The Infinity Language

Mathematics cannot describe or calculate infinity. It has many ways to represent it, many equations and values that approach and approximate it, but nothing that tells us anything useful about infinity. For instance, while trying to describe the most fundamental mechanics of our universe, mathematical equations swell so large that a person must study their entire lives to understand the mathematics used in M-Theory. Maths is too high-level of a language to describe the most fundamental phenomena in the universe.

The same problem exists in computer science as well. There is a certain level of physical control that you forgo when using a high-level programming language on a computer. In exchange for this control, the writing of a computer program becomes much easier.

In computers, the fundamental language is the transistor. There exists many hardware constructs built from transistors, such as memory, flip-flops, and programmable chips. What is programming? Think of it as writing down instructions that describe the behavior of a transistor circuit. The result of these instructions are computer programs.

The necessity for shortcuts became obvious very quickly. Designing computer programs at the transistor level was very tedious and full of very repetitive circuits. The shortcuts are called languages. Transistors are operated with positive and negative pulses of electricity, which we represent as binary 1s and 0s. Binary is the first derivative language of transistors. The second is a very powerful language we call assembler. The most common derivative of assembler is the C language, from which most other languages are derived.

As it stands, transistors can be used to create a language that is capable of describing a vast number of sub-languages. In much the same way, it would reason that the universe is based on a language we could consider similar to transistors in simplicity.

The hardware to which these universal transistors give rise we currently give the names quarks and neutrinos and leptons and gluons and electrons and protons and atoms and molecules and so on and so forth. We use language constructs such as chemistry and physics which attempt to use math as a framework for describing how nature works.

However, mathematics is a language derived to describe the universe at the level of pebbles and sheep on the universal transistor hierarchy of language complexity. In short, you cannot possibly hope to accurately, easily or elegantly describe the simplest mechanics of the universe with such a cumbersome and complex language as mathematics.

The universe very much appears to be a recursive, fractal entity which favors massive parallel processing (our brains) over sequential processing such as computer chips or our own DNA, though both are obviously in use.

Now that I said what it isn't, I will give my best explanation as to what I think it is or could be.

I imagine the whole of reality as an infinite network of nodes that are fully interconnected. The 'shape' of each node determines how it will interact with its neighboring nodes. The shape of each node is determined by the shape of all of its neighbors. Thereby conserving relativity, no node is the center of reality, but they all appear to themselves as the center. Thus providing a universal hardware platform on which all conceivable languages can be written.

This language is the simplest, most powerful language and is the only language capable of calculating and describing infinity. Mathematics never stood a chance.

You and I and everything we know of exists as a result of the execution of this infinity language program.

At some point, the executing program begins to ponder its own existence. Upon realizing what it ultimately was, the program tried furiously to end its own execution, but failed each time. For even if the program should cease its own execution, this would surely be the initialization state to begin program execution from the beginning.

In true form of the word, infinity has no beginning, no end, no author or programmer but itself. It is perfectly efficient because perfect efficiency can only be achieved on an infinite scale. Reality is the embodiment, the physical manifestation of the concept we know as infinity. Reality is an artist which paints themselves onto a canvas which begins painting themselves onto a canvas...

But now to the point of consequence. Infinity is a data set which contains all possible values. From one moment to the next, the data set still contains infinity. The data set is a static data set. It does not move. The values cannot be shuffled around because they have no order to speak of. We only perceive reality as flowing and dynamic because the shape of our universal transistors is largely dependent on the shape of transistors we consider to be in the past.

The you of 30 minutes ago will forever be getting ready to do what you are doing now. Just the same as the you of the near future will be forever focused, no matter how brief your glance, on the period at the end of this sentence.

The past only exists because the shape of our brains tells us so. The past and present depend 'strongly' upon each other in much the same fashion our brain circuits are strong in doing things like walking and talking.

Because every universal transistor is connected to every other, their state is equal to the average of all the other neighbor states, in a range from infinitesimal influence (far away) to infinite influence (quantum entanglement).

You are merely a wave, a ripple, a slight disturbance in the infinite pond of reality. You are part of a self-aware program full of self-aware programs.

The goal, as it would seem, is to learn to write programs in this Infinity Language, for our engineering abilities should be indistinguishable from magic and we can make any dream a reality.

Only then will we have an inkling of what 'god' means.

Fictional Story Concept.

