Penzar: Journal of advanced ideas

Penzar

Journal of advanced ideas

by Patrick M. Rael

Published by Patrick M. Rael at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Patrick M. Rael.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Tornadoes.

The challenge.

Understanding the tornado.

Create a tornado simulator.

How to prevent a tornado from reaching the ground.

Deny what the tornado requires.

Research Direction 1: Disrupt the in-flow of air.

Research Direction 2: Block the funnel with obstacle.

Research Direction 3: Create an artificial ground.

Combining techniques.

Different kinds of tornadoes.

Chapter 2: Fires.

The challenge.

Stopping forest-fires and brush-fires.

Stopping oil well fires.

Stopping sky scraper fires.

Analysis.

The approach towards a solution.

The first front - Firefighters.

Second front - Water delivery from above.

Third front - Self activating foam sprayers.

Fourth front - Skirts and air bags.

Fifth front - escape.

Chapter 3: On intelligent life.

The challenge.

The two categories of intelligent life forms.

Intelligent individual properties.

Intelligent group life form properties.

Examples of intelligent group life forms.

Chapter 4: On a measure of intelligence of life forms.

The challenge.

Meta rules.

Prerequisites.

The levels of intelligence of a life form - the L8 scale.

Follow up.

Chapter 5: World Peace.

The challenge declined.

The first conjecture of peace: necessary.

The second conjecture of peace: sufficient.

The third conjecture of peace: long lasting.

Follow up.

Chapter 6: Design of the Android mind.

The challenge.

M1 Architecture.

Analytical methods of the robots mind.

The two brain hypothesis.

Vision and perception.

Vision and dreaming.

Other aspects of the vision system.

M1 Architecture solution to Perception and Dreaming.

The spectrum of questions about robot emotions.

Robot Maxamilian.

Chapter 7: Pat's law of robotics.

Robots do the heavy lifting.

Follow up.

Chapter 8: Utopia Androidia.

The challenge.

A solution: The Android Labor Proxy hypothesis.

The 14 laws of human and android symbiotic labor.

Free time.

Follow up.

Chapter 9: Dystopia Androidia.

If android robots behave like human beings.

Follow up.

Chapter 10: Immortality via the android robot.

The challenge.

How to solve immortality, first draft.

Chapter 11: Gender neutral third person pronouns.

The challenge.

A solution in VYLZ-2.

Follow up.

Chapter 12: Hello world!

To learn every greeting in every language.

Chapter 13: The Adventures of Sam and North Compass.

Part 1. By the pool or initial_blank_slate.

Part 2. Mirror mirror.

Part 3. Sam and North identify the question.

Part 4. Reduction of bias, or objectivity.

Part 5. Ask the expert.

Part 6. Appearances can be deceiving.

Part 7. Follow up.

Part 8. Light, no light, and lack of sight.

Part 9. Analysis of colors.

Part 10. What is, that something is, has, or rejects.

Chapter 14: Journalism.

The challenge rejected.

Chapter 15: Physics.

The challenge.

Modeling rules.

The hypothesis of natural continuous dimension object.

Axiom 1: Natural dimension exists as a continuous object.

Axiom 2: Natural dimension can neither be created nor destroyed: it can only be transformed.

Axiom 3: Natural dimension is fundamental energy by existence, not by relation.

Axiom 4: Natural dimension is capable of phase property, and 3 phases: continuous, particulate, and constant.

Axiom 5: Natural dimension in the elastic phase supports rotor and dimple waves.

Interpreting reality with the natural continuous dimension.

Follow up.

Further dialogue.

Chapter 16: The most difficult question on planet Earth.

The challenge.

Understanding the question.

Chapter 17: Application of the hypothesis of natural continuous dimension.

The challenge.

Design of the gravity engine, version 2.

Placement of the gravity engine in a ship.

Follow up.

Design of the gravity engine, version 1.

Chapter 18: Poem.

The art of java.

Dedication.

to P and D, the two smartest people I know.

Preface.

This book is a collection of my solutions to several extremely difficult problems in science. A few of the solutions encroach on the humanities. Solutions are presented for a theory of everything in physics and cosmology, gravity attraction engines for spaceships, tornado disruption, fire-fighting, life form categories, another measure of intelligence, world-peace conjectures, robot artificial intelligence architecture, robotic labor force, immortality, and gender neutral third person pronouns. A different challenge is posed in almost every chapter, and every challenge accepted has a solution presented. I think these solutions are correct, but may not be the only solutions. I do not claim perfection, any errors are my own.

I have decided it's time to share these ideas in a book. Two of the solutions in here, Robot Maxamilian and VYLZ pronouns, were featured previously in Popular Science magazine July 2002, and my web site vylz.org respectively. The rest of the solutions in here have never been published. Some solutions, as for tornadoes and fires, can save lives and property and the environment, and may be testable and applicable now. Other solutions like gravity engines and robot labor are applicable further in the future. These collected works were created over the last two decades.

