Melissa, trust me you’re spot on! So I talk about this in a plethora of articles on my stack, but I’ll limit myself to posting 3 of them! For one, there is an entirely metaphysical universe that underlays on our physical material universe. Older books like The Kyballion or Hermetica, touch on this.
Two, we have to realize that science, for the past 200 years have literally removed all information on this metaphysical space from our knowledge. So we experience events like synchronicity, magic, miracles or quantum physics and are limited to two options: God or Luck. Turns out, there’s a lot out there, for us to find out.
Three, you’re 100% spot on with the Double Slit experiment. Observation creates waves and I have an article I’m going to write called a “wave based” reality. The idea is how we can send ripples through this metaphysical space and how that can impact our lives: in your situation 9mins ever-time.
So to close, you’re 100% spot on and it sounds like you’re literally controlling your space! To really understand how this world was obstructed from our eyes, I’d recommend my book “an Unorthodox Truth.” It shows how this physical world was given to us and how the spiritual world was hidden from us — while THEY use it on us!
PS: for example, older scientific books talk about the “Ether,” this substance that covers the earth and how electricity works. But ask a modern scientist about the ether and the response is: No, that doesn’t exist.
Here are the three links that I hope help in this journey. Welcome, it’s an amazing one 😊
I'm so glad you shared these! I'm intrigued—I will sit down with your articles later on today when I have the time to really appreciate them, and I've ordered a copy of your book. I'll report back!
No worries! And anytime! Ironically you commented on 11:11a ET (at least that’s what I see). Don’t know if you meant to do that or not, but I’ll take that as synchronicity at its finest
The idea of an unseen, metaphysical universe adds so much depth to our understanding of reality. It’s intriguing how older texts like The Kybalion touch on concepts that modern science often overlooks.
Your mention of synchronicity and quantum physics as more than just luck or divine intervention really got me thinking. Thanks for sharing those links—I'm excited to dive deeper into this perspective.
Just curious Franklin, have you had any personal experiences that made you explore these ideas further?
Hey Sol, thanks for this comment! Ha, so funny story is that I actually have ALOT of personal experiences! This is what made me dive into this so much to study as to “wait, we really do have some control here.”
From my studies I’ve seen that there’s 3 main buckets of synchronicity/magic/etc. 1) foresight (I’ve had minimum but impactful experience here, 2) communication with entities (I’ve stayed away from here and have no experience, 3) force of will (this is my bread and butter and am really growing strong in this area.
I’d state that # 3 is one that we all have and that’s the base level per se. Once we begin to develop 3, we can tap into 1 and 2 as we please. PS: #2 is reserved for like pros pros and I’m not there yet lol
But thanks again for this comment! It made me reflect on the fact that yes, I’ve had an amazing synchronistic life and I want to show everyone else — at least what’s worked for me — how they can have such a life as well!
Hope this helps and lemme know if any other questions!
Hmm. My knowledge of quantum mechanics is what I've discerned from half-read books by Stephen Hawking, Brian Greene and Michio Kaku, the kind of stuff I read in public so people in the know think I'm bright (but we all know the sad truth, wink wink).
You are positing something quite astounding about the subterranean world of subways, rails and platforms! As we all know, and misunderstand, the quantum realm explains the subatomic world, not the big, laborious world of man and his smelly commuter machines. The double-slit explains photons more coherently than subway trains.
Unless we become subatomic entities when we descend underground.
I'm reminded of the Disney ride Inner Space from the "old days." In the ride, you were reduced to the size of a microscopic particle, and you journeyed through the world as an atom, and saw everything through those eyes. In such a case, you would be subject to quantum law. Does this happen to us on subways?
Given the subway field, this may be a question for Schrodinger's Rat.
Half-read books is a lot more than I've ever gotten through—my quantum physics knowledge is limited to Google searches and YouTube videos.
Maybe we do become subatomic entities when we descend underground. Or maybe we are already the subatomic entities in a particle that's so big we can't see (I've always wanted to write a story about that, but have chickened out every time).
Haha, I've never tried that! I imagine the entire fabric of time and space would shatter (and that when it re-formed, the next train would be 9 minutes away).
