Notes
[Notebook TTC, DB 54]
[Sunday 15 July 2001 - Saturday 21 July 2001]
[page 87]
Sunday 15 July 2001
. . .
In the trade jargon, every quantum measurement is equivalent to
the diagonalization of a (possibly infinite) matrix, Since all our
perception is physically based on quantum measurement, we can say
that all phenomena are the result of measurement, ie measurements
[page 89]
are the means by which we communicate with the world and by which
every element of the world communicates with every other.
Use enough violence = power (rate of passage of energy (flow)) [to
get something done]. But high power . . . gives scope for high levels
of damage if the power gets out of control.
The Christian fiction is a pretty sordid story, nothing like the
reality of a divine Universe. Unfortunately, at the personal level,
life is what we make it, and the errors of Xianity make for a very
deadly and diseased life.
The 'redemption' reveals the level of domestic violence endemic in
the trinity: the Father [cause of all] would allow his son to be
tortured and executed simply to placate himself. This, presumably, is
an attempt by the father to show his other (created), children how
much he loves them (without asking them or his natural son what they
want).
[page 90]
We see TTC
as some sort of cross between IBM and the Wellcome Trust, a profit
making entity with not-for-profit and subsidized elements within it,
ie pure research and pro bono activity, designed to demonstrate the
improvements to the human market that it sells to. Here we have to
deal with branding, ie displaying the credibility of the product by
calling it Mercedes. So what is our brand name. Have already
trademarked the infinity symbol, so say apeiron [pronounced 'apron'?]
IBM,
Wellcome
Trust.
Information is physical. Physical is dynamic.
Monday 16 July 2001
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