The A. word -----

Well, if you look at both books the central theme from both of
them is Dr./Mr. A. Einstein, and undoubtedly they are both
familiar with 1921 and The Meaning of Relativity. And of course –
that is a short and long story.

To start with Dr. Einstein had a theory – and you know there
was other scientific theories from that time – most notably
would be the theory of evolution. But Dr. Einstein, I think
was kind of fixated with the field - particularly the
“electro-magnetic field” and what that was all about.

The thing was that he developed a sort of prototype –
I mean the theory of evolution was one thing – but the
whole general relativity was a big deal in a variety of
ways because it was really a prototype from which
came lots of different stuff – including twistor theory
(the “radical perspective”) - as Roger Penrose puts it.

And of course Dr. Sarfatti has a theory as well – which
I'm not sure is all that “homogeneous” - because basically
he just wants to build something - and wants the universe
to be able to handle it. Device – mechanisms – which
are cable of course of traveling – astronomical distances –
are not really that easy to build and of course you have
to make the concepts necessary to do that and be able to
convince a lot of people that what you are saying is
in fact “pretty” reliable. And he can be convincing –
at least for some of the people some of the time.

So we have these issues with fields, and we have this
pesky little issue of atomic scale..... and the math
that is sufficient to describe events and interactions
that occur – that way. Then we have the cosmos, the universe,
how far out can we see and what can we predict in
terms of who is out there and what kind of resources
including ours do they control and how much leverage
to we have ?????

All very important questions, most are unanswered and
so do we “blindly” go where no man has gone before –
I would prefer that we deal with immediate and pressing
issues of the survival of the species – rather than
having an out and out speed contest with beings we can
only imagine, because number one – there is no one on
this planet that currently holds any kind of
valid license for dealing with that kind of stuff.
You know that if you think you have a big stick -
there is bound to be someone just around the
corner with one bigger.

Now – just for starters – what kind of energy requirement
do we have to support a life form – traveling a distance
of one light year?/////

Now lets say we could do that in 24 hours ???
What if you get a flat tire ???
Or ? run out of Ovaltine ?




Are there rest stops, and can you get coffee
out there ?????

I think these are all very important questions that need to
be addressed before attempting to develop a technology that
would make such an adventure like that ???? reasonable ?????

Another issue that has not been thoroughly investigated by
any one on earth that I am aware of is ???? what kind
of smoking regulations are enforced as concerns interplanetary
travel ????? If I was making a long trip ---- say maybe
200 – 250 light years --- and could do that in some reasonable
period of time ---- whether I was alone or with some company
I would sure like to know if I was going to be busted
by some alien gestapo for smoking – one kind of weed or
another. Like ??? are we the only species in the universe that
smokes ???? Dr. Einstein never went into any detail on that
either – but where exactly did he come up with that name
relativity ????? Now, that's a tough one.

I know these are not issues that either Sarfatti or Penrose really
address – after all they both have Ph D's --- but you know -
everybody doesn't. Actually, Penrose really never seems to
care much about it – really all he wants to know is how
the R and U .....

Now to the biggest question,,,,, yes maybe you build something
that is small – but if you're going any real long distance wouldn't
you really like to use a transporter to get down to
the planet and where will you find a mechanic to fix
something like that – Sure, everybody trusts Mr. Scott or
Mr. Spock, and I guess Ghordy and Data are ok if
you like newer and bigger equipment – but where do you find guys
like that???? Ghordy of course was --- blind --- ???????
Data was constructed by some genuine wacko – so
what that's all that about anyway?????-- now you have that ever
wondrous conundrum of the machine that fixes machines....

Boy – when that works – then I guess we'll really
have something to talk about.

But finally, there have been two popular visionaries
concerning the future – interplanetary types of
societies or cultures. They would
be – if I'm not mistaken , Gene Roddenbery and George Lucas.
--- I would like to say that the “sober” and
“realistic” versions of that future will be
somewhat different - but do we want to
create some kind of future – at the expense
of life on Earth. I don't think that's a
very swell hypothesis.



C

Issues and Einstein

It seems clear to me that one of the things that Dr. Einstein was
shooting for was a description of the harmony of nature that
could be described clearly in a mathematical sense and I think
he was extremely frustrated by his inability to do that.

What does that reflect and what does that mean???

1. Maybe he was approaching the problems and issues in the
wrong way.

2. Maybe he was using the wrong techniques and approaches.

3. Maybe there is no simple harmony in nature which can be reflected
by clever mathematical manipulation.

Is it really possible to hit that target ???????