Well done, Melissa! Despite your protestations of not being a Scientician, Your logic offers a better explanation of your situation than anything heretofore proffered by the whimsical science™ of Quantum Physics. You may not have noticed (yet) but none of Quantum™ makes any sense at all. I believe it was Feynman himself who quipped, “if someone tells you they know what quantum physics is, they’re lying”. (Or words to that effect -- I can’t come up with the correct quote at the moment).They cannot properly explain any of the phenomena they engage with, without making something up (aka; making-shit-up™). They usually start by inventing particles (after all, these are the “quanta” they require for their very existence. And, you cannot have a “wave” of nothing, since it is what a thing does, not what a thing is, so particles must be invented in order to be the thing doing the waving). This invention is what allows for the contradiction of a wave-particle “duality” (aka; The Science™). Or, better yet, they use even more math (aka; Mathemagic™) to come up with other dimensions -- as many as you like, in fact -- or “virtual” particles (seriously, who needs real ones?) and, of course, ‘dark’ this and ‘dark’ that -- ever more mysterious virtuality -- all just to fill out equations that wouldn’t otherwise add up. As I said at the outset of my overlong comment, it is literally more likely that your theory of subway trains in NYC exhibiting “superposition” is correct, than are any of the myriad non-existent things, or non-things, cooked up by QuantumQuackery™. I lived in Toronto for many years and can fully concur with you on the subway phenomenon.
Haha! This is great. "making-shit-up™" "Mathemagic™".
It definitely seems like there's a pretty enormous piece missing (hence all the guesswork); it's hard to think about this stuff without my head starting to hurt.
I think quantum physics, dark energy and dark matter are all a part of a set of the same phenomenon. I've never been comfortable with the string theory explanation and believe we've travelled down an epistemological cul-de-sac. What if dimensions above and below the 4 dimensional space-time model are a function of the types of massive singularities which form the basis of big bangs? Perhaps the fourth law of thermodynamics is a multiversal phenomenon which exists in all universes (but not necessarily with the same degree of tendency towards entropy). In this scenario, wouldn't it be conceivable that inconceivable levels of energy trapped at a single point wouldn't try to dissipate by pushing beyond 4D as well as rapidly expanding outwards?
It may well be the case that some objects or forces are skewed with the space/time plane (conceptualising 4D as a 2D phenomenon in order to build a mental image of space/time relative to other dimensions in space). I was once thinking about this issue in relation to the appearance of patterns in mathematics (like pie expressed in base 11 or the existence of the golden ratio in nature). For some reason, the image of building a snowman popped into my mind. What if gravity in space time has an imprint in both the present and the past? Couldn't this mean that dark matter is an imprint of gravity from a former rotation/time, whilst dark energy could be past diffused gravitational imprint spread evenly across the boundary of the space/time bubble of the universe? Nature tends to reuse things- couldn't this also be true of the geometry of the universe in higher spatial/dimensional terms?
I think these ideas are fascinating (although I can't guarantee that I've understood all of it. I wasn't kidding when I said I wasn't a scientist; I had to Google some of these concepts right now).
That said, it seems like you're on the right track. 'Epistemological cul-de-sac' is a great word for what seems to be happening—there's an enormous piece missing. Interesting theory about dark matter/energy being imprints of gravity. It's a tough thing to conceptualize, but it makes sense to me (same with your thoughts on big bangs).
I've always had this vague curiosity about scale. A hunch that we should zoom outwards—we're all really tiny, and that our planet is just a 'cell' in something far larger. No idea if it's true. But I'd love for someone smarter than me to test it out one day.
Well, if you were a divine architect/engineer and wanted to create a program which would self-generate intelligent tool-using species which wouldn't kill each other during the primitive stages of extreme resource competition and aggression, wouldn't you create a vast sea of empty space in which exceptionally rare garden islands couldn't hurt each other until they've advanced to a level of technological and cultural prosociability which made conflict counter to enlightened self-interest?
Simple explanation, Melissa. No need to box a cat or poke electrons.
God, of course, has a sense of humor. Well worth His time to tweak the trains a wee bit just so He can see you at your computer, brow furrowed tongue twix teeth trying to explain to the world the ongoings in NYC's MTA!
