Autism and Genius

Everyone has Autism to some degree

With every negative side there will always be a positive. Its the same with psychological disorders. Having Autism and Aspergers can make living everyday life hard for some people that have the disorder to a higher degree, but Autism can make that particular individual more creative and focused.

I don't like to say the word disorder

And that's with everything. I mean just because they have a different way of looking at the world (which is what it is) doesn't mean they are wrong, does it? In fact looking at the world differently to everyone else is where new idea's are generated from, example's are; Albert Einstein, George Orwell, H G Wells, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Beethoven, Mozart, Hans Christian Andersen and Immanuel Kant. Of course these dude's died before Autism and Aspergers became an available ''condition''.

 

The link between Genius

Autism and Aspergers produce people who are;

• Highly focused
• Don't integrate into the school system very well 
• Have poor social relationships and eye contact. (which is probably why they are so focused)
• Can be paranoid and oppositional but are usually highly moral and ethical.

This doesn't sound so bad. And these are the qualities that make a genius. All they need is an empathic Adult/Parent/Friend to understand them and they can thrive in whatever they want to. In fact we as humans always tell our children 'do what makes you happy' and 'dont care what others think' which is what many people who have what our society deems as 'problems' most likely wouldn't be so unhappy if we just accepted them for who they are. Of course there will always be a few hiccups in the road called life but thats with everyone isn't it?

 


If you have an Autistic relative or child your doing a great job, you should be really proud of yourself and your relative, and if you can both understand eachother it can be one of the most rewarding relationship you can ever have. Keep in mind what's been said in this post and find a way that allows both the Autistic and yourself to thrive as everyone is unique and there will never be just one way.

 

It's not a problem if you don't allow it to be.

My Favourite Equations

Hiya fellow Science geeks

Prepare yourself for some right nerdy post as I tell you some of the most beautiful equations that you should know in the universe. Who needs party tricks like back flipping or eyeballing vodka when you can impress all the chicks with your extensive knowledge on equations? I mean it worked for Einstein in getting laid why not the rest of us!

My Favourite equation number 1.

Newtons law of motion

 

Besides from being very simplistically beautiful it also describes how the moon goes round the earth.

 

My Favourite equation number 2.

Eulers Formulae

 

Describes two equivalent ways to move in a circle. This is the first one;

 

 

 

Here is the second one;

 

Last but not least my favourite equation number 3.

The Drake equation

 

The drake equation is an estimation of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

 

what the little symbols means;

 

R^* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxy

f_p = the fraction of those stars that have planets

n_e = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets

f_ℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point

f_i = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life

f_c = the fraction of civilisations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space

L = the length of time for which such civilisations release detectable signals into space

 

 

 

Now I've given you all the equations to impress all the chicks at the bar so put on your best trousers and go pull some girls!

 

 

 

 

Although probably not these trousers....

 

 

Can time travel be done?

As it just so turns out...

I have a theory. As with all my truly terrible theory's, it is very rough around the edges, but it's not like anyone's gonna actually be stupid enough to try it so whats the harm done in sharing?  (Unless of course you do try it, so in that case WhatTheJunk blog is not responsible for your stupid ass.)



So, for years people have always wanted to go back in time to correct mistakes they have made in the past or meet their future relatives 60 years in the future. (Oh and you can't change anything in the past, but I'll explain later.) It's been one of human kinds desires to be able to jump any where in time for a while now.

Why we can't leap frog through time yet.

It is theorised that to be able to time travel we would have to travel at the speed of light which is 3x10^8 m/s (that's very fast) but travelling at this speed would cause a very painful and permanent case of death. And the reason you would be dead is because of the amount of energy used to propel you at this speed and the energy that would be created by you being propelled at this speed would most likely burn and disintegrate you alive. Sounds like a fun past time. But I have been thinking and I thought a Faraway mesh cage maybe able to solve this small problem of death.

