Delusional and corpulent, how the peregrination of the loss for a sense of time and meaning equates to the cargo aboard a drifting sailing ship at the mercy of the winds and current. Vastness is yet a solvent concept against the backdrop of the dark and eternal night. A selection of paints are intermixed during the terrestrial day, the colors of the familiar rainbow coalescing in a structure of Brownian motion, yet the finality to these perpetually flawless actions takes root in an erroneous balance. Nebulous, snake-bitten and cataclysmic, the expectation towards and antidote remains a fleeting prospect. What does the concoction of red, orange, yellow, green, violet, indigo and blue blended together by the brash machines of politics and gravity yield? Of course the forgotten aftermath of a blinding stimulus to the visual cortex floods yields a white flood, while a complete absence of waves and particles mirrors the unseen emptiness between the stars. An obvious form of reductionism stems from the unique framework of observations, laws and assumptions, both conscious and instinctive which governs the consensus for life as we know it
Approaching the specifics of ocular physiology, the average human genetic disposition coding the ability to actually disseminate the spectrum of light is stringently limited. While the actual behavior of a beam of light is limited to either that of a wave or a packet of energy, implies the stark finality of true unknown quantity. Hence, the hypothetical construct of dark matter is constantly thrust into the known quantity of the unknown and the legend is constantly fueled by the combined weight of the atoms, visible bodies, planets, stars and galaxies falling well short of the total assumed mass of the entire universe. This thought breaches the fabric of curved space and the plausible points of position and time dictating a form of reality. Does ambiguity lead to a conformist mentality? The stirring of the known colors provides and apt metaphor for the droll call from social democrats and architects of utopia. Pure science brandishes a blanket and a cup of hot soup against the unknowns, years and reaches of a godless sky. ‘We as a race are parasites against the canvass of billions of burning candles, only to be judged by the death of Mother Earth and poisoned by our deeds and hopes riding through the wilderness in tiny probes sent out to observe, yet not to invade,” pleads the echoes from Europe, college campuses and through the channel of envy. Does a complete spiritual detachment feed the coffers and insightful preponderance of a supposed revolution? The indifference, passivity and individualism of a creator, frightening thought in the wake of the uncertainty principle. A complete absence of optimism and faith may sequester the very framework for a hive mind, a mad mind, an utterly functionless branch in the vibrant tree of evolution. The irony exists that most socialists are Darwinists, however indoctrinated by the clause that change occurs amidst populations and extremes simply act as a canceling force over the course of generations. This troubling salvo of imbonities does not correlate with liberty or happiness.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The Legalities of Insanity
Resounding with jabs coated in verbose misinterpretations and dominated by pure emotion, the public outcry for the cease of illegal immigration has evolved into a war between borders to fortify the borders. However, overlooked amidst media hypocrisy forged by prevalence towards polarization is the apparent offspring of the illegals or legal immigration. In the new age topsy turvey world of electronic media and love affair with the substantiation of the banner headline, the great age of immigration and Ellis Island have become virtually inconspicuous in the subconscious of the public.
Thanks to the actions of the late JFK, hunting season on the U.S. borders and white collar jobs has been wide open since 1965. Under misleading verbiage such as the Family Reunification Act and the hazy requirements for refugee status, thousands of brilliant minds legally immigrate to the shores of America every year and flood the already qualified labor force with an excess, while depriving their native lands of capable doctors, teachers and government administrators. Within this situation nightmare rivaling a dichotomous nightmare, the seemingly exponential amount of PHD's now inhabiting the U.S. scrape to find work in academia, while the third world vacated by balanced minds is left to furrow under the binding vines of dictatorship and extremism.
On average 500,000 legal immigrants are granted passage into the U.S. yearly, and many under the confusing mantra of political refugees. The influx of population has adverse effects on the stabilization of community, economics, resources and environment. In short, the quality of life in the middle class remains at a stagnant plateau. To complicate matters, large corporations commence daily operations as if enduring the reality of a labor shortage. Many businesses will simply not hire Americans as the veil of political correctness and the failed grasp of the current economic environment prevail.
As the U.S. population swells towards 400,000,000 by 2050, thanks to the dated immigration policies set in the 20th century, the consequences can be observed globally. For the better part of one hundred years, presidents and congress have failed in attempt to pass a feasible bill that squelches the dense flow of human traffic through the revolving door of the borders. Though the mantra of “a nation of immigrants” remains viable within a context pertaining to the proper means of assimilation, the economy is now just recovering from the vibrations caused by the Great Wave which swept across the Atlantic in forgotten times.
Resources
The Case Against Immigration, Roy Beck
Thanks to the actions of the late JFK, hunting season on the U.S. borders and white collar jobs has been wide open since 1965. Under misleading verbiage such as the Family Reunification Act and the hazy requirements for refugee status, thousands of brilliant minds legally immigrate to the shores of America every year and flood the already qualified labor force with an excess, while depriving their native lands of capable doctors, teachers and government administrators. Within this situation nightmare rivaling a dichotomous nightmare, the seemingly exponential amount of PHD's now inhabiting the U.S. scrape to find work in academia, while the third world vacated by balanced minds is left to furrow under the binding vines of dictatorship and extremism.