He also has a minor giggle occasionally turning all, each and every one, of my tee shirts inside-out when they're in the clothes dryer. ;-)
Hi, Melissa. I truly loved this. Nice simple problem with the ever correct answer, YES!
“Goedel, Escher & Bach.” (Douglas Hofstadter,)
Rupert Sheldrake, “Morphic Resonance.”
I truly appreciate your lil ole stack here. I’ve this notion that perhaps given the connection between your essay & my vast enjoyment of it that we may (or our atoms and their particles may have become quantumly entangled.
Thank you, when I can afford a full subscription I’ll pay for it. I’m old and poor. But, you be well worth my pay. Thank you again!💖💖🙏🏻
Whenever I talk about the Double Slit Experiment my spouse hushes me and people look at me weird. But I love the science of it and am always interested when others so as well. How interesting it is!
It is. I understand how it works but I cannot “regurgitate” it back to others very well but I try. No one has ever been able to explain it. I once spoke to a scientist about it and he said if I could figure it out then I’d win a Nobel prize. It was then I realized how intriguing it truly is to those in science.
Yeah, it’s a difficult concept to explain! I had a really tough time with it. There’s definitely a massive ‘piece of the puzzle’ missing that would explain this and probably a host of other mysteries in quantum physics. I hope we see it one day.
I mean, when I was a kid we used to joke about having phones we could carry around and call people anytime we wanted and thought about how cool that would be. And now look at us? Anything is possible!
I really enjoyed this, Melissa! Being able to relate quantum mechanics to train timing is terrific story telling. Some physicists speculate that the whole universe is based on quantum mechanics, and that general relativity, which explains things on massive scales, is only part of the story. Large things such as trains or planets, do also have a wave field association like electrons, but the wave field is much less spread out and confined to a more singular area, which is why we don't observe the quantum weirdness you explain.
Another possible explanation, we live in a simulation. And the second train doesn't start to render into your reality until you are off the first train and on the platform waiting for the second.
Haha, I’ve definitely thought of the ‘glitch in the simulation’ theory, but your explanation of it is way more sophisticated than mine. I suspect there’s something to the idea that quantum mechanics governs everything in a way we can’t really explain. I don’t have the smarts to fill in the missing pieces, but there’s a discovery waiting out there somewhere.
My report\critique will come in small morsels; maybe it's best to do it that way; after all, we're dealing with serious matters here—so, best take it slow. I first watched the long video, and I was disappointed; this was an ugly surprise, because I like Jim Al-Khalili. He usually explains things very well, but this was dumbed down too much.
I will also watch the other video, even if I have to hold my nose to do it. This one is a video clip excerpted from a terrible movie, ugh. Sorry for being an insufferable pedant or snob or SOB, but I'm gonna stick to my guns.
Anyway, I now have to see if I can find better videos out there on YouTube, etc.
Sorry it took me a couple days to see this! Did you ever find the better video?
Haha, the dumbing down was actually good for me as a complete novice, although I suppose if some meaning was lost then it’s not great.I had no idea the other one was a clip from a movie! Yikes, that’s awful, I figured it was just some guy’s crappy animation (which would be much more forgivable).
Superposition would actually be quite a good way to conduct a True Turing test- to see whether an artificial being or AI was actually self-aware, sentient and conscious, rather than just mimicking the responses of a human being. Also, some sci fi writers have worked out that quantum entanglement might form the basis of a potential form of FTL communication, although, at least initially, the difficulty of holding a vast number of quantum pairs in two black boxes, separated by vast distances, would probably mean the technology would only be able to transmit a similar amount of information to the telegraph.
Guess what: light's a particle, too. (They had to have also done the double slit experiment with a camera focused on the light beam.). How come nine minutes' wait every time, and not, say, three or eleven minutes', or forty-two seconds', wait every time? I'm glad I always lived in an area where I could drive to work. That way, I could blame the randomly occurring traffic if I got there late. (Although, now that you mention it, on particularly bleary-eyed mornings, some of the cars on the road had a slightly fuzzy, wavelike appearance.)
