Big Bang is now Big Expansion

If there was a big bang, there would be a hollow center somewhere in the universe as all matter would have been pushed out, according to newer explanations of the universe.

Renown physicists now say that there was almost instantaneous "expansion" of space when time started (this time around?) and then the rate of expansion was reduced to what it is now. Could the expanding space have always existed?

The other unknown?

Consciousness? Response to internal/external information?

Self-consciousness? Social consciousness? Materialistic consciousness? Subconscious actions?

Needs much more study.

South Korea -

Ruling progressive party presidential candidate Lee said that the problem of too many restaurants and too many failing restaurants should be addressed. Lee added that maybe it was time to discuss having a limit on the total number of restaurants. 

80% of restaurants close within 5 years. There is also a lot of unfair and illegal treatment of franchisees by restaurant franchise chains (many owned by business conglomerates). They also pay exorbitant rents.

Most the news media and guest commentators stated that Lee wanted to restrict the freedom of the people had advocated for a new law to limit the number of restaurants. 

Most reported Lee's statements with false assumptions and negative insinuations. 

Despite all the negative media, Lee is still neck and neck with the conservative party's candidates who claim that Lee is a criminal and should be in jail.

There must be a lot of Koreans who still don't believe the version of news that conservative media outlets are presenting.

The conservative party is focusing on personal attacks to Lee's integrity and intelligence. I think the conservative party knows they will lose on debates regarding policies and plans for the country. Also, it's the "call the other guy a crook to deflect attention from one's own corruption" ploy used so much in the past by the conservative party and also Trump.

Hell Froze!

TV Chosun is one of the most conservatively lopsided news broadcast channels in Korea.

They usually say things like "the liberal party claims..." and "the conservative party pointed out...". And insinuate the liberal party as having done something wrong or illegal on false rumors.

Well, this morning, it started being objective in its reporting and commentary. Had a former liberal party member as a guest commentator, and a frequent conservative commentator, who usually expresses anger at anything related to the liberal party, was reserved.

Somewhat like Fox becoming like CNN overnight. LOL!!!

Hope the change is permanent. 

(couple hours later) Nope. Still conservatively lopsided. Guest commentator states the current Moon administration is restricting freedom and increasing regulation needlessly, and everyone nods their heads.

Other frequent conservative guest commentator criticizing the progressive ruling party's presidential candidate and stating many people think that he is a criminal. 

All other guest commentators are also cognitively dissonant conservatives. 

But they are good at twisting words to avoid legal problems!

Explanation of light not experiencing space or time, and other things.

Against Phase Out of Nuclear Energy?

Conservatives and most media in Korea are against the phase out of nuclear energy in Korea. They state that it will result in higher energy costs, make it harder to become carbon neutral, and that advanced countries are pursuing nuclear energy.

And they are getting a significant portion of the population to agree with them. A lot of cognitively dissonant people.

You can drive across Korea in 4-5 hours. If there is a nuclear accident, then 10-20% of Korea might become uninhabitable.

Also, when a nuclear plant or waste disposal site is proposed, EVERYONE is vehemently 'not in my neighborhood'. 

Facebook, Youtube, Other Platforms Negatively Affecting Not Only USA

There are many accounts and Youtube channels in Korean that spread false narratives and attack people, mostly conservatives mimicking Trump, in Korea. 

That should be illegal. Freedom of speech should not apply to lies that attack and harm people. That is as bad as a physical assault, in my opinion.

Problems in India as per BBC News report - India: Facebook struggles in its battle against fake news

There are scammers on Craiglist - Seoul, who place posts purporting to sell pot, meth, cocaine and other drugs. I flagged them daily for over three years and wrote to Craiglist but they don't do anything to stop it. 

The cops are watching the posts, but no drugs are being sent. Only gullible people being scammed by people overseas.

I still flag the posts. Nowadays, the scammers stop for a month or so and start up again.

I can't find posts by scammers on Craiglist in the USA or other countries. Why? Craiglist polices those countries, or there are more people like me flagging such posts.

In Craiglist-Seoul, you can find posts by "sugar daddies", perverts, and other dangerous people in the "Jobs" section. I flag them also. These are easier to stop than drug scammers. The drug scammers are very persistent. 

On a bright note, 70% of Koreans have received two injections of coronavirus vaccines as of 23 October. We still wear masks and stuff. Some do not obey the rules.

Starting November, the government will ease restrictions. Forecast is for an 80% vaccination rate by December, if I remember correctly. The daily average of new coronavirus infections is around 1,300, down from over 2,000 a couple weeks ago, if I remember correctly. 

Why do people refuse to be vaccinated? Brainwashed with lies, in many cases.

Bad things don't upset me like they used to. Slightly annoyed, nowadays. They don't affect my enjoyment of life as in the past. That's a good thing. Optimistically, probably only have a decade or two to live.

Leading Opposition Candidate for Presidential Elections in Korea?

Yoon Seok-yul, a former prosecutor who was suspended for wrongdoing. The person appealed and the court found that the suspension (two months, if I remember correctly) was too lax for the crimes. 

He was suspended for failure to maintain political neutrality as the top prosecutor, ordering others to draw up documents containing judges’ personal information with the intent to conduct unauthorized surveillance, and obstructing an investigation into a case related to local cable television network Channel A, which was embroiled in a collusion scandal involving the prosecution.

He is the conservative party's leading contender in their runoff to select a candidate.

Korea Herald article - Court Upholds Suspension of ex-Top Prosecutor 

The ruling progressive party candidate? Another civil rights lawyer who became a mayor, then governor of a province. Former President Roh Moo-hyun and current President Moon Jae-in are also former civil rights lawyers.

Imagine the majority of news channels being like Fox. That's the situation in Korea. They also flood the comments sections on websites with @!#$#!@. 

Right now, the conservatives are ahead in the polls. Election will be close, like the US, I think. Why is life always on the edge? 

In an "advanced" society, should websites and media amplify outright lies being stated by cognitively dissonant people?

Einstein Probably Thought?

The speed of light is constant, and the speeds of objects with mass are relative?

Why was he thinking about this? Was it to solve a problem? The thought just popped into his head?

Probably to solve a problem in physics. But that's how he started working on the theory of relativity.

I wonder if when there is mass, there is space and time. Without mass, no space or time? 

But then where does light exist, if it doesn't experience time or space? In dimension(s) without space-time and as radiation in the world as we know it.

Also energy is related to mass.  

Maybe, there are dimensions that haven't been recognized as of yet, in addition to space-time, mass-energy?

Another question? 

energy+algorithms+atoms+feedback+billions of years + unseen dimensions = life?

Dimensions?

 The meaning of "dimension" is unclear. 

They say that there are three dimensions of space and one of time. 

Maybe, dimensions of space, should be called space sub-dimensions, or the like. 

Space and time are intertwined and so are mass and energy. 

What do you call space-time and mass-energy? The meaning of "dimension" is somewhat limited.

A wave of energy, or whatever, moving at the speed of light doesn't experience time, according to present physics. If it doesn't experience time, then it most likely doesn't experience space.

Space-time? Mass-energy? Information-Consciousness (knowledge)? 

Constructive-destructive? Seems like a subset of something.

Kinda feel that society is productive enough so there is enough for everyone, as long as no one hoards.