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The Heavy Stuff (THS) wants to welcome back the readers of part 1 of this post — stats show that over 3,000 unique visitors have read that posting - (thanks to about.com, dailygrail.com, crystalinks.com and anomalist.com and others) and, due to the subject matter, it would be advisible to do so before continuing with this post if you haven’t had the chance. Here’s that link http://theheavystuff.com/?p=56.

Of course, that `subject matter’ is the 1970’s college dorm late night favorite subject  of `what is reality’? Yes, younger readers,  before the Matrix - the very structure of realitywas something the `college heads’ thought discussion worthy. Perhaps is was those higher times that allowed a clearer seeing of the thin vail of reality - the illusionrefered to by the mystics and shaman of yester ages and days gone by.

And, in part one - THS - covered the `normal’ Matrixlike idea that `we’ (yes, you and I) and everything else — was simply the result of a running software program made by at least one civilization. In essence, an artifical being within an artificial reality.

In the first post, it was perhaps the logic of the `low threshold’ that was the most worrisome aspect of IF we are a simulation. Afterall, if only ONE civilization EVER ——— EVER — produced and ran (these are most important words)  a `reality simulation software - in which ‘the spaces within the program could have self-awareness‘ ————– THEN — the `real odds’ of us (you and me) being real - in the manner WE think of real —– may be quite small. And, that the odds we ARE a simulation — quite large. Indeed, in part one - THS threw out some numbers to just form an opinion as to what the odds might actually be - or - to set you thinking about the hard numbers of the situation.

BUT, a closer look might dramatically INCREASE those odds  - that is - increase the odds that  we are real. (Isn’t that nice?)

After all,  being realistic, `how many’ computer simulations are `left on’ to run their course ———— for 13.7 billion years? (Makes THS wonder what the longest running simulation software is with mankind?) And, the need to upkeep a program in the running state by any sustained entity for those 13.7 billion years? Can any entity exist with such a purpose? Or, even having the interest to see what a computer program would produce after 13.7 billion years?

[Now, obviously, a huge caveot, what we think of as`time’ may literally be an illusion that our scientists can’t quantify in a meaningful way as part of the very software - so deception is possible to the self aware spaces like you and everyone else.]

When one thinks of this needed structure  to run a program for 13 billion years in THAT MANNER — the odds certainly seem to swing IN OUR FAVOR  (that we are real in the manner we like to think of ourselves as being, (or are we?)) — at least to THS. INDEED, THS boldly predicts that ————- the ratio of advanced software programs - that simulate a reality –  and, that are left `on’ for over 13 billion years ————is indeed —- LESS than the number of civilizations with self-aware entities. This fact bringing our odds at being real to better than 50/50 in all probability.

Isn’t is nice to think of the odds, our odds, in this more realistic way? Using thought logic alone to verify facts that indicate that  we probably ARE real? Indeed, do you want one more twist to help that logic?

How about the fact that for us to view our reality as 13.7 billion years old — the entities that would have to have made the software - would have had to been of and from 2nd generation stars to probably have advanced life?  Second generation stars were billions of years after the big bang.

Therefore, they, the software makers, would have had to have been here before 13.7 billion years to have US (you and I) `running as software’ that long — and since NO intelligent life would be setting up software prior to the big bang ———– we MUST be real. As we like to think of real.

Somehow, THS is not surprised. LOL.

So, that leaves us with the other choice - a Reality that must be Simulated. Simulated Instantaneously. Simulated instantaneously continuously via some actualization process. The science of today says it is actualized thru quantum mechanics. (Some like to think in a holographic manner with this question.) Frankly, the idea that reality is simulated, continuously,  is just as daunting and amazing.

BUT, is the actualization of reality really more a `process of phenomenology’ - than -  of physical matter going from future to present to past? Isn’t reality, really, more a `description of spaces’ than anything else? A description of matter.

Get ready to put on your thinking caps.

Could the very three IDEAS/descriptions  of `spaces’ — `real’ — and, `consciousness’ - be as involved in `producing a real’ for a person (or any conscious space) – as physics - or, at least, about equally so?

For example.

What if the `space’ for an individual, literally each space - `had two places or phases’ — one phase/place being ———- NOW (the physical matter, atoms, of a space) ——- and another phase/place of the same space has/being a PAST ( THIS is what is `shown’ (into reality) as light plays off the `body’ of the space - this space has no matter and is only a representation) too.

`Other’ persons — never see our NOW and we never see theirs. We see only their `immediate past’, literally, a ` visual representation’ of their now and the next `phase’ of their space.

What we SEE is the - reality Simulated - INTO one space. AS one space.

All those spaces (this includes books, people, planes, etc) `still have’ their  `embedded’ physical characteristics. The atoms still have spin, the person is moving from place A to B - and they both exist on a macrolevel too where they are part of a planetary system moving thru the universe at a small fraction of the speed of light.

But, it all is Simulated — within an instant - and with other spaces visual representations, as being a `real’ determined `moment of space/time’. The literal light (or time) interpretation of our space location - as shown to `others’.

Note the nebulousness and movement of the `real thread’ in all this phenomenology of one’s space.

First, your space - any location of space - is the first location of `real’. Your space, your atoms and all that your matter brings with it in regards to qualities of physics — still has for that angstrom Planck of time — an overriding characteristic. That overriding characteristic IS those very qualities of physics - in relation to all other spaces- MAKING (actualizing) that very infinite sliver of reality, for you, becoming, - NOT ABLE TO BE.  Not able to be anywhere, or anywhen, else. Except at that actualized duration of virtual particles.

Not able to be ——– becomes —— makes —- (actualizes) - that spaces now. The only `space’ for that space. The most perfect description of that space. (This is referred to by Juilian Barbour as the best matching space to the previous one with the least intrinsic difference.) That space and its relationships are counted-experienced-lived-actualized. That space only exists within the `physical matter’ that one instant. The very limitation of `time’ to bring it - the space - to literally `being’ a  4 dimensional object. During actualization. During the `first phase’ of that space — where the `real’ is centered.

The very `thing’ which brought about the `counting’ `actualization’ - light - IS located - in a sense — at the `back’ of that space; as IT `fades into’ THE PAST. —- BUT, this ` outside light’ - bringing with it the simultaneously `showings’ of all equally `spaced’ `spaces-objects’ riding the light wave. In a nutshell, bringing our visual reality into our potentialfor consciousness to interpret our visuals. (Other objects.)

Time for those thinking caps again.

ALL those representations, including our own space representation, — when in display, have a new overriding characteristic —- all those representations are ABLE TO NOT BE.  (Separate from our original space as it has now been struck by and become light.)

Yes, `the real’ transfers in a sense out to our outside reality - from our body. Our space transfers our real into this `common space’ of now - via the light reflection on our matter.

