Gnostic Nihilism

Here's my take on it. God actually exists. It's the world that doesn't. It's just that when you leave a being like that all alone in nothingness for an eternity, it starts to dream up all sorts of amazing and insane things.

Or to put it in mathematical terms (incidentally also being my unbound alternative to "42" for half my life):

0 * oo = x, where 0 < x < oo.

("oo" is for 𝌺, i.e. "eternity", of course.)

Take that you goddamn realists! I laugh in your general direction! Ha. Ha I say.

If you nevertheless find a discrepancy in my flawless argument, I'd gather you're just cheating by using rationality. How gnostic is that? I suppose next you're going to argue that there is logical truth in empirical facts.

Brave New World

[I wrote this little silliness more than a year ago. Didn't find an appropriate time to post it (it served mostly as critique of the computerized semantics I usually like so much). Now, with Sweden (where I live) on the brink of legalizing a little Echelon of our own (or their own, as it were), it seems as good a time as any.]

.. Sometimes I wonder if what we do is just a fancy way of digging our own graves.

Echelon> Event 116822052.26#113967:
  Instant Message detected: thinking.. done (in 0.032 ms).
  Storing inferred knowledge as:
   [ foaf:mbox_sha1sum "286e3265...";
     emo:likes <urn:bbdb:1997:python> ].
  in context:
   <urn:gov:surveillance:event:116822052.26:113967>
     a :NLPResult;
     :timestamp 116822052.26032;
     :trustability 0.681132 .
  Done. Running ruleset..
   CoreBot>
     - No known subject for:
       owl:inverseFunctionalProperty
         foaf:mbox_sha1sum with "286e3265..."
       , using BNode _:a21c3dd723ffe39
       (subject of 31102 previous facts).
     - rdf:type foaf:Person inferred for _:a21c3dd723ffe39.
     - No unknown knowledge gained. Done.
   EmotionTracker>
     - increasing likability of <urn:bbdb:1997:python> .
   MicroSoftAgent>
     - increasing demand of <urn:bbdb:2006:ironpython> .
     - increasing threat of <urn:bbdb:1998:opensource> .
  Backtrack threshold at 1337
    - refactoring reasoner dependencies.. Done.
  Done (passed through 4211 reasoners).
  Done (in 0.11 ms).

Echelon> System Update:
  "Owner Change. Renaming."
  Done (in 0.002 ms).

SkyNet>

A Mind must Become be4 it can Go

Now, I do not understand why the Web 4.0 page at Wikipedia has been protected to prevent creation. It is the fear of the machine? Because as everyone must know, Web 4.0 is the peak of our civilization, when mankind will unite in celebration, marvelling at our own magnificence as we give birth to AI. The Web at 4.0 will also affectionately be known as "Web H4L", to honor its predecessor, born on January 12, 1997 at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois.

It Didn't End at Betelgeuse

Since I'm not in space (well..), I guess my screams can be heard. Looking at this relative size comparison of celestial bodies, I find it quite sublime when Betelgeuse zooms into view. Then at the end, staring in disbelief at the Cephei gargantuans, I feel something of the numbness of overloaded awe.

By means of Wikipedia it seems at least the Cephei stars produce carbon at the end of their cycle. Then they will eventually fall into themselves becoming a very much present nil in space. Habitat of outer cephalopods and whatnot. Since they are carbon progenitors, such things were probably also our own primordial origin, sickenlingly long ago.

I like awe. Without it, how can one have a clue?

Of Mollusks and Gravity

Friday; high time for some Squid World Domination propaganda. Now, this article (about an elephant out of space — or not) doesn't mention them at all, but I for one am pretty sure of how a squid would deal with a black hole. Once in place at the center of the singularity (uhm), it would dwell for a while happily consuming this and that, then it would casually climb out again and continue its shambling stellar voyage. Due to its very nature, its apparent thermalization at the horizon could be interpreted just as clever camouflage, I guess. Or ink.

This brings to mind the epic battle between dark matter and dark energy. Although poised to win, dark energy will probably have a hard time evaporating space-time if these cosmic squid engage in opposition. They are the embodiment of prolonged composition in adverse environments. Frankly, it wouldn't surprise me if they were the original culprits at that primordial moment of proto-space-time when the Pleroma was torn apart and rendered into matter and whatnot. "That is not dead" etcetera. No wonder that some destruction-bent outer gods have a hard time getting along with these great old ones and their dreams of supremacy.

Disclaimer: this nonsense is not in any way intended to ridicule the aforementioned article. Information paradox and such is way fun too. It's probably also of great interest when discussing backup issues.

Addendum: it is still debatable whether the squid would climb out casually or if in effect it would climb out causally. Permutation aside, this would of course be of great consequence in determining how to pass judgement on the behaviour of these beings.

Lurking Beneath

Squid will have dominion of the earth one day. Unless they already do, hiding like spineless (but definitely not gutless) ancient gods down in the depths of the ocean.

Only seven meters, and that stare is probably just 'cause it's cold.

The enormous squid it appears!!

Humboldt Squids - *not* your friendly neighbourhood cephalopods.

I guess with all those arms you're bound to get it..

A classic.

Tiny beacons of hope? Or just some baby demons.

Strolling about with my new dress..

I guess a spine will only get you so far..

Not content staying on the ground?

I'm sure this fella wasn't on the planet yesterday.

Now make sure your tap is tightly closed; these things can get through pretty tiny pipes I guess. They're likely sending out evil dreams of worlds incomprehensible by telepathy too, so try to avoid the murkier parts of your nightmares..