Most people believe that when our physical lives are over, our unexplainable consciousness (or soul) continues to exist in spiritual form. Although little is known about the soul, we assume it is not part of the physical body and exists in the brain. After all, we know, having your appendix out, losing a limb, or any other part of your body doesn’t change the conscious you. So, if the soul is not part of the physical body, can we also assume it is not part of the physical brain? If so, we can better understand what the soul is by eliminating what it’s not.
Physical attributes of the brain make up a big part of who we are. Without the physical chemicals of estrogen or testosterone, the soul would not experience sexuality, and without dopamine, the soul would not feel happiness or sadness. The list goes on, and by the time you eliminate all the brain’s physical attributes, what’s left is not much more than basic consciousness.
If the physical brain makes up such a large part of who we are, except for basic consciousness, is it possible that the same type of basic consciousness in humans is no different from that of animals? How would human consciousness present if limited to the physical parameters of a given animal’s brain?
In trying to apply this theory to all life. How do plants and living organisms without a brain fit in? This leads to the theory. What if all living cells have a tiny amount of localised consciousness? The physical properties of brain cells being different, allowing for a better transmission and combination of their consciousness. What we feel as the single consciousness of our soul could actually be made up of the collective consciousness of billions of individual brain cells. Small amounts of localized consciousness in all the other living cells in our bodies could be similar to that in plants. This would explain how a cut heals or what determines the location of a new branch on the limb of a tree.
After ruling out what the soul is not, the question remains. What is basic consciousness/soul? Still a mystery, possibly part of an unknown energy or entity whose only evidence of existence is when it manifests at various degrees in all life?
Most likely, after reading the title, I have lost all credibility with you and you only continue to read this for entertainment. The fact is, after decades of suppression, air forces around the world are finally admitting they regularly come across “flying” “objects” in the sky that they cannot “identify” or explain, or by its very definition, “UFOs”. Even though governments have started to acknowledge UFOs exist under the rebranded name “UAPs” (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon), they are rightfully, not rushing to the conclusion that they are extraterrestrial. Unfortunately, the same stigma you felt when you started reading this has so far prevented proper research as to what they are.
The stigma associated with UFOs started decades ago. Any intelligent person knew that unidentified objects in the sky could not possibly be extraterrestrial and therefore either an elaborate hoax or the active imagination of the person who saw it. After all, when you consider the size of the universe, it is not reasonably possible to be visited by extraterrestrial aliens. This stigma has ended the careers of any scientist who has attempted to study them and destroyed the lives of respectable people who publicly admit to seeing them, so for years, except in government conspiracy theories we continued to ignore them.
Even though the majority of UFO sightings can be explained, there is still overwhelming evidence some can not. If we apply advancements in science over the past several decades since the stigma began, although it still seems unlikely to be visited by aliens in person, the possibilities of the existence of “Un-Occupied Extra Terresstera UFOs” or “UO-ET-UFOs” can now reasonably be considered possible. By applying logic to what little we know about them. I will explain how and why “UO-ET-UFOs” could exist, and why it is important to take them seriously.
In 1992, less than 40 years ago, the first Exoplanet (a planet orbiting another star in our galaxy) was discovered, up until then there was no proof that planets even orbited other stars. Since then over 4,000 more have been confirmed and 7000 are still waiting to be confirmed. Out of the 4,000 confirmed there are 63 thought to be the right size and distance from their star to support life as we know it. Kepteyn b is one of these planets, only 13 light-years from Earth.
With our current knowledge, it’s still unpractical that life could travel 13 light years, let alone around the galaxy, but it is reasonably possible for intelligent life to send signals. Sending signals would also be the most logical form of first contact. After all, even if you had a car, you wouldn’t drive across the country to visit someone, only to find out no one is home. You would call first.
The most common things reported in possible ET-UFO sightings are that they move at high rates of speed, make erratic direction changes, and there is no observed wind or noise from their movement. This suggests they may not be solid, any solid mass moving through the atmosphere must displace the air it travels through causing a lot of wind and noise. So, what if they were a form of hologram? A sort of laser pointer from another world. If we fire a laser at Kepteyn b, it would arrive in only 13 years. Our fastest rocket to date with help from the sun’s gravity, is the Parker solar probe, reaching a record speed of 109 miles per second. Even at that speed, it would still take 22,178 years to get there.
