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The elevator came to a halt at the Embassy level and opened its doors. Shepard stepped out and headed toward Anderson's office. Her omni-tool blinked and she pulled up the messages one from Gardner with all of the items he needed for the ship, one from Traynor with the location of the florist, one from Dr. Chakwas with the manifest of medical supplies to trade with Tactus and one from her mother. She opened the last one:
I just arrived and got your message from Specialist Traynor. I'll see you in a little while for dinner.
She sighed heavily as she stood in front of Anderson's office door.
Hopefully this doesn't take long.
She pressed the keypad and the doors slid open. Anderson's personal assistant looked up from behind his desk.
"Ah! Commander Shepard! Councilor Anderson is expecting you. Please go on in," he said as he opened the doors to the inner office.
Anderson and the Salarian Dalatrass were arguing but quickly stopped when the doors opened and they both turned to see her in the doorway.
"Shepard!!" Anderson called happily walking toward her, arm outstretched to greet her.
She took his hand in hers as they embraced each other in a warm hug. Her mentor from their days on the first Normandy, they had become close after her father passed away. Even though he would never take her father's place, she regarded him with the same type of affection and respect.
They broke apart and she moved toward the Dalatrass with her arm outstretched in greeting. The Dalatrass took her hand briefly then let go, walking over to the table and chairs near the window opposite the entry.
Shepard turned her attention to Anderson quietly asking, "What was so important that I needed to come here?"
"Well Shepard, there are a number of things we need to discuss, but let's not keep the Dalatrass waiting."
They walked over to the Dalatrass and sat in the chairs around the table.
"Well, Shepard, I'm sure you heard the discussion Anderson and I were having."
"Not exactly, but the volume was a little hard to ignore."
"I came to confirm the rumors I heard about you Shepard."
"And what would those be?" she scrutinized the Dalatrass.
"Well to begin, it would seem that Primarch Victus has asked for some help defending Palaven."
"Yes, that's true
"And that help would come from the Krogan
"True again Dalatrass. Would you mind telling me where this is going??"
"It would seem that this gives the Krogan the upper hand. Humanity needs the Turians. The Turians need the Krogan. You don't think that Urdnot Wreave won't use that?"
"For what exactly?" Shepard asked sharply, not bothering to hide her irritation, wanting the Dalatrass to get to the point.
"Let's leave that there for a moment shall we?" The Dalatrass eyed her carefully.
Shepard was silent, donning an unreadable mask, refusing to let anything convey what she thinking or feeling. Anderson stared at the two females. He already knew where this was going. It's what he and the Dalatrass were arguing about when Shepard arrived.
"What do you know about the Chimera facility, Commander?"
Everything stopped. Her breath caught in her throat. She was deathly still as the color drained from her face.
Breathe dammit! willing her lungs to take in air. Her heart was racing a mile a minute, pounding out every second.
"Shall I tell you about the facility, Commander?"
"No," Shepard ground out, so low it was almost impossible to hear. She already knew about the facility; more than she ever wanted to know.
Oh God. Don't say any more
She turned to Anderson. Her sapphire blue eyes blazing with hurt, betrayal, and anger.
"How could she know? You told me it would be CLASSIFIED!! NO ONE would EVER know." Her voice was ragged and hoarse, barely able to get the words out.
Anderson looked away, unable to face her.
"He didn't tell us anything," the Dalatrass solemnly began, "We suspected something was amiss when no one could confirm that you were on Earth. You dropped off the galaxy. The MOST valuable asset in the Alliance, to Earth, to humanity and yet no one could find you. Obviously, whoever did the research on finding a place for you didn't dig deep enough. The Chimera facility was founded and funded by the Salarian Union about a hundred years ago. Over time, a new facility was built and the Union no longer needed the old one. It was only logical that they make it available to the Council to use as needed. With humanity's new acquisition of a seat on the Council
.." She didn't have to finish.
Shepard finished it in her head staring at Anderson
I was granted access by association.
"I couldn't find anywhere else that was well equipped enough to take care of you," Anderson said softly. "I had no other choice -" He stopped not knowing how to continue "
I didn't know what else to DO! I classified and encrypted everything. It was the most advanced research, top secret, classified facility that we had access to. Only a select few have access
..it was the safest place I could think of to put you
" he sighed heavily.
