Wish for The Ultimate Forecasting Machine

What I am about to write might be considered odd to some of you (who might just read this article anyway :P)A thought struck me when reading events that are happening in this precious world of ours. The chicken influenza pandemic in Asia, snowstorm in Northeast USA and France (which usually never has snow), earthquake in Bam, Iran, on and on. Perhaps, just perhaps, if we can build a powerful enough mainframe (or computing power), we can somehow input all these events, mark the time of start and end of those events, relate them in an intricate matrices and attempt to extrapolate all these data and hope to come up with a general mathematical formula, like the one Einstein created for General Theory of Relativity (whoa, I am getting way ahead of myself here!)This formula can in turn be used to "predict" events in the future, a methodical crystal ball sort of speak. We can probably come up with some type of probability of an even to likely happen, thus helping mankind to have an insight and prepare for the probable event.Far fetched? Hmm.....perhaps now. But I do not see this as something impossible. Japan government now has a super computer that is able to calculate and simulate weather patterns in the world. With the development of new materials to replace silicon based chips (nanotechnology, bioelectric materials, how about Moon or Mars minerals?), there should be time when this sort of attempt will probably be successful (well, unfortunately not in my lifetime perhaps).

Ebbs and flows of life seems to be unpredictable from where we see at the moment, but with good observation, via help from science and technology, we can probably bring more predictability to the equation of life on Earth. Next attempt is to come up with the same method for our solar system, galaxy, etc. :) But that would have to wait at least another 50,000 years. No one thought we could accomplish what we can accomplish now, 100 years ago.

No Coincidences Exist

There are many things that happen in and around our lives, it is easy in my opinion to take things for granted. Everyday, we wake up and go through life as if things are just ordinary, and nothing special ever happen for even a second.Think again..........and read signs around us. I am convinced that nothing that happens so far is some kind of coincidence. Where we are, what we do, the partner we live with, why we do certain things and say certain words, I find it difficult to believe that this is all just a series of unrelated occurences that happen for no apparent reason. Call it a gut feeling, intuition, God, or whatever you want to call it, this cannot be coincidences.If you have ever seen fractal images, you will realize that even in chaos, there is unmistakably a beautiful structure that exist.

This must hold true for our lives too. When we connect the dots in our lives and find out why things end up the way they are, there must be a fabric that piece it all together. I am not sure who amongst us however, who are given the opportunity to be able to see that and get the lesson. Understanding this will, in my opinion, make us to be a better, wiser person as well.

Death...Something to Remember

So today I felt like writing about death again....a subject that surely is serious....to death (that was a joke by the way) Sentences such as "The only constant in life is change and death itself" or "live like you are going to live forever, but also think that you can die tomorrow" strike me from time to time. I may have mentioned as well in my previous writings, but really, failure to understand what this is about is going to be quite destructive for our life..and life after death, if you believe such a thing.

But regardless of our belief systems, there is no denying fact that all of us will pass this stage, whether we like it or not. No way of knowing when, how, where and even what circumstances regarding our death should make us be grateful that we live at all.I really believe that for those who are still living now, we are either lucky/still somehow be given opportunities to live our lives. There are so many factors that can make us die, freak accidents i.e;being hit by meteorites, regular traffic accidents, in any case, it is out of our control. Anyone who tells me they are in control of their lives are basically having some sort of delusion :)

I guess what I am trying to say here is that to live, we need to somehow remember death, from time to time. This will teach us to be more appreciative, loving human beings, understanding. It is not the most convenient exercise to do, but it does not hurt to try.....