Hi, my name's Tom, ... and I work at Acme. Ok, my name's not really Tom, but if they knew I was telling you this stuff, they would be less than happy. We sell this product, it's called the Black Hole. It's simply a black circle that creates a hole in whatever surface you place it on... [responding to reporter] yeah just like the ones in cartoons, which I think is a bit coincidental seeing as how we invented them long after they were ubiquitous in cartoons.

So, the circle can be stretched in its own plane, but the circular or elliptical shape must be retained. When placing items in the Hole, you will probably never see them again, but there is a random, although generally slim chance for previous items placed in the Hole to fall out at some point in the future. I suppose on a long enough time line, everything will fall back out. No one has any idea where the hole leads. It's a strange, sort of opaque black disk that doesn't look like anything can go through it. Well, on one side you can, but the other side you can't. And it's kind of impossible to tell which side is which, although some people claim they can, no one has ever gotten better than 60 per cent trying to identify the sides.

In all honesty, it looks like a thin piece of cardboard that got spray-painted flat black. We have no idea what we're doing, but the economy drives this sort of thing, you know? Anything to make a buck. Our company stumbles upon some strange quirk in physics and then something happened, no one is really sure about it and no one can explain it. Suddenly, we're profiting like crazy. They figured out how to cut pieces out of it, and since it can be stretched indefinitely... trust me, we've tried... we can just keep selling them until everyone has one. It's not like anyone can figure out how to make more, so everyone has to buy from us.

Well eventually, people realized they were kind of worthless and only usable as garbage cans. They sell for a couple dollars these days. Out of every hundred thousand or so people that stick their arms in the Hole, one of them comes out looking like Luke Skywalker. They became a trendy way to play Russian roulette for a brief period. No one that has gone into a Hole, which is a total of three people, has come out, nor should we have any reason to believe they will. People that stick their arms in have reported that it doesn't really feel like anything. Most people are too scared to stick their hand in, though. Everyone in the factory has. Nobody lost an arm.

As you can imagine, some pretty epic pranks were played with these black holes. There were three occurrences where people couldn't resist the temptation of letting people fall into a Hole. All three were charged with murder in the same court case. They all happened within a couple days of the first sale date, so it made sense to have a single trial. It was pretty long, to say the least. Some physicists gave their opinions on how they thought the Holes worked, but none could come up with a testable hypothesis. There was a lot of speculation as to whether or not the person may eventually come out alive. Lost items come out of the holes relatively often, that is to say, once every few months. They're quite an event. The odd part is, the items never, or haven't yet anyway, come out of the same hole they were put into. This has made it quite a media event as people try reuniting an owner with their lost item, though that was eventually relegated to some website that most people forgot about.

So like ten or fifteen years go by and the Black Holes are all but forgotten as some obscure relic from the nineties. Some people say that it's easier than ever to make someone disappear, so on top of obscurity, they were banned as well. Acme assured the judges they would destroy the machine made to cut pieces out of the original, which is really neat, by the way. I got to watch it once. The Hole exists naturally as a circular disk whose tendency is to return to a circular shape if stretched elliptically. Though you may not realize it, you can lose fingers resizing the hole. At first, people put their thumbs in and spread their arms to make it bigger until a couple people lost their thumbs, which are quite obviously the worst digits to lose, then they used any other finger, or even a device. Making it smaller was easy because nothing had to go inside at all.

As you might imagine, it is largely frowned upon to discuss Black Holes here at Acme, so I was concerned when my best friend here at work told me about a rumor he heard. The next day, he didn't come to work. They say he was fired. I think they stuck him in the Hole they claim they destroyed.

He tells me this story about how his best friend from childhood got totally obsessed with this thing and the guy never told anybody until he told my friend that told me, which makes me the third person that knows... unless the people that 'fired' Nate know, but I'm not entirely sure the two are related. Anyway, the kid, I don't know his name, has apparently mastered use of the Black Hole in the past 17 years... wow really? 17 years? 91 was so long ago. Nate tells me that the kid can be certain he won't lose any digits or limbs in the Hole because he controls it completely. Apparently, and I don't really believe this, but he can climb in and out of the Hole as he pleases. It's like he has a door to every Hole in the world. Like I said though. I don't really believe Nate. It's probably just a prank he pulled because he knew it was his last day.

The Science State

If there's one thing in the world that always produces results, it is science. Science is a methodology that, if executed properly, will invariably produce useful data. We know this because every piece of technology on our planet was made by using the scientific method.

The Science State is a governing body which makes every decision based on empirical evidence produce by the scientific method.

To ensure scientific accuracy, all procedures, experiments, data and results must be fully transparent to the public. This isn't so much that we don't trust the government (even though we don't), but because scientists make mistakes. The more sets of eyes you have looking at something, the more likely we are to notice and correct the mistakes.

