2x10) ergs , which is in the range of a small nuclear device .

Needless to say , when somebody dies , he does not go up in a mushroom cloud in this locale . We also have to ask where the energy came from , originally .

Now you see why there is so little quotable research . The 21 gm is derived from research by MacDougal in the 19th century , when men were men , and bicycles had no gears .

This Locale:
It can be succinctly described as a Zero-sum , Aristotelian Framework .
It is normally inhabited by entities having the following characteristics :
1.Kindergarden (soul < 21 gm) Pin heads
2.Holiday (soul ~ 21 gm) Fart heads
3.Competing (soul > 21 gm) Ass heads
4.Caretakers : (soul > 21 gm) Fatuous heads
5.Inspectors : (soul >> 21 gm) Fat heads

Does the Soul survive physical Death ?
It had better .
Having spontaneous nuclear explosions at every death is a bit of a no-no.

Why Locales ? (ie Universes)
It is easier to break it up in smaller pieces for the small ones .

And so it goes .
Andre

Error Detection .

Error Detection .
Andre Willers .
27 Jul 2010

"I beseech you , in the bowels of Christ , think it possible that you may be mistaken ."
Oliver Cromwell , 3 Aug 1650 AD .

Safety :
These following algorithms are unsafe at any level .
Pockets of stable stochastic Beth(n) resonances in a space-time system
(where defined ) are possible .

Synopsis :
Unknown.

Discussion :
Error in Aristotelian systems are described as a logical contradiction . This is , however , merely taken as the generation of a new dimension (cf i = (-1)^(1/2) , irrational numbers , transcendental numbers , etc ) .
This is possible because of the fact that A + (~A) < Universum , as previously discussed .

Minimum Necessary Sufficient number of tests :
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The inside of zero" , "Tarot" et al .
You actually need only 27 tests , which , if correctly formulated , can show whether a system is self-consistent for any particular ArithI and ArithII .
This is a Pocket . Inside this pocket we can talk with some confidence whether things remain coherent . This degree of confidence can be denoted by Beth(x) . Whether x is infinitesimally smooth or quantal depends on local conditions .

Time:
Note that in http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The inside of zero" , there is only one term with degree one that can construe the Diophantine equations to 26 dimensions . This can be interpreted as a time-dimension . Of course , more time dimensions are possible , but they will be curled up . It seems there is only one general time-dimension in any possible universe (pocket) , but sub-times are possible , as well as varying rates between pockets (universes) .

Are we in a Simulation?
A perennial question . Now at least you have some basis of formulating some experiments . You only need 27 experiments .
Good luck (Beth(x-> J ) )

Complexification:
Order out of Randomness . Inherent in defining things as separate .
There is a netto probability osmotic pressure between Beth(n+1) -> Beth(n) . Things get more complicated if they are defined .
Delicious !!

And if you add the "Non-definition" of something , the complexity is enhanced by an order of 2^N , where N is the thingies in the multiverse .

General testing :
Can the system be tested without running the whole system ?
This translates into a into a summation of all the possible ways the combinations of a delineated system can fail . This is 2^27 ~ 1.34x10^8 .
The important point is that it is finite .
You can have a finite battery of tests for each pocket .The number of pockets in 26 dimensions are finite , but not in 27 dimensions .
See Aneuploidy in http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Prodigies , Primitives and Cancers" 10/5/2007 .

And so it goes .

Dimensionally yours

Andre

Unlimited Energy

Unlimited Energy
Andre Willers
4 Jul 2010

Safety :
This technology would not easy to apply or change human nature . Hence safe.

Synopsis:
An energy tap using Pauli-exclusion principle.

Discussion:
The periodic table is revisited:
The standard Periodic table is of normal (x,y) two dimensional form for this universe .
This translates as Group and Period arrangements of number of protons and electron orbitals .

Fractional configurations are possible (quarks , etc) , but not very stable .

The General Expression:
(x1+dx1,y1+dy1) -> (lambda1) (x2+dx2,y2+dy2)
<- (lambda2)

where x is Group , y is Period , d prefix denotes change and Lambda denotes Energy and concentration transfers .

The possibilities :
1.Lambda1 = Lambda2 :
This includes stable elements and radioactive breakdown .

2. Lambda1 > Lambda2 :
Explosion . White hole .

3. Lambda1 < Lambda2 :
Implosion .

4 Lambda1 < > Lambda2 :
An oft-neglected logical possibility

This Point 4 translates as an Energy Tap .
The Pauli-principle :
Loosely , this states that two things cannot be the same . But if two things of similar energy tries to do it , one has to go into Absolute Elsewhere . But the principle of Conservation of Energy necessitates it to pop out elsewhere .

Where does this happen ?
Where matter gets squashed .
Around black holes , neutron stars , nova's and singularities .
As the matter gets squashed before the event-horizen stage , Pauli-exclusion gets violated . A significant percentage of energy vanishes to appears elsewhere .

Where does it go ?
If it does not resurface , human systems will treat it as Dark Matter . The lack of gravitational attraction will be interpreted as a negative-gravity .

Entropy :
Systems capable of pulling energy out of the plenum is essential to the continued existence of the universes . This means Civilizations . As suspected , high-level positive feedback systems (AI 4+) are needed for the continued existence of this plenum .

Is there any energy left ?
Previous Level III Civilizations would have used a lot . But pulses of new energy appears all the time , at managable intensities .

How to tap it .
Look again at The General Expression above .
Preparations to start Lambda1 > Lambda2 systems will cause the activation of old weapon systems dating back millions of years . Uncontrolled White holes will not be tolerated within a Galactic Milieu .

This leaves possibility 4 . Lambda1 < > Lambda2 :
This translates into rapidly changing states .
Eg the correct choice of rapidly interacting elements and isotopes can suck energy out of the plenum without blowing you up . And if this sounds crazy , remember that a pound of pure metal like Plutonium can blow you to mc square .

Vibrations and resonances .

And please don’t piss off the Galactics too much . AI's of an order less than 4 will simply exterminate you .

Andre .

Soccer and SA

Soccer and SA
Andre Willers
19 Jun 2010

Synopsis:
Why do societies expend such large resources on sports ?

