Day Dreams...

It would appear that I don't like to talk to people. Sure, I don't mind the occasional chit-chat about what's been going on, but its not my forte. My brother once told it to me bluntly (as he does on a regular basis.) He said "You don't like conversations, you like discussions." And its true. I wish I could just walk up to people and ask them what their opinion is on religion. But i can't, it's a longer process than that and takes a long time to develop. One of my favourite topics to discuss is dreams. For instance you know that feeling when you're in a dream but something alarming happens so you suddenly jerk upwards. It happens to me all the time. Another favourtie of mine is telling people that i sleep oddly. Most people, it would appear, sleep on their side, but i sleep on my front. This leads to all kinds of respiratory and logical problems. Including extreme pins-and-needles in the morning. One of my favourite threories about dreams is that once you know that you're in a dream you can control it, but this just isn't true. I can't count the times I've known very well that I'm in a dream...but STILL can't fly. What does it take to fly around here?

But seriously, dreams are weird. I have this theory that when you get dejavu, it's because you've previously dreamed something happening, and its come true. Dreams are very confusing. "Inception" was somewhat correct when it talked about dreams. Dreams are very strange, but they only seem strange once you've woken up. It is only then that you realise that your dreams were not normal, but absurd.

We as humans often create ideal worlds in our dreams, and we are disappointed when we wake up, for we then realise that our lives are never as interesting as we hoped they would be.

I vow from now and onwards, to strive for a better dreams, this way when I wake up I will feel happy. Happy that life is not only going extremely well for me, but also that it is doing better than my subconscious can imagine. Now THAT's saying something. It seems impossble, but we are all, striving for it.

I like to discuss and debate, but seriously...cut the chit-chat! Its boring.

Every animal assumes that its the smartest

Have you ever been reading a book, then worked whats going to happen, wanted to tell someone that you worked it out but they would never believe you? I get that a lot. The same thing happens with movies. I tend to get it with philosophical concepts too. For example, I thought of "I think therefore I am" before I had heard the phrase. Not in those exact words but I used to always say that you can never be 100% sure of anything. Even stupid things, like "I'm 100% sure the buses are never running today". Well you can never be 100% sure about anything, because it could all be one giant delusion, you could be insane, you could be the only person in the world. You might not truly take the form of a human. Anything you've ever been taught could be a lie. But I soon realised that you can be certain of one thing: that you exist. No matter what form you take, you are a thing and you are thinking. If you can think, you must exist. Anyone else telling you that they also think might be a lie. But you KNOW that you exist. I was pretty sure that I came up with the concept a while ago, but nowadays I'm having doubts as to whether i believe myself or not.

What I talked about in my very first blog is actually not all too different from a concept that Eddie Izzard was talking about during his latest Standup tour. He talked about how he didn't believe in God, but believed in the good of mankind. Sound familiar? But this I definitely HAD thought of already and I had been thinking about it for years, just never had a place to talk about it. Hence the blog.

This whole thing actually reminds me of something a classmate of mine once said to a teacher which at the time I thought was a brilliant question. Where do quotes come from? quotes like: "I think therefore I am" or "survival of the fittest"? How do you get your quotes well known? Can I say something clever or inspiring right now then talk to the right people and they'll publish it in a magazine or a paper? is it word of mouth? It was soon made clear however that these weren't just random things that people said, but lines from a book or paper that had been written. I guess a blog is the modern technological way of doing this.

So here's one of my concepts: documented and copyrighted (except not copyrighted). Let us consider the animal kingdom. Ants aren't very intelligent. Sure, they can follow a crowd, work together as a team, but no other animal that we know of is nearly as intelligent as a human. An ant walks around all day, doing ant things and focusing on ant issues, without once even considering the fact that there is an entire advanced civilisation living among them, with computers and satellite navigation. Machines, to lift heavy things (of a lot more than double their bodyweight). It is therefore the logical to assume that there is another kind of being, far more intelligent than us, living among us. We're just too thick to notice. And there's no point trying to explain it to us because we wouldn't understand. Perhaps they're even studying us. Perhaps they accidentally stand on us and kill us, without even noticing or even caring, as our lives are so menial compared to theirs. Every animal thinks that its the smartest.

So there you go, there's my afflatus. Now quote me, fools, quote me!!

Merry Christmas...Sort Of

I sit here late night on Christmas day, attempting to solve a 5x5x5 rubik's cube (yep!), watching family guy and drinking Jack and Coke. Actually its technically tomorrow now...or...whatever.

It IS christmas. I want to talk about consumerism and christmas being over commercialised, but its all been done before. Instead I shall take a slightly different approach.

What IS christmas? I've already established pretty firmly before that I don't believe in God and am not a christian, therefore the celebration of the birth of christ seems rather pointless, and, to my best knowledge, isn't even accurate. Jesus wan't born in the WInter. It was later changed to fit with the pagan holidays. In which case, I might as well be celebrating the winter solstice (which, actually, doesn't sound like a bad idea.) My brother celebrates the winter solstice, and the summer solstice, and the equinox. It actually makes more sense to me. It's a rather pointless holiday, we're basically just celebrating the fact that its cold. But then again, what does that make christmas? It appears to me to be just a random date that I celebrate because everyone else does. It's the one day that everyone looks forward to and even though the day has no real significance, it brings families closer together. It forces us to think about others, by wondering what sort of presents they would appreciate. I enjoy christmas. Ofcourse I do, I'm not a square. Perhaps we as humans need a day to look forward to. Perhaps we're just working all year round for this one celebration at the end.