Obviously, our matter is NOT included in our `image’ of our space to others. The `space’ which represents identically that original space - is the space of ABLE TO NOT BE.  (Many many folks want to say that this is time — time —- not realizing that `time’ is a particular `space’ counted once.)

As you can see — we already seem to have `two reals’ — our real space (matter) and our identical representation of that same space in it’s next phase of ontology.

So, our Now, (yes, your now too) has a `foothold’ in two `reals’ - all within one space. Our own space. Our own phenomenology of our space/matter.

But, what is even more impressive — is that those collective spaces — all of the spaces we see within our reality — go on to form ` that space’ — the one that is literally = to our collective ABLE TO NOT BE’s.

The space we commonly think of as our reality.

That - is `the space’ - the counting - the collective actualization of our `determined reality’ that we all experience. Our collective NOT ABLE TO NOT BE. The collective spaces we all brought as spaces to that one `moment-space duration’.

Collectively, all spaces transfer their real characteristics to the `final’ collective real space - for counting. Placement. Realness. A third place where real can be said to be contained.

Time watching the play

of which words

have no say.

What is not able to not be

IS

And, is, with time, watching, ever watching.

R. Phillips - 1970’s

The dichotomy is that the final `resting’ of real - and one with a direct connection to our space which has real freedom - is within our real determined reality where everyTHING has to BE —- not able to not be.

After all, if the present could be changed, would it be real? Could it be lived without determination?

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Hello, and welcome back to The Heavy Stuff (THS) - the internets one website dedicated to looking into issues of `paraNormal’ interest and taking a position about the `issue’. Today’s issue - `animal instinct’ — and examples that run contrary to the common consensus of humans about  `animal’ consciousness and awareness levels.

First, running an anomalies website at www.squidoo.com/anomalymanbrings one into contact with a full range of oddities to try to categorize into ones brain. Oddities is perhaps a bit too tame of a term when dealing in today’s era of anomalies. It’s no longer the occasional shower that falls that has fish or frogs. In today’s era, we have videos of ufo’s -ghosts - rods - drones — EVP’s ———– no need to just listen to someones description of an unusual phenomena anymore. The proof is in the video - or tape (or is it). We have proved that unknown intelligence interacts in, and into, our modern era (or have we).

But, even with videos of the literal unknown- the Stephenville Ufo Video would fit into this category (and the full video is also on my anomalyman site) - we cling to what is easiest to believe — the idea-ology - that is human centered. After all, we’ve conquered the planet and MUST be the smartest species - right?

Well, as just said, the editing of an anomalies website brings a lot of exposure to `the impossible’. And, one of the issues that becomes clearer and clearer the more science looks into it —- is —- that humans may not be sooooo smart after-all. For example - I have this link on another of my squidoo lenses (websites) called the High Strangeness of 2007 and 2006 — http://remims.blogspot.com/2007/12/of-chimps-humans-and-memory.html – and in the article it provides the results of a `test’ between college students and chimpanzees at ordering numbers in a sequence - based on the numbers flashing on a computer screen. Could the best chimp beat the college students?

Well the chimp was only as good as the college students when the values were flashed on the screen for 4/10 of a second —- AS GOOD AS — but, as the time went to 1/5 of a second — guess who won? Right. The chimp. — Think that is something? How about this link which shows that FISH in a fishbowl — can COUNT — http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/27/fish-can-count/.

Now, for a second — imagine the size of these fish brains? Can we, as humans, really say for sure that other `beings’ that are alive aren’t of similar intelligence as US? What about the brains of species `here’ for a much longer time-frame than man? Or with a larger brain? Where would whales and other species fit into a continuum of intelligence?

Do YOU really believe these animals are doing it all from instinct?

Wait, THS hasn’t even given you the best `anomaly story’ yet. THS found it on www.anomalist.com as part of their A Files listing — and this is the direct link — http://www.anomalist.com/afiles/instincts.html - it is to an article written in 1999 about an event at the dawn of the electric age. An event that happened not only in California, but, also, around the world (according to the article) near the beginning of the 1900’s.

You see, the annual return of the Swallows of San Juan Capistrano, California was a tourist event. But, the first year after the `electrification’ for townsfolk — and with unprotected wires in that era — when the birds returned —- thousands were killed as they landed on the wires - to the horror of those gathered for the event.

But, that isn’t the story. The story is what happened the following year - and the swallows that returned then — many of which — had NOT been born or alive the previous year - and ALL of which DIDN’T experience electricity to their body. Any guesses as to the outcome?

Let THS quote from the anomlist article:

 The following spring,  with electrical lines still in place, tourists and promoters were expecting another  grisly spectacle (so much for romantic Capistrano); but, amazingly, this time hardly  any birds were killed. The swallows appeared to make a conscious effort to avoid  the electrical wiring.

Pretty freaky - right?

Science would have us believe that other species intelligence is something inherent, or ingrained. Something that takes thousands of generations to produce the `mindless’ intelligence - of instinct. Whatever that is, right?

Does it sound like Instinct to you?

OR, does it sound like our fellow species on this planet only lack an opposing thumb and a larynx to be our competitor in displaying how much consciousness they might possess? Thank goodness we will never be able to test a whales intelligence - it might just put us to shame.

And, when you consider the policies that our politicians, our collective consciousness, pursues — we have reason for that shame. Correct?

Finally, a big thanks to the editors of about.com and dailygrail.com and crystalinks.com and others - for making our last post one of the most read ever. Make sure to pageback to other great listings here or just use the main page at www.theheavystuff.com  - thanks again for reading - how about your comment?

 Hello fellow reality participants and welcome back to The Heavy Stuff (THS) the one internet blog dedicated to taking positions on realities greatest mysteries — and today’s mystery — the issue of  `is our very reality that we experience everyday nothing more than a `simulation’ within a software program’.

Is that heavy enough?

Very recently, I had a Mac Tonnies take on this `issue of simulated reality’ on my anomaly lens on www.Squidoo.com/anomalyman- under the listing for 4-20 (I keep a two month list of blog posts like his on my lens, please check it out after this article) — Mr. Tonnies post directly is at http://www.seti.com/blog/are-we-a-simulation. As Mac says in his post, the idea of our reality being within a computer program is not new - and variations of the idea of our reality being less than SOLID have been with mankind from the very beginning of mans thoughts about the universe and his place within it. (Such as the `world is an illusion’ ideas of yesteryear.)

And, indeed, the very nefariousness of reality, this illusion so to speak, will be something THS will address as THS covers this - but - first the `reality as software execution’ proposal - and the TRUE worrisomeness about the REAL odds that we may be less real than we all think we are.

First, some basic ideas/assumptions  to formulate the thought process:

A. Some intelligences, perhaps similar to human intelligences, may be BILLIONS of years more `advanced’ than mans brain/intelligence.

