Mind / Science / Future

Information on this page and on pages where you go through links on this page is not necessarily the truth or what I think about it, but rather a way to provoke your mind.

"Truth is more of a stranger than fiction."
- Mark Twain

Morpheus: "You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind."
- Matrix, The (1999)

"Why mirrors reverse left and right, but not up and down?" Maybe here are some keys to the answer: three-dimensional space, specular reflection, virtual image, gravitation, bilateral symmetry, relative direction, anatomical terms of location, subject, rotation, parity, meaning, mirror image.

Mirror and Relative Directions

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"Open your eyes."
- Vanilla Sky (2001)

Transhumanism

"Transhumanism is the philosophy or belief that it is good to improve oneself, physically and mentally, and that it is good to not accept the existing biological and social limits, and that these limits can be overcome through the use of rational methods like technology and science."
- Transcedo, Dutch Transhumanist Society

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Mind Uploading

Mind uploading is the process of transferring the mental structure and consciousness of a person to an external carrier, like a computer.

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Life Extension / Immortality

Gaff: "It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"
- Blade Runner (1982)

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Lucid Dream

A lucid dream is a dream in which you are aware of the fact that you are dreaming. You realize that each object and character around you is a creation of your mind. Once the dreamer has achieved this state of awareness, they can control their surroundings and the content of their dream to varying extents.

How do you know that you are not dreaming right now?

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
- Albert Einstein

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Artificial Intelligence

Roy: "I've done... questionable things."
Tyrell: "Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time."
Roy: "Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for."
- Blade Runner (1982)

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Emotional Intelligence

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
- Albert Einstein

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Religion and Spirituality

"The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge."
- Albert Einstein

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Human Rights

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking... The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."
- Albert Einstein

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Additional Information: Science / Future / Related

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."
- Albert Einstein

General

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Future

Dr. Emmett Brown: "The future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one."
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)

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Technology

"Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three."
- Anonymous

Energy:

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Space / Universe

Humans on Earth are aliens in space.

"Everything is determined by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust - we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper."
- Albert Einstein

Extraterrestrial Life:

Eleanor Ann Arroway: "Dad, do you think there's people on other planets?"
Theodore Arroway: "I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space."
- Contact (1997)

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Philosophy / Psychology

"Human beings can attain a worthy and harmonious life only if they are able to rid themsleves, within the limits of human nature, of the striving for the wish fulfillments of material kinds. The goal is to raise the spiritual values of society."
- Albert Einstein

I recommend the book "Mister God, This Is Anna", written by Fynn.

Consciousness:

Deckard: "She's a replicant."
Tyrell: "I'm impressed, Mr. Deckard. How many questions does it normally take?"
Deckard: "I don't get it..."
Tyrell: "How many?"
Deckard: "Twenty, thirty, cross-referenced."
Tyrell: "But with Rachael it took more than a hundred."
Deckard: "She doesn't know."
Tyrell: "She is beginning to suspect I think."
Deckard: "Beginning to suspect? How can it not know what it is?"
- Blade Runner (1982)

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Biology / Chemistry

"No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
- Albert Einstein

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Physics

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."
- Albert Einstein, Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton

Relativity:

I recommend books "A Briefer History of Time", written by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, and "Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained", written by David Filkin.

Albert Einstein:

"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
- Albert Einstein

Quantum Physics:

"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
- Richard Feynman

I recommend the book "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity", written by Lee Smolin.

Theory of Everything (TOE) / Grand Unified Theory (GUT):

I recommend books "The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for The Ultimate Theory", written by Brian Greene, and "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity", written by Lee Smolin.

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Mathematics

"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
- Albert Einstein

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Anomalies, Alternative Science, Science Fiction, Paranormal and Fantasy

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein

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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein

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