Would think so.
Is thought plus will a force? Would think so. Thought and will can move physical objects.
If there is nothing, then no information. If there is a almost infinitely small point. Then space and information are created. If there are two infinitely small points, then there is more information in the system.
Information + Consciousness = Knowledge?
Information + Algorithms + Consciousness = Knowledge?
Information + Algorithms + (Energy?) = Consciousness?
Consciousness = Life?
Much higher than a couple of months ago.
The average price of an apartment in Seoul is now KRW 1.2bn, or slightly over USD 1m. Pay about USD 500 a year in property taxes and people wonder why real estate prices keep going up.
One good thing about being Korean. We have a very good health care system. Everyone pays into a national health insurance plan. It's very inexpensive, compared to the US and other Western nations.
On a much different note...
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that isolated systems will progress to a state with the most entropy, or disorder.
Only applies to physical phenomena, it seems. For metaphysical concepts, another theory seems to be needed.
Knowledge and technology seem to become more complex as time passes. The entity "human civilization" seems to be developing into something of a higher order. Debatable?
Around 1,000,000,000 Korean Won or about 860,000 US Dollars.
Prices of apartments, or condominiums, in my neighborhood rose roughly fourfold in ten years, from what I recall.
Happened in a lot of cities around the world.
For homeowners, probably a good thing. For non-homeowners with low incomes? People should have the right to healthy food, health care and a clean residence at an affordable price that lets them save money for retirement and emergencies?
Some day?
Don't want to wear masks or get vaccinated. Believe outrageous lies.
Why? Cognitive Dissonance. Should consider it a pandemic. Probably be listed as a mental health problem in the future.
One is born "clean", but as one grows older and lies, one becomes stuck in a loop or circle that becomes harder to escape each time around.
Yet, some do escape. How? Through thought.
But most people don't like to reflect on things that are linked to their mistakes, reflect on life and death, how did this all come to be, and such?
Too busy chasing fun, entertainment and other egoistic pastimes?
I keep circling back to this topic every decade. Conclusion? One has to absorb the bad energy (vibes) of the cognitively dissonant and try to make a better world.
Easiest way to do that? Blog.
Hardest way? Directly meeting cognitively dissonant people. Like a black hole. Sucks all positive energy and leaves me feeling really unsettled.
Two people from the district office visited my home and told me I was eligible to recieve AstraZeneca's vaccine for the coronavirus. Didn't know that.
I signed up for the free vaccination at a clinic within a few minutes walk.
Think they are crosschecking eligible people with those who applied for a vaccination and vaccinated people. Very proactive.
I sometimes go through several weeks, sometimes months, without watching Korean news on TV or online. Most of the media is directly controlled by the right wing (ie. rich) and often have TV news shows with conservative guests as commentators criticizing the Moon administration and the ruling progressive party. Very depressing.
My children don't watch the news either. Wonder why? I never talked to them about my opinions on the media. They probably come down to the same conclusions.
Physically, life has limits.
Intellectually? Depends on whether knowledge is finite?
If humans "meet" other worldly "creatures", it will most likely be more an intellectual, rather than physical meeting?
What would a more advanced civilization, or intellectual "being", communicate to us? Avoid climate change, be truthful?
Such a being most likely would try to communicate with us through telepathy. But how would we understand that "being", if the "being" only planted seeds of thoughts in our consciousness, and left the decision up to us (as in Startrek - not interfering in "untouched" civilizations)?
Probably some instinct that evolved over time.
I play poker for virtual money. I am almost a billionaire. There are people with trillions, so I am sort of poor.
When I catch someone bluffing, or play slow and fool someone, it makes really my day! I laugh, smile, chuckle.
American football, soccer, basketball, other sports. People go crazy.
Seems like we should be evolving out of such behavior. From a certain perspective, it seems very mean.