Thoughts on Life and the Universe  (revised from Aug. 2005)                     

20070126

devhak

devhak@yahoo.ca

 

Life: The existence of a fluid entity that evolves over time (on both large and small scales) in response to environmental changes, and has the potential to create other fluid entities of a similar being, independent of itself but interdependent with its environment.

 

I believe that this suits what we know of biological life, but also leaves it open for new discoveries.

 

 

We are a cell in a developing chicken egg.  What proof is there that the analogy is incorrect?

 

The existing universe is a form of life.  People today think it is thought to be expanding, or growing, but what if that is not so; what if it is not expanding, rather its perimeter is maintaining one size, and everything inside is changing, similar to the process of a developing chicken or lizard egg.  As time passes, it gradually becomes more complex.  This happens on many scales of the universe as we know it.  The processes and results may be visualized in galaxy formation, the evolution of life, economies, many things; the universe gradually gets more complex as molecules move and change, thereby causing biological change as the chick inside develops. 

            If the universe is indeed staying the same size, would gravity act as a push force rather than a pull force (as is the basic belief of society at the moment)?  The pressure inside this ‘egg’ shell would be pushing everything together, clustering together to form larger bodies of mass (the overall size of the bodies would be smaller than the constituent particles would be if they were spread out uniformly throughout the universe, due to gravitational pressure).  Antigravity would also exist as a push force, being the resistance to the motion of gravity: inertia.  Gravity would act like a particle with a mass too low and a speed of motion too fast for us to detect, under the same idea as light, which was immeasurable until a century ago.  Gravity, like light, would act as both a wave and particle form, the wave being the build up of pressure against the inner shell of the egg, heating the matter, and resulting in faster vibrations at the atomic level, increasing the complexity.  Antigravity, as a force pushing outward from the clusters of mass could be a gravity wind that blows backwards, like when one blows straight into a cup. 

            As the chick grows, different things develop at different times, causing a variation of pressures against the inside of the shell (pushing outward). As the separate parts of the chick develop differently, the growth of some parts doesn’t always follow a fixed rate of change, changing the pressures exhibited against the outside of the shell at different times of its development.  This may account for the universe appearing to remain at nearly a fixed size or rate of change for a measurable amount of time. Changes are still occurring from inside, but the overall rate of change of pressures stays constant for a while.  From a perspective inside the shell, it would be difficult to be sure of either side of the theory, that the known universe is growing, or if rather everything inside is becoming smaller.  We would have to know more about gravity and the inner workings of this universe before making any absolutely conclusive judgements. 

 

Our lives are extremely long compared to mosquitoes or a virus cell; they may view us similar to how we view planets, or the stars, or even the economy, for example.  All these may be forms of life, all follow the same basic steps of evolution, changing over time, adapting to new conditions and gradually becoming more complex.  Again, this would be difficult to differentiate or confirm from an inside perspective.

Mathematics is also a part of the life form of the universe.  It is the basis for everything in the universe.  It can be used to describe everything from the movement of an electron to the size of your chair as a quantitative value.  Mathematics since the beginning of time (as we know it, on a societal scale) has gradually become more complex as our understanding of the universe changed and our species required the adaptations.  From our perspective, as the universe gets larger, it creates larger pieces of mass, though the distance between objects gets greater as the universe ages.  [This could also be described as everything inside the universe is getting smaller due to the clustering caused by back pressure against the inner side of the shell.  Perhaps matter clusters with like forms of matter (similar to the concept of polarization), imagine a few cheerios floating around in the milk [liquid medium] as you are finishing breakfast, three or four often cluster together as they float around the bowl.  The fluid surrounding them, (both the milk liquid and air [gas] are fluid substances, as is space) allows them to move but also helps bind the objects together.  

 

Consciousness developed over time because it is what was needed for our type of beings to survive in this environment.  Self-awareness was necessary in the evolution of our species (and many others as well, I believe) because as our biology became more complex it therefore caused the brain to develop into a more complex device to make survival a simpler task for the expanding (and changing) populations.  For example, beavers might be the next biological creatures to rule the planet (if environmental factors would allow it)…they already harvest trees to build shelter for the whole year, and demonstrate forward planning by collecting enough food to survive the winter.  In the absence of many predators the beaver populations is currently growing to the point where there are too many in the ecosystem, overpopulation.  For the species to survive, either disease, predators,, or the environmental threshold based on food must be met, or, the species must develop an awareness of what is occurring and modify its’ environment to suit its’ needs.

The human race (all varieties, {Negro, Caucasian, Hindu, Asian, Aboriginal, etc.] included) is under similar stresses, there is overpopulations, so there are a few options:

 

1.                          Emigrate, have some people move elsewhere like the moon or mars (impractical at the moment)

2.                          Improve technologies that more efficiently modify our living environment and politics to provide our expanding population with all the basic life essentials.  (The dominant method our species is practicing at the moment.) 

3.                          Reduce the population.  This is possible through sterilization, lower rate of reproduction (homosexuality, for example; the persons whom practice this are generally not reproducing, but are still obtaining all the sensations of sex for reproduction, therefore a lower percentage of the population is producing offspring: natural population control), reproduction later in life with less offspring per person, and killing competition for space and resources (wars, slaughters, plagues, etc.)  (Another method that has, and still is being employed at this moment in history. Just look at the oil resource war the major power hungry nation is pursuing as a last hold onto the past ideals and needs, doing what it can to refuse the adaptations that the new world requires.  The unevolved mindset of the past, effectively destroying itself.)

 

(Note:  I do not support slaughters and the like for population control and resources, nor do I intend any discrimination against persons whom are homosexual or bisexual or anything of that nature. I believe in equal rights and opportunities for everyone without discrimination on age, sex, sexual preference, variety (race), or any other such factor.  Ability and quality of human interaction as it applies to the specific work required should be the main factors considered.  All I intend this essay to be is an unbiased and objective view of our species in this vast universe we find ourselves in.)

 

All these are examples of how strain on the resources can be reduced. Wars and the like are the same as creatures fighting for territory, following basic instincts passed down through heredity and which have not yet been removed from our genes.

 

The only reason technology exists is because it is a means to better shelter, feed and expand our species.  As living conditions improve it reduces the work our brains are required to do so more of the brains resources can be used to further improve our technology and living conditions.  Imagination starts to develop as our awareness of ourselves and the world around us becomes the focus of our mind, and we become curious about our own existence.  Curiousity drives us to explore scientific and spiritual frontiers.  We can only make sense of the universe through the use of our imagination.  Our imagination is what leads us to new discoveries, which fulfills our desire as a species to better ourselves and create easier living conditions.  Exploring the un-limits of your imagination is the only path to true wisdom. 

 

dh