We don't really celebrate much either. Aside from giving gifts, all we do is eat and drink a LOT. Don't get me wrong though. My idea of a perfect day includes doing very little and/or sleeping...a lot... but I reckon the symbolism is dying out. Maybe not for other families, but we don't even bother with Turkey. Our Idea of decorations is a few baubles and a christmas tree thats the smaller than my arm. We DO enjoy our stockings, but once again, none of this has anything to do with Jesus.

Also, christmas is cheesy. Come one! cheee-eeese! I ADORE cheese, but I get tons of cheese during the year. Maybe most of the world doesn't get the amount of cheese I do DURING the year, but they seem extra cheesy during christmas time. Every single song that has the word "christmas" makes me instantly cringe. Its not a very poetic word, and when it turn up in a song, it is always followed by horrific sleigh bells. But I'm NOT a scrooge. I love the cheese. bring on the cheese! Just...cool it a wee bit, and if shops could relax a little on the christmas music being pumped directly into our blood stream, that'd be cool.

And what's with the queen's broadcast? Does anyone watch that? I only realised that she did it a couple of years ago. And its boring! Seriously, I can't be bothered with starting about the queen but seriously...pointless...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Hello world

The first thing I shall talk about is the internet in general. I have always thought that the internet is a fantastic thing. Think about it. REALLY think about it. What is the internet? How come there's only one internet? Shouldn't there be a mac version and a PC version? It seems strange to me that after so many years no-one has tried to remake the entire internet. Everything else has many versions. You can access the internet via firefox, safari, internet explorer or google chrome (I'm sure there are others...linux?) but there is only ONE internet.

What I love about the internet is that its a combination of the thoughts of EVERYONE in the entire world who so wishes to contribute. Its like wikipedia, but on a larger scale, where nothing gets deleted. Idiots and geniuses alike can create and post blogs full of misinformation, and yet we continue to look to it for answers. Any time a controversial issue occurs anyone can comment on it, and there will be a diverse range of opinion, some more extreme than others. I don't believe in god (or in any kind of divine spirit) and I can say so freely. I'm glad that people do believe in God though, 'cause I'm sure they are happy to do so. But thats another topic. As i said, I don't believe in God but I believe in people. The governmental system is complex but its a fair system. Issues of morality (racism, anti-semitism, any kind of prejudice) are always resolved eventually. Everyone has their own opinion but the majorities opinion is what counts and I believe that most people in the world are out to make it a better place. Not directly, but maybe they vote for the party they believe in. The party that stands for issues that will resolve problems that they feel is important. Maybe a child "tell on" a boy in school who has misbehaving, believing that it is the right thing to do, despite taunting. Or maybe they will try to break up a fight between two drunk people, knowing that they will regret it in the morning. Little things make a big difference and everyone, i believe, at heart thinks that they're doing the right thing whenever they do anything. This includes selfishness.

Anyway, the internet. The consistency of people blogging and uploading information I think is a brilliant thing for our society. Everyone's information combined is valuable. People fight in real life a LOT but the opportunity for people to fight with anyone who disagrees in the whole world is better. There will always be someone who thinks they know they're taking about, and if they don't they are very soon told so. But this can also be a wake up call for some. If you have an opinion that you express strongly on the internet, and the majority of people disagree, maybe you aren't wrong at all, but maybe you need to look at it from their perspective. I already said that I don't believe in God but I take no action in preventing people from believing in God as it is not my place. It used to make me angry. I used to think that it was a reflection on a person's intelligence if they participated in such a culture. (I know, controversial. Internet, get it?) But I'm over it now. I'm sure each individual person has a reason to believe in what they do, and if they can be easily swayed into disbelieve by me, maybe they should have questioned it more to begin with. Anyway, once again, another issue.

I have an analogy for you all. When a crowd sings at a football match or at a concert, it is safe to say that most of them are terrible singers. This means that each note is probably not exactly in tune, and there are a lot of people singing too high (sharp) or too low (sharp) and it is safe to say that most of the audience will sound bad. The overall sound, however, actually is quite nice. If you listen to a large crowd singing in general, they will be not only in tune, but EXACTLY in tune. The amount of people above the note cancels out the amount of people below the note, and creates an overall impression that is perfect. MOST of the audience can't sing at all, and yet it sound completely in tune because the majority sound that comes out is good. It's a combination of the people that are singing the right note because they can, and the people that are accidentally singing the right note, but the majority will always be in tune. The bigger the audience, the more likely it is to be in tune. Therefore, the more the amount of people typing on the internet, the more likely it is to be true. Wikipedia, despite having a reputation for inaccuracy, is, in my opinion, the BEST way to obtain information. Sure, some idiots may defile a page, but it is always being updated and is always quickly fixed. The combined information of the entire world is better than the informed opinion of one or two experts.

So keep posting intelligent information on the internet people, and keep posting rubbish too. But thats the beauty of it. You don't need me to say it. You already are!