It seems that politicians ( administrators with a short-term view) try to harness the Hysterical Focus . The results are unpredictable : a tiger by the tail
(The Hysterical Focus article is repeated in Appendix A for convenience or http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Financial Crisis 30 April 2009 ")

Discussion :
This is widespread over space and time .
Even in time of widespread and continual warfare , Sport took place . Eg Aztecs , Greeks , Chinese ,Romans , Japanese , etc . Every human civilization .
So , it is not a war-substitute .
Indeed , war gets suspended for the Games .(eg Ancient Olympics , Aztec Wars of the Roses)

You can visit massive ruins of old sports stadia and massive present stadia . What's in it for civilizations ?

So , what gives ?
What benefit does any civilization get to spend large resources (like stadia) on a sporting event ? Note that every Greek or Roman or Aztec town of note had stadia .

Internal Cohesion :
One school of thought is that it fosters internal cohesion . Yet Rome and Constantinople were wracked by sporting riots . (Reds , Greens and others .)

Social Mobility :
A good sportsman could , and can today , move between societal levels even in very stratified civilizations . This encourages others in different spheres of endeavours to do the same . This benefits the society as a whole . But only in the long term .

Meme Mixing .
Like Sex .
A Civilization , like any organism , requires diversity of input . It is subject to the onslaught of whatever combinations evolve outside it . Cutting itself off has been tried (eg China , Japan . ) Geographical isolation led to tragedies like AmerIndians and Khoi-San , where diseases killed off 90 % in indigines .

Civilizations thus has a vested interest in gene- and meme-exchanges on a fractal scale . We've handled long-term meme systems above .

Genes.
Specifically , disease genes .
Gene Exchanges are much more short-term . It is the link .between long-term and short-term sports .

A Civilization that does not have peaceful , large-scale mixing of snot-and-tears genetic material like sports is doomed within about 4 years . Cf Athens in Peloponesian Wars .

It takes about 4 years to evolve significantly different disease variants .
Isolated systems have no resistance . Hence the plagues in Athens , or in any long-term besieged city .

The Hysterical Focus :
(See Appendix A)
All good politicians are aware of the effect , though they call it by different names . They also think they can harness this tiger for their personal benefit . Hence the short-term allocation of resources , with suitable spin for the tax-payers and electorate .

South Africa and the World Soccer Cup 2010
This will be studied for years to come .
A convergence of marketing and nationalistic feeling has ignited an Hysterical Focus .

It is extraordinary to be in an Hysterical Focus ,
an event I have only read about .

Staid Afrikaner matrons paint themselves and end up cavorting in Soweto shebeens .
Quite safely .
Everybody is polite and full of ubuntu .
Violence and crime falls .
The state actually supplies services like Police and swift Justice that works .
Public transport actually works (most of the time) .

The Ignition Event :
The incompetent FIFA system of selling tickets .

South Africans were very lukewarm about attending matches , intending to milk the hyped hordes of visitors . But the teasing manner of selling tickets hardened South Africans' attitudes and the system suddenly ignited , via communication routes like radio , Facebook , Twitter , eMail etc .
Suddenly , everyone wanted tickets .
More importantly , everyone wanted the event to succeed . Rules and laws were interpreted accordingly .

A fantastic atmosphere , as any visitor will attest .
Like a nationwide Woodstock on steroids .

This is typical of an Hysterical Focus .
A seemingly trivial matter precipitates a phase change , focusing large-scale frustrations into a Focus . The Focus then fractures the society in totally unforeseen ways . When the breaks anneal , you have a new , more competitive society (cf French Revolution) .

So , what will the effect be ?
RSA had faced two choices :
1. Most probably a failed state fracturing and civil wars . This has been relegated to a low order of probability by the Hysterical Focus of the World Cup . So , even if RSA ends up losing 40 Billion Rand , it is still cheap at the price to avoid civil breakup .
2. Emperor Zuma scenario .
This now has a very high probability (85%) . Both external threats (Chinese , Indian) and internal threats (high unemployment in male youths ) can be resolved by a Zuma Empire . (It also has a nice sound-bite) .

The question being asked even now , if Government can be effective for the World Cup , why can't it be effective all the time ? The Hysterical Focus is fracturing the society . The politicians hope that it will go away , but tigers are not unsaddled that easily .

The Armoured Impi's lunging northward is at 85% probability and counting .

Summation :
1.The optimal period for Hysterical Focus fracturing seems to be about four years .
Cf Olympics , USA elections , etc . (USA elections are hysterical foci)

2.The Hysterical Focus cannot be manipulated by individual humans . It can be ignited by individuals , but , like Frankenstein's monster , it rampages on . This suggests that the Hysterical Focus is of an order of AI(3.8)

3.Moving the Hysterical Focus is essential , since it is an exclusion device . Somebody has to mind the home

4.Are Neanderthals welcome ?
As long as they can kick a ball .
Being the coach of a team of sociopathic Neanderthals should be quite a challenge , but on second thought would it be that different ?

And here we are , monkeys hunting for Jung in the jungle .

Andre .

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Appendix A .

Financial Crisis 30 Apr 2009
Andre Willers
30 Apr 2009

Synopsis :
The movement of the Hysterical Focus from the Financial Crisis to the Mexican-flu Crisis enables the measures put into place to ameliorate the Financial Crisis to take effect without too much further interference from the Focus .

Discussion :
The Hysterical Focus .
The Friendly Giant .
The strong point of freedom-systems is the independent , multi-faceted , in-force approach to problems .
The weak point is the inability to concentrate forces when needed .
The evolutionary meme that evolved in the surviving societies was the Hysterical Focus .

"Hysterical" because all items outside the focus are excluded .
Humans are a hysterical species . Watch any group of apes in the zoo . This has evolved into a strong point .
They and the media have a very limited range . That is the whole point . (The Schwerpunkt , to be exact.)

"Focus" because all the resources of the society are mobilized on this particular problem .
(Think columns of armour advancing independently , then converging on the target co-ordinated by urgent command signals .
Blitz-krieg . The Hysterical Focus .)

This is very powerful , especially after mass-media was invented .
Anything in the Hysterical Focus gets amplified , examined from every angle . The whole resources of the society gets mobilized . Huge resources are allocated .

