Month: September 2022

THE QUESTION. “What is this fascinating entity that, like a biological form, is able to reproduce itself and carry on an active life in the general outflow of starlight, and from there alter the outflow of stars and galaxies? “ https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

DRIVING COSMIC ACTIVITY. “The presence of a weak field causes a small amount of energy to be diverted into generating more magnetic field, and that small diversion is responsible for the restless activity in the solar system, in the galaxy, and in the universe.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

MONSTROUS VALUES. “Over astronomical dimensions the magnetic field takes on qualitative characteristics that are unknown in the terrestrial laboratory.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

ORIGINS. “Magnetic fields are produced by fluid motions. The convection -- the churning of the fluid -- gives rise to magnetic fields, and in all cases the magnetic fields give rise to a complicated activity that otherwise would not occur.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

GENERATOR OF COMPLEXITY. “Once the energy is invested in fields, the possibilities for further complexity are almost limitless.” (Read carefully and contemplate!) https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS. “The magnetic field may refrigerate its surroundings, as in the sunspot where the temperature is reduced to two-thirds the surrounding 6000 K. Or it may cause intense heating, as in the enhanced chromosphere and corona above regions where magnetic field emerges through the surface of the sun.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

MAGNETIC SUNSPOTS. “The entire sunspot cycle with its quasiperiodic cycle of 11 and 22 years is a magnetic phenomenon. The magnetic fields on the sun represent a diversion of less than 10(-4) of the total solar output, yet they are responsible for qualitative effects on the environment in space and on earth.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

COSMIC PARTICLE ACCELERATOR. “The occasional intense x-ray and ultraviolet radiation from the sun are a product of solar activity, and hence, of magnetic fields. The bursts of x-rays and the occasional gamma-ray burst are caused by the collision of fast electrons and atomic nuclei with thermal nuclei, after acceleration to high speeds by the magnetic field activity that makes up the solar flare.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

DECENTRALIZED INTELLIGENCE. “Andrew Adamatzky has made significant strides in developing real applications for liquid computing (2019), fungal computing (2018), and slime-mold based “physarum machines” (2010). Unconventional computing expresses alternative modes of intelligence and demonstrates that a nervous system is not necessary to fuse sensorial inputs, process information, and make decisions.” https://lnkd.in/eb8yGxmV View in LinkedIn

Bush slipperwort with some of its variations in color. An exquisite plant. View in LinkedIn