Cliodynamics – Numbers that predict revolutions

Interesting article in NEW SCIENTIST looking at Cliodynamics – mathematical modelling of social events that looks for patterns from which to make predictions of the future. Reminds me of the  section in the film Choice Point that talks about understanding patterns http://www.choicepointmovement.com/Members/Movie            

It’s time for science to move on from materialism!

Interesting article in the Guardian over the weekend: guardian.co.uk, Saturday 28 January 2012 12.00 GM Werner Heisenberg, one of the founding fathers of quantum physics, once observed that history could be divided into periods according to what people of the time made of matter. In his book Physics and Philosophy, published in the early 60s, he […]

Shift in human consciousness in response to world events – Kim Jong-Il Dies

http://noosphere.princeton.edu/ Interesting article on the Global Consciousness Homepage. Does this suggest that focused and synchronised human consciousness can effect the behaviour of random systems (such as random event generators)? How are we then influencing each other with our thoughts and intentions? From the Daily Mail online: As the fallen leader of one of America’s biggest […]

Higgs boson may have been glimpsed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16164213 The Higgs Boson is a hypothetical massive elementary particle that is predicted to exist by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. Its existence is postulated as a means of resolving inconsistencies in the Standard Model. Experiments attempting to find the particle are currently being performed using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, […]

Daniel Kraft: medicine’s future? There’s an app for that

I have just been watching an amazing TED talk on the Kurzweil website http://www.kurzweilai.net/daniel-kraft-medicines-future-theres-an-app-for-that Daniel Kraft highlights some of the absolutely amazing technology trends in medicine and personal healthcare. How close are we coming to being able to take control of our lives via these amazing technologies rather than relying on someone or something external […]

Many Scientists are Convinced that Man Can See the Future

By DR DANNY PENMAN http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/925987/many_scientists_are_convinced_that_man_can_see_the_future/ PROFESSOR Dick Bierman sits hunched over his computer in a darkened room. The gentle whirring of machinery can be heard faintly in the background. He smiles and presses a grubby-looking red button. In the next room, a patient slips slowly inside a hospital brain scanner. If it wasn’t for the […]