Shepard was silent. A million thoughts raced through her head
who else knew? Who else could find out? What do we do now...wait..
She turned to look at the Salarian, studying her face, trying to discern any nuance that would indicate what the Dalatrass wanted.
"Shepard, the implications of what the three of us know are highly controversial enough to start another war between humanity and the Turians. But we are not above using it to serve the greater good of the galaxy."
Shepard still said nothing, waiting for the Dalatrass to continue.
The Dalatrass got up and walked to the window, staring out at all the ships arriving with refugees.
She continued, "We are not opposed to the Turians and Krogan agreeing to a Treaty that will benefit us all in this War. We are, however, concerned with the terms of said Treaty. Therefore, once you have the Primarch and Wreave aboard your ship to discuss the terms of this Treaty, you WILL invite me aboard as well to participate in the discussion."
Shepard didn't like being manipulated she HATED it. Cerberus was bad enough but this was too far! She stood up, glaring fiercely at the Salarian, blue fire burning brightly in her eyes.
"How DARE you???! What the hell gives YOU the right to dictate any of this??"
The Dalatrass whirled around, her robes swirling and locked eyes with Shepard. "How dare I??? How dare you! You created this with your recklessness!" She spat, "Did you not think there would not be consequences?? I knew it was too soon for humanity to be on the Council. Your species is far too young to handle such responsibility. If I were in your position, I would choose my next words very, very, carefully." She crossed her arms, waiting for Shepard's answer.
She's right. I did this. I have no right to argue. What have I done??
Shepard sank back into the chair.
"Okay, Dalatrass. Once the Primarch and Wreave are ready to discuss the terms of the Treaty, I will let you know."
"Good. The matter is settled." The Dalatrass walked toward the door, robes flaring out behind her.


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We are having a problem with our committee chair only doing the parts of the job she wants to do and making excuses for the rest. We have someone willing to take over the position, but we don't know how to remove her. Does anyone know the official way to remove the committee chair if she doesn't want to leave.
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Dedkad and Q have excellent suggestions. To answer your question the Chartered Organization is where you need to turn. The Institutional Head appoints a Chartered Organization Representative. These two people have complete unquestioned authority to hire/fire all unit Leaders. Call Scouter Services at Council to find out who these individuals are if you don't know.
Sorry I wasn't clear. She is the type that impedes the pack. While she has gotten our recharter completed on time or ahead of time every year she controls the calendar and cancels or "forgets" to plan events. She is ineffective at getting parents to volunteer and has run off several parents. She makes unilateral decisions and then claims they were discussed. She fails to complete tour permits for events. We had a scout get seriously injured and she claimed it was not a scout event. I understand the CC shouldn't do everything and I don't want her to. We just need to get rid of the willy nilly half done crap. We have a lot of parents that will help, but she thinks she can do it all by herself. I know she will fight tooth and nail if we try to get rid of her. I need to know if it is possible before I go to the council. Unfortunately, our district representative isn't much help and she has entrenched herself into the council office, but I have heard they have the same problems with her as we do.
she controls the calendar and cancels or "forgets" to plan events.
She is ineffective at getting parents to volunteer
She makes unilateral decisions and then claims they were discussed.
She fails to complete tour permits for events.
Of course all of the above is based on the idea of having willing volunteers. Which you have said that you DO have. Start encouraging parents to volunteer, and your CC to take off some of her many hats!
I know she will fight tooth and nail if we try to get rid of her. I need to know if it is possible before I go to the council.
The ONLY way that a council will step in is if the unit volunteer has done something criminal, or seriously against youth protection. Then they can/will strip the entire BSA membership from the individual. Once that happens they will be banned from ever registering as a member of the BSA in any capacity at all, anywhere. It does not seem to me that your CC falls into this category.
Contact your District Commissioner, and see if he/she can help counsel your CC, and get her, and your Pack, running better.