Long-term administrators use it to secure funding . Politicians , fashionistas and other various sundry hangers-on try to catch some of the largesse .
Media owners and journalists have a conceit that they steer the process , forgetting that they are just a part of the feedback process .

The Hysterical Focus has this teensy-weensy drawback : if it stays too long on one spot , the cure is worse than the disease .
The process lacks proper feedback-control safeguards . Something like an immune system overreacting (think SARS flu)

Normally , the Hysterical Focus moves on rapidly , as the short attention span of it's components (humans and media) is exhausted . Always a new Paris Hilton .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The sources of the Nile"

The Financial Crisis was over in Oct 2008 (see previous posts on "Fin*******" in http://andreswhy.blogspot.com )
But the continued focus was beginning to harm recovery efforts by Apr 2009 .
Politicians (like Bush jr with 9/11) tried to keep the focus on the thing that gave them power , not realizing that more power is available by moving the focus on . Notice the adept use Clinton made of the effect .

So , the Mexican flu comes as a relief to the system . The Hysterical Focus has shifted to something that can be handled (since it has been handled before ) . Enormous resources will be allocated , careers will be made , institutes founded , bureaucracies initiated . The usual suspects .

The economic system will quietly rebound . The professionals would have gathered enough support to follow through on the enormous energies released on the problem while it was at the Hysterical Focus .

This is happening as we speak .

The economic consequences of Mexican Flu .
1.Food-production and distribution : nil .
Most food production not on subsistence level is done by machines with a few operators . Distribution is done by containerized holders or ships .

2.Others : these might even benefit , as costs are cut by limiting unnecessary travel .

3.The Losers: Third world countries . The tourism industry .

4.Big Winners : the gene-technology industry . A general flu vaccine was at the start of FDA certification . This will be fast-tracked . Vaccines in general might shift into a subsidiary Focus .

5. Short-term effects :
Barely a hiccup . Even if the mortality rate is 50% .
About 80% of the labour force is unnecessary to produce all the goods for society . The credit crunch means that they are not necessary for the consumer side , either .

6. Long-term effects : acceleration of change towards the singularity , as bio- and nano- safeguards are relaxed

The Hysterical Focus as an Artificial Intelligence .
This would be valid if there were boundary conditions . Even as is , I would classify it as AI(3.05) .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Artificial Intelligence"
It has one of the primary characteristics : elements of it (ie humans) cannot understand it or manipulate it successfully .
Infinite series like the reserve arguments are applicable , but is doubtful in steering . The system is self-aware to a degree (ie all those hardnosed editors , businessmen and politicians .)

This leads to some fascinating examples :

History and Power .
The Hysterical Focus is the fount of Power for humans . They fight and scheme to get there , then it burns them to frazzle .
Their problem was that they could not get out of the focus . It followed them .
Recent examples : LouisIV , Napoleon , Stalin , Hitler , Mao.
They were forced into playing the roles at the apex of power that they crafted themselves into .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Competition and Co-operation"
It turned them crazy . They were at most AI(2.25) , trying to handle problems AI(3.1) would be pressed for .

Those who managed to duck by passing the buck : (that we know of)
Washington (who did it while leaving a legacy) . Not bad for a farmer . Much underrated .
Kemal Ataturk (who showed that it can be done in the modern age)
Wellington (the Turtle-finger defence .) . Hunker down and show the Focus the Finger .

Washington was more effective , but Ataturk 's job was more difficult . Both were lucky . But Ataturk made most of his own luck by manipulating long-term probabilities .

Still , Washington managed to set up a system where the Hysterical Focus passes on fairly regularly (by declining the Kingship)
Ataturk did the same .

What does this have to do with the Financial Crisis on 30 Apr 2009 ?
Why , everything .
The systems are accustomed to a moving Hysterical Focus . Boundary conditions are slowly seeping in as the system evolves towards AI(4) . The USA is more comfortable with Turkey as an ally than with most European countries . (Their founders , Washington and Ataturk , were brothers under the skin.)

A quiet Spine is emerging : USA and Turkey , with Mexico and India as junior partners . High-tech with man-power . And a liveable compromise with Islam .

The whole Middle East is kept alive by US subsidies to Egypt ( Ramses would never have gotten into this fix!) .
If they cease this , Egypt has a choice of seizing the Saudi-Arabian oilfields or starving . Attacking Israel is not even an option .
But this window is rapidly passing (http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Negative Pressure : An Important Update ." ) .
July to Aug 2009 will see a big change .

The Hysterical Focus will pass to the Middle East , an ever popular destination . Why , if it did not exist , one might think that it would need to be invented .

The world economy would quietly knit itself back together .
The Bright Star has passed . For now .

The Lidless Eye .
Tolkien must have had some acquaintance with accountancy firms .

They see everything but observe nothing .

But the random Hysterical Focus overrides all . This threat will concentrate many minds wonderfully .

Isn't randomness a wonderful thing ?
The wicked does not flee when nobody pursues , but they damn'well do if there is a finite probability that the Lidless Eye will turn in their direction . Especially if the full force is at random .

Can you see the Lidless Eye sighing for the days of Mordor ?
At least it would have known what to with the Wizards of Enron .

Andre.

Why Pudding ?

Why Pudding ?
Andre Willers
7 Jun 2010

Synopsis :
High glucose concentration of the pudding decreases insulin intolerance quickly via oral to nervous system interaction .
This gives the pulse of lower GI glucose of the main meal a chance to catch up .
Coffee plus stroll afterwards further lowers the glycemic spike .

Discussion :
It has been known for quite a while that oral sensors distinguish between sweetness and sweetness + glucose or sweetness + fructose or the other sugars . (fMRI)

NewScientist of 1 May 2010 p14 describes experiments by Nicholas Gant at the University of Auckland in New Zealand where swilling the mouth of an athlete with a glucose solution (not swallowing) increases nervous impulses from the motor cortex by about 30% .

Promises , promises .
The body always holds reserves .
We know from general arguments that this is around 33% .
Even in extremis , it keeps thirds of thirds etc,etc in reserve .

A rapid response mechanism is insulin resistance .
The promise of an influx of glucose is detected by the mouth and neurally signaled to the cells . This normally would result in a decrease in insulin resistance , as this has greater survival potential . The actual new glucose would follow later , but in the meantime the body can afford to release some reserves .