B. Mankind ALREADY can envision - and live in to a degree (with perceptions)  - simulated realities via our computers (such as the virtual reality glasses in arcades) -  BABY computers to such an advanced civilization with billions of years of programming skills. Yet, already, our simulated worlds with baby software - are approximating reality as we view it. More sophisticated programs of advanced intelligences could imitate the entire observable universe view for a `human’. (Why does all this matter? See C.)

C. IF ANY, and THS repeats, ANY civilization IN THE UNIVERSE EVER , EVER, (ever THS emphasises) has developed the computational ability to give `spaces’ or `characters within a space in a software program’ the capacity for self-awareness - and would `program’ the `rules’ to be `our physics’ - for what could be observed by the character spaces - then the ODDS of US being `real’ — is DEPENDENT on HOW MANY  of these `REALITY GAMES- Software Programs’ EXIST/ (divided by) how many `real’ civilizations exist at any given moment. HOW’S THAT FOR A NEW DRAKE EQUATION?

D. Therefore, if ONLY ONE civilizationthat has EVER existed that has/did attained the capability to deceive `self-aware characters within a software program of their realness’ - and if they made MILLIONS OR BILLIONS OF COPIES OF SUCH A PROGRAM — and if we assume that the real number of `intelligent civilizations’ that exist at any given moment to be something less than millions or billions of civilizations within our universe (both within the visual(observable) horizon from Earth and beyond the visual limit, due to universe expansion) — then the odds are LESS THAN 50/50 (and perhaps 1/1,000,000 or less) that we are indeed REAL. Yes, if one believes in the ability of intellect to be able to produce such software —— the odds are — we aren’t REALLY real. So, if all this is true, it’s likely that a `simulated reality’ is our basis for existence as a conscious space.

And, in that case, we would be a simulation and living within a simulation. Even if we were a conscious space.

Heavy.

But, before you become too depressed at what the REAL odds might be about yourself being REAL - you might want to ask yourself if a reality that is simulated, instantaneously, is any better? Or, could it be that  everything, including consciousness, is `wrapped up’ (actualized)  in `virtual’ descriptions of spaces?

So, lets consider our reality as told to us by the best knowledge of the scientists of today - the accepted purveyor of truths within our culture. And, science, tells us that it, it being science theories,  can explain our reality back to within moments of the Big Bang Inflation- an explanation lacking  - only the `source’ of our `material’ (even that is explained by quantum variations of virtual reality vacuums/particles) - from those pre-big bang moments.

But, sciences `explaining’ of `reality’ has left much to be desired - at least to the common sense of the common man. After all, it is a everything out of nothing hypothisis to the common thinker - really - the same as God creating everything — and that leap of faith.

Additionally, the best `guess’ of the science motif is that `reality’ collapses from an infinite amount of worlds into our ONE real world - instantaneously and continuously —— OR, that the NOW (for us) is but ONE of an infinite number of simultaneously existing universes. (Existing here-now, but unavailable for our observation - part of this is explained as matter at a different frequency of vibration than what we can observe.) But, it goes beyond just the frequencies we can’t observe as humans — these simultaneously existing universes INCLUDE the universe where YOU decided on toast this morning instead of cereal. And, every similar decision EVER made by a conscious entity. That would indeed seem to be an infinite universe. But, is that common sense? Is that what we seem to observe?

Now, to the common thinker — just how believable is THAT. AN INFINITE NUMBER OF UNIVERSES - EACH INSTANT? Doesn’t one reality make more sense? Isn’t that what we all `see’? Does common sense figure into any of this?

Humans know this - what we don’t see is a `collapse’ or a `burst’ of other universes at the moment of now —— EVER. What we see appears to have continuity and realness; with seemingly remarkable stability for  material (matter)/spaces/things that exist only within the NOW (of our perception).

We `see’ (are aware of) only the on-going `created flux’. Literally the flux of creation - phenomenology - that has been going on `from the beginning of space-time’. A real phenomenology that `presents’ as `this instant’ only.

Talk about a thin Vail.

Only an instant within which to exist. It almost sounds as if the `software program’ existence, of a simulated reality - which is always there –is a more reliable `space’ for us to conduct our lives within than an `instant’ which vanishes into nothing. Don’t you think?

But, science says - NO - to the big idea of a simulated reality - instead saying that REALITY basically Simulates. `It’ (reality-mass-space) simulates the moment(reality - no mass - time) . Either collapsing into One universe or splitting into many universes. (And to us - as humans - we couldn’t tell if IT were collapsing into actuality or expanding into actuality — we simply don’t have the perspective (position) to do so.)

And, what (the proper question might be, the who, what where when and why causes the collapsing or splitting) does science `suggest’ might be `collapsing’ or `splitting’ the actualization process of reality - every instant? How would non-ordinary realities humans experience fit into this motif?

That my friend, is the 64,000 dollar question.

Assuming we aren’t a computer software program!!

And, you know what the word `assume’ can do - right?

The Heavy Stuff (THS) welcomes you to the blog dedicated to taking positions on realities greatest mysteries - and today’s installment - `time travelers’. Why time travelers you ask? Well, recently the mainstream media has trotted out the movie staple of time travel in association with the soon to be turned on Atom Smasher in Switzerland - which will produce an energy concentration unlike any since the big bang. And, some folks have speculated that it could provide a chance for humans from the future to return to our time via a closed time-like curve. (Others have said it could create a black hole that could end Earth too).

While such speculation is harmless fun and brings to mind the fantasy speculations about how to kill your grandfather - thereby eliminating any chance of you being born - THS wants to predict that NO travelers will show up soon, next year, or probably EVER. This is a link to the article about such speculation - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/02/06/scitime106.xml - as you can see, the article is from February - and according to the website for the facility http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/en/Spotlight/SpotlightLastPuzzle-en.html - the experiment and machine is not quite yet ready.

But, as THS predicts, it won’t happen. No travelers are going to arrive in the here now. And it won’t happen for all the logic you have come to depend upon and for reasons you probably have never considered.

And, for reasons that you have never probably considered - I reference one of THS’s favorites from www.anomalist.com — from their `A’ `files’ list (which has some incredible reading by the way) — here’s that direct link http://www.anomalist.com/afiles/timetravel.html (quite an article, don’t you think?). To THS, the highlights of the A Files article are:

the moment we activate our fiendishly complex  Time Machine, we sidestep physical law, becoming a stationary non-entity relative  to the rest of the cosmos. We are unaffected by macro-gravitation. When and if we  finally re-enter normal space/time, the Earth is nowhere to be found, nor is the  rest of our solar system. Depending on the intensity and duration of our “time  warp,” we may find ourselves deep in interstellar space–with no recognizable  constellations to guide us home–or even outside of the Milky Way altogether, lost  in the intergalactic void.