Very good and helpful information. We left our pack last year because everything was run by a clique of 2 parents and heaven forbid anyone suggest anything else besides an extravagant party that does little to move advancements or even earn belt loops. The pack we moved to does a lot better in the Pack Leadership and Parents talking about what we want to do. Most activities are local freebies or cheap. The tone is "Do WE want to?" and not "We WILL" Downside to this pack, is the person that is listed on the Roster as COR is also listed as the Committee Chair. This person does NOTHING with the pack, yet holds on to the checkbook and financial records with a tight fist. She shows up at a committee meeting for Recharter, Council Fundraising Friends of Scouting event, and maybe crossover. She is late in getting recharter stuff in and doesn't verify that it is right (my family has been leading dens and such all year, but I just found out when I went to take money for the pack to Council for Resident Camp that I'm not listed as a leader though I teach Archery at District and Council events). She has people sitting in Committee positions, who should be listed as Scouter Reserve (folks who want to keep membership while away in college). She is COR, but does not involved in the Charter Organization. To remove her as a COR, we'll have to go to the Charter Organization directly. She's afraid to relinquish control of anything to the other leaders of the Pack.
Thank you scout nut. I will take these ideas to the rest of the leadership. We can't call in the Charter Organization because we are our own Chartered Organization. It is called the parents of pack 123. I have no idea who that really is. It was created before we entered the pack. We have similar problems with our recharter. She fills in the blanks with names of people not necessarily the people who are doing the job or even know that they are in leadership position. After the accident last year I clarified when we need to have a tour permit and when we don't. Our council wants one filed if the activity is not taking place at our regular meeting site. The strange thing is that the accident did happen at the regular meeting site. Why she tried to say it wasn't a scouting event I am not sure. It isn't like the parent was trying to sue. They just wanted to know how to file an incident report.
Originally posted by Helper View PostAfter the accident last year I clarified when we need to have a tour permit and when we don't. Our council wants one filed if the activity is not taking place at our regular meeting site.
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That is insane on the tour permit. Our council follows national guidelines which are reasonable. If your council is set up to use the online system if is very fast. I doubt anyone is really looking at the submitted permits, they are just in the database. Never has done questions or "approved" for that matter.
This issue hit me right at home. I joined a pack with my son (Tiger) this fall and well it was not what I call scouting. The hole committee was the Pack Master and his wife his wife was really running the show. There was not any planning or organization. I had two choices Change packs or help this one. I tried to help this one became a Tiger Den leader brought new kids in to the pack started holding weekly den meetings with the Monthly pack meetings. The first monthly pack meeting was a joke they never pick up the badges said she did not have time. Did not ask any of the other adult leaders to pick up the rewards for that meeting also and there was no structure to the meetings at all they were just winging it. Then the Pack camp out same thing they just winged it I had made a schedule of events and they blew it off did their own thing. The last straw was when at the Den leaders round table witch the District had to tell me when and were it was they gave us the packet for the events that were planned and I wanted to take it home to look at and she was bound and determined to keep that information all to her self.
It was at that moment that I realized why the pack was failing and there was nothing I could do to stop the ship from sinking so I jumped shipped found a new pack that is run correctly it has only been a few weeks but it has been a lot nicer and easier.
Your CC and my CC might be the same person it sounds like. I would email your district let them know there is a issue. The scout that got hurt at the scouting event is a big one if she says it is not a scouting event and it was there is your ammo. They will try to work with CC and the rest of the parents to get things worked out my district was trying with this one but it was getting messy very messy so I changed packs I told them why should I fight when I there a really good program down the road I can lead a horse to water kind of thing.
I've been down this road...
Where is the Cubmaster in this? You are talking about a lot of "program" stuff, which should really fall to the direct contact leaders including the Cubmaster, as ScoutNut points out.
The answer to this is to effect grass-roots change. At your monthly leader meetings just make things happen. Not having monthly leader meetings? Then have them. Make a calendar. Do what YOU, the collective group, wants to do.
Scouting is not a dictatorship unless the people involved give people permission to be dictators. Also, the CM should be the "face" of the Pack. That's the person parents and boys look up to as the "leader"--the guy (or girl) in front of the room at Pack meetings leading songs and games. In most Packs the majority of parents and 100% of the boys don't even know who the CC is, nor do they need to know.
Trying to remove the CC is going to go nowhere. Make the program what the group of direct-contact leaders want it to be and she will leave by herself or fall in line.
If your CM is not onboard with you, then you have another problem altogether that is likely not fixable. However, if the people who actually put on the program (den and pack) are on the same page, then just do it!
Regarding rechartering,don't worry about it. If the charter is late the council will deal with it--they hate to lose units. Regarding the tour plan (not "permit")--don't worry about it. The plan is to advise the council of goings-on and has absolutely no bearing on whether something is a bona fide scouting event, or not.Last edited by Brewmeister; 06-09-2014, 10:11 AM.