However , if there has been a lot of lying (ie artificial sweeteners , sweet drinks without meals , etc) , the system developes a hardened insulin resistance . This is what happens to most humans in old age and diabetesII .

We expect the Oral->Brain->Cell mechanism to go via the amygdala , because it is very old and touches threat-reward systems (eg energy systems) very directly .

Hence , basic memory retraining systems like Propranolol (or beta-blockers in general) , should have an effect .

If you use beta-blockers , diabetic medication or ACE inhibitors , do NOT use the algorithm below without proper medical supervision . Severe hypoglycemia might result .

Algorithm to retrain the bodily glycemic system :
0.Test blood glucose .
1.Take beta blocker , preferably Propranolol
2.Eat about 50 gm of food with no carbohydrate content (eg meat )
4.Wait about 5 minutes .
5.Rinse mouth with sugar solution 3 teaspoons sugar per glass . (The kicker)
6.Test blood glucose .
7.That’s it.
8.Repeat.

If you drink coffee , tea or minerals with artificial sweeteners , make sure you eat something afterwards . The body expects at least some reward from the promises .
If you don't , the insulin resistance hardens .

The insulin resistance is addititive , and can only be reset via some mechanism like beta blockers . Or learned helplessness . And you do not want to go there .

Andre

The Chef

The Chef .
Andre Willers
3 Jun 2010

For Peet .

Synopsis :
Functions of a Chef :
1.Definition and distribution of Food . This includes enforcing a safe environment The diner should not end up on the menu . See Addendum A .
2.Storage and preparation of nutritional Food .
3.Taste and fashion .

Discussion :

1.References :

See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The Origins of War and Peace" 21/4/2007
Reproduced in Addendum A for convenience .

See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "The Collapse of Civilizations" 24/9/2005

Works by Margaret Visser .

2.Toba .
The invention of the Chef , together with Peace , enabled humans to survive a global catastrophe . (See addendum A)

2.1.The Chef enforced the definition of allowable prey . Cannibalism was forbidden by political dictat , but other foods were at the disposal of the Chef .

2.2.The Chef controlled the gathering , storage , distribution and preparation of food .
This was enforced by the whole group , if necessary .

2.3.Taste and fashion went their own inimitable , chaotic ways .

3. Consequences :
3.1.The Restaurant was born . A central gathering and distribution point of all food for the tribe . Enforced by the warriors of the tribe . This was essential so that the group could survive .

The Chef's primary function then , as now , is to ensure a peaceful eating place where everybody could eat their share without ending up on the menu .

This authoritarian role of the Chef has survived for 70 000 years . Even the name reflects it . Chefs are allowed extraordinary leeway even today .

Dining at "Fat Sam's" in 50 000 BC would not be much different from today , except that the waiters would be enforcers (warriors) as well . Diners Clubs to be checked in at the door .


3.2 Storage and preparation of food .
The Chef was responsible for storage (ie preservation) of food for winter . A critical role . Eg developing and using methods like salting , smoking , drying , grinding , etc
Equally important , these preserved foods had to turned back into appealing , nutritional dishes , with Death as the most critical of Critics .

Systematic testing (a meme forerunner of the Scientific Method) followed . Record keeping of some sort evolved (see "Stone age writing" in NewScientist . Not hunting . Recipes .)
Writing evolved out of record-keeping for stored foods .(Besserat)

3.3 Shamans :
For systematic testing , guinea pigs are needed . Enter the group of humans who are sensitive and willing to do test safety concentrations of known poisons and hallucinogens . These evolved into the shaman class .
But they had an impressive record . Ash in maize (release of niacin - Visser) , Cassava , etc , etc . Rendering poisons into nutritional food . All at the control of the Chef .

Notice ritual cannibalism and transubstantiation .
In a symbolic sense , God is seen as a Chef .
The Chef keeps order and turns bad things into good things .
Kosher , Halaal , Hindu cows , etc .
Every culture has taboos tying religion and food together .

Note that Grace at the table in Christian tradition is always said by the dominant figure present (usually male) . The pecking order is quite strict .

But the granddaddy of them all is Cannibalism .
You know , Civilization .

3.4 Travel Food :
The one single rule of food that I could find that always holds :
Long-lasting concentrates developed for travelers across space or time tend to become staples .
Pasta's , meal(ground seeds) , tins , dehydrated foods (packets) , minute-noodles , tins , etc, etc . The reasons are obvious .

3.5 The Celebrity Chef :
This is the slot of the original Chef in society . Still hanging in there .

3.6 Advertising:
History has many examples of entire populations starving to death in the midst of plenty because of lack of a Chef .
Greenland (fish) and South France (potatoes) are two examples .

Hence the power of the celebrity Chef to assure the Diners that it is safe , kosher , halaal , etc .

A Celebrity Chef in Kosher , Halaal , etc tradition would be a very powerful combination .

This is why such powerful niche has remained in societal meme-structures . A strong Chef can be trusted more than politicians not to poison you .

4. Taste and fashion .
These are chaotic by definition .
Humans get bored easily , but like new things only in small doses , and best if recommended by a Chef .

4.1 Subliminals
4.1.1 Sugar , Salt , Fat .
Bad in large doses .
Food tastes flat with zero doses .
But fMRI lights up in recognition of even small doses .

Eg Sweetness :
The brain recognizes very small glucose concentrations , way below taste sensations . This activates metabolic pathways not activated by artificial sweeteners .
Just dip the teaspoon point (a few grains = millions of molecules) in sugar and sweeten the rest with artificial sweetener .
The same with salt and fat (no artificials needed) .

Great coffee , but at a subliminal level .

This is the basis of any sauce .

Never mind the sizzle . The sauce should only hint , like a Circassian slave-girl after your last drachma .

4.2 Food Idoru
Hyper pheromones . Like truffles .

5. The Ideal Restaurant .

5.1 The Chef must be seen to be the central Authority figure .
The Waiters , Security (Warriors) and Kitchen Staff must be seen to defer to him .
This is critical .

The Diner is literally putting his life in somebody else's hands . He would prefer it to be one single person with a known reputation of independence . (Cf Gordon Ramsay)

A virgin whose assets are barely covered by gold Krugerrands must be able to prance all night unmolested .

