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  1. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    :)
  2. Tiki Tom

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    It’s enough to drive a guy to the bottle. You know I don’t buy The Bigfoot legend. There’s simply no way a breeding population could remain hidden, etc., etc. Then comes along this amazing footage on TikTok. Must be fake, right...
  3. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    We seem to be in general agreement that (probably) consciousness is the most fundamental thing. It is more likely that consciousness generates space/time/matter than that space/time/matter generates consciousness. (Is this really so? I can hear the materialists scoffing!). But If this is the...
  4. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    On the side of sanity, this is the methodology that should be used when looking at any out-of-this-world story. Beware stories where you can’t drill down to a legitimate source. It’s a fun story, but b*ll Sh*t detectors should have been ringing loudly. :)...
  5. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Here it is…
  7. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    Sounds great. I’d LOVE to have a Few beers with a group of guys who want to talk about more than money, taxes, sports, medical ailments, and one-sided politics. I think the last time I had friends with whom I could discuss the meaning of life, curved spacetime, UFOs, spirituality and the...
  8. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    I love thinking about, and trying to pin down, the elusive border where science, physics, and logic meet philosophy, spirituality and —yes— religion. And I’m not above even considering certain “woo woo” topics (as the above Uri Geller post illustrates.) I think about all this stuff way more...
  9. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    I love that scene. (going slightly off topic) but it always makes me think of Uri Geller. Yes, yes, I know that all right-thinking rational people dismiss him as a fraud and a common carnival huckster. But on the other hand: The CIA did indeed study him and came to the conclusion that his...
  10. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    The universe needs us conscious observers in order to exist. If there were no conscious observers to witness this vast universe, it would cease to exist. (Or so says one school of thought.). But who dreamed up us conscious observers? And how is it possible for billions of conscious observers...
  11. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    Christopher Sharp over at “Liberation Times” has, in all seriousness, revealed that sources have informed him that an undersea ufo crash recovery has taken place in the hands of the U.S. Navy and the CIA. This story was picked up by Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp at the Weaponized Podcast in...
  13. Tiki Tom

    Explain the 3-Sphere to me.

    For me, the hypothesis that we live in a computer simulation generates a “so what?” The simulation seems to be so well done that it is indistinguishable from a universe created by god or a universe that appeared by random chance. Most importantly, the simulation is so well done that I...
  14. Tiki Tom

    Oumuamua

    ^^^^ This is good stuff. Thank you. And it is not totally unrelated to the ufo question. If you read “Encounters” by Professor D.W. Pasulka, you’ll note that she discusses UFOs in a way that makes one question the very nature of the universe/reality. I am happy to be alive at a time when...
  15. Tiki Tom

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Kris Kristofferson passes away at age 88. What a life. what a talent. Rhodes scholar, athlete, Army Ranger, helicopter pilot & army captain, singer songwriter, movie star. Hits included Me And Bobby McGee and Help me Make it through the night, among others. ”Women want him. Men want to be...
  16. Tiki Tom

    What seperates "golden era" from "midcentury"?

    Agree completely.
  17. Tiki Tom

    What seperates "golden era" from "midcentury"?

    Get a load of this: https://www.pamono.com/art-nouveau-armchairs-by-joseph-maria-olbrich-vienna-1900-set-of-2 Two chairs from 1900. Price: $16,600. Here I will quibble: they are perhaps not art nouveau. Let’s say jugendstil., :cool: 120+ years later, they would not look out of place in...
  19. Tiki Tom

    What seperates "golden era" from "midcentury"?

    1928! My jaw hit the floor. That is a valuable piece of trivia to know. Thanks! To quote Adolph Loos, “weep not. We have outgrown ornamentation.”
  20. Tiki Tom

    What seperates "golden era" from "midcentury"?

    ^^^^ That is stunning in how far ahead of its time it is. Incredible When I lived in Vienna, I often thought that fin de siecle Vienna was just a short step away from modernism. This writing desk is by Moser, 1902, Vienna. Looks at least 30 years ahead of its time.
  21. Tiki Tom

    The Ernest Hemingway Thread

    ^^^^^ No sooner do I mention Hemingway’s final fling with an Italian teenager (a countess, no less) than an entire article is devoted to the subject. With photos. https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/06/05/meet-hemingways-last-secret-love/ BTW, Adriana committed suicide in 1983. The...
  22. Tiki Tom

    The Mandela Effect

    Holy smokes. i saw this and felt compelled to hunt down this old thread. The guest is Cynthia Sue Larson who has a Physics degree from UC Berkeley. She basically argues that “the Mandela Effect” is a real phenomenon (as opposed to people simply misremembering things). In the last few years, it...
  23. Tiki Tom

    Under-Reported Good News

    More good news: Decent sparkling wines are affordable and no-longer a luxury item!

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