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FLASHBACK: George Harrison Mounts 'The Concert For Bangladesh'
Friday, August 1, 2014
It was 43 years ago today (August 1st, 1971) that George Harrison and friends performed the legendary Concert For Bangladesh at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Harrison organized the shows at the urging of his mentor, sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who asked Harrison to help raise and awareness for his native, famine stricken East Pakistan, by then renamed Bangladesh.
Harrison sprang into action and rounded up a veritable who's who in the rock community, including fellow Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, the semi-reclusive Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Badfinger, and well over a dozen horn players and singers. With the world's eyes on him, Harrison planned rock's first global fundraiser, as well as his debut as a solo performer.
Harrison had actually asked his feuding ex-bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney to perform at the concert as well. According to several sources, McCartney initially agreed, but only if Lennon also performed, with the two playing separate solo sets. McCartney, who was days away from announcing the formation of his solo band Wings, eventually backed out, stating that there were too many legal problems yet to be sorted out between him and former Beatles and their then manager Allen Klein for them to appear on the same stage.
Lennon was reportedly all for appearing, until Harrison informed Lennon that only he, and not wife Yoko Ono, was invited to participate. After a long argument with Yoko about whether to perform, Lennon flew to Paris alone and in a rage, missing the entire show, and causing a major rift in Lennon and Harrison's relationship.
Harrison never formally asked Ringo Starr to play; Starr took it upon himself to tell Harrison he'd be there. Harrison also reportedly turned down offers from Mick Jagger and David Crosby, who asked to appear.
Due to overwhelming ticket demand, in the days before the show, a second afternoon performance was added. Although there was about a week of rehearsals that took place above Carnegie Hall, due to the various musicians' schedules the benefit's afternoon performance was the first time that the entire ensemble actually played together.
Harrison's first wife Pattie Boyd says that no one expected the event to end up as the historic event it has become: "Well, of course we didn't know it was going to be the biggest concert in history. We knew it was going to be a very big concert, and he clearly hoped to raise a lot of money. And as far as I remember I think I flew in a couple of days before the show."
The Concert For Bangladesh three-record set peaked at Number Two on the Billboard charts, and went on to win the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
The revenues from the concert tickets, live album, movie, VHS, and now recent DVD sales have topped $15 million. The concerts, which were rock's first major charity benefits, paved the way for every benefit that followed.
In 2006, Harrison's widow, Olivia Harrison, appeared at Madison Square Garden on the anniversary of the concerts, when a plaque commemorating the event was placed on the venue's walk of fame.
The album has just become available online via iTunes with the special bonus track addition of the single, "Bangla-Desh" -- which has only previously been available on vinyl. The single, backed with "Deep Blue," was originally rush-released on July 28th, 1971 -- only four days before the historic concerts -- went on to peak at Number 23 on the singles charts.
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy (Woodwind Solos for the Christmas Season). Composed by Lloyd Larson. Woodwind solo. For flute (oboe, clarinet, bassoon), keyboard. Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Sacred. Score and accompaniment CD. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.30-2517L).
Designed as a versatile resource for the woodwind soloist, this collection of familiar melodies is a rich resource for those seeking material for holiday concert or worship settings. The included CD provides piano accompaniment for each of the titles and may be used for rehearsal or performance purposes. Additionally, idiomatically written solo parts for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon are included as data files on the CD, providing maximum flexibility at a reasonable price.


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Karen O has a big schoolgirl crush and she wants everyone to know about it on her acoustic new single, "Day Go By." The track is a cut from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer's upcoming solo album Crush Songs and perfectly blends some understated guitar chords with O's fuzzy vocals. "Can't sleep I'm wasted, can't seem to make it to the dawn," she sings on the "Moon Song" cousin, her smile beaming through the two-minute-long track.
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quote:President Obama has scrapped a planned two-day trip to Los Angeles early next week ahead of a congressional vote on a military strike against Syria. The cancellation of the trip suggests the urgency with which Obama needs to press his case to win approval from Congress for military action.
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Victory for gun owners today - preemption still safe!
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Today two anti-gun bills were both crushed by a 10 to 5 vote!