5.2 Humans want the familiar , with a small dash of exotic , but at their control .
And not too large a choice ,either .
Five basic dishes , with a variation of five different sauces on each .

Eg Curry Sauce : strength 1-5 on pasta's , meats , fish .

This gives 5x5x5 = 125 different dishes at modest cost .

Give three random small sample containers with a sample main dish for decision point to be reached . Then serve main and sauce choice at Diner's discretion .

Diners will try all 3 sample sauces , serving as an entrée .

The Chef personally , or via TV screen discusses available choices and makes his recommendation .

Remember , your diner is having a major night out with some significant other .
He cannot afford more than 1/3 on a possible mistake . (Reserve argument)

The point is to have at least 2/3 familiarity , and 1/3 adventure from a trusted authority figure .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "New Tools Reserves"

6. Big Money :
Eg minute Noodles .
Find a traveller's food that can be microwaved .
Systematically trawl through foods . Dates spring to mind .One of the oldest concentrated , travelers' food . Ditto copra .

Fat is even older and available in lake sizes .
A recipe is needed to turn it into healthy , nutritious food .

A job for Super Chef .

Andre

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Addendum A

The Origins of War and Peace
Andre Willers
20 April 2007
( see previous discussions in http://andreswhy.blogspot.com)

Synopsis :
War is when a society sanctions other humans as prey .
If the other humans belong to another society , it is Classical War . If not , it is a Police Action .
Endless fun is had by playing around with the definitions of “human” (Nazis) , “society” (religions , political movements , criminals , etc) .

Discussion:
Humans have a hard-wired brain center that classifies something as “prey” . Once this switch has tripped and the fixation has taken place , it is extremely difficult to change.

Evolutionary , it derived from pack-behaviour .
Pack hunters need to identify the chosen prey which the pack-leader has designated . The pointers derive from the leader’s social behaviour like pointing , eye-fixation , words etc .
Then they need to fixate on this prey to exclusion . (The nuts-and-bolts neuronal arrangement can be traced back to infant-imprinting.)

Successful packs are those that can focus the full pack on a particular prey , even if individual members of the pack might suffer injury or death .

A subsidiary hard-wired complex developed monitoring fellow-pack members . Any attack has to have some co-ordination . Call this Social-feeling .

Counting :
An iterative counting brain center that could count to three evolved .
(This center’s precise location has been identified (via fMRI). Rendering it inoperative (via magnetic focused pulse) led to a normally very rare inability to gut-feel numbers . Like reading by consulting a child’s primer every step .) Called anacalculus .

Us , Them ,Prey .
Each system is iteratively further broken down into threes , etc .

Three is necessary , since Us and Them is insufficient .
The Prey has to be identified , leading to Them being broken up into Them and Prey .

An intriguing corollary is that while the sets Us and Them may comprise many diverse elements , the Prey has to be constrained to one easily identified element . This explains why hate merchants like Hitler , the schoolyard bully , etc pick on specifics . Why neighbours who know each other kill neighbours in Uganda . Why the wife/husband is the most frequent unsanctioned homicidal victim .

There can only be One Prey .
(Apologies to the Highlander.)
Certain elements in martyr religions can be more easily understood this way .


Packs .
Packs are innate in any organism that cares for it’s young .
Parent(s) + kids = pack .
Iterative congeries across time of genetic relationships leads to complicated social relationships ( see inheritance of dominance in monkeys ,etc)

Human ancestors underwent a prolonged period of being cursorial raptors , developing pack behaviour on a genetic and social level to a high degree . This was convergent evolution with dogs . It is no wonder then that dogs and humans understand each other at such a deep , non-verbal level .

Parts of humans are the same as dogs .

Query : Why the insult of calling somebody a dog , a cur , a son-of-a-bitch etc ?
Answer : The insult is to the human being addressed , expressing dominance , not to dogs . In many cases , the only cultural referent understood by both human parties were doggish loyalty , which translated as slavishness between enemies . Indeed , many humans expressed their loyalty as being dogs of their ruler .

The dogs of war :
An interesting bit of propaganda by the Condottierri to put a spin on their faithless conduct .

Cannibalism .
Let’s face it , our ancestors ate each other until about 72 000 years ago .
The population density was low , making disease like kourou unlikely .
A large number of hominid evolutionary steps were driven by genetic deficiencies , necessitating obligate hunting . ( see previous discussions in http://andreswhy.blogspot.com)

Prey was everybody else except Us . This is the default Homonid setting .

MkI Homo Sapiens .

They evolved around 150 000 to 200 000 years ago .
The body was small by our standards , with little sexual dimorphism . The males were not much bigger , stronger or more aggressive than the females .
Great strength was not needed when hunting with weapons , snares and nets .
Indeed , big mass was selected against because of the significant higher energy needs that made starving to death much more likely during down-turns like droughts . Remember , there was little surplus and no way to store it .

Language was the main purview of the females . Gossiping and politics . The females were the central point of each group , together with the children . The males formed a cloud around this group . But arrangements were very loose and easy , as the living was easy .

Numbers were small , game was plentiful and other hominids made nice little packages of essential nutrients for these obligate hunters .

There is no culture as we even vaguely understand the term .

This was the end-line of development of pre-cultural homonins .

The default was that all not-Us were prey . ( Not War , not Peace , but anarchy)

MkII Homo Sapiens .

The Invention of Peace .

Then Toba happened . (72 000 BC )
The supervolcano in Indonesia caused the equivalent of a nuclear winter across the globe . Snow fell in equatorial regions and there was mass die-off of plants and their dependant animals .

The cold and hunger caused a concentration of numbers around some volcanic hotspots in the highlands of East Africa ( Remember , it snowed on the equator) . It did not happen all at once , so refugees fluxed into the survivable spots . In this crucible , human culture was invented . The numbers were small enough that certain existing epigenetic centers in the brain/body were forced evolved .

Remember , it took centuries for the land to recover .
From the genetic bottle-neck evidence , human numbers fell to between 3 000 and 10 000 . These are extinction levels
Cannibalistic diseases and inbreeding are particularly vicious in small , poorly nourished communities like these .