Let’s say we decide to try to send a signal to a planet 13 light-years away using existing or reasonably advanced technology. Photons (light), associated with traditional holograms, would need to be fired from triangulated laser positions at the source to have a concentrated, visual focal point 13 light years away. (Obviously, we would aim at the calculated position of the planet in 13 years.) An array of such lasers could form a shape. By moving the array, the shape projected would move much like the unexplained possible ET-UFOs reported. Once built, sending signals to other planets would be as simple as making the calculations and moving the array.
Hologram forms could also be created in other ways. Particle accelerators such as the one developed by CERN, can now accelerate a particle to almost the speed of light. If we were to aim a particle accelerator at Kepteyn b, the particle would arrive in about 14 years. Unlike photons, with particle accelerators, we can control the velocity. Instead of a triangulated signal, an array of particle accelerators in one location could fire hundreds of busts per second containing billions of particles traveling at different velocities. Each burst would arrive at a given distance at the same time forming a shape for a split second. The bursts would only be visible only at the focal point. Multiple bursts per second would make the object appear solid. By moving the array, the object projected would appear to move, it would also show up on our radar systems. Because massive bursts of accelerated particles can be harmful and continue past the focal point, they would have to be aimed carefully to avoid striking any possible life by either traveling only through the atmosphere or by getting absorbed by a body of water.
Hologram technology itself is also making huge advancements. We can now manipulate a single particle floating in our atmosphere using an inferred laser. Although we are a long way from manipulating particles in the atmospheres of other worlds to form shapes, it may not be a problem for life forms hundreds, thousands, or millions of years more advanced than us.
So, let’s say this long drawn-out theory above, turns out to be right. What could it mean? We may be getting signals from other life in the galaxy. Mathematics and the discovery of exoplanets suggest the conditions that created life on Earth are common throughout the universe. If we put aside our arrogance that the entire Universe was created just for us, evidence suggests that extraterrestrial life should be abundant. If all or some life naturally evolves to become intelligent like it did on Earth, it would also make sense that at some point, it would try to contact other possible life in the universe. Methods and signals sent from each planet would differ according to their advancement and technical approach explaining the many different types of possible ET-UFO sightings reported. Most importantly, if it was possible to send a signal to another world, why would you not include a message? Some of these signals could contain massive amounts of binary or other encoded data, like a giant fiber optic cable, or at atomic levels in particle bursts. It may even pass on relayed information from other, more distant, and older worlds explaining some of the mysteries of the Universe.
With our current knowledge, and if Einstin’s theory that nothing can travel faster than light is correct, it still seems highly unlikely that intelligent life itself would be able to withstand the forces and time to ever meet face to face, but if intelligent life is in abundance in the universe, the eventual communication, by a sort of “cosmic Facebook” would make the most sense. These possible ET-UFOs may simply be “friend requests” from other worlds.
I admit, what I just wrote has very little scientific fact to back it up. It was written only to show that investigating UFOs has merit even if the investigation leads to possible extraterrestrial sources. Hopefully, now that UFOs have been given a new name, UAPs will now get the unbiased studies they deserve. Whether they be extraterrestrial, from another dimension, or technology from other countries here on earth, explainable, or remain unexplainable, they should not be ignored.
Some people believe their future is predetermined and nothing is left to chance. Math and physics could prove them right.
With our current knowledge in physics, we have the math that can figure out roughly how a leaf will move if a wind blows on it from a certain direction. Suppose we could calculate right down to the quark-particle locations, quantity, and temperature in both the leaf and the wind to infinity. In that case, it should be possible to determine exactly how the leaf would move. Using this same theory, it should be possible to determine where and when the wind will blow, the exact shape of a snowflake before it forms, or any other action in the entire Universe.
The human brain should be no exception. If we knew precisely how it was made up through genetics and the electrical paths created by all previous experiences and memories and could calculate them to infinity, it should be possible to figure out the exact reaction when a stimulus is applied.
Assuming all of the above to be true, and we had a spreadsheet containing every particle in the universe and their characteristics at any given exact time, it should be mathematically possible to predict the future, or by reversing the calculations we could know everything in the past. Of course, a fluid spreadsheet like this would be the size of the universe and impossible for us to construct, but it doesn’t change the concept that the future could be mathematically predetermined and predictable.