SB 832, Senator Locke, would allow localities to ban guns in their
government buildings while government meetings are in session
The comments the other side made to justify this bill were:
Senator Marsh, "an irate citizen carrying a gun for self-defense might
get in a shootout" and "It is not disputed that 85% of citizens want
more gun control."
Member of Hampton City Council, "Because someone might have criminal
intent to shoot someone during a city council meeting, we must not let
anyone carry" and "Gun sales are booming"
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I pointed out that if an irate citizen decided to start shooting, I
want a gun at the meeting to protect myself. I told Marsh that the
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ban cars lest someone might drive drunk.
They tried to sweeten up the bill by allowing CHP holders to be
exempt, but I still said that VCDL opposed the bill because most law
abiding gun owners don't have CHPs and don't need one to carry openly,
as is their RIGHT.
Senator Locke said that localities should have the same ability to ban
open carriers as does the General Assembly.
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Rules Committee.
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rule and it is in violation now of the General Assembly's own rules.
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Here are the Senators that voted pro-gun:
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(R), Obenshain (R), Herring (D), Smith (R), Stuart (R)
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Lucas (D), Marsh (D), Ticer (D), Puller (D), Locke (D)
SB 1053, Senator Whipple, was next and it would prohibit guns in any
local government facility if they have an ordinance to that effect.
Falls Church is apparently still angry at VCDL members for having the
audacity to attend, while armed, one of their city council meetings to
protest one of their gun control schemes. ;-)
Arguments for the bill:
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David Snyder on the Falls Church City Council, "There was a gang
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Alice MountJoy, "Because gun owners can't carry in all government
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Like i said before Nova took a multi-star system buster to the face while shielding two team mates, an attack that even vaporized a watcher." Yeah but SSJ4 Goku can destroy a solar system at will
The attack encompassed 3 star systems... Just for the record, the closest star system to Earth is about 4.20 light years away from Earth. SS4 Goku is a multi-planet buster, being generous.
said:*sigh*none of the characters you mentioned Nova fighting can do that
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Wigner's Key
By WILLIAM OREM • Jan. 15, 2015 @ 15:24 GMT
Here's Eugene
, from "Unreasonable Effectiveness":
"The first point is that the enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and that there is no rational explanation for it."
I want to make a casual suggestion here, but one about which I am serious. What follows, in other words, is not meant to sound flippant.
Might the famous unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics—its spectacular success in quantifying, model-building and predicting future states of natural systems—be simply a matter of coincidence?
We tend to be amazed that math works again and again. Wigner compares the situation to a man with a bunch of keys finding that the first one or two he chooses always open the door. This would indeed be surprising, but the analogy can be read another way: how many ways are there to get into the house? The keys don't open windows; they don't open walls; they don't open the ceiling, or the yard, driveways or bushes or clouds. Keys fit those things that, well, fit keys. To note that one of your keys can do any task at all would be one thing. To keep being amazed that keys
unlock doors
is quite different.
Let's say a single key turns out to open a huge number of doors in Eugene's house—perhaps even an infinite number. That is surely an awesome thing, especially to a human mind: What a powerful key! Look at how many tasks it can handle—door upon door upon door!
But it still tells us nothing about what we aren't able to do with it (paint the house, grow the garden). Opening yet another door, excellent as that achievement may be—from the first discoveries in fluid mechanics to the latest in quantum chemistry—is, from the point of view of math's mysterious utility, essentially the same feat as it was the last time around. Look at that! Quantifiable things are still able to be quantified. Who knew?
But even if endless discoveries are made using the abstraction of mathematical tools, we are not justified in assuming that we are, in this manner, making all possible discoveries. Something can be infinite (say, the set of all mathematical expressions that correspond, in some suitable defined way, to nature) without being all-encompassing (say, if that set we just described turns out to be a subset of another, also infinite set, "the set of all truths about nature").
Let's take a different approach. Part of logical positivist
—the "logical" part—regarded mathematical statements as truths that can be known precisely because they are, ultimately, tautological. The whole intimidating edifice (Russell's phrase for Hegel) of modern mathematics is, in this view, simply a restating, or at best a following out, of axioms. Seen in this way, the complexities of any branch of mathematics could, by a sufficiently comprehensive mind, be immediately surmised from its axioms. If you understand that A is B and B is C, you already understand that A is C; you may not have stopped to
draw out the steps
, but when presented with the claim A = C, no new calculation was required
per se
. You already "got" that.