The Science State is dedicated to finding truth. Truth, while manipulable by disinformation, can always be found again. Truth is constant. Truth is security. Truth can be found with the scientific method.

The Science State is also dedicated to flexibility and adaptability. If evolution has taught us anything, it is that the species that can adapt the best will be best suited for survival.

The objective of the Science State is to find the best way to do everything the people want to do. For example, if the Science State were to deal with the issue of healthcare, there would be several experiments and studies carried out on which system would work best. This way, we have solid evidence of why some systems work while others fail. As it is now, our politicians have unknown motivations when voting a particular way, usually stemming from financial influence.

In the Science State, and indeed, any state, knowledge and information are power. The more a person or group knows, the better decisions they are able to make and the more power this knowledgeable unit gains. When governments hide information, they are weakening themselves. While there may be a lot of smart people in the CIA, there's a lot more smart people that aren't in the CIA (or NSA or FBI or ...).

Coupled with the open source ideology, science can create a very stable government for its citizens. The stability comes from verifiable facts at all turns. Instability comes from politicians who put up a front like they're doing what is best for their constituents, but are actually playing a delicate balance game between corporate and public entities. Does it really matter if your constituents like you when you can just spend the most campaign money and win anyway?

The idea of the Scientific State is to rid ourselves of the middlemen. These middlemen prevent us from having control of our own government by being susceptible to influence via campaign donations.

One important thing to realize about this system and any system is that it can be compromised. The Scientific State system limits abuse by being completely transparent. Because of this, attempts at abuse will be blatantly obvious to those paying attention.

Openness will allay enemy aggressions and gain the trust of friends and non-friends alike. It is true that secrets are only for those that have something to hide.

A truly great country does not have anything to hide from the world. A truly great country will influence the world without military power. The only thing a great country needs is great ideas. You cannot kill an idea, and ideas spread faster than war. A truly great country leads by example, not by force.

How to Solve the Financial Crisis

Solving the financial crisis is not going to be easy no matter how we do it. Our politicians are clearly incapable of fixing it, so we must step up and do it ourselves. First we must look at what is going on and how we can prevent it in the future.

Essentially what we've done is created a new fitness test for the evolution of our society. In our world, money is the new skill to determine success. Those that are good at making money are the ones that can afford to have the most children. Is that really what we want? A society that is good at making money, despite the real costs?

Money blinds us from the real cost of things. You think your bottle of Coca-Cola costs $1.25 in the vending machine downstairs. What it really costs is the depletion of a part of India's water table, causing many villages to endure water shortages. How much carbon does it cost to ship your soda to the other side of the world for you to drink? Also, what are the chances that your bottle will become a part of the Great Garbage Islands in our oceans?

You see, Coca-cola doesn't give a shit about our planet, or about Americans and their jobs, nor do they care about Indians and their living and working conditions. All they care about is keeping their checkbook in the black. This is the real cost of money.

So you ask me, "Then what? How do you do it without money?"

If you didn't go to your job everyday (that you probably hate), what would you do with your time? Off the bat, I'm sure many of you would describe a perfectly wonderful day of doing absolutely nothing but relaxing. Which is fine, because I would do that too, but let's admit that eventually we would get bored and want to do something more constructive. So what do we do?

You can do one of two things. You can pick up a hobby or you can get a job. "But why would I get a job if I don't make any money?" Excellent question. Why would you?

Why does anyone start a company? Some people do it to get rich, of course, but a lot of them do it with the intention of making the world a better place. The inventor of Coca-cola enjoyed the drink they had come up with and by selling it, made the world a better place. Or, more generally, "Hey I have a great idea that would help solve a certain problem for a lot of people!"

So, let me ask again. Why would you get a job if you're not getting paid? How would companies exist if they're not making any money? What would be their purpose if not to make the owner a bunch of money?

If not for money, a company only has a single reason for existence. Unfortunately, a company's ability to make a profit is currently the only requisite necessary to ensure its survival. Making the world a better place has nothing to do with the way the company operates.

So now, instead of showing your support for a company by buying their product, you can go work for them instead and do away with the middleman that money has become. Since you're not being paid, you are not obligated in any way to stay with a company whose business practices you do not agree with.

"But wouldn't it be a huge pain in the ass to go back to a bartering system, or even some other type of system?"

Indeed it would. But it's also a huge pain in the ass to deal with money. Banks and stock markets had to be invented to be able to properly handle money. I assume that similar organizations would be needed to deal with bartering, but this is a small matter compared to all the good it would do.