1 + 2) I go against the 'traffic' in the morning, so it stays fairly empty throughout, no matter which train I take
3) I've never been able to figure this out. I just looked up the schedule, and it's insane—sometimes there's 7 minutes between one train and the next, sometimes 12. This is probably the culprit.
Your 3). That was what I was getting at. There must be some variability in the schedule - so what I was really looking for was a clue as to whether one train stops at stations for longer than the other. I was thinking that if the first train was 5 minutes quicker than the second and the connecting train was running on a 10 minute schedule, leaving as you arrive, then you would always have a 9 minute wait... which might be figurative on your part. It is a fun article.
Melissa, trust me you’re spot on! So I talk about this in a plethora of articles on my stack, but I’ll limit myself to posting 3 of them! For one, there is an entirely metaphysical universe that underlays on our physical material universe. Older books like The Kyballion or Hermetica, touch on this.
Two, we have to realize that science, for the past 200 years have literally removed all information on this metaphysical space from our knowledge. So we experience events like synchronicity, magic, miracles or quantum physics and are limited to two options: God or Luck. Turns out, there’s a lot out there, for us to find out.
Three, you’re 100% spot on with the Double Slit experiment. Observation creates waves and I have an article I’m going to write called a “wave based” reality. The idea is how we can send ripples through this metaphysical space and how that can impact our lives: in your situation 9mins ever-time.
So to close, you’re 100% spot on and it sounds like you’re literally controlling your space! To really understand how this world was obstructed from our eyes, I’d recommend my book “an Unorthodox Truth.” It shows how this physical world was given to us and how the spiritual world was hidden from us — while THEY use it on us!
PS: for example, older scientific books talk about the “Ether,” this substance that covers the earth and how electricity works. But ask a modern scientist about the ether and the response is: No, that doesn’t exist.
Here are the three links that I hope help in this journey. Welcome, it’s an amazing one 😊
Link for my book: https://www.unorthodoxtruth.com/
The reality of magic (an excerpt from my book): https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-reality-of-magic
Why we need to explore spirituality in our reality: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-spiritual-perspective-of-reality
Kyballion and Morphic Resonance: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-morphic-resonance-field-of-the
Hope this helps and let me know if any questions!
I'm so glad you shared these! I'm intrigued—I will sit down with your articles later on today when I have the time to really appreciate them, and I've ordered a copy of your book. I'll report back!
Thanks so much for reading :)
No worries! And anytime! Ironically you commented on 11:11a ET (at least that’s what I see). Don’t know if you meant to do that or not, but I’ll take that as synchronicity at its finest
Franklin, your insights are oddly fascinating!
The idea of an unseen, metaphysical universe adds so much depth to our understanding of reality. It’s intriguing how older texts like The Kybalion touch on concepts that modern science often overlooks.
Your mention of synchronicity and quantum physics as more than just luck or divine intervention really got me thinking. Thanks for sharing those links—I'm excited to dive deeper into this perspective.
Just curious Franklin, have you had any personal experiences that made you explore these ideas further?
Hey Sol, thanks for this comment! Ha, so funny story is that I actually have ALOT of personal experiences! This is what made me dive into this so much to study as to “wait, we really do have some control here.”
From my studies I’ve seen that there’s 3 main buckets of synchronicity/magic/etc. 1) foresight (I’ve had minimum but impactful experience here, 2) communication with entities (I’ve stayed away from here and have no experience, 3) force of will (this is my bread and butter and am really growing strong in this area.
I’d state that # 3 is one that we all have and that’s the base level per se. Once we begin to develop 3, we can tap into 1 and 2 as we please. PS: #2 is reserved for like pros pros and I’m not there yet lol
But thanks again for this comment! It made me reflect on the fact that yes, I’ve had an amazing synchronistic life and I want to show everyone else — at least what’s worked for me — how they can have such a life as well!
Hope this helps and lemme know if any other questions!
It did, thank you so much for sharing Franklin :)
Hmm. My knowledge of quantum mechanics is what I've discerned from half-read books by Stephen Hawking, Brian Greene and Michio Kaku, the kind of stuff I read in public so people in the know think I'm bright (but we all know the sad truth, wink wink).