Positivism took it on the chin, and nobody much credits it any more. I am one of the few holdouts. But just grant for the moment their claim that math is an exercise in symbolic logic, and that any mathematical formalism is a tautology whose conclusions are, in a real sense, implicit in its axioms. Imagine, now, an "axiom bundle" as the sharp tip of an enormous glacier of implications. If the premise embedded in the tip is true of anything at all in the real world—any recurrent pattern, any stable quantity—then so is the
Wigner looks at the glacier and says: Wow! Look at all the things in nature that are mathematical! I'm saying: What you actually mean is that the axiom tip happened to correspond to at least one kind of natural thing.
Is that such a wonder?
To return to our first metaphor, if we poke Wigner's key all over the house, eventually we may find a lock, then be amazed that we have a key and nature has a lock. If all the locks in the house are versions of the first lock, of course, we shouldn't be surprised when the key keeps working; in a sense, we keep repeating the same procedure. But it doesn't follow that we are understanding all that much about the house.
I'm not suggesting—I hasten to clarify, here, at the end—that there are *supernatural* truths we may be missing with the key of naturalism. I'm suggesting that there may be *non-mathematically accessible natural truths.* And no, I don't know what such truths would look like, though I note that some other folks harbor similar suspicions. Stephen Wolfram, in
A New Kind of Science
, suggests that traditional formulae are inadequate to the task of understanding nature, and that something else is needed (in his view, it's the empirical study of
cellular automata
). Thomas Nagel, whom I took to task here for his
Mind and Cosmos
, thinks consciousness itself cannot be explained using the default of materialism, which means there is at least one thing to nature that isn't reducible to mathematics (following the reductionist arrows from consciousness to neuroscience to biology to chemistry to physics to math, which is where, if you agree with
, reality stops. By the way, Max, you owe me an email.).
I don't know how convinced I am by my own line of reasoning. (Here's a possible counterargument: Since all truths are logical—that is, even if Mother Nature throws dice, she does not act incoherently—then, if math really is symbolic logic, all truths are mathematical. QED.)
At least, though, what I've sketched out here is a logical possibility—and one that would explain that seemingly "unreasonable effectiveness" of Wigner's key as a tool for uncovering nature's secrets. It may just be a sampling error.
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By JOSELLE KEHOE • Jan. 13, 2015 @ 20:34 GMT
I've become fascinated with Gregory Chaitin's exploration of randomness in computing and his impulse to bring these observations to bear on physical, mathematical, and biological theories. His work inevitably addresses epistemological questions – what it means to know, to comprehend – and leads him to move (as he says in a recent paper) in the direction of "a mathematical approach to philosophical questions." I do not have much expertise in computing (but do not assume the same about my readers) and so I won't try to clarify the formal content of his papers. However, the path Chaitin follows is from Leibniz to Hilbert to Gödel and Turing. With his development of algorithmic information theory, he has studied the expression of information in a program, and formalized an expression of randomness.
The paper to which I referred above, Conceptual Complexity and Algorithmic Information, is from this past June. It can be found on
. As is often the case, Chaitin begins with Leibniz:
"In our modern reading of Leibniz, Sections V and VI both assert that the essence of explanation is compression. An explanation has to be much simpler, more compact, than what it explains."
The idea of 'compression' has been used to talk about how the brain works to interpret a myriad of what one might call repeated sensory information, like the visual attributes of faces. Language, itself, has been described as cognitive compression. Chaitin reminds us of the Middle Ages' search for the perfect language, that would give us a way to analyze the components of truth, and suggests that Hilbert's program was a later version of that dream. And while Hilbert's program to find a complete formal system for all of mathematics failed, Turing had an idea that has provided a different grasp of the problem. For Turing,
"there are universal languages for formalizing all possible mathematical algorithms, and algorithmic information theory tells us which are the most concise, the most expressive such languages."
Compression is happening in the search for 'the most concise.' Chaitin then defines conceptual complexity, which is at the center of his argument. The conceptual complexity of an object X is
"...the size in bits of the most compact program for calculating X, presupposing that we have picked as our complexity standard a particular fixed, maximally compact, concise universal programming language U. This is technically known as the algorithmic information content of the object X denoted H(X)…In medieval terms, H(X) is the minimum number of yes/no decisions that God would have to make to create X."