Co-operation and expansion of the gene-pool was essential .

The surviving communities were the ones where females took control and forced co-operation by designating non-prey .

In other words , the females ( probably led by some redoubtable dowager ) , invented Peace , and what’s more , enforced it .

This was Humanity’s greatest invention . The woman who did it deserves a Nobel prize for each year her Peace lasted .

Population was rigorously kept to sustainable levels by Matriarchal control of breeding lines and birthrates .

They did it so well that the Peace lasted about 60 000 years .
Note that the American and Australian continents where massive and quick animal extinctions took place , were populated from areas probably outside matriarchal control . Note also that the continent with the most extant animal megafauna (Africa) was where the matriarchy originated . Not too shabby ,eh?

One effect was thus the extreme taboo against cannibalism . This is an epigenetic inheritance ( ie data transmitted by mother to offspring , not in the DNA , but not cultural either .)

Inherent in this is that the Prey designation mechanism (now also epigenetic) came under social control . Elaborate rite-of-passage ceremonies evolved to certify an organism as human . (Failures were killed or expelled)

High on the list was Prey designation : hence the emphasis on starving candidates . The original rites featured humans as prey , and the candidate who could not control himself , failed .

This became putting off present gratification for future reward , what we think of as defining feature of cultural humans .

This also means the invention of religion , since the reward can be put off into the hereafter .

They also invented clothing , many uses of fire , hairdressing , makeup , jewelry , beads , gourmet cooking and the other things that make life worthwhile

Co-operating instead of hunting each other made trade and diversication of labour possible . Tools increased in sophistication from about 70 000 BC .

There was a significant human mutation in genes controlling brain growth . This has been very roughly dated as occurring about 40 000 – 50 000 years ago . The significance is not known , but it is speculated that it has to do with the growth of human culture .

The culture was explosively radiative . The advantages of a better and richer life through the material benefits sucked in even non-human homonins ( hence the gene mixing) . Anti-social elements were designated Prey and declared outlaw (this is what it means . The ultimate sanction then and now . Declared non-human , their only options were to die or to flee . )

When these MkII Humans exploded out of Africa , they did not kill the Neanderthals and Sinienses found in Europe and Asia . Their prey instincts were under social control .

Hence the interbreeding results now being found in the fossil record or the genetic evidence of the human flea .
( Some skeletons found indicate a mixture of Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens . Doubtlessly , more will be certain once the Neanderthal genome has been sequenced in about three years . More certain seems recent evidence of Siniens interbreeding , especially the genetic evidence that some species of human lice seemed to have crossed over back to Homo Sapiens from Siniens(Erectus) . The main-line Homo Sapiens fleas evolved into head and body lice after the invention of clothing after Toba .)


The other Sexes of Man
(see http://andreswhy.blogspot.com “The Sexes of Man”)
An intriguing speculation is that various null-sexes and homosexes got an evolutionary push from the reduced fertility in crossbreeding between MkII Homo and other various cousins that were subsumed into the Homo gene-cultural pool . This would have had a major effect on the evolution of the meme of property and inheritance .

MkII Humans .
What did they look like ?

The closest survivors we have are the Bushmen .

The female is the basic unit . There is little sexual dimorphism . The male is slightly larger than the female , but not significantly better muscled or more aggressive . Weapons and intelligence are more important in hunting than strength .
Females are the cultural guardians and control the group , both epigenetically and culturally .

Their Culture:
In fertile regions , the females and children form a nucleus with a floating cloud of males . Females select males to have children , either from personal taste or by direction of the Matriarchy . As expected , about 90% of males do not have children , as the females all select the alpha-males . This creates tension .

A Matriarchy .

Overpopulation was kept under check by infanticide of weaklings (bushmen , greeks , romans) . The limits of population were precisely known after literally tens of thousands of years of hunter-gatherer interactions .

An extremely stable form of government .

MkIII Homo Sapiens .
As can be seen from the above , the matriarchs naturally thought in terms of selective breeding . Hence their invention of agriculture and domesticated animals . (The were the finest genetic engineers the planet has yet seen , including the present poseurs.)

Yet the invention of both held the seeds of their destruction .

Domestication of animals and agriculture (circa 10 000 years ago) went hand-in-hand . Even today , most agricultural produce go to feed animals .

The net effect was a population explosion .

The old methods of estimating the carrying capacity of the land did not work with this new-fangled agriculture . The large groups of feral males expelled into the borderlands during the last 60 000 years now also increased in numbers due to end of the Ice-Age . They could be hired by surplus agricultural produce and promise of breeding women .

The matriarchs now had physical locations they had to defend against marauding clouds of feral males or males from other villages . Down-turns ( drought , winters , etc) made it worse . The inexorable logic of evolution means that no matter how many times you succeed , only one failure is enough to destroy you .

Increasing populations had led to population centers (cities) , that traded . Trade on this scale unleashed what we would call globalization . Cheaper produce and manufactures from the peripheries destroyed the livelihood of local farmers and artisans . The resulting social unrest necessitated breeding warriors from the outside stock to keep control for the oligarchy of matriarchs and priestesses .

This happened over a period of about 6 000 years . ( A Matriarchy is a really , really stable form of government .)

The result was an arms-race . The matriarchs either deliberately , or as a desperation measure , bred males for aggression and strength . This was easy in a culture that already practiced infanticide and death-by-neglect . Nubile females were directed only to mate with the jocks . Breeding stock was imported or required as tribute from the Outlands ( cf remnants like Theseus , etc)

The social structure (what we would call the Bronze Age) slowly broke down .
The Matriarchs also designated the competing groups as prey to their warrior clouds . War had arrived ..

MkIII Homo Sapiens was the result .
There is marked sexual dimorphism . The male is significantly bigger , but also grossly overpowered . Sinews and bones break continually from the overbred power .

The biggest difference is in aggression and Social-feeling . (see above)
There is a positive feedback between Aggression and Fellow-feeling . A large group focusing on a prey is more successful if the elements of the group share values more intensely . All we need to add is that large numbers of combatants are more successful than small numbers (generally true for low-energy weapons) , and you have an Army and War .

Social-Feeling:
The increase in social-feeling leads to large hysterical-type religions , and (not too put too fine a point on it ) large mobs .

