Help With Technical Orientation
Here is my problem. I read non-fiction and love it. When I was at MIT, I was surrounded by other people
who enjoyed facts and figures as much as I do.
Then I went to prison and found myself relating to other prisoners and guards.
So, what is real? Are people who don’t read (normal in prison) real or are people who read fiction
(normal outside of prison) real?
Or should I go with what feels comfortable and true? Non-fiction, science and engineering.
Here is a piece of non-fiction that you may understand. You do know something about chemistry, don’t
you? Hydrogen is the lightest element, Helium comes next, then Lithium, Berillium, Boron, Carbon,
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flourine and Neon.
Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell, but nature prefers eight electrons as it is in Neon. But this
means that Neon is inert. Carbon, on the other hand may interact with its environment in interesting
ways because it can gain or lose its 4 electrons by combining with other elements to make molecules.
Question: Was Freon actually harmful to the Ozone layer?
Answer one: Oh, yes. Thank you dear scientists for discovering the holes in the Ozone. Thank you
again for finding out that my hair spray was causing them.
Answer two: The patent for Freon ran out. It was more profitable to ban it so that a new substance
could be invented and patented. More profits for big business.
Answer three: You will never know for sure unless you study science, chemistry and understand how it
all works.
So, am I evil for wanting to know the truth? If I find out that the truth is different than most people think
that it is, do I have an obligation to spread the truth to those more naïve than I am?
Do you want to know the truth or would a good myth suffice?
If I knew that an asteroid was going to collide with the earth, should I tell everyone? What if it was
unavoidable? Why make everyone worry?
Note column IV, which has valence 4 (Roman numeral IV) elements.
Note also that the first transistors were Germanium (Ge)
Then they went to Silicon (Si)
And finally once they can make cheap enough diamonds (they are making progress) they will go to
Carbon (C) the lightest of the valence 4 atoms.
Carbon diamonds are the best conductors of heat known to mankind. Diamond is also clear and can be
used for fiber optic communications as well.
Fast electrically, conducts heat, conducts light.
As you know, you can use lasers to make images in solid glass. Could solid diamonds created in doped
layers be turned into 3D semiconductors someday by writing patterns with lasers?
Just a dream of mine so far.
donbot
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PM is Primary Memory
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LTM is Long Term Memory
Here is my problem. I read non-fiction and love it. When I was at MIT, I was surrounded by other people
who enjoyed facts and figures as much as I do.
Then I went to prison and found myself relating to other prisoners and guards.
So, what is real? Are people who don’t read (normal in prison) real or are people who read fiction
(normal outside of prison) real?
Or should I go with what feels comfortable and true? Non-fiction, science and engineering.
Here is a piece of non-fiction that you may understand. You do know something about chemistry, don’t
you? Hydrogen is the lightest element, Helium comes next, then Lithium, Berillium, Boron, Carbon,
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Flourine and Neon.
Carbon has 4 electrons in its outer shell, but nature prefers eight electrons as it is in Neon. But this
means that Neon is inert. Carbon, on the other hand may interact with its environment in interesting
ways because it can gain or lose its 4 electrons by combining with other elements to make molecules.
Question: Was Freon actually harmful to the Ozone layer?
Answer one: Oh, yes. Thank you dear scientists for discovering the holes in the Ozone. Thank you
again for finding out that my hair spray was causing them.
Answer two: The patent for Freon ran out. It was more profitable to ban it so that a new substance
could be invented and patented. More profits for big business.
Answer three: You will never know for sure unless you study science, chemistry and understand how it
all works.
So, am I evil for wanting to know the truth? If I find out that the truth is different than most people think
that it is, do I have an obligation to spread the truth to those more naïve than I am?
Do you want to know the truth or would a good myth suffice?
If I knew that an asteroid was going to collide with the earth, should I tell everyone? What if it was
unavoidable? Why make everyone worry?
Note column IV, which has valence 4 (Roman numeral IV) elements.
Note also that the first transistors were Germanium (Ge)
Then they went to Silicon (Si)
And finally once they can make cheap enough diamonds (they are making progress) they will go to
Carbon (C) the lightest of the valence 4 atoms.
Carbon diamonds are the best conductors of heat known to mankind. Diamond is also clear and can be
used for fiber optic communications as well.
Fast electrically, conducts heat, conducts light.
As you know, you can use lasers to make images in solid glass. Could solid diamonds created in doped
layers be turned into 3D semiconductors someday by writing patterns with lasers?
Just a dream of mine so far.
donbot
Next
FEW Index
PM is Primary Memory
STM is Short Term Memory
LTM is Long Term Memory
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Example of Prediction
