#Infinity Mechanism

[umbralreaver]

Bioship colour concepts for Voidfleet.

The original Architects of Flesh brood has a beautiful iridescent shell, but its flesh is replete with hull-eating acid and sentient viral payloads ready to melt their foes from the inside.

The Crimson Lotus have painted their hulls with the blood of tyrants. Their bioships are generally older, their shine gone and shells bleached white. Yet they are healthier creatures, no longer forced to saturate their organs with toxins.

[homestuck-music-tournament]

Infinity Mechanism

Album: Homestuck Vol. 8 Composer: Thomas Ferkol Leitmotifs: None Characters: LoHaC, Peregrine Mendicant, Skaia, Dirk Strider, Roxy Lalonde, Vodka Mutini, Jake English, Pyralspite, Jane Crocker, Prospit

[S] END OF ACT 6 INTERMISSION 1

CRESCENDO - HOMESTUCK Animated Series Pilot (Animation by Ichellor)

[trans-all-at-once-tournament]

Propaganda

Gunpowder Tim:

- SO pretty :3

- Plays as a woman three different times (the other male mechs never play as women)

- Has all the gender in the world

- His singing voice (attach the link)

Lake:

- The trans allegory is RICH with this one

- Originally the mirror image of a girl and has spent the entire time they've been an independent entity trying to distinguish themself from her

- Struggled to pick their name until they finally settled on "Lake" at the end

- In the first episode of the season where they're a main character they go on a rant about how people can't decide names for others and that it's the person's choice what name they have

- These mirror folk are not supposed to have an identity of their own.

- They are supposed to just reflect whoever they are assigned to, so they have no agab and are supposed to just be the image of what others want them to be. And Lake says "Fuck that"

[gummi-stims]

A stimboard for One-One from Infinity Train!

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[nemralam]

Secants intersect each other only once, and then never meet

Source: The Structure of the Universe and the Fate of the Cosmos by Stephen Hawking (2001). Soundtrack: "Tum Nazar Mein Raho" by Atif Aslam, from Laila Majnu (2018).

[talos-stims]

various 3d prints by caaarrrllllll | src src src src

[churchofnix]

Hypothesis of Indeterminacy

No Quantum of Reality

Reality is not quantized; it's infinitely divisible. There is no fundamental "smallest" unit of space, time, or any other physical quantity.

Infinite Reality

The universe, at its core, is infinite. This could mean infinite in extent or infinitely divisible, or both.

Emergent Reality

Macroscopic properties and phenomena emerge from the interactions of infinite underlying components.

Statistical Probability

Due to the infinite nature of reality, every outcome is ultimately a statistical probability, leading to indeterminism.

Potential Criticisms and Counterarguments

- Criticism: Even if reality is infinitely divisible, couldn't it still be deterministic? If the laws of physics governing the infinitesimal components are deterministic, the overall system would also be deterministic.

- Counterargument: This assumes a "bottom-up" causality where the behavior of infinitesimal components rigidly determines macroscopic events. In an emergent system, the infinite interactions and complexity could lead to unpredictable outcomes. Think of it like this: even with deterministic rules (e.g., the laws of physics), if you have an infinite number of "players" (infinitesimal components) interacting in an infinite space, predicting the overall outcome with certainty becomes impossible. This is analogous to chaos theory, where even simple deterministic systems can exhibit unpredictable behavior due to their sensitivity to initial conditions.

- Criticism: Quantum mechanics already incorporates indeterminism. Your theory seems to just "push the problem down" to a sub-quantum level.

- Counterargument: Quantum mechanics introduces indeterminism at the Planck scale, but it still assumes a quantized reality at that level. This theory goes further, suggesting that even the Planck scale is not the fundamental limit. This leads to a deeper level of indeterminacy where the very concept of definite states and fixed laws may break down.

- Criticism: How can we make any predictions or have any scientific understanding in a completely indeterminate universe?

- Counterargument: Even in an indeterminate universe, patterns and probabilities can emerge. While specific events might be unpredictable, overall trends and statistical distributions can still be observed and studied. This is similar to how we understand weather patterns: we can't predict the exact path of a single raindrop, but we can make probabilistic forecasts about overall weather conditions.

- Criticism: Is there any evidence to support the idea of an infinitely divisible reality?