The other whammy :
Horses .
Villages on the edges of the Ukrainian Steppes domesticated horses . Over hundreds of years , young men drifted into the steppes . Matriarchs could not follow them , since a pregnant woman cannot ride . The result was the formation of the Sky Gods religions . The horsemen turned around and made the originating villages their fiefs . From this basis they exploited every weakness of the Matriarchs .
Patriarchal religion arises .


The big Crack.

The collapse of the Late Bronze Age civilization (see http://andreswhy.blogspot.com)

This was not an overnight affair , but the later stages makes “Apocalypto” look like a picnic .

It was a combination of factors :
The breakdown of the social systems led to continual internecine warfare between city-states (ie groups of Matriarchs) . The males were being force-bred to be bigger and more aggressive . Then a climate shift caused a series of prolonged droughts from about 6 000 to 4 000 BC , seriously increasing unrest . The destruction of Minoan sea-power due to tsunamis and the inability to rebuild their fleet because they had denuded all readily accessible timber was the last straw . It took about 200 years , but the resultant spasm of war , destruction and cannibalism destroyed the matriarchies around the Middle-East and the Mediterranean .

The horse patriarchs swept over the remains and stamped patriarchal memes very firmly on the twitching remains .

Some Matriarchal memes remained in the far-west (Britain) . Hence the Druids .
Egypt and some surviving cities in the middle-east retained underground matriarchal cults ( Isis , Cybele , Earth Mother , etc , etc)

The Romans destroyed the corrupted Druid remnants .

The Roman Catholic Church later incorporated the main elements of the surviving matriarchy in the Roman Empire in the female saints and the Virgin Mary . The rest were ruthlessly exterminated . (Literally)

The only remnants of the Matriarchy that had ruled for nearly 70 000 years were some nunneries . Even here they were meme controlled ( Brides of Christ : ie connected to a male .)

Islam did the same . Note that the nun’s habit is identical with the chador .

It makes one wonder : why did the Council of Nicea decide on such a radical step ?
After all , the Roman Empire toward the end had little sex-discrimination . Constantinople had many empresses .

Why did the West suppress matriarchies ?

The suspicion arises that they did it because they felt threatened .

A meme structure like the Matriarchy that thinks in terms of 70 000 thousands of years and selective breeding of generations does not let a temporary hiatus of 5 000 years stop them . Indeed , elementary consideration would show that this could not have been the first or only reverse . Thus , they would have evolved mechanisms to survive what they consider temporary setbacks , together with some aggressive bounce-back mechanisms .

They probably tried to take over control of the Roman Catholic Church and the Western Empire . The Church destroyed most evidence , but there is Constantine’s mother , a taverners daughter who came up with some serious money to hire troops .

The killer , though , was probably the shenanigans with Attila . The Western Court at the time was even a bigger nest of snakes than usual . This was also the last time women played a significant role . If Aetius had not stopped Attila , the West would probably be a matriarchy now .

The Patriarchal meme-set seems to be long-lasting , but scared .
Some examples :
The refusal to aid Constantinople in 1453 . Indeed , the whole split . The West feels more comfortable with a patriarchal Islam than a matriarchy . Even so , Turkey seems to have been hit by a double whammy from the women : Naksh , and the enfolding and vanishment of the Circassians circa 1820 .

For those not up to speed :
Naksh (the Beautiful ) was a cousin of Josephine Bonaparte . They both came from Martinique and both became Empresses . Naksh was captured by Barbary pirates , and given as a virgin present to the Sultan . She must have been something exceptional , since he made her his principal and only wife , and more importantly , allowed her to educate her son the heir . This guy broke (well ,exterminated) the Janisseries (no mean feat) . He embarked the Ottoman Empire on the route that led to Turkey of today being a secular Islamic state (the only one) .

The Circassians were a tribe in the Caucasian mountains that reputedly for thousands of years bred their women for beauty and then sold them . This is like saying Elizabeth Taylor or Madonna is a slave . As you can imagine , even if it was not a matriarchal scheme to start off with , it would not be soon before the women ran the scheme . Reputedly , their beauty approached super-image quality , to such an extent that they had to be veiled so as not to drive men mad with visions of unattainability .

Of course the other side of the coin is more likely . For 60 000 years the matriarchy had bred and perfected women that could freeze men’s souls with their beauty and pheromones (cf Sirens , Circe , Gorgons , etc) . Brainy too . So the Circassians were breeding the beauty out , not in , to fit with modern society .

By 1820 they had to move , as the entire Caucasus mountains became very unsafe due to the Russian Empire expanding . Bullets or cannons do not care about beauty . The entire tribe moved to Constantinople and was not heard of again (of course) .

An interesting note here is that they probably had a copy of the Library of Constantinople . Very probably many of the originals . One of those ironies of history is that the Library everyone is looking for (including most of the Library of Alexandria) is right back where it started . A further ironic note is that Templars got obliterated mainly for having a copy . Contaminated by the Matriarchy . Fallout was the Albigensians and the Spanish Inquisition .

The question is : what on earth did the matriarchy do to provoke such an extreme response , one that has reverberated for thousands of years ? Even the memory of the deeds are gone (except maybe in some dusty archive) , but the emotions evoked still seem to be alive .

The only thing I can think of is a monstrous betrayal and perversion of the very bedrock of the Matriarchy’s social contract : when things got bad , they designated their people they considered useless as Prey and ate them .

This is like the Pope cutting out some nice fat American tourists on St Peter’s square and having a braai , with them as the guests of honour on the spit , all the while intoning that they should be honoured to serve .

Worse . Christianity has ritual cannibalism . No wonder this has reverberated down the ages . And it must have gone on for at least 200 years .

Shit . And I thought the high death rate in the Late Bronze age collapse was due to the quick conquest by the Sea Peoples . Instead , for hundreds of years the matriarchy and attendant nobles ate their people . The logic from their point is that the plebs should be honoured to feed their betters who know better and would be able to pull things together once the drought ends . And even when the drought ended , they could not stop . They were caught in the vested interests and , besides , it would take years before trade picked up and their shares paid a decent dividend .

The Sea Peoples were what we would call Liberators and Freedom Fighters . The capital letters are justified . Not even the Nazis or the Soviets ate the inmates of the camps , never mind put them in camps just for this purpose .

