Bruce Allen
HealingZero -- Thank you for your kind words in another place. I very much appreciate your contributions to BigThink, as I'm sure others do. Once again, I believe I can tailor my thinking to fit with your ideas. I don't see God and the Void as one, but there is a very strong relationship. By my ... Read More
Early in childhood, in the same year, I lost two much-loved pets -- a turtle and a cat. It is quite unlikely that there was any connection between these deaths. However, I was left with the impression of how tidy the process was. Both opted to quietly disappear to a place of their choosing, a ... Read More
I once attended a lecture where the speaker casually stated the following... "If one was instantly transported to a mirror-image of our universe, in the absence of man-made influences, we would never see the difference," Immediately I figured out a method to determine which world I was in, but ... Read More
We can usually classify each of our fellow humans somewhere on the scale between Ugly and Beautiful. Not so with Nature. It is difficult to find any examples in the natural-world that can be considered ugly. The colors, are perfectly matched and blended; the shapes are perfect, even if non ... Read More
Through tertiary training, I learned to measure stuff. Physics taught me to measure to the limits of the measuring-equipment, while Engineering was a little more flippant in its approach to accuracy. I love measuring stuff. This has carried through to everyday-life in surprising ways. When I ... Read More
Most models of God put him at the top of the pyramid. What if he is just part of a much larger structure? This is not quite as crazy as it might seem at first glance. In physics, there are many theories suggesting that our Big-Bang is just one of many [ including my own theory ]. We are forever ... Read More
Back in the days before we called a 'spade' an 'earth-manoeuvring device', it was relatively easy to communicate. Now days, every job-description has been bloated to the most artificial and meaningless extremes. This concept may have had its roots in the German-language, where an entire sentence ... Read More
By his own admission, George gets a helping-hand ruling America when God whispers to him. I'm quite sure Osama Bin Laden also gets messages from the almighty. Question: Is it the same God and is it the same message? Common in western theology is the concept that there is but one god. Let's ... Read More
There is a broad categorisation of energy, that does not seem to be considered in the current discussions about alternative-fuels - STATIONARY-ENERGY and MOBILE-ENERGY. Stationary-energy can come from fossil-fuels, or any of the cleaner methods under consideration. For argument's sake, lets assume ... Read More
Surely this must go down as "The Age of Spin". Historically, history was rewritten in its future. Not so today. Spin-meisters are furiously rewriting history, sometimes before its even happened. American has developed this into a high-art, but the world follows, depressingly close behind. Sadly ... Read More
Any visitor to the United-States in the last decade or so, would notice that it was impossible to escape an image of the Americam-flag during daylight-hours. I once had the audacity to ask about this flag-waving, and the common-response? - "Because everyone-else does it". Wrong answer! It should ... Read More
"Will the current database-of-ideas be wiped and the counter reset when BigThink goes Live?", said he, furiously doing backups in anticipation of an affirmative reply.I could not live with the thought that my ideas posted to BigThink thus far, might die with me. Read More
OK... this is the first idea I've posted that is not actually my own.Big Thinker has suggested I canvas opinioins, perhaps as a precursor to running some kind of online-poll. The obvious question, regarding the next American election, has already been registered. "God" & "exists" also delivers a ... Read More
Laughter comes in two forms. In its natural form, it is an expression of happiness, or a reaction to something humerous. In our media-driven society, there is another form - that of a trigger to suggest that something might be funny. I would like to share a few thoughts on the latter, and ... Read More
With untold hundreds-of-millions of people who use computer-mice, I can't understand how I could be the only one to figure out which hand to operate it with. I guess blame goes to the guy who wrote the first mouse-manual - he just picked the thing up and, since he was a right-handed person, assumed ... Read More
Cracks may be starting to appear in the Freedom-Model being practised by America. 'The Right to Bear Arms' cannot be considerd for the common-good if a large proportion of the population is running scared, or prematurely deceased. 'The Right To Free Speech' is of little value if one needs to spend ... Read More
If Intelligence comes knocking, will we have enough energy left to answer the door? Back in my university-years, I spent many extra-curricula hours debating the existence of God over beer and pizza. I thought the issue was all sorted, but judging by the BigThink fourm, apparently not. The ... Read More
The current dramatic-dive in world stock-markets is no more than the reality-check we needed to have. Most economies will suffer short-term, including the US. However, the upside is that it is better to confront the inevitable issues now, than stave them off for the years ahead when more-drastic ... Read More
When dealing with the silicon-based computers in common-use today, the question is relatively clear-cut - computer-programs [ or rather, the devices they drive ] cannot be considered 'alive'. However, as the demarcation between man and machine blurs, this answer will lean heavily towards "yes". We ... Read More
Some of the discussions on this topic focus on the fairness, rather than the market-forces that allow huge salaries. Any time there is a skill or resource that is in short-supply, the 'auction' will determine who gets the resource. Read More
About Bruce Allen
Science and Engineering degrees, Melbourne University.Ex Schlumberger Oil-services engineer.
Inventor - Australia's first Electronic-Phone, Dolphin-Drive, etc.
Author [ unpublished ] "Brain Transmission - An Alternative to Reincarnation",
"The Bathtub of Creation" & the upcoming autobiography "An Obfuscated Life".
Software Developer.
And most importantly... CLOSET COSMOLOGIST.