A Faraway cage was invented by a dude called Micheal Faraway in 1836 and it creates a shield and blocks external and non-static fields. I hypothesise you would need a Faraway cage/mesh to conduct the energy that would be produced when travelling at such a high speed. I'm not sure of the in's and out's of this and I know a Faraway cage or mesh would not be able to protect you against the thermal energy that would be created when you do a 'time jump' but its a start nonetheless.

 

But how would we be able to travel at the speed of light?

I have no idea. But these guys came pretty close to doing so...

 

But please don't do this to your sleeping friend.
 

Lets say Hypothetically this was correct. What would happen when we time jump?

Lets say hypothetically you found something that could allow you to travel at the speed of light (and no a giant slingshot will not do) and hypothetically the Faraway mesh enabled you to time travel without being vapourised and conducted the energy. It is theorised  that when travelling at the speed of light, you would see time bend. And when two folds bend, a tremendous amount of energy is required to absorb the jump. As energy is like a bank, when you overdraw you need to pay it back. But because no one that we know of (other than Doctor Who) has travelled to the past, we don't know how to 'pay back' the energy that we have used to travel to the past. So it could kill you, the people around you or take the energy from surrounding electrical equipment when it 'withdraws' its energy back. Who knows? But it all sounds too scary for me and Im quite content in the time that I live now. What about you?

'Once confined to fantasy and science fiction, time travel is now simply an engineering problem.'

-MICHIO KAKU, Wired Magazine, Aug. 2003

 

 

Pseudoscience

What the hell is it?

Pseudoscience is not the same as regular science. I found this very short video to explain to you a few of the subjects in which are Pseudoscience and which are Science;

As said in the video Pseudoscience is kinda superstitions dressed up to look like Science subjects such as Psychology, Criminology and what not. It is from Pseudoscience that we have such theories about Mind control (as mentioned on a previous post), Time travel, Telekinesis, Bioengineering etc.

What makes something Pseudoscience?

What characterises Pseudoscience you mean? In nearly all Pseudoscience, all claims do not obey to a valid scientific methods, lacks plausibility because of it's exaggerated claims and lack of evidence, cannot be reliably tested (mainly because it's claims are so bold), or otherwise lacks scientific status.

And this is why it is so fascinating! Many Scientists live by 'that just because we cannot see, touch, hear, taste or even 'prove' that its true doesn't mean that it's not there'. We have already accepted Psychology and other types of Social Science's enough to actually practise them in society, so just because the theory of time travel seems a little bold and we can't prove it and we may never be able to because it may actually not exist (although I wouldn't be to disappointed if it isn't) but the fun in it is the theorising and the philosphy in it. At least that's what Albert Einstein thought when he was making his theory of special relativity.

"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
--Carl Sagan

Einsteins field equation explained

I just recieved an email from a blog reader asking me to explain this equation;

This equation is Einsteins field equation's and put simply it is explaining that the structure of geometry is deterimed by the distribution of energy (which is a really weird idea). And it also tells's us that gravity can serve as it's own energy source (as gravity is a type of energy form in itself).

This equation once you get your head around it is really simple, what first got me when I was trying to understand this equation was that gravity was it's own energy source, but don't let that fuck you up just as long as you approach Einsteins equations with an open mind you can wrap your head around them.

(My awesome art again)

So now you know both the meaning and the what the left hand and right hand side in the equation. Now if your a guy you can go and impress your girlfriend with your new knowledge of Einsteins field equation's because I hear chicks really dig that :)

Einsteins equation explained

The man himself

Einstens most famous equation proposed when he was about 25 I think? In 1905. Some people have been asking me to explain it on this blog so I decieded to explain it whilst taking advantage of my amazing art skils. Prepare to be amazed!

This is einsteins equation that I have taken the liberty to explain what each individual symbol means (and in case you didn't know the speed of light it's 3x10^8 m/s ;) In the most basic way I can explain this beautiful equation; it expresses how energy and mass are interchangeable.

See how simple that was :D

Well, Einstein did say if you can't explain it simply, you dont know it well enough.