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Ticking Obsession

by Thomas Marsh-Connors | Angry British Conservative Blog

Let me tell you something about myself that’s perhaps not immediately obvious I have a deeply unhealthy obsession with time. Not in the generic "I hate being late" way. No, my fixation goes far beyond punctuality or calendar apps. Though that is true too. This is something that took root in my mind back in 2006 and has since woven itself into my thoughts, habits, even how I see the world.

It all started with a BBC documentary. Not just any documentary, mind you this was the Time series hosted by none other than Dr. Michio Kaku. If you’ve never seen it, do yourself a favour and hunt it down. It’s a beautiful, mind-bending series in which Kaku an American physicist and master science communicator goes on a global journey to try and define, understand, and chase after that elusive thing we call time.

I was only a teenager at the time, but something about that series rewired my brain. Maybe it was the haunting realisation that time is both constant and completely out of our grasp. Maybe it was Kaku’s hypnotic, calm delivery a man who speaks of quantum mechanics like it’s poetry. Either way, from that day forward, time wasn’t just a part of my life. It became the part.

Naturally, I devoured everything Kaku ever wrote. Here’s a list of his books I’ve read and if you’ve got even a faint interest in science, technology, or the future of humanity, I strongly recommend you dive into them too:

Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century (1997)

Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (2004)

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (2008)

Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (2011)

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind (2014)

The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth (2018)

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything (2021)

Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything (2024)

Each book is a small detonation in the brain. Kaku has this rare gift: he makes impossibly complex theories about the multiverse, wormholes, and AI feel like gripping thrillers. But at the core of it all whether he’s talking about bending space-time, merging consciousness with machines, or building Type I civilisations time is always present.

And that’s the paradox, isn’t it? Time is everywhere and nowhere. We live inside of it, but we can’t see it. It drives every second of our lives, yet we barely understand it. It’s ticking constantly whether we choose to notice or not.

Since that first encounter in 2007, I’ve noticed time shaping the very architecture of my thought. I overthink minutes, waste hours worrying about the past, and have endless philosophical arguments in my head about the future. I obsess over history, write about nostalgia, and collect clocks yes, literal clocks. I time my coffee breaks. I remember whole days in terms of the exact hour something happened. It’s borderline manic, I know. But at the same time, I wouldn’t trade this obsession for anything. It keeps me grounded, aware, awake.

We live in a culture that is increasingly casual about time wasting it on meaningless distractions, pretending we have infinite tomorrows. But time is the one currency we can’t counterfeit. And once you become aware of that really aware you start living with urgency. Purpose. Gratitude.

So, if you're like me slightly mad and deeply curious give Dr Michio Kaku’s works a read. Rewatch that 2007 BBC series if you can. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll understand why I’ve never been able to escape the ticking echo of that first documentary.

Time isn’t just a dimension. For some of us, it’s a religion.

[scienceing]

Hello, love your blog! I was wondering, as a black hole is defined by its radius being less than its Schwarzschild radius, and the Schwarzschild radius is dependant on its mass, and special relativity say that mass increases the faster you go, is it theoretically possible to accelerate something like a subatomic particle so much that its mass increases enough for its Schwarzschild radius to grow enough that it could theoretically become a black hole?

Yes, theoretically it would.  There was talk about the LHC leading to the destruction of Earth due to the productions of mini black holes after particle collisions.  Obviously, that didn't happen.  If a micro black hole was produced, it would evaporate almost instantly.  Like 10^-88 of a second.  That's because Hawking Radiation plays into this as well.  

There are currently physicists working on understanding how to produce small black holes.  Maybe we'll get it within the next century.  As for right now, they're still hypothetical.  

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scienceaddict replied to your post:fun things you learn on wikipedia

WATCH COSMOS IN 1 1/2 HOURS!

OK!!!

[studiyng]

Hey hunny I just saw your post about the driving test - try not to be too hard on yourself about it, please. It happened and that is totally shitty but hell, that's life. Also I care, do you have Facebook or something if you wanna talk?

thank you!!

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send me ur name and i'll tell u the first thing i associate w it: Kia!

stars, going to a local club where an unknown band plays their music, drunken nights with drunken laughter, sunset, being tired but like the cozy tired, patchwork blankets , the smell of coffee beans , polaroids 

send me ur name and i'll tell u the first thing i associate with

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Yay, I got tagged! :P

I got tagged by ScienceAddict - Yeah thanks xD

The rules:

Always post the rules

Answer the questions from the person who tagged you

Write 11 new ones

Tag 11 people

Actually tell them you tagged them

Questions I was asked:

1. If you could meet anyone in the history of the universe, who would you choose?

Ohhh, dude, it's so hard to answer :P

Maybe Einstein, he is so awesome, his life is so interesting, he's a thrilling person (ahhh yeah he's so interesting xD)

Or Carl Sagan, he's also such a legend...