 At this point, we come to fully appreciate the expanding universe theory, and we  realize that time travel is not all it’s cracked up to be

Indeed, if we didn’t live on a `world’ this time travel might not be so difficult. But, we live on a spinning and a `traveling’ planet.  A traveling space. A traveling planet with multiple routes - around the sun, around the milky way, and with the milky way as part of a galactic journey. Nevermind that the planet we are on - spins.

Literally, the `space’ which each of us `are’/`is’ - is traveling at a small fraction of the speed of light each moment.

Remember, the `time traveler’ will need to leave their `space-time’ to get to that `earth location’ of the past - this is the `stepping-out’ the article is referring to. Literally to `GO’ to a  new `elsewhen-location’ - to `pop-in’ to a different REAL than the one `left behind’. A REAL that has already occurred (for them-the time traveler) for them in the `distant’ past.

The anomalist.com article goes on with this:

Come to think of it, the only way a time traveler might emerge from the alternate-time-effect and find himself back on Earth, at some past or future date, would be if the Earth  was indeed stationary, at the virtual center of the universe. Charles Fort would  have fun with this concept, I can imagine………….According to more than a few theorists in the Quantum Gravity vision of Time, “particle”  is our perceptual high-speed “snapshot” of where we are at any given  point in Time. Being that apparent sub-atoms exist from the beginning of the universe  to the end in one long, coiled, synchronously-conscious entity, they must pass through  a diversity of incarnations, from slime-to-leaf-to-animate. So the molecules and  atoms and sub-atoms that make up our bodies and brains, and which we perceive as  “in existence at this point in time,” are actually recycled through many  different animates and inanimates over many ages.

 In short, and in defiance of the pop-logic of “Quantum Leap” (a television  series in rerun), we cannot link back to our quantum past, because our quantum links  were scattered around in elephant dung and cosmic dust about 7 years ago or 7 years  in the future. If we are going to trace our quantum links back into the past, we  must accept that our Time Traveler’s atomic and subatomic components might end up  scattered around in a pig farmer’s field somewhere, or at the bottom of an ocean,  or floating around in the halo of a comet.

When one begins to take into consideration of just a few of these points above - the notion of travelers from the `future’ - begins to more and more seem to be nothing more than silly movie plots.

Just changing the perspective a bit, closer to reality - may help this understanding even more.

First, it seems that any `information’ the `time traveler’ could bring into the past — would change the time travelers future. If OUR time would have access to future information - so would the TT’s too (time travelers) - the TT’s time would have visitors from it’s future with their base of information, etc, etc, in an infinite regress INTO the future. In essence, the moment a TT appeared `here-now’ would be the moment `information became free’ - at least information that `existed within the determinism of a determined future’. But, is the future determined?

Really, there is no reason to be so esoteric — just imagine `going back’ — four minutes in time. Jumping back to something `close’ so to speak.

Now, don’t forget, to get into the room you were/are in you will have to factor in the data fact that the Earth rotates the sun at about 18.5 Miles per second - oh, and don’t forget that our galaxy and neighbors are moving at 600 km/s in the direction of the constellation Hydra (Scientific American). And, don’t forget that the rotation of the Earth is up to 1,600 km/hr at the equator.

To `go back’ two minutes into the room you are in, the chair you are seating in  - means to be where the earth was — 10’s of 1,000’s of miles away - from here now. AND, WHAT EARTH WOULD BE THERE?Aren’t we on a REAL planet? That has an inaccessible REAL PAST. And a real now.

Would the past be real if it could be changed? If the elements between then and now could have a new source of information (from the TT’s) - it would be changed.

The one thing we have as a singular observer is that the past cannot be changed - and therefore it LIVES and is counted thru our observation. And, while the only Real is with the present - observers know the past was (once-counted) present. Humans know, one cannot change the past - and that a future space, cannot be `present’ - as a `real space’. 

Interestingly, THS has a link on our phenomenology blog www.whatisnotabletonotbeis.blogspot.com asking `what can be changed’ - with answers of - the past, the now, the future, all of it, none of it. Why not go give your opinion - and read the phenomenology ideas that THS thinks may be the real answer.

Finally, THS has covered our take on Freewill and Determinism before right here - http://theheavystuff.com/?p=26 — perhaps our most picked up blogpost ~ Do Fruit Flies have freewill? Do Humans? ~

Thanks for reading, please visit our blogroll and leave a comment too.
 

This blog is dedicated to taking positions on realities greatest mysteries and certainly one of the biggest mysteries of 2008 has been the reported Ufo incidents in the skies over Stephenville Texas. Regular readers of The Heavy Stuff (THS) know that just earlier this week I posted an overview of the event and media reactions to it. But, this post happens because an editor of one of the websites that occasionally carries  our postings wanted our personal speculation as to `what Stephenville really was about’ - and here is THS’s personal speculation - literally giving odds as to what the phenomena may have been.

And, to that end, - THS gives a 40% chance - that the event involved aliens. Yes, aliens. Yes, perhaps, the time has finally come.

Specifics about the aliens would depend on ones viewpoint of physics and human history; as the aliens may come from `outer space’ - `here on Earth’ - or - (slight chance) possibily even`inner space - the dimensional-consciousness aspect’. Additionally, the `aliens’ may be biological or artificial intelligence entities - and finally, the `aliens’ may be nothing more than `vehicles’ that are exploring the universe (so to speak). All of these possibilities add up to the 40% figure.

Reasons for assigning this possibility as the most likely at 40% include the observations of the craft by human ground observers. Specifically, what the ship was observed to do and be — with its non earthly size and the craft’s ability to hover, morph, and to almost `disappear’ with a speed not of vehicles associated with humans.

But - 40% is hardly 100% - and, indeed, the concept that what was seen in TX as being aliens - is not even a majority in THS’s opinion. So, if it wasn’t aliens - what was it?

To that end, THS assigns a 30% chance that the event had to do with what could best be called `fortean’ realities of high strangeness. For example, could this have been a `shared reality of perceptions of a missing time event’? Could this have been some sort of space projection of humanities desires/consciousness? Could humans INDEED be IN some sort of self-conscious computer-entity in which ANYTHING can occur or be projected?

And, what analysis of phenomena would support this 30% percentage? Would some phenomenologists point at the localized nature? Would some phenomenologists point at the fact of repeated observations by the the same humans? Could indeed objects that `morph’ be less than what we normally consider REAL? If objects suddenly `are there’ and almost as suddenly `are not there’ - might those objects be less than real consensus spaces? Virtual object - virtual spaces; perhaps? Spaces NOT of our NOW? Things that are less than real?