I like to solve technically difficult problems. I work on these alone away from normal work when the mind can relax. I selectively choose the challenges I will accept, the main determinant is that it is science related. If I decide to work on a challenge, there are no limits to the challenge I will accept. Several of the challenges in this book were arguably intractable. I tend to like the most difficult challenges, they require the most innovative thinking. Even if something is considered solved, if I am not content with the solution I may decide to solve it to my satisfaction as I did with physics. I will not take on simple or trivial challenges.

I present the challenge using the dialogue style. Since this is uncommon I will describe the layout of the chapters. The chapter starts with a dialogue discussion of the challenge, much like problem definition. The reader may assume the characters are the author. Do not get lost looking for character development, there is none: the dialogue itself is the key. The characters most often are numbers 1 and 2, and sometimes 0. The dialogue frames the question and identifies what, if any, constraints there are to work under. Then a solution is provided. If I thought it necessary, there is follow-up discussion in dialogue to clarify details or answer obvious questions that will arise. The dialogue can also be a clue to how I solve a really hard problem.

Most of these solutions have not yet withstood the rigor of independent testing. That is to come. Some tests are easy, but some are very hard. The fire and tornado solutions can be tested now. The theoretical nature of other solutions means they cannot be tested yet. The gravity attraction engine probably cannot be built and tested for several decades, until we can manipulate antimatter better and safer. In time we will know if any of these solutions are useful.

Acknowledgements.

This collection is the result of years of working and writing in my journal on solutions to important scientific challenges. This was and continues to be done alone. I did not collaborate with anyone nor with any entity nor organization. This work is entirely unfunded by external sources, except for my day job as software engineer that pays bills and provides evenings and weekends to work and think freely. Thus this effort is a garage project, and while perhaps is not ideal, with this technique I have found solutions for some very complex challenges in science and the humanities.

I would like to thank my teachers, who instilled in me a natural curiosity for science and a desire to learn how things work. Their science experiments began to open my mind to nature. The science road trips were memorable, including fossil crinoids collecting, astronomical observatory, the trip to White Sands National Monument, geology, and more. These experiences helped shape my mind.

Chapter 1. Tornadoes.

The challenge.

1: Greetings Two, so good of you to come so quickly.

2: Greetings One, I came as quick as I could. Why was I summoned?

1: We have a challenge.

2: Is it a worthy challenge?

1: It is a worthy challenge. It is a technical challenge.

2: What is the challenge?

1: Our challenge is to find a way to disrupt a tornado to prevent it from causing destruction.

2: This is a good challenge. It's a purely technical challenge.

1: Indeed it is.

2: But have you considered that tornadoes are a natural weather phenomenon?

1: Yes. However, our challenge is not to determine if it's a good idea to disrupt tornadoes. Our challenge is to find a way to disrupt tornadoes. Others can decide if it is a good idea to disrupt it, we merely provide the way.

2: We accept.

1: Agreed.

Understanding the tornado.

They key to disrupting a tornado is to understand what a tornado is. A tornado is simply air flowing upward in a vortex. Low air pressure at the funnel causes condensation of vapor which is the visible portion of the funnel. In dryer climates the vapor may not be visible, but if the funnel reaches dirt the flying dust will show the funnel location. This is observable in videos of tornadoes.

Air at the base flows toward the funnel and then goes up the funnel. A source of air is required to replenish the air that flowed up the funnel. This is a key point because this means the inward flowing air from the surrounding region will soon itself become the funnel. Therefore, if the surrounding inflowing air can be controlled or manipulated, then to that extent the tornado can be affected.

Another key point is about the funnel moving downward to the ground. Why does the funnel travel down? The hypothesis presented right here is this: the funnel travels down its axis of rotation simply because there is nothing to stop it. It stops traveling down when it hits the ground or some obstacle. Once again, the funnel is merely air rushing around and up. There is not air rushing downward to dig into the ground. This is a key point in one technique below for disrupting the tornado.

There are three types of tornadoes. The long, narrow funnel is like a tube stretching down from the sky to the ground. The wedge tornado is the shape of a letter 'v', and where it hits earth can be narrow or wide. The wide tornado is visible as a very wide rotating column, sometimes up to 1-2 miles in diameter. It is important to distinguish these because a single disrupting technique may not work for all of them.

Create a tornado simulator.

This can be demonstrated on a small scale (diagram below). Get a tall square box of dimensions about 4-5 feet on all sides. Stand the box tall and open the top and bottom flaps. Cut four 1 foot tall slices on all four corners starting at the base. Fold each slice inward using a horizontal slice 3 inches at the top of each vertical slice. Fold each corner the same way so that air rushing inward is forced to have a common cyclical bias. Replace as many sides of the box with clear glass to be able to see inside. Place the strong fan at the top of the box pointing upward. Place some thin plastic-strip streamers at the bottom to show the air flow vortex that reaches the bottom. Turn the fan on.

Drawing 1: Overhead view of box