So far just a reposting of some old journal entries... Thursday, September 1st, 2011 A brief mention of my religious belief (I only have one). Actually it's theory but, presently, it's so highly speculative that it borders on belief. In the jumble of multiverse theories the notion of infinity seems to be a constant. Infinite universes cycling over infinite time, whether sequentially, in parallel or multidimensionally in which anything that is not strictly forbidden will not only happen, it will happen an infinite number of times. And one thing I know with certainty that is not forbidden is that a sentient, self-aware organism that calls itself Jim is writing these lines and I am that organism... (TXT) Continued... Friday, August 15th, 2011 I'll be trying to accomplish two things with this post. First, to get in writing something I have been churning and refining in my mind for quite some time and, secondly, to see if I can describe in words what would normally be illustrated with images. Sort of a little mental exercise on my part. (TXT) Continued... Thursday, August 8th, 2011 After reading the post Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany I decided, as an experiment, to construct an ethical food pyramid. It descends from the most ethical to the least ethical ways to fill your pie-hole. Once you throw out sentience as a qualifier you get some interesting results: (TXT) Continued... Sunday, June 19th, 2011 The problem I gave myself was to design a religion. No small task. It had to be completely reconciled with science, both existing and future, yet not be in and of itself scientific. It had to incorporate symbolism and ceremony yet not be an anachronism. Dogma or rigidity were best avoided. Most of all it had to be something I wouldn't feel silly in professing or practicing, if I was given to such things. Here is a sparse, incomplete framework I devised: (TXT) Continued...