You are positing something quite astounding about the subterranean world of subways, rails and platforms! As we all know, and misunderstand, the quantum realm explains the subatomic world, not the big, laborious world of man and his smelly commuter machines. The double-slit explains photons more coherently than subway trains.
Unless we become subatomic entities when we descend underground.
I'm reminded of the Disney ride Inner Space from the "old days." In the ride, you were reduced to the size of a microscopic particle, and you journeyed through the world as an atom, and saw everything through those eyes. In such a case, you would be subject to quantum law. Does this happen to us on subways?
Given the subway field, this may be a question for Schrodinger's Rat.
Half-read books is a lot more than I've ever gotten through—my quantum physics knowledge is limited to Google searches and YouTube videos.
Maybe we do become subatomic entities when we descend underground. Or maybe we are already the subatomic entities in a particle that's so big we can't see (I've always wanted to write a story about that, but have chickened out every time).
Schrodinger's Rat—haha!
"Or maybe we are already the subatomic entities in a particle that's so big we can't see.."
Holy crap!!! Sounds like I have a new insomnia thought.
What happens if you arrive four minutes early and let a train pass while observing it?
Haha, I've never tried that! I imagine the entire fabric of time and space would shatter (and that when it re-formed, the next train would be 9 minutes away).
Well done, Melissa! Despite your protestations of not being a Scientician, Your logic offers a better explanation of your situation than anything heretofore proffered by the whimsical science™ of Quantum Physics. You may not have noticed (yet) but none of Quantum™ makes any sense at all. I believe it was Feynman himself who quipped, “if someone tells you they know what quantum physics is, they’re lying”. (Or words to that effect -- I can’t come up with the correct quote at the moment).They cannot properly explain any of the phenomena they engage with, without making something up (aka; making-shit-up™). They usually start by inventing particles (after all, these are the “quanta” they require for their very existence. And, you cannot have a “wave” of nothing, since it is what a thing does, not what a thing is, so particles must be invented in order to be the thing doing the waving). This invention is what allows for the contradiction of a wave-particle “duality” (aka; The Science™). Or, better yet, they use even more math (aka; Mathemagic™) to come up with other dimensions -- as many as you like, in fact -- or “virtual” particles (seriously, who needs real ones?) and, of course, ‘dark’ this and ‘dark’ that -- ever more mysterious virtuality -- all just to fill out equations that wouldn’t otherwise add up. As I said at the outset of my overlong comment, it is literally more likely that your theory of subway trains in NYC exhibiting “superposition” is correct, than are any of the myriad non-existent things, or non-things, cooked up by QuantumQuackery™. I lived in Toronto for many years and can fully concur with you on the subway phenomenon.
Haha! This is great. "making-shit-up™" "Mathemagic™".
It definitely seems like there's a pretty enormous piece missing (hence all the guesswork); it's hard to think about this stuff without my head starting to hurt.
Thanks for the laugh, and for reading.
" making-shit-up™" has made my day. Brilliant.
I think quantum physics, dark energy and dark matter are all a part of a set of the same phenomenon. I've never been comfortable with the string theory explanation and believe we've travelled down an epistemological cul-de-sac. What if dimensions above and below the 4 dimensional space-time model are a function of the types of massive singularities which form the basis of big bangs? Perhaps the fourth law of thermodynamics is a multiversal phenomenon which exists in all universes (but not necessarily with the same degree of tendency towards entropy). In this scenario, wouldn't it be conceivable that inconceivable levels of energy trapped at a single point wouldn't try to dissipate by pushing beyond 4D as well as rapidly expanding outwards?
It may well be the case that some objects or forces are skewed with the space/time plane (conceptualising 4D as a 2D phenomenon in order to build a mental image of space/time relative to other dimensions in space). I was once thinking about this issue in relation to the appearance of patterns in mathematics (like pie expressed in base 11 or the existence of the golden ratio in nature). For some reason, the image of building a snowman popped into my mind. What if gravity in space time has an imprint in both the present and the past? Couldn't this mean that dark matter is an imprint of gravity from a former rotation/time, whilst dark energy could be past diffused gravitational imprint spread evenly across the boundary of the space/time bubble of the universe? Nature tends to reuse things- couldn't this also be true of the geometry of the universe in higher spatial/dimensional terms?