On average 500,000 legal immigrants are granted passage into the U.S. yearly, and many under the confusing mantra of political refugees. The influx of population has adverse effects on the stabilization of community, economics, resources and environment. In short, the quality of life in the middle class remains at a stagnant plateau. To complicate matters, large corporations commence daily operations as if enduring the reality of a labor shortage. Many businesses will simply not hire Americans as the veil of political correctness and the failed grasp of the current economic environment prevail.
As the U.S. population swells towards 400,000,000 by 2050, thanks to the dated immigration policies set in the 20th century, the consequences can be observed globally. For the better part of one hundred years, presidents and congress have failed in attempt to pass a feasible bill that squelches the dense flow of human traffic through the revolving door of the borders. Though the mantra of “a nation of immigrants” remains viable within a context pertaining to the proper means of assimilation, the economy is now just recovering from the vibrations caused by the Great Wave which swept across the Atlantic in forgotten times.
Resources
The Case Against Immigration, Roy Beck
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Energy at a Net Loss
In Nature There Exists No Free LunchInstant gratification is not compatible with the modern research tactics of science, much less as solution for alternative energy sources. The continued search to wean the human race off oil is a positive gesture; however science has to be permitted to catch up with imagination. As bio-diesel gains momentum in the media and word of mouth as a legitimate "green" substitute for oil, those who realize the true ramifications of this perspective, cringe.
Large scale production of bio-diesel requires the use of excess volumes of land to produce a necessary amount of plant matter to be converted into fuel. While conversationalists applaud the apparent reduced carbon footprint of this magical compound, a dichotomy exists as the needed acquisition of land needed to produce bio-diesel will actually result in more harm to environment than fossil fuels while driving the up the price of corn thus putting U.S. farmers out of business. (Those farmers who do participate in growing corn for use in bio-fuel are luxuriously subsidized by government dollars, hinting further that this method of alternative fuel does not possess the needed results to be produced effeciently, effectively and adhere to consumer spending standards) The mantra of clear cutting trees and those who live off the land is not in par with the expectations of the environmental movement. Even in Brazil where the organic matter from sugarcane produces a much more efficient end product than corn, the government has been forced to increase spending on oil to satisfy basic energy needs.
The practice of harnessing energy from the universe requires an understanding of the pervading laws of thermodynamics. It remains an abstract goal to believe that in the next 2000 years, humanity will be able to solve the efficiency issue in a closed energy system. Suffice to say, the harvesting of energy from space or from terrestrial sources will always result in a net loss. Even with the production of a hydroelectric dam, one has to picture the amount of labor expended by each individual worker and machine in the construction phase. On another level, one has to consider the properties of each individual turbine and the passing force of the river over the moveable parts. An apt metaphor exists in the business world. An employee is hired at 3000 dollars a month salary and not paid for the first month of work. The employee is paid the next month and until their tenure ends, but the business will always be behind by 3000 dollars. Even if the employee is given an extra 3000 dollars on his last paycheck, the ramifications of not receiving money for a month will have already affected his bank account and life in other subtle ways. No matter the correction, the system is now destined to function at a loss. Entropy may be cruel, but the concept remains the defining characteristic for the structure of the universe and reality. We will probably have to change our habits over the next two hundred years, barring the development of a feasible H3 reactor and a new love affair with nuclear energy.
UK journalist George Manbiot treats this debate with some intriguing thoughts about the effects of energy farming in tropical zones.
Large scale production of bio-diesel requires the use of excess volumes of land to produce a necessary amount of plant matter to be converted into fuel. While conversationalists applaud the apparent reduced carbon footprint of this magical compound, a dichotomy exists as the needed acquisition of land needed to produce bio-diesel will actually result in more harm to environment than fossil fuels while driving the up the price of corn thus putting U.S. farmers out of business. (Those farmers who do participate in growing corn for use in bio-fuel are luxuriously subsidized by government dollars, hinting further that this method of alternative fuel does not possess the needed results to be produced effeciently, effectively and adhere to consumer spending standards) The mantra of clear cutting trees and those who live off the land is not in par with the expectations of the environmental movement. Even in Brazil where the organic matter from sugarcane produces a much more efficient end product than corn, the government has been forced to increase spending on oil to satisfy basic energy needs.
The practice of harnessing energy from the universe requires an understanding of the pervading laws of thermodynamics. It remains an abstract goal to believe that in the next 2000 years, humanity will be able to solve the efficiency issue in a closed energy system. Suffice to say, the harvesting of energy from space or from terrestrial sources will always result in a net loss. Even with the production of a hydroelectric dam, one has to picture the amount of labor expended by each individual worker and machine in the construction phase. On another level, one has to consider the properties of each individual turbine and the passing force of the river over the moveable parts. An apt metaphor exists in the business world. An employee is hired at 3000 dollars a month salary and not paid for the first month of work. The employee is paid the next month and until their tenure ends, but the business will always be behind by 3000 dollars. Even if the employee is given an extra 3000 dollars on his last paycheck, the ramifications of not receiving money for a month will have already affected his bank account and life in other subtle ways. No matter the correction, the system is now destined to function at a loss. Entropy may be cruel, but the concept remains the defining characteristic for the structure of the universe and reality. We will probably have to change our habits over the next two hundred years, barring the development of a feasible H3 reactor and a new love affair with nuclear energy.
UK journalist George Manbiot treats this debate with some intriguing thoughts about the effects of energy farming in tropical zones.
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