3:30 AM, in a tent miles from anywhere, you awaken with an unignorable urge to pee. The moment you unzip the tent it hits you, millions of stars with clarity, unlike anything you have seen before. A powerful experience for anyone, regardless of background or interests. Hard to imagine, as incredible as it looks, you are viewing it through a dirty window called the atmosphere.
Now imagine you had a fascination with space and astronomy and had the same view from above the atmosphere’s distorting effects. Add in the excitement of space flight, weightlessness, the amplifying effect adrenalin has on experiences, and what you feel would most likely be in the life-changing zone. A normal experience for all astronauts you would think, but not so. In fact, no astronaut to date may have had this experience. Light from the sun, earth, and ambient light from the spacecraft wash out the light from faint stars. It also inhibits the physiological conditions of “3:30 am eyes” needed to see them.
Most photos taken by astronauts show space as being deep black and starless due to the abundance of light from the sun. Much like the sky from the earth throughout the day appears blue and starless. Even when a spacecraft’s orbit brings it in opposition to the sun, light from the earth and the interior of the spacecraft inhibit the astronaut’s eyes from achieving both the physical and chemical adaptation needed to be able to see in low light, as we can in the camping example.
Testing for this experience is not hard and may have already been done. The astronaut must be placed in a pitch-black part of the spacecraft for a minimum of 1 hour before, to allow full dilation of their pupils and give time for the chemical dark adaptation of their eyes to take place. The sun and moon need to be in opposition. Without exposure to ambient light from the spacecraft and using the spacecraft to block ambient light from the earth, the largest observation window facing away from the earth should provide the most spectacular experience and view of the universe.
The same experience could also be possible on sub-orbital flights, by wearing VR goggles 1 hour before apogee. During launch and ascent, cameras on the outside of the goggles convert what would normally be seen, to a red light image on the screen inside below 650 nanometers. Red light below 650 nanometers does not affect our night vision. During a nighttime launch, after main engine cut off when the spacecraft gets to its apogee, the goggles would be removed.
Life-changing experiences are not uncommon for astronauts. Years ago, only the most hard-core test pilots made it into the Mercury / Apollo programs. Many of these highly disciplined, stone-cold astronauts admitted to being overcome with emotion when traveling to space. Most notably is an experience called the “Overview Effect”. The overview effect is a well-documented feeling of enlightenment, reported by many astronauts when they view Earth from space. There is no reason seeing the universe from space would be any less intense, a sort of “Outerview-Effect”
We live our entire life in this house with dirty windows we call Earth, a unique and insignificant spec in an unimaginable vastness of space. How can we claim to have lived a full life if we have never punched through the atmosphere, gone outside on the front lawn, and clearly seen and felt the universe we live in, even if it’s only for a few moments?
Over the past few years, video games have become an obsession for more and more people. As gaming systems become more advanced, what will the ultimate system turn out to be? Obviously, it would have to seem as realistic as possible but what if you even believed it was real?
Along with video games, medical science has also made huge advancements, right down to a molecular level. Many complex organs can now be transplanted and amputees can control basic functions in prosthetics through there own nerves. It no longer seems impossible that one day even a brain transplant could be done. As our understanding of how signals transmit through the nervous system also advances, it’s reasonable one day they could be duplicated by a computer. Now imagine combining the two. Our brain could be connected and interacting with a computer that would send all the sensations we would feel in reality. If perfected you would not be able to tell this new virtual reality from reality.
How popular would video games be then, if there was no difference in what you feel between virtual reality and reality? At first, all the video games we play now would be extremely popular at this new enhanced level. Racing cars and fighting aliens. The people we interact with could be real players also in VR or computer created.
After a while though, gamers would realize as good as this was there is still something else missing. The game would be even better if they thought it was real and didn’t know they were in a virtual reality world. If this became possible it would also draw the attention of not just gammers but those who also wanted to be educated beyond what a book can do. Imagine being able to experience life at any point of time in history without knowing it was virtual reality, being able to understand not only how people felt at that time but why. Picking wealthy or famous people with lavish lifestyles and perfect bodies would eventually get boring, just like gamers, you would eventually want to try harder, more difficult roles. Facing the challenges of higher levels while gaining the rewards of a further understanding of life.
Could the year now actually be 2220 and you are playing the ultimate virtual reality game. If so, it would be ironic if you wasted too much of it playing a primitive X-box.