I think these ideas are fascinating (although I can't guarantee that I've understood all of it. I wasn't kidding when I said I wasn't a scientist; I had to Google some of these concepts right now).
That said, it seems like you're on the right track. 'Epistemological cul-de-sac' is a great word for what seems to be happening—there's an enormous piece missing. Interesting theory about dark matter/energy being imprints of gravity. It's a tough thing to conceptualize, but it makes sense to me (same with your thoughts on big bangs).
I've always had this vague curiosity about scale. A hunch that we should zoom outwards—we're all really tiny, and that our planet is just a 'cell' in something far larger. No idea if it's true. But I'd love for someone smarter than me to test it out one day.
Well, if you were a divine architect/engineer and wanted to create a program which would self-generate intelligent tool-using species which wouldn't kill each other during the primitive stages of extreme resource competition and aggression, wouldn't you create a vast sea of empty space in which exceptionally rare garden islands couldn't hurt each other until they've advanced to a level of technological and cultural prosociability which made conflict counter to enlightened self-interest?
Simple explanation, Melissa. No need to box a cat or poke electrons.
God, of course, has a sense of humor. Well worth His time to tweak the trains a wee bit just so He can see you at your computer, brow furrowed tongue twix teeth trying to explain to the world the ongoings in NYC's MTA!
He also has a minor giggle occasionally turning all, each and every one, of my tee shirts inside-out when they're in the clothes dryer. ;-)
“No need to box a cat or poke electrons” — haha!
That’s a good point, and I suspect you’re right.
However, who says the two are mutually exclusive?
(Cue the X Files theme music)
You are living in a Philip K Dick story. Enjoy the ride.
Haha! Oh boy, I was afraid of that.
Hi, Melissa. I truly loved this. Nice simple problem with the ever correct answer, YES!
“Goedel, Escher & Bach.” (Douglas Hofstadter,)
Rupert Sheldrake, “Morphic Resonance.”
I truly appreciate your lil ole stack here. I’ve this notion that perhaps given the connection between your essay & my vast enjoyment of it that we may (or our atoms and their particles may have become quantumly entangled.
Thank you, when I can afford a full subscription I’ll pay for it. I’m old and poor. But, you be well worth my pay. Thank you again!💖💖🙏🏻
Thanks for the recommendations. The books look interesting; I'll definitely add them to the reading list.
I'm so glad you enjoyed. Thank you for reading!! 💕
Why are you blocking me "Michael" when we've never conversed or interacted? A classic example of a spineless shill with nothing to say.
Now that's a fucking grade b coward, go back to your buttplug playpen.
Whenever I talk about the Double Slit Experiment my spouse hushes me and people look at me weird. But I love the science of it and am always interested when others so as well. How interesting it is!
Haha!! It’s definitely not light conversation (and I’ve seen that stare many times on a wide variety of topics) but it’s fascinating!
It is. I understand how it works but I cannot “regurgitate” it back to others very well but I try. No one has ever been able to explain it. I once spoke to a scientist about it and he said if I could figure it out then I’d win a Nobel prize. It was then I realized how intriguing it truly is to those in science.
Yeah, it’s a difficult concept to explain! I had a really tough time with it. There’s definitely a massive ‘piece of the puzzle’ missing that would explain this and probably a host of other mysteries in quantum physics. I hope we see it one day.
I mean, when I was a kid we used to joke about having phones we could carry around and call people anytime we wanted and thought about how cool that would be. And now look at us? Anything is possible!
I really enjoyed this, Melissa! Being able to relate quantum mechanics to train timing is terrific story telling. Some physicists speculate that the whole universe is based on quantum mechanics, and that general relativity, which explains things on massive scales, is only part of the story. Large things such as trains or planets, do also have a wave field association like electrons, but the wave field is much less spread out and confined to a more singular area, which is why we don't observe the quantum weirdness you explain.
Another possible explanation, we live in a simulation. And the second train doesn't start to render into your reality until you are off the first train and on the platform waiting for the second.