And, as compelling as both those scenarios make when combined - a large percentage of chance still remains that is not covered by the other speculations into the unknown. In fact, THS speculates that at least a 20% chance exists that what was seen was not only human made, but paid for by your and THS’s tax-dollars.

This category of speculation requires only a back engineered alien technology OR the result of pilfering trillions from the `budget’ `to keep us safe’. And, under this scenario, what was seen was probably a `mistake’. One can only speculate that an invisibility shield was `down’ or similar malfunction. So, while only a 1 in 5 chance - the fact is - IT might have been US.

Then, finally, THS assigns a 10% chance to a similar outcome to the Stephenville incidents as the previous one. Humans. Wealthy humans. Wealthy humans NOT connected to ONE specific gov’t. A world power elite.

Except in this scenario the Stephenville `Displays’ were NOT an accident - but were ON PURPOSE. For a reason. Probably to force the gov’ts hand about UFO’s or the Ufo technology. Or, to force its hand for blackmail. Money. Or Power. The scenarios are not pleasant.

And, who are we to say that the weaponization of space hasn’t produced some `machine’ in the sky that can project a virtual space into our skies - for us all to wonder about.

Or - to be controlled by.

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Welcome once again to The Heavy Stuff (THS), the blog that often shines the spotlight into the twilight zone of reality - today’s topic - the Jan. 2008 Stephenville Tx Ufo Incidents - and THS’s perspective 90 days later - on what may become a watershed event. Or not.

It certainly was a watershed in one particular manner - that being the unprecedented rapid response of the mainstream media coverage of a Ufo event. Never before has the media been immediately present only days later - immediately interviewing witnesses only days later - immediately informing the public that this `wasn’t one of ours’ only days later. Indeed, for the subject matter of Ufo’s, the coverage was almost unprecedented also in regard to repeated follow up stories on all of the cable newsnetworks. As you know, most Ufo reporting has NO follow up report.

Indeed, we all saw repeated follow-up stories, one after another…….. UNTIL the gov’t `gave us and that pesky media the answer’ to what was seen about two weeks after the story broke nationwide.

As you know from my own UFO blog http://ufodisclosurecountdownclock.blogspot.com  - that `answer’ amounted to the `big lie’ that the government almost always puts forth when `pressed‘ for a Ufo `answer’ by the public or the media. AND, as always, the `big lie answer’ is almost a government statement to the media to LAY OFF the subject matter. And, once again, the media did just that —

Within 30 days after the governments answer, the Texas incidents were largely nothing more than internet fodder — despite the fact that other events were continuing to occur in the Texas skies, even in Stephenville, many days after the initial local reports about Jan. 8th.

Indeed, it was the initial reports that stoked interest in the whole incident. The reasons were clear why something was needed to be explained by someone — namely it was what was being said in the on-air interviews; seemingly reliable witnesses, multiple witnesses not in silhouette lighting, — and what they initially described — a huge craft perhaps a mile wide, hovering, flashing and morphing, then almost disappearing at a high rate of speed - those descriptions were gripping the nation.  Within the last 90 days.

Indeed, the only `doubting’ or disappointment voiced of the incident in the opening days was `where are the cellphone pics of this thing’.

And, while no one was publicly doubting those that observed the craft - one witness who went to the media indicated that he felt pressured, within days of going to the media, by someone seemingly in the government, - to be `quiet’ about what he saw - again, this is someone he felt was within the gov’t calling his home.

Then, in an extra for the conspiracy buffs, the main reporter on the case for the local newspaper was told to move on a little early from her position as a reporter — eliminating her coverage and follow up interviewing. And, all this was happening  - just after the gov’t `answer’ -(the `answer’ of course is that the witnesses confused the silent mile wide craft for a number of F-16’s) — was official suppression at work? Or paranoia?

Regardless, media coverage of the incident was sufficiently muzzled by the gov’t answer, that by the time that when the amazing video surfaced of a `separate’ Stephenville Ufo flap incident - mainstream media coverage was minimal. Incredibly. After all THEY, the media, had been waiting for a video.

BUT, they did show `pictures’ of the video. And, the `pictures’ - literally video frame stills - of the `UFO light-show display’ video served as Stephenville’s final mention by the media. It was as if they didn’t have the courage to run the video — just stills from the video.

And, for good reason. That video, seen only on the internet, which goes on for 9 minutes, (and is linked in my March 6th listing on my anomalies site on squidoo - www.squidoo.com/anomalyman- among others)  shows the craft morphing into some cryptic lazarshowlike `symbols’ in the sky - could shatter some folks world views.

Indeed, the media, by only doing the stills - provided a palatable context for folks that wouldn’t shatter their worldview ——– a lazar show picture. In the sky. (Don’t humans do lazar shows in the sky?) Something to look at, not to wonder about.

The JUMP from entertainment (lazar show) to COMMUNICATION from another species — was not quite ready for prime time - evidently - even though many would find it obvious. After all, this is NOT standard UFO protocol by any means. The newsreaders on the networks were basically allowed to have a questioning look on their collective faces as they showed the squiggly lights in the sky. (While whispering under their breath WTF.) ————Before going onward to the next coverage of Brittney Spears in public. (Just forget about those disturbing ufo images folks.)

Of course, NOT  showing the ufo lazar video means ——– the media blinked - or was forced to blink — about the ufo issue — about the Ufo Disclosure issue. And, no one even noticed.

(Interestingly, within 30 days of the denial by the gov’t - the internet was alive with the supposed `rushed’ UN UFO Disclosure meeting - coincidence? - And, what are we to make of NO media mention of the internet rumor of the UN disclosure meeting? Coincidence again?)

A thinking person can only think that there are limits to the `pace of the revealing of Ufo information’ by the mainstream media. Indeed, are we seeing yet another tease in the past two weeks concerning the Drones?

Is the media covering them now because of the rumored `back-engineering from alien knowledge’? Will that be the slippery slope way the media and the gov’t are going to let this all slip into common consciousness - that WE, human beings,  have UFO’s - and — for now — don’t worry about those pesky details too much.

THS wonders what the media overview of the Drones and Stephenville (and the UN meeting) will be by the end of 2008. What other ufo events, if any, will warrant `immediate’ media attention?

Or, are those days now relegated to the past - even the recent past - when the media would actually respond and cover the unknown. Will the legacy of Stephenville turn out to be the seriousness of the media coverage? A legacy that - now that we have the `governments Stephenville answer’ - will never happen again.  Or will it?

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Hello to all readers of The Heavy Stuff (THS) - thanks for returning for another heavy installment of thought - downloadable right here. Today’s topic, of course, is the upcoming holiday this week - April Fools Day — and, just as we provided a link for Groundhogs Day on our other blog www.ufodisclosurecountdownclock.blogspot.com here’s a good link for you for this weeks unofficial `people’ holiday –>  http://www.thefoolsday.com/ . As you know, April First,  is the day to honor Tom Foolery — something which is right up the alley of Ufo `information’.