2. What is the most important subject that you think should be involved in the school curriculum (like something that there already is, or something that’s not normally in a school curriculum).

Maybe a subject called 'logic', which includes creative problem-solving and thought by one's self. This is so fucking important!

3. Favourite actor?

Oh dude, if I knew :P I watch to less movies lol 

4. Favourite scientist, but for reasons not directly to do with their research?

Like in question1... Einstein is awesome, for me he is also something like a symbol for strength just as Carl Sagan...

5. Who was the teacher who impacted your life the most, and how?

I truly don't know... ._. I had to change so many times the schools (so I knew soo many teachers)... But if I think about it, my current math teacher impacted me... Together with some things I found it by myself I began to love math... And she showed me how freaking easy it truly is. Therefor I am thankful ^-^ 

6. If you had to study something that isn’t what you want to or are, what would you choose?

Meh... I would NEVER study something like jura, psychology and absolutely NOT theology! But everything scientific and technical, which needs reasoning and logic, is okay... (My favorite is physics anyway :P )

7. What is your favourite art style?

Definitely surrealism!

I mean art is, like ScienceAddict said, a kind of subjective view about the world... Surrealism in connection with science is the most awesome for me! Surrealism is like the view inside one's self... And if I connect it with logic I begin to understand myself and the topics I think about better. 

Currently I am writing a text, called "The hunted reality", the first chapter is called "The view between mirrors - the abstract scientist"... What I want to mention there is the artistic scientist, or the scientist that educates himself through art - in my sense through surreal art.

I myself draw surrealistic pictures and for me it is like grasping the subconscious and to make it conscious. It is thrilling how I build bridges between my mind and my intuition through this. I can't describe this feel, but it is beautiful. 

I love surrealism most, but other art is awesome as well!

Btw my favorite artist is M.C. Escher. (i don't even know if he is a surrealist or not lol, but art like by MC Escher is awesome as well)

8. Videogames, tv, or movies?

I don't watch often TV or movies, I sleep to often or just relax xD 

But sometimes I play videogames - just simple ones, like car games xD They are so simple but addictive haha :D

9. Do you think the way science is presented in pop culture good, bad, or in between, and why?

I think it is not that good represented... Lots of people have too much trust in scientists and therfor they believe everything when someone says "scientists found out that..."

I think most people don't know science the way it is - the simplicity of the scientific method and the beauty in there...

10. How important do you think maths is in real life?

I think it is more important than most people think  - but not that important. Let me explain:

Math needs logic and exactly THIS is important. In my school nowhere else (just a little bit in physics and chemistry) than in math you need complex logic...

(The sad part in physics in our school is that you don't even have to understand it to get good grades... you only have to remind the things of your notes - sadly)

11. Do you have a role model, if so, who and if not, why not?

It's Richard Feynman and Carl Sagan!

Richard Feynman because he was so funny and could explain things so well! He's truly awesome and made physics even more awesome.

And Carl Sagan just because he is truly a legend!

He is something like a perfect fusion of art, science, poetry and philosophy. Brilliant man, badass scientist, beautiful mind, and somehow heartful...

My questions:

1. What is your view about teachers who fail pedagogically?

2. Who is your idol and why?

3. What do you think about "educating through art"?

4. Did you ever just stoppend and asked yourself why you are a human and why you live now and here?

5. Do you think IQ tests really measure the intelligence?

6. How many languages do you speak and which?

7. Do you see math as a kind of art?

8. What do you do if you are bored during lessons?

9. If you want to study, what would you choose? (If you already study, what do you study?)

10. which subject/s at school do/did you hate most, which do/did you like most?

11. Creativity is, in my view, just another side of logic. Would you agree?

Now I will tag some people :P

ScienceAddict, anxietywannamarryme, Mercaptan, chmod666, devthewholockedscilady, labyrinthosthanatospsychopompos, starstufflady, 2bears-high5ing, elvisota, pigless

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"An incoming black hole would be invisible until it sucked material from the planets to give it a glowing accretion disk." Scary............ #blackhole #scienceaddict #Science #NASA #planets

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scienceaddict reblogged your post and added:

I have history tests this friday and next...

Good Luck!

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scienceaddict replied to your post “the-last-great-romantic-poet replied to your post:...”

You just need to practice with the f, and after a couple of weeks you should have it and almost every other bar chord under your control!

I guess so. I really have been putting off tackling it for too long!

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scienceaddict replied to your post:i made the workgroup thing!...

It won’t let me?

damnitt.

what's it saying?