He employs this idea, this "new intellectual toolkit," in a brief discussion of mathematics, physics, and evolution, modeling evolution with algorithmic mutations. He also suggests an application of one of the features of algorithmic information theory, to Giulio Tononi's integrated information theory of consciousness. As I see it, a mathematical way of thinking brings algorithmic information theory to life, which then appears to hold the keys to a clearer view of physical, biological and digital processes.
In his discussion of consciousness Chaitin suggests an important idea – that thought reaches down to molecular activity.
"If the brain worked only at the neuronal level, for example by storing one bit per neuron, it would have roughly the capacity of a pen drive, far too low to account for human intelligence. But at the RNA/DNA molecular biology level, the total information capacity is quite immense.
In the life of a research mathematician it is frequently the case that one works fruitlessly on a problem for hours then wakes up the next morning with many new ideas. The intuitive mind has much, much greater information processing capacity than the rational mind. Indeed, it seems capable of exponential search.
We can connect the two levels postulated here by having a unique molecular "name" correspond to each neuron, for example to the proverbial "grand- mother cell." In other words, we postulate that the unconscious "mirrors" the associations represented in the connections between neurons. Connections at the upper conscious level correspond at the lower unconscious level to enzymes that transform the molecular name of one neuron into the molecular name of another. In this way, a chemical soup can perform massive parallel searches through chains of associations, something that cannot be done at the conscious level.
When enough of the chemical name for a particular neuron forms and accumulates in the unconscious, that neuron is stimulated and fires, bringing the idea into the conscious mind.
And long-chain molecules can represent memories or sequences of words or ideas, i.e., thoughts."
This possibility is suggested in the light of a digital view of things. The paper concludes in this way:
"We now have a new fundamental substance, information, that comes together with a digital world-view.
And – most ontological of all – perhaps with the aid of these concepts we can begin again to view the world as consisting of both mind and matter. The notion of mind that perhaps begins to emerge from these musings is mathematically quantified, which is why we declared at the start that this essay pretends to take additional steps in the direction of a mathematical form of philosophy.
The eventual goal is a more precise, quantitative analysis of the concept of "mind." Can one measure the power of a mind like one measures the power of a computer?"
Quantification as a goal can be misunderstood. To many it signifies a deterministic, controllable world. Chaitin's idea of quantification is motivated by the exact opposite. His systems are necessarily open-ended and creative. Quantification is more the evidence of comprehension.
There is one more thing in this paper that I enjoyed reading. It comes up when he introduces the brain to his discussion of complexity. I'll just reproduce it here without comment.
"Later in this essay, we shall attempt to analyze human intelligence and the brain. That's also connected with complexity, because the human brain is the most complicated thing there is in biology. Indeed, our brain is presumably the goal of biological evolution, at least for those who believe that evolution has a goal. Not according to Darwin! For others, however, evolution is
matter's way of creating mind.
" (emphasis added)
You can view a video of Tononi talking about his information theory of consciousness, from last year's FQXi conference, here:
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2014: Paradoxical Cats and the Physics Year in Review
By ZEEYA MERALI • Dec. 27, 2014 @ 18:32 GMT
Gabriela Barreto Lemos et al, Nature
It's become a bit of a tradition for quantum physicist and FQXi member Ian Durham to join us on the podcast each December to choose his favourite physics stories of the year. As always, Ian's gone for an unconventional top pick. I'd be interested to see if you can guess it before you listen -- and if you agree with him after it's been revealed.
This year (as in 2013), I'm posting three mini-editions of the podcast for your amusement over the holiday season. The first part was posted on 23 December, and I have just uploaded the second. So far, Ian's revealed the items that came in at numbers 5 and 4 on his list and 7 others that made the headlines this year, but did not quite make his cut. (We're aware that this is Ian's sneaky way of more than doubling the size of his list. Next year, we may have to run a physics "advent calendar" revealing one item on his list each day!)
I've already spoiled you on one news story that gets a mention on the podcast, with the image accompanying this post (though you'll have to listen to find out if it's on Ian's list or not, and if so where). This cute cat picture was produced by FQXi member Anton Zeilinger and colleagues and appeared in
, 409-412 (28 August 2014)) using a cunning technique that allowed them to "see" the cat without ever detecting the photons that struck it.