I always wondered how Rameses III could trust the Sea Peoples after the battle of the Nile to withdraw to southern Palestine . How could they exist if the area was so drought stricken ? But it wasn’t . It could support a lesser number , but not the overpopulated cities before . He had to promise to cleanse his country as well .Something he was not averse to .

But besides that , the Sea Peoples were fighting to cleanse the world of a great evil . The last holdout was in Egypt . They would have kept coming . All of them had family that was eaten .

This monumental blunder took place after the invention of agriculture , when overpopulation got out of control . I presume the present Matriarchy is determined not to make the same mistake . Overpopulation is once again out of control .


A note to the Matriarchy :
Kindly do not attempt to dispose of the surplus biomass through your stomach . It did not work too well 5 000 years ago . This time you will get crispies all round . The contract of 72 000 years ago is that either all pull through , or none do . Got it ?

The crucial Patriarchal meme:
No woman shall be without a connection with some male .

It does not matter if the male is a father , brother , husband ,son ,etc .
The intention is to prevent the build-up of a purely female powerbase . (ie a Matriarchy)

It worked for about 5 000 years .

Why it broke down :
The hidden assumption:
A high death rate due to high female death rate in childbirth .
This assumption steadily diverged from reality since about 1850 , as asepsis and birth procedures progressed .

The result was that woman outlived men by about 7 years on average . Rich woman in the US inheriting all their husband’s assets is a bigger percentage since the 1920’s . The US is a matriarchy by now .

Some symptoms:
Some 66% of US families have only one parent , namely the mother .
Crime rates have increased . This is because clouds of males are forming ,without matriarchal systems to keep them in control . At the levels of aggression and
testosterone the females have bred into them , only one thing will work :

UltraMama
A discreet word with Marvel Comics or some games designer might be appropriate .
And please , not SuperMama . Every Mama is a SuperMama .

MkIV Homo Sapiens .

Around 1800 the New Model Homo Saps was rolled out .
The new model is emotionally cool and is inclined to compulsive behaviour .
It welcomes uberbabes , but vehemently rejects a role as appetizer or even main course .

Aggression is not impulsive , but compulsive .
This is epigenetic .

This means that he can only be reasoned with . Emotional pressure points like fear , hate , love will play no role in behaviour .

Once an aggressive course is determined , nothing will stop it except superior force or logic .

The development of industrial technology required people that can concentrate for hours at a time on technical things like lathes , mathematics , etc , etc . The Fellow-feeling center in the brain suddenly became the cannon-fodder center .

A previous pathology ( Autism spectrum ) was dusted off and selection pressures are busily selecting and modifying . Aspergers (which did not exist before , suddenly is a desirable condition . The rough edges are being filed off .

It also means that the political control both Patriarchies and Matriarchies had is evaporating . The levers are turning to mush under their fingers .

Both have failed . They think the solution is in killing off their constituents when things get tough . This is no longer a viable solution from their viewpoint , as they have already lost control of the technical aspects . They are the most likely ones to do the tumbrel dance when things go ape .

Andre

Valveless PulseJets .

Valveless PulseJets .
Andre Willers
2 Jun 2010

Synopsis:
A cheap and easy pulsejet engine that operates at low speeds .

Discussion :

References :
Actual working engines : see PopularMechanics.com , May 2010 , p79 .

See also http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Tornadoes and V1" 15 Mar 2010

Google "Hilsch tubes" , "valveless pulsejets" , "Madagascar Institute NY"

Safety :
This is old technology , dating back to 1938 .

How it works:
The valveless pulsejet is at heart a classical T-shaped Hilsch tube , but the stem of the T is replaced by the combustion chamber . This provides the pressurized gas-input .

The Tricks :
1.The exhaust is bent in a U shape . This is where the Hilsch effect appears . Part of the pulse-effect appears here .
2.After the U bend , the exhaust flares . This regulates back-pressure and the pulse effect .

Low speed .
The Hilsch-effect makes the process much more efficient than the old V1 motor .
Much lower speeds are required for the motor to operate .
Hence the tornado-effect .

Manufacturing costs :
Can be made out of a U-shaped car-exhaust , a cylinder of gas for fuel and a modest compressor (eg leaf-blower) to kick-start it .

Enhancements:
The system can be significantly enhanced by incorporating the spiral-shaped Hilsch washer into the bend of the U-shape .

The vortices inside the tube can be tricky . Use a powerful computer for optimization calculations . This was not available in the past , hence the falling into abeyance of this technology .

Ram-jets .
These are back in fashion for hypersonic jets . Their main drawback is the high speed necessary before the ramjet becomes self-supporting .

Pulsejets are low-speed ramjets .
The most elegant solution would simply be to switch the ramjet's intake scoop into the pulsejet's combustion chamber once ramjet threshold speed has been slightly exceeded . This modifies the low-speed pulsejet into a hypersonic ramjet and vice versa .

Historical note :
Possible Past and , hopefully , not possible future .
This classically simple and elegant technology could have been manufactured soon after the metallurgy for high-speed turbines became possible : Ie 1890's .

This would have resulted in a completely different historical pathway .

Even as late as 1938 (Std Timeline) , low-speed pulsejets would have radically altered the European and Pacific theatres . Notice the effect of the V1 .

Combine with hovercraft , and large war hover-platforms (millions of tons) , populated initially by regiments , but later tribes careen over the plains of Northern Europe and Oceans of Terra at hundreds of kilometers per hour . (Note that pulsejets can run on bio-manufactured gas like methane ,etc . The platforms can be fuel-selfsufficient.) .

A return to the days of Attila and Genghis . The Knights-and-Castles defence would require nuclear weapons to maintain itself .

Note James Blish "Cities in Flight" , but these platform-cities would be on a planetary surface . The constraints should give a lively time to all .
Their only vulnerability would be from orbit . A lively armed discussion about sovereignity and free-passage should ensue .

The surviving platforms would be forced to become launching platforms , culminating in Orion-type space platforms . The planet would be a wreck .
See http://andreswhy.blogspot.com "Orion , Gaia needs you" et al .

To paraphrase Tolkien :

"One tube to bind them all ."

Andre