PSI Blog 20220530 Rick Doogie Responds to the Blog on “Heat
Death” Hysteria
Glenn,
Yes,
the “heat death” hysteria.
I’ve had a couple different friends mention that to me, because they knew I liked science. These are friends who never cracked a non-fiction book and have never spoken to me about science matters ever before.
But
still they tell me how they saw something on TV that told them the universe
will eventually fizzle out into the nothingness from whence it came. I think
they want to impress me with their up-to-date knowledge of scientific news.
I
try to remain polite while I tell them what I tell other friends who share
conspiracy theories about UFOs, beings from other dimensions or beyond the
grave, nano-bots in Covid vaccines, and holographic hoaxes by the CIA (not to
mention CIA-controlled weather and earthquakes designed to dupe the populace).
I tell them that they need to get a better grip on what is science and possible
in the real world, and what is science fiction and impossible no matter how
advanced the technology. But I get that glazed look in their eyes because they
have those religious assumptions, whether they are “churchy" religious or
not. They believe in warp drive, food replicators, holodecks, telepathy,
transporters, telekinesis, and all that fun Star Trek stuff.
Pet
Peeve and why I don’t like Star Wars.
Star
Wars even goes as far as to make the dead Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and
Yoda all appear to Luke at the end of the trilogy. - Why should a suspenseful
fight to the death get me excited if everyone is moving on to a higher plane to
live forever? I always thought that was f-cked up. I feel the same when extreme
fundamentalist friends are overcome with grief at a loved one’s funeral. WTF? I
can’t say anything, but shouldn’t they be overjoyed that their loved one is now
in the Magic Kingdom, where we’ll all meet up very soon? I mean, … they have
reason to be sad at my funeral, because they know I’m going to be barbecued
eternally.
If
I could convince my friends of just the First Assumption of Science
(Materialism), they could begin to separate fact from fiction. We live in a
material world! Everything is made of matter. One thing that is firmly
implanted in most people’s minds is that E = mc², and if they attach any
meaning at all to that sacred equation, they think that it means that matter
and energy are interchangeable. On Star Trek, the crew interact with beings who
are made of nothing but energy. These advanced beings can “materialize”
themselves or other objects out of, not just “thin air”, but from NOTHING!
Thanks
for you work,
Rick
Doogie
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