On the subject of "Seeing Without Looking" -- and if you want another hint about a story that made it on to Ian's list -- watch Dagomir Kaszlikowksi's top-prize winning video from our recent contest, which Ian brings up while explaining some of the best in physics in 2014:
We're also using the podcast for some housekeeping, with segments on the recent video contest and the current RFP and essay contest:
Part 1
: Physics stories that didn't make Ian's top 5 (and why), Brendan and I review the video contest, and Ian's pick for the 5th best physics story of the year.
Part 2
: The 4th best physics story of the year, chosen by Ian, Brendan and I run through the 2015 Large Grant RFP on "The Physics of What Happens," and Ian reveals his 3rd-placed physics story of the year.
Part 3
: Ian's top two physics stories of the year and our tips for the new FQXi essay contest, "Trick or Truth? The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics."
(Edited on 30 December 2014 to add the link to the third and final podcast.)
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Trick or Truth? — Essay Contest 2015
By BRENDAN FOSTER • Dec. 16, 2014 @ 02:02 GMT
Physics and mathematics -- It seems impossible to imagine the history of either one without the other. For gravity theory alone, we see so many examples of this -- from Newton creating calculus, to Einstein mining differential geometry.
But how close is this relationship? How deep does it go? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a costume, or is math in the blood of physical reality?
And so, Introducing our
2015 contest topic
: Trick or Truth? - The Mysterious Link Between Physics and Mathematics.
Why does math seem so "unreasonably" effective in fundamental physics, especially compared to math's impact in other scientific disciplines? Or does it? How deeply does mathematics inform physics, and physics mathematics? What are the tensions between them -- the subtleties, ambiguities, hidden assumptions, or even contradictions and paradoxes at the intersection of formal mathematics and the physics of the real world?
In this essay contest, we ask all of you to probe the mysterious relationship between physics and mathematics. As always, we are giving away over $40,000 in prizes, including a top prize of $10,000. Please read
the contest pages
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For those of you familiar with our
previous contests
, let me mention a couple small but important changes to our rules.
First off, the make-up of our pool of finalists. Our finalist pool this year will consist of the familiar set of 30 top-rated entries (as rated by entrants and FQXi Members) plus auto-inducted Member entries. In addition, our Review Panel this year will have the power to add up to 10 more finalists of their choosing. This new rule means that ALL entries will be eligible for the top prizes. However, only the entries in the base set of 30 have the guarantee that the panel will read them.
Second, inspired by the smooth runnings of our first ever Video Contest (
Show Me the Physics!
), we are resetting the prizes. Our First Prize is still $10,000; Second Prizes are still $5,000, and Third Prizes are still $2,000. This year, only first and second prizes will receive Membership nominations. And, in place of the familiar Fourth Prizes, we will give our review panel a pool of money -- $12,000 -- to divide up as they see fit. Prizes could go to best "amateur" entry, most original presentation, deepest insight, or whatever the panel sees fit to do.
The contest is open to anyone, so please share this info with everyone. Good luck and good writing!
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Lets hope that Cortez Allen comes back soon. The toughest part of Lewis leaving was not replacing him - I think Allen will do that just fine. It's replacing Allen and the depth behind the 2 starters.
Some observations from camp yesterday.
Worilds and JJ can get to the qb. As far as JJ he's is not fast but he plays quick. Very quick. He uses his hands well and has a burst.
E Sanders impressive catching punts. He did a drill where he made a catch while holding 4 other footballs. A bit of a show but impressive just the same. Sanders is quick and got deep a few times. He did drop one pass on a slant where he broke wide open.
Wheaton showed good hands and caught a few balls thrown poorly. One high catch was very impressive. He is a hands catcher. He is also quick into and out of cuts.
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**Anna, I'm going to work really hard for you and your projects. Don't forget keep me on the updates. I have to take notes on you and everyone else. I feel like a stalker historian.
Well, time for me to go wiki editing or homework.
I know why you love Yankee Kun to Megane Chan and Rave Master because Fairy Tail has a crossover with each. Well, you may have been exposed to Rave Master before Fairy Tail.
I haven't read these yet. Also, I read Yankee Kun to Megane Chan and couldn't get into it. The girl and the guy's relationship was hectic.
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