Haha, I’ve definitely thought of the ‘glitch in the simulation’ theory, but your explanation of it is way more sophisticated than mine. I suspect there’s something to the idea that quantum mechanics governs everything in a way we can’t really explain. I don’t have the smarts to fill in the missing pieces, but there’s a discovery waiting out there somewhere.
So glad you enjoyed. Thanks for reading! :)
As the great Richard Feynman said “I think I can safely say, that nobody understands quantum mechanics”. Definitely lots to still discover!
My report\critique will come in small morsels; maybe it's best to do it that way; after all, we're dealing with serious matters here—so, best take it slow. I first watched the long video, and I was disappointed; this was an ugly surprise, because I like Jim Al-Khalili. He usually explains things very well, but this was dumbed down too much.
I will also watch the other video, even if I have to hold my nose to do it. This one is a video clip excerpted from a terrible movie, ugh. Sorry for being an insufferable pedant or snob or SOB, but I'm gonna stick to my guns.
Anyway, I now have to see if I can find better videos out there on YouTube, etc.
Sorry it took me a couple days to see this! Did you ever find the better video?
Haha, the dumbing down was actually good for me as a complete novice, although I suppose if some meaning was lost then it’s not great.I had no idea the other one was a clip from a movie! Yikes, that’s awful, I figured it was just some guy’s crappy animation (which would be much more forgivable).
No need to apologize. I'm the lazy, tardy one; all these notes on Substack that I keep gawking at, you know?
9 representing completeness.
Perhaps time is telling you your all good for work 😁 regardless, don't worry, a message from the universe ? No matter which train.
Your gonna make it👍.
Cheers
Haha, I wish the universe would pick lucky number 3, but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? Thanks for the words of encouragement!
Superposition would actually be quite a good way to conduct a True Turing test- to see whether an artificial being or AI was actually self-aware, sentient and conscious, rather than just mimicking the responses of a human being. Also, some sci fi writers have worked out that quantum entanglement might form the basis of a potential form of FTL communication, although, at least initially, the difficulty of holding a vast number of quantum pairs in two black boxes, separated by vast distances, would probably mean the technology would only be able to transmit a similar amount of information to the telegraph.
Guess what: light's a particle, too. (They had to have also done the double slit experiment with a camera focused on the light beam.). How come nine minutes' wait every time, and not, say, three or eleven minutes', or forty-two seconds', wait every time? I'm glad I always lived in an area where I could drive to work. That way, I could blame the randomly occurring traffic if I got there late. (Although, now that you mention it, on particularly bleary-eyed mornings, some of the cars on the road had a slightly fuzzy, wavelike appearance.)
i am smiling.
My first thought was to wonder what Sherlock Holmes would ask. So Melissa, tell me, are any of the following statements correct?
1) If you catch the earlier train it starts off fairly empty but fills up quickly at each stop.
2) If you catch the second train it is more crowded with more people getting on and off at each stop.
3) The connecting train runs every ten minutes.
4) It takes you at least 1 minute to change platforms.
If so I may have an answer for you. Failing that I can make some BS up about counterfactual wave function collapse. :) Happy to help.
Haha! I like this alternate approach.
1 + 2) I go against the 'traffic' in the morning, so it stays fairly empty throughout, no matter which train I take
3) I've never been able to figure this out. I just looked up the schedule, and it's insane—sometimes there's 7 minutes between one train and the next, sometimes 12. This is probably the culprit.
4) Yes.
Have at it. Excited to see what you come up with!
Your 3). That was what I was getting at. There must be some variability in the schedule - so what I was really looking for was a clue as to whether one train stops at stations for longer than the other. I was thinking that if the first train was 5 minutes quicker than the second and the connecting train was running on a 10 minute schedule, leaving as you arrive, then you would always have a 9 minute wait... which might be figurative on your part. It is a fun article.
Haha, that was a good guess. Turns out, the schedule is just wonky. Shocker!
Also, I did exaggerate for the purpose of the post but not by much—it is, more often than not, 9 minutes.
Thanks so much for reading. Glad you enjoyed the article! :)
Good guess? Elementary deduction my dear Watson. Of course what you need to do is get on both trains at the same time...