Now this reminded me about a thought that I had 4 years ago about trying to determine the effects of the gravitational forces of large celestial objects on the human brain. I have thought about it many times since, but that thought occurred to me after spending some time with "spiritual" people and getting a much better handle on what astrology had to say about me. Supposedly I was born in the cusp of energy which makes sense to me because I can not shut down, I need help to do that. Some of the things that I read even from ancient Chinese manuals really struck me and made me wonder if the gravitational force from the large objects near us (maybe even the entire universe) affect the brain according to the time, date and year at which someone is born. If they do then that could prove that astrology should be considered a science and maybe human nature can be predicted using that understanding.

Since the human brain resembles the universe: https://io9.gizmodo.com/5928608/which...
and the atomic structure resembles our solar system, then maybe there is something to be discovered here. This is fractal geometry and I really loved that part of chaos theory.

I am just sharing here and sorry if I am wasting your time. Thank you for posing this question to me to get me thinking about all these things again.

Thx!

This from Wikipedia says: In 1989, Jacques Laskar's work indicated that the Earth's orbit (as well as the orbits of all the inner planets) can become chaotic and that an error as small as 15 meters in measuring the initial position of the Earth today would make it impossible to predict where the Earth would be in its orbit in just over 100 million years' time.[17] Modeling the Solar System is subject to the n-body problem.

That said, my final studies and continuing studies are in the field of chaos mathematics. I had to put it down for a while to research history, but now I am ready to get back into it again after my move. Is that a coincidence? I don't believe in those and I don't think anything is random. When someone says to me, this is random so I have no idea, I think in my head well, you are just not trying hard enough. Maybe I am just to hard on myself and others.

One last thing for now, my intuition says that not only would we be on a slightly smaller path in the more circular orbit, but we would also move just a little faster on average than the average speed around the larger ellipse. That is just hypothesis at this point.

pi x pi x 100 x 100 is 98,696
pi to the power of 10 is 93,648
I have been trying to use powers of pi rather than multiples of pi lately to get more exact answers, but I have had no success yet so please disregard everything about this except for the fact that nature likes to oscillate in cycles of pi. pi, 2 x pi, 3 x pi.....100 x pi .......etc

If our near circular orbit was a circle with radius equal to the semiminor axis of the ellipse (semiminor axis being the point at which we are closest to the sun, 12/21) that we normally travel in then the circumference of the circle would be smaller and it is possible for that change to go unnoticed for some time as it is very gradual, however, I would expect that with the tools of today someone surely knows if our ellipse is becoming more circular or more elliptical. If no one thought about looking or checking then perhaps not. If what you say is true, that the cyclical nature of the orbit varies around 90000 years then I would start looking for multiples of pi for an exact answer because pi is critically important in nature, human nature, any natural system which math is an attempt at understanding and not the other way around in my opinion. We created math to understand what is around us, what would the creator of all these laws call it? We will never know. But I know that pi is a very special number. This is an interesting question.

And...happy moving, be safe.

Dropped out of facebook also...this site and our discussions are much more satisfying and educational. For me, exposure to other authors has been priceless.

Sounds like we are on the same page. I signed up for the Constitution on the fourth of July, haven't remembered to look at it yet. Between all of my other readings, and moving to a northern Wisconsin town of 300 people in 2 days, I can't remember to get started on that. Now I just added this site as a distraction, but to add this I dropped Facebook and will shutdown my account there claiming it was hacked when the time is right. Not looking to put a target on my back.

PS...I have an interesting one for your math skills...it's probably easy, but most of my time is spent on my next book.
Astrophysics, natural cycles and quantum physics is a side interest of mine. I discovered that earths orbit cycles between an elips to almost a circle every 90K. Recently I pondered the Mayan calendar at 360 days a year, opposed to our present day 365.5.
Seems to me that both are correct depending upon our orbit cycle at the time measured. At present we are not quite at max elips but no clue whether we are headed to max or coming back from max elips...anyway, to prove my point we need to know our distance from the sun at dec 21 (closest) and distance at jun 21, (farthest); that info is easily gotten. Calculate distance traveled and divide 365.5 should equal speed. (or,. probable our speed is known, cal. per day, then mult'ing by 365.5
If speed doesn't change and in a circular orbit, stands to reason the distance traveled would be shorter...hence: 360 day years...maybe? (I would think that our shortest distance from the sun would pretty much give us our circular orbit) I did read though, that it isn't quite a perfect circle but all we need to prove is the distance traveled per year would be shorter...that seems to make sense to me.

What do you think?

I have taken a lot of them. Taking the newest one's now...The Constitution: this time, broken down to the individual phrases and their meanings, each about 20 min.
Also...Just started: Theology 101...thought it might be interesting.

Sounds just like what I'm thinking about right now. I have a degree in mathematics and I am simply considering private tutoring only. I am not looking to make a bunch of money anymore, been there done that. My only concern is dealing with people, but it is never a problem when you provide a superior product at below market prices. I am very interested in Economics but have never gone to school for it so I'm self taught. Taking free courses at Hillsdale online right now.

Good for you...I followed those same ways also.
I degreed in Economics and business but found that the only jobs in my day were Ins. co's or government...so I use those skills for economies of movements in Mfg and my own business.

Yep, I had to quit all fortune 500 and government jobs because I always found that at some point they were screwing the little guy and the little guy was unaware. There are ways to be fair, true, with morals and ethics. I am not one to lose my morals and ethics and relieve myself of my conscience just to make a buck so I am not welcome among the leaders of the machine.

Yep, that is the consequence for us as I see it as they go digital to save their own butts...central banking and governments.
I am sure though, Visa is just looking at their bottom line. But, that is the line many cross to succeed and in the process harm the end users of their product and services.
There are ways to succeed without harming the consumers but they are too blind to see that and it will likely bite them in the butt.

You said it, the reason they want to go cashless is so that they can track and tax everything "properly". Cash is freedom and autonomy, they want to take individual liberty away from all.

Cash is freedom and as you say...it makes you aware of your spending.
Also, when the lights go out, you won't have to worry about proving you actually had money in the bank because everything on the magnetic hard drives and storage media has been wiped out by an EMP.
PS...store your most precious digital information on optical disks...they will likely last forever.

I know people who never carry cash, even when travelling. Last week a cashier heard my American accent and said, "so you'll be paying by credit," and then seemed confused when I pulled out local currency. She assumed no one travelling gets local currency.

Credit cards have the advantage of giving you a good exchange, just as ATMs do, and you don't get stuck with left-over currencies if you just use credit cards. They are nice for merchants in that they do not need to keep cash for making change.

I still prefer cash. I like starting an trip or event with a little pile of cash and I visually see it going down. I have been taking fussy kids through the store and swiped my card having no idea the amount. It could have been a million dollars. So if they scanned a box of diapers twice, I'd never know it. But I would notice with cash. I was also amazed at how a large dealership reduced the price on the car I bought immediately when I pulled out cash. I thought they'd be too big to car about what seems like almost a stunt, but they really responded. They know they can get paid immediately with zero chance of a the check bouncing or other banking problem.

I hope cash doesn't go away, but I sense it's on its way out. One little thing I do to support is use dollar coins instead of dollar bills. Coins last much longer than bills, so they cost the mint less to maintain.