- Counterargument: Currently, there is no direct empirical evidence for or against the infinite divisibility of reality. However, the concept has a long history in philosophy and mathematics (e.g., Zeno's paradoxes). Furthermore, some theoretical frameworks, like certain interpretations of string theory or loop quantum gravity, hint at the possibility of a reality without a fundamental quantum.

The Infinity of a Circle

A circle is a continuous curve, meaning that there are no gaps or breaks in its path. Mathematically, we say it contains an infinite number of points.

Here's why:

- Divisibility: You can divide any arc of a circle into two smaller arcs. You can then divide those arcs again, and again, and again, infinitely. There's no limit to how small you can make the arcs.

- No "Smallest" Unit: Unlike a pixelated image on a screen, a perfect mathematical circle doesn't have a smallest unit. There's no "circle pixel" or smallest possible arc length.

The Challenge of Specifying Points

While a circle has infinitely many points, it's surprisingly difficult to precisely specify the location of any individual point. Here's the catch:

- Irrational Numbers: The coordinates of most points on a circle involve irrational numbers like pi (π). Irrational numbers have decimal representations that go on forever without repeating. This means you can never write down their exact value.

- Approximations: In practice, we use approximations for pi and other irrational numbers. This means any point we specify on a circle is actually an approximation, not its exact location.

Four Special Points

There are only four points on a circle that we can specify precisely:

- (1, 0): The point where the circle intersects the positive x-axis.

- (0, 1): The point where the circle intersects the positive y-axis.

- (-1, 0): The point where the circle intersects the negative x-axis.

- (0, -1): The point where the circle intersects the negative y-axis.

These points have coordinates that are whole numbers, making them easy to define.

Even though the circle is a well-defined mathematical object, the precise location of most of its points remains elusive due to the nature of infinity and irrational numbers.

This could suggest that even in a seemingly well-defined system (like a circle or, perhaps, the universe), the infinite nature of reality might introduce a fundamental level of indeterminacy due to the approximation required at the point of determination.

In other words, at the point of any decision, there are infinite approximations of reality statistically coalescing/emerging into a decisive result.

This fundamental indeterminacy could extend to the neural processes underlying decision-making.

That is the basis of free will.

Past experiences, beliefs, and values shape the probability distribution of potential decisions, but don’t determine the outcome. And events are even influenced by conscious intention, allowing for agency in decision-making. Moreover, this ability to shape decision probabilities can be developed over time, supporting the idea of moral growth and education.

[ongshimi]

exclusive interview of soul mechanic (fix you) starring shin hakyun and jung somin (2020)

[localfruit]

currently so deep in writing my major critical analysis of fire emblem awakening that points im writing about now have sub points and i have no idea whether to write about all of them in my mile long text post or to make separate text posts deep diving into them because there's like 5 things that i feel deserve their own post i want to address in detail

[umbralreaver]

And the bio missile art without the card. Was a quick painting but I kinda like it.

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

this format works with everything.

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Tournament of Lokis 2024: Round 4 Compilation

Round 3 Winners:

Lokiceratops

AoA!Loki/Ikol (Marvel comics)

Loki (Thor and Loki: Double Trouble by Mariko Tamaki)

Loke (Valhalla (2019)/ The Legend of Thor (2019))

If any of the children lose, I'll refer to the lost brackets as the "Fuck them kids" brackets.

Round 4:

[uyvwer]

[supernovasilence]

alright i've got "infinity nikki" (content) blocked. i've got the tags "infinity nikki", "infinity nikki //", "infinity nikki spoilers", and a few variations on "[name] plays infinity nikki" blocked. blacklisted "infiniti nikki" for the heck of it too, because i kept typing it wrong adding all those tags to my filter list so maybe other people mistype it sometimes as well.

if i see ANY infinity nikki content in the love nikki tag now, whoever posted it is getting blocked. it's nothing personal. you have been warned.

(also for the love of nikki stop crosstagging, people. i cannot prove anything because, again, i have everything blocked so i can't see if these three dozen posts a day really do mention both games but. i really do suspect they don't. and the love nikki tag is nothing but a sea of blocked posts right now.)

[tblsomedoodles]

Priorities are had lol.

i can't say i've played a lot of veilguard but here's some sillies for the beginning of it anyways. b/c, ngl, i kinda wanna see what exactly would happen if Solas took down the veil. But if he had actually killed Verric i would have quit then and there.

[kittykatinabag]

Oh my god the sovereign style fights in Infinity Nikki are literally JoJo fights but without the blood and utilizing magic Whim instead of anthropomorphic Stands/Hamon.