Musings from Jay (blog site permanently frozen 11/05/2024 morning)

  A good American friend of mine read my happiness essay and asked me what eastern philosophy had to say about happiness. I know little about eastern philosophy (Buddhism, Hinduism). Almost all the stuff I sent him when he asked the question is generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Generally, us computer types have quite a bit of trust on AI generated responses. I did some work to get him at least some response. He would have to pursue further if it interested him. I hope the AI output does not offend you if you are a Hindu or a Buddhist, but it is what I could do as a quick research effort to answer the question. -------- Hinduism would say : besides the sensory and cognitive consciousness that western psychologists and philosophers know about, there is another true inner consciousness. They call it atman. They say atman = Brahman where Brahman is the whole universe and the true eternal reality.  So, to be one with the universe, all you must do is find this atman withi...

This essay is roughly in the realm of epistemology (closest I could find in philosophy). It describes the “algorithm” I use to acquire knowledge. Conversing with friends is not a knowledge acquisition exercise but an exercise in having fun or a social interaction!! Information is strings of zeros and ones. Knowledge is information which is the closest you can get to the truth. How do you know if a result, finding, or statement is true? You do that by examining the source and method and judging your confidence in that. You are not going to independently ascertain it. You accept it if you accept the source and method used in arriving at it. Logic has an extremely solid foundation, and you can accept a logical statement or reasoning. Science is based on the scientific method which is an extremely solid foundation, and you can accept that. Political science and economic science are also sciences and can be accepted. Math has an extremely solid foundation and can be accepted. Your sense...

In all my science essays, there has always been a spirituality undercurrent and quest present.. Does science provide any evidence of gods existence or gods nature? In this essay I wrap that all up. This is the last essay on spirituality. Any future steps on spirituality will be completely private.  I started this probe in March 2022 and wrote my first essay on the subject. Here is that essay:  first spirituality essay I approached it from 6 angles. What is the world's major religion's core beliefs and how did they impact society and how did it evolve?  What physics can potentially say about "god".  What is consciousness from multiple angles and how does it relate to atman in Advaita Vedanta Philosophy.  What can evolution science potentially say about "god". What does examining life at the molecular core level, which is the end result of evolution, potentially say about "god"? Has mankind evolved into a "god" itself with the ability to cr...

I wrote a set of essays on the key concepts of modern physics with a goal of trying to understand how far physics comes to explaining all reality and creation (Brahman in Indian philosophy) and what it implies about the existence of God. The part I do not cover much is an analysis of self(Atman in Indian Philosophy), but I touch briefly on what evolution and genetics science says and where a theological interpretation may be inserted. I also authored a short essay on "who am I" pointing to a discussion of Mandukya Upanishads and also contemporary concepts related to self in western psychology and a summary of various notions of self in eastern and western philosophy. I hope you find them useful. There are three core foundational concepts in physics - quantum mechanics, relativity, and the standard model of particle physics. I explain each of them in as simple a language as I can. The next iteration of physics is a theory of everything that combines all these discrete foundati...