Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post. I actually made a copy and have it on the front of my everyday binder. Very insperational. Thank you.
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Dear Timothy, thank you for your reply. I appreciate your advocacy work. I guess what is out of the eye of law is, among other stuff, indeed the effect of incarceration on family friends and community. We are not autonomous islands. Also, I think that Martin Luther King was right by stating that hate is a too great a burden to bear. But it is not always easy to live that. Unfortunately I do not have the capacity to be of any help, as I am already enough involved elsewhere. But please keep up the good work and keep us updated. Warm greetings, Julia
Dear Kedrick, sorry for replying so late. When I got your message, I did check on the legislation session and it didn't look good. But I hope my research wasn't correct. Thank you for your invitation for direct correspondence. Unfortunately I do not have the capacity as i am already corresponding. Take care and keep us updated, I would appreciate, Julia
Hey Dymitri! I was so happy to see that Chaplain M. Levay read our letters and she shared her experiences the memories your description of affairs brought back for her. It's nice to see others actually take the time to listen to what you and other inmates have to say and are thinking: we know you, and everyone else, but to a much lesser degree on average I would wager, have so much to tell the rest of society. I have my two little guys (Gianna and Christopher) this morning so this, yet once again, is going to be short and semi-sweet (sweet sounds obnoxious right man?). I spoke with your friend Carol (She's a sweet lady and wierdly I felt like I was talking to your mother! Anyways, I have your letter here on my bed that I have begun to write a reply to. I met a friend named Terry, and she is such a nice person, with a good heart, and as you would expect leeches in this world to do, she was taken advantage of like I've never seen before. She let a guy move in (certainly convinced her there was some romantic element, then a week later his four boys ages ten to 19 moved in as well. They've destroyed her apartment and possessions and she's been asking him to leave for the last two weeks. She's on disability from injury she sustained from a car accident when she was 7 in which her mother perished in. Well, this guy, not wanting to leave, began telling any neighbor who would listen, that she was coldly "kicking them out onto the street." He had other options, but with Terry he could continue controlling her and the money she gets each month. Well, four girls jumped her the other night (of another race, not sure if that's relevant but it's true) and she got a ruptured eardrum, eyesocket and bruises and cuts, on and on so she's staying here and me and my parents are helping her. Let me run! Try calling again. That is becoming a joke how many calls I've missed! Chris
Hey big bro this your baby brother Q. I hope you taking care of yourself and staying out of trouble... We need you to come home and be the big brother you were always suppose to be. Although we can never get back the time lost, it's never to late to be a positive impact. We all still love you and and look forward to seeing you again! I miss you guy! So much has happened and so much has changed. I find myself thinking about you all the time just wondering how much life would be different if you were out. But everything happens for a reason you know? I love you though and can't wait til you get released. I'm 24 now so we can definitely go out and kick it lol But stay encouraged and know your not alone, and your not a failure. Your human and entitled to a second chance... I look forward to seeing you again!
One thing to consider about A.I. is that we may be A.I. ourselves inside a digital computer. There is something called digital physics and also Nick Bostrom's "Simulation Argument" that questions whether or not we are currently living in a simulation right now. This would mean that potentially there could be an afterlife where you could go into another simulation when you are done with this one. As an antitheist or atheist to me it sounds like quackery and crackpot but Nick Bostrom argues that it is more likely that we are in a simulation than a real universe, because more simulations exist than real universes. If you consider for example there are 100 universes or 1000 of them (just as an example only) and in these universes there are hundreds of simulations running, then the math seems to point to the fact that there are more simulations than real universes.. so the likelihood of us being in a real universe are small.
However I have some problems with this math because if there are infinite real universes and infinite simulated universes, how can there be more infinity of one, compared to the other? Isn't it like dividing by zero.. when you start to deal with infinity the math becomes a hoax... you can't work with infinity the same way you can't