How, you ask, are Ufo’s associated with April Fools and tomfoolery? And, who, or what, would be doing this tomfoolery associated with Ufo’s? Do Ufo `fools’ deserve a day all to themselves? Perhaps, yes, unfortunately - when one looks at the evidence.

The sad/funny part of that is noone wants to be made the April fool. To be caught on the short end by an April Fools Joke. The `fools’ are always made to look foolish, gullible, or, at best,  innocent and simple in thought and attention. Simple Fools.

Indeed, perhaps just a few examples will provide the basis of some of this idea THS is posting today. As one knows, the tomfoolery perpetuated depends on the gullibility that those seriously interested in the Ufo subject matter - the desire to believe or simply to have an explanation for an actual observation of a Ufo (as 14% of Americans claim). Indeed, the tomfoolery that those with an interest in Ufo’s  have had to endure is now legendary, and literally growing yearly - and the picture it paints of Ufo information and discussion - relegates it to JOKE LEVEL. (The smirk factor.)

Perhaps those wanting to believe have never been made bigger fools of than the Alien Autopsy video. After all, what would substitute better for a White House front lawn landing than an alien body itself - or - at least the video of an alien body. Indeed, what fools `ufo consumers’ were - (as you know, to folks that sell TV shows, markets for the shows have demographic profiles - and are a consumer group with X dollars purchasing power) when the autopsy `proof’ came to the small screen in front of us.

And, the alien autopsy provided the proof. It was like the TV we all remember from the 1950’s - grainy, black and white footage, small details of the time-era planted into the film, the vague storyline of source material - the alien that looked like everyone EXPECTED an alien to look like. 

BUT, of course, it was all a JOKE - Playing the public for a fool level - I will grade a 10.

So, the only clear video of a dead alien to ever be widely distributed for `information’ — was a hoax for money –  and only`fools’ would be consumers of it. With the side effect of  teaching  those `fools’ to not believe the Ufo stuff, no matter how real it looks. The lesson, don’t be fools; even old videos might be fake. The bottom line,  don’t believe the media about Ufo’s (FOX brought this to America).

Well, the UFO consumer said, if we can’t believe the media - how about our government? They wouldn’t play the public for fools - would they? After all, they work for us, the citizens. (THS is having a hard time typing this with a straight face even celebrating Fools Day.) They give us the info we seek - that is why we have FOI, right? And, for sure, the government wasn’t playing the UFO information consuming public as fools with their explanation for the O’Hare Ufo Incident of 2006 (it didn’t happen) or the Stephenville Ufo incident of 2008, (TEN F-16 Jets) = Right? (Or the famous Swamp Gas explanation.)

But, in this case the JOKE is that THEY WERE SERIOUS  with these statements for Ufo Consumers. Therefore, when graded for Playing the public for a fool  - 10 - once again. The lesson - listen to your government - don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to - don’t be a FOOL.

Well, the common man thought, if the media will play the Ufo community as a fool - and the Government will play the Ufo community as a fool — certainly, we can hope the `info’ from the people won’t play us for a fool, right? Folks won’t get INTO HOAXING now that the computer graphics are here and now - right? Hoaxing ufo consumers would never be pushed on the public, right?

And, then, came along the 2007 Haiti Ufo Video — for all to see on major networks news. Now we can believe that right? They check sources and don’t just put on as entertainment something that would change the literal worldview, right?

But, you as a Ufo info consumer were beginning to sense something. Could it be that clear visual ufo disclosure as seen in the Haiti video isn’t the case once again? Is this how the whole gig was going to be `revealed’? And, for a few days - the carrot was dangled for the foolhardy. 

But, as you know,  the Haiti `proof’ wasn’t real either - again - and only fools would believe that stuff - right? (Notice any pattern here?) The egg was once again on the face of the believer - again to look like a fool if they mentioned the video to anyone; or professed belief in it.

The lesson again - don’t believe modern tapes (this is different than tapes from the 1940’s which we all knew would not have fancy film special effects) - don’t believe your eyes - don’t be a fool.

Finally, later last year - came the Drones. The objects eventually associated with back engineered alien technology - via forums on the web. Lots of stories and witnesses - `writing’ on the wings of the `impossible’ Drones. Were we as Ufo consumers being set up again? Everyone wanted to be cautious. To be non-believers. To not be fools - even if it seemed too good to be true. Like the others. Like the others that made us look like fools willing to believe it all. (As with all the above stories about UFO tomfoolery - the Drones is an on-going story of investigation, with breaking news even this week.)

Then, in January, came the Stephenville Ufo Incident - and more importantly - THE SKY MESSAGES FROM THE SPACECRAFT - . Heirogliphics in the skies. Could this be THE CONTACT? Or were the aliens themselves playing us (or the government) off as the fool? Can we believe that after all the tomfoolery that the aliens are taking things into their own schedule? Are they wondering when the fools will wake up?

And, now, finally, — if we can’t believe the media, the government, the people or the aliens - how about the World?

And, so now we have the supposed meeting that took place at the UN in Feb. of 2008 — about the plan to reveal to the world the Ufo information. To get us all ready for the coming transition in just a few years, when, `they say’ - alien ships will sit in our skies for observation. To provide us the proof we are not alone -

AND, that the time has come……………..

To be Ufo Fools - Never Again.

The Heavy Stuff (THS) welcomes you back for another mind excursion (do you remember the 1960’s ` psychedelic quartet’ Tradewinds version?) into the very fabric of speculation about realities mysteries  - today’s topic - strange highness. Yes, you read that right.

Strange Highness is THS’s proposed new term,  and, is not the same as the common Fortean term of `High Strangeness’, or, is it? Indeed, one will find by reading excepts below that both `strange highness’ and `high strangeness’ seem to have some, or perhaps many, overlapping spaces.

First, just a few words about High Strangeness (this should be familiar to most THS readers we know). Frankly, if you are not familiar with the term it’s one of googles best searches; you will be gone on a several hour reading trip if you have never researched the term. And, to summarize in a few examples is impossible - (but) it can be as simple as fish falling out of the sky; to, a Bigfoot that vanishes in front of your eyes; to, a Ufo landing where the alien walks up to you and asks what time it is; to, being rescued by a tow-truck that leaves no tracks in the snow.

You get the idea - impossible(ish) events in `normal consciousness’. Indeed, all these examples have one thing in common - NO drug descriptions - these are all described by `normal’ folks who are not `hitting the bottle’, or for that matter, any other substances. Right?