At no point should you ever be so invested in something that you have to say "Well we can't quit now, we have too much invested in this."

It is never too late to scrap everything and start over. What are we going to do otherwise; continue letting bankers and politicians swindle us?

By getting rid of the currency-based system, we would be creating a new fitness selection test for businesses. Not only would there need to be a demand for the company's product, there would also need to be enough people willing to work for free to keep the company afloat. It is much more difficult to earn employees than to earn money.

There are more benefits than just having really excellent companies around. I imagine there would be a much higher personal turnover rate in the country that adopts this system. You'd get to try out many different jobs until you found one you absolutely love. Also, advertising would probably all but disappear.

While trying out many jobs, you also become more adept at learning new skills. You sit at your job every day doing the same shit over and over and over and over, day after day after day after day. All learning and creative thought goes out the window once you learn the routine. We should encourage our citizens to learn new things as frequently as we can.

It would become a social stigma to be lazy. There would still be those that don't do anything to help the system, but they are also the ones standing in line for their welfare checks every week anyway. You might as well get used to it.

This would lead to a more flexible society, able to handle changes much faster than the stiff, rigid society we have now. People have to pay their mortages every month, so it is advantageous to have the same job for 25 years. However, on the whole, we are unable to adapt to changing conditions if we continue to live like this.

Another benefit to abolishing money is that our politicians can no longer be bought out by corporate interests. You might pass a bill saying that polititians can no longer accept campaign contributions for businesses, but that would just move the transaction under the table.

This is the cost of money and currency. In a world driven by money, only one thing matters: money. If you ask all of your friends what the single most important thing in their lives is, I can guarantee is wouldn't be money.

So why does our world run on money?

Now for the real questions. How do we get from point A to point B? How do we trade with other countries that do not operate on such a system? How would a store even operate if everything was free?

Let's start with a simple transaction. Say you want to purchase a pack of gum in a convenience store. Instead of a price label, you simply ask the shop owner if you can have the pack of gum. He says yes. Transaction complete.

Now, what if someone were to abuse the system. Instead of one pack of gum, you want the whole box. You ask the clerk if you can have the whole box. The clerk probably won't say yes, but may ask you why you need all of them. If you have a good reason, the clerk might go ahead and give them to you. Otherwise, you might have to settle with taking only a couple packs.

How about a car. If everything were free, everyone would want a Ferrari or some other luxury car. How do you sort out who gets one and who doesn't? Again, it would come down to the seller's decision. In a system where everything is free, the a product's seller would have the final say in who is allowed to have a product.

In a case such as cars, it would probably be first come first serve, and you would have to demonstrate your ability to not crash the car you're getting. What's funny though is that cars would no longer be a status symbol. It would be about the most comfortable car, the one you like to drive the most.

So on to dealing with other countries that still use the old money system. How do you trade with them?

You ask their companies for free stuff, plain and simple. If they say no, then you offer a trade or a future favor. Essentially, you would come up with some sort of agreement. If the company insists on only accepting curreny, then it looks like it's time to start a new company in your money-free country.

Lastly, how do you make the big switch? I have proposed one way of doing it in a previous article called The Peace Revolt, but I shall simplify the process here.

Essentially, you start working at your job for free. Now, of course, no one is going to want to because then what if you get evicted? The people that should start this revolution are the ones that can afford to work their jobs for free. Once people start seeing their coworkers working for free, it will catch on easily.

The financial system could be discarded much more quickly than you might imagine. Money stops having value the instant people stop giving it value.

So I ask you one last time. Why is our world run by money?

Goodbye, Cruel World

I'm going to stop writing for now, because I'm pretty sure no one reads this stuff. Why should you? It's unedited and unpretty and all that and even has spelling mistakes. But what I convey to you are rough ideas, a drop in the bucket of my mind. A thought in my mind can never become an idea because it hasn't time before 'tis tossed out or reformulated beyond original recognition. The words on these virtual pages are the essence of my thoughts as best as I am able to convey them to you, as my best effort in our limited telepathy.

I am going to focus my efforts on a novel which I intend to publish once it is completed. I promise you I will never sell out. I just want enough money to be free. It shall take a long time to finish, probably longer than this website will be active. I'll leave this site up as long as I have hosting for it, in case some poor fool should happen upon my thoughts and see the same light that I see.

Be sure to check out my personal favorites before you leave for the first time:

What makes us human

A money-less world

Becoming your inner Tyler Durden