After all, if it was the `rantings’ of a USER - the credibility is gone - right? Objectivity would be ruled to be not in play. So, for those that report `strange events’ - a persons `straightness’ - is what makes them High Strangeness. Isn’t that strange?

But, of course, other folks have `impossible events’ too - while under the influence.

Specifically, while under the influence of `mind altering substances’ - indeed, `reality altering substances’ - leading to the area of space THS wants to now refer to as `Strange Highness’. Specifically, strange highness will refer to the esoterica and entities which have been supposedly encountered when credible humans enter `altered states of consciousness’ - via substances.

It should also be mentioned that the experiences described below of the extremes of what could occur when using mind altering substances — are NOT the norm; probably with any of the substances. Most reactions to these substances at minimal dosage are tolerable to enjoyable for most folks interested in such experiences. That said, again, extreme `reactions’ can occur at `normal’ dosage too - discouraging, wisely, the majority of humans from usage of any of these substances - even liquor only scratches 50% users. So, it should be noted that  THS wants to look closer at only those rare space occurrences - of strange highness.

Indeed, the examples are so numerous the question is -  where to begin….. Perhaps the first mention should go to the research done on DMT at the University of New Mexico in the 1990’s and the findings that suggest some experiences are very similar to the description of alien abductions – some users had simulated encounters with entities not of our normal consensus of thought.  Here’s a quote from Wikipedia about the substance that was man-made first in 1931:

Several subjects also reported contact with ‘other beings’, alien like, insectoid and reptilian in nature, in technological environments^[6] where the subjects were ‘probed’, ‘tested’ and sometimes even ‘manipulated’ by these ‘beings’ (see Abduction phenomenon).

 ”technological environments” - love that terminology.  And all this - right in the lab -so to speak. Strange Highness Indeed.

And, the bad news for those that want to believe in alien abductions out of ones bed - is that most likely, their brain (the abductee) supplied the `space’ for the event. That is NOT to suggest that the person didn’t experience the event OR that the event wasn’t REAL at some `real’ level. Just that the `event’ did not likely occur outside of the bedroom walls.

Additionally, this does NOT really address the much rarer `abduction reports’ that occurs in public places - supposedly (nearly always at night of course in lonely areas - with strong exceptions such as Travis Walton’s experience).

So, because of the similarities of DMT and the abduction experience the verdict is that at least one aspect of High Strangeness can be `explained’ by the Strange Highness Spaces of  extreme substances. But that is only one example of many.

Such as, of course, the many word of mouth stories, decades ago,  of the preferred hallucinogen of the 1960’s - LSD.  From the noting by users of changes to the normal perceptual landscape (moving walls, sharper colors, impossible objects) for an individual - to `shared realities’ with other trippers (shared landscapes not of this world) - the product-chemical,  produced spaces with , indeed, strange highness. Again, quoting Wikipedia:

Some psychological effects may include an experience of radiant colors, objects and surfaces appearing to ripple or “breathe,” colored patterns behind the eyes, a sense of time distorting (time seems to be stretching, repeating itself, changing speed or stopping), crawling geometric patterns overlaying walls and other objects, morphing objects, a sense that one’s thoughts are spiraling into themselves, loss of a sense of identity or the ego (known as “ego death“), and powerful, and sometimes brutal, psycho-physical reactions interpreted by some users as reliving their own birth.^[9][40] Many users experience a dissolution between themselves and the “outside world”.^[41]This unitive quality may play a role in the spiritual and religious aspects of LSD. The drug sometimes leads to disintegration or restructuring of the user’s historical personality and creates a mental state that some users report allows them to have more choice regarding the nature of their own personality.Higher doses often cause intense and fundamental distortions of sensory perception such as synaesthesia, the experience of additional spatial or temporal dimensions, and temporary dissociation.While THS could point at many of the above descriptions - THS would like to focus on the LSD chemical interaction `disrupting time’ (and space, things) — this is long before the `missing time’ syndrome or experience reported with some remembered `high strangeness’ - and UFO experiences too. So, time-distortion, literal distortion - can be said to be shared between strange highness, and its counterpart, high strangeness. (Is it the Matrix, yet?)

Demons anyone? Straight or Altered consciousness?

Additionally, Native Americans (and so would say traditional Hippies and Heads) have known for time immemorial  that chewing certain mushrooms or ingesting peyote buttons, - can lead to spaces of special enlightenment - here’s how Wiki describes that:

The effects of psilocybin are often pleasant, even ecstatic, including a deep sense of connection to others, confusion, hilarity, and a general feeling of connection to nature and the universe. Bad trips may occur when psychedelic compounds are taken in a non-supportive or inadequate environment, by an inexperienced person, in an unexpectedly high dose (see: set and setting), or when the substance triggers difficult areas of one’s psyche.

At low doses, hallucinatory effects occur, including walls that seem to breathe, a vivid enhancement of colors and the animation of organic shapes. At higher doses, experiences tend to be less social and more entheogenic, often catalyzing intense spiritual experiences. For example, in the Marsh Chapel Experiment, which was run by a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School under the supervision of Timothy Leary, almost all of the graduate degree divinity student volunteers who received psilocybin reported profound religious experiences

Strange Highness, Indeed. 

Once again, the link here could be described as the ONENESS felt by the `straight’ high strangeness experiencer - and the - `non-straight’ experiencer of strange highness. Seems the altered states can be reached via either avenue of ones approach to ones consciousness. Whether the outcome is demons or oneness.

But all those areas of `strange highness’ can be beyond the reach of the average person who doesn’t know the difference between a tomato plant and a squash plant - or who doesn’t forage for native plants - or  who wants to travel to strange lands. That would be most of us, right?

So, how about, the legal stuff - and it’s links to Strange Highness –  THS will start with the result of the nations most popular mind altering substance - liquor - but, not just liquor - extreme liquor usage - the DT’s - here’s a description - quoting Wiki:

DT’S - The main symptoms are confusion, disorientation and agitation and other signs of severe autonomic instability. Other common symptoms include intense hallucinations such as visions of insects, snakes or rats (or stereotypically, pink elephants). These may be related to the environment, e.g., patterns on wallpaper that the patient would perceive as giant spiders attacking him or her. Unlike hallucinations associated with schizophrenia, delirium tremens hallucinations are primarily visual, but associated with tactile hallucinations such as sensations of something crawling on the subject - a phenomenon known as formication

In reading about the outer edge of the liquor stupor and bugs - one is reminded that other drugs have outer limit  stupors that include huge Praying Mantislike creatures. Or, is all this - the bugs on the skin - nothing more than the DNA memories of beings who woke up in caves 700 generations ago with bugs crawling on their faces - the memories of FEAR. Even the fear of being eaten by more larger more formidable species.

Also, as another example and still legal in many parts of the country and the world is the new buzz substance being read about in many newspapers - with lawmakers scrambling to `protect’:

Salvia Divinorum” quotes Daniel Siebert’s summarisation, mentioning that the effects may include:^[35]

An example of salvia-inspired Visionary art

• Uncontrollable laughter.
• Past memories, such as revisiting places from childhood memory.
• Sensations of motion, or being pulled or twisted by forces.
• Visions of membranes, films and various two-dimensional surfaces.
• Merging with or becoming objects (for example a Ferris wheel).
• Overlapping realities, such as the perception of being in several locations at once.

A survey of salvia users found that 38% described the effects as unique. 23% said the effects were like yoga, meditation or trance

THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING FOR JUST ANYONE AND IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT - JUST AN EXAMPLE.

Finally, there are, of course, reports of `crazy folks’ literally using toxins and poisons (this is complete sickness - some would say that to use any of them would be crazy and dangerous) - to reach so-called enlightened states of being with one’s consciousness. Areas, places, spaces, where special knowledge supposedly exists. And all, in the land (space) of Strange Highness.

And nearly all of them  - illegal in most states and countries. Indeed, do not venture into the land of Strange Highness - as it may just be the space - that abutts the land of High Strangeness.

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Hello - and welcome to The Heavy Stuff (THS) - and thanks againto all the great websites that post and link to this blogs 100% original material. As the internet site dedicated to taking positions on realities greatest mysteries - today - for the second time this month - THS refers to the `total number of humans alive’ - known of course as the world population.

And, while it is an estimate of course, — this link — found thru google - provides the `countdown’ to a particular historic quantity of humans being alive in the very near future http://www.census2010.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html in May of 2008. That historic figure is the quantity of 6.66 billion humans.

The condition will be with humanity for about a month and this figure is the exact number listed for May 2008 according to the gov’t - 05/01/08    6,666,656,022 - not 3 but 6 sixes of population in this estimate.

In a sense, this is the very next Y2K for humanity - an arbitrary date with great significance — much like a much ballyhooed one in Dec. 2012. But, we at THS expect much less of a media focus on humans crossing the 666 threshold than on crossing Y2K  (12-31-1999).  Indeed, perhaps you will only read it here.

After all, it’s only an estimate, represents evil,  – and — what is seldom told is that the 666 threshold will probably be crossed again in only a few centuries. But, going in the other direction. A declining population base.

Indeed, eventually, regardless of  world financial collapse, war, invasion by aliens - or the other fun contained perhaps within this millennium (which could lead to a lower number too) - the fact is that the expected dropping birth rates of females - well below 2 children apiece replacement level - will eventually send the Earth to population numbers not seen in millennium’s.

As sick as it seems to be living in an ever complex, crowded, and seemingly insecure world - there is some security in numbers - right? Our caveman brothers thought so, right?  It’s nearly ingrained.

So, when the human being count finally starts its inevitable downward trend and eventually our Earth has seemed to reach a balance — will humanity really want to go back? Will the days of 6.66 billion humans be remembered as the good old days? Would 1 billion be an ideal number of humans?

Hello to all fans of The Heavy Stuff (THS), thanks for returning. This is the one blog on the web dedicated to speculation on realities greatest mysteries - including consciousness; today’s subject. Specifically, the notion that the human consciousness level is increasing, and perhaps, is evolving to a `different, higher, level’ that some refer to as `cosmic consciousness’.

But, before THS gets too far into the specific idea of this post - which is that the quantity of human consciousness, in aggregate, could `trip’ some sort of cosmic tripwire and dramatically change the awareness level for all humans literally overnight (or in 2012 as some would like to believe)  - THS would like to briefly (if that is possible) to talk about consciousness itself and its possible relationship to phenomenology; specifically the Phillips Phenomenology THS ascribes to.

The Heavy Stuff’s first foray into speaking about consciousness was on this blogs first post about the Noosphere experiment at Princeton University http://theheavystuff.com/?p=3 - the event that THS considers to be the Greatest Anomaly of ALLTIME. The ontological proof one might say.

To refresh THS readers memories (you should go to the three part post however) on 9-11-2001 - in an on-going multi-year experiment with computers generating random number sequences - the data  `experienced’ a nearly impossible `randomness’ that was characteristic of `consciousness’. It was as if a linked group of computers worldwide displayed emotion or intellect. You can find links to the Princeton site on that first post.

One of the premises of the Noosphere is that there MIGHT be a `global consciousness’ - others would split hairs and say - that human electrical influence can be picked up by machine data eggs. IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER. What does matter is that we have a phenomena `outside’ of `space’ (or more specifically a different type of space) that EXISTS. Some like to call it mind — others call it consciousness — and what is important here is that it EXISTS AS A GROUP THING TOO.

Whether as a group of computers, or as a group of humans.

AND, if there is a group consciousness - does the quantity of input (the total number of consciousness producers) matter? THS will let that sink in for a duration or two.

Why? Because it would seem that IT WOULD MATTER as a matter of common sense. Two machines with consciousness  combined would have less than three machines with consciousness combined - and one would think the same with humans - right? And, any educated person knows how the human population has increased in just the last two centuries - literally  going from an estimated 978 million in 1800 to 6.66 billion (hmmm) in April 2008 - more than a sixfold increase.

While detectable for us perhaps only in random computer programs generating random number data baskets — perhaps this quantity of consciousness can be monitored (by other realms, other entities, other consciousnesses). Perhaps the increase in this consciousness, literally the sheer quantity of it - could cause `phenomena events’  - such as the seeming increase in certain fortean phenomena. Which could cause even more.

Perhaps the continued increase in this quantity of consciousness could force (in a sense - actualize really)  more and more phenomena to occur that is normally outside the normal consensus - to the point of influencing the overall human consciousness consensus we all operate under.

If all this were true, should we look for more `psychics’? Would more and more common folk be able to communicate with the dead or other realms of thought or being? Would esoterica like that represent what humanity should be looking for if a `cosmic change’ is coming to our consciousness? Would suddenly everyone be able to read minds? Would language matter then?

While all this reminds THS of the 1970’s and the rise of trans-meditation —-> and the idea that 1 million (pick a number) of meditators could change activity within a community - it shouldn’t be just dismissed.

After all, the more of something - the more space and power it has. Human consciousness has certainly been the driving force on this planet for several millenia - and has had an unprecedented rise in stature. Literally to the point - collectively - of figuring out reality itself (with physics). It is impressive what collective human minds have accomplished in the mere eye-blink of duration - almost of cosmic proportions.

And, perhaps IS ready - to go beyond. To be. Able-to-not-be.

(the Phillips Phenomenology website can be found on google with the words Phillips Phenomenology - esoteric knowledge must be dug out of the manure and not freely given). And please, visit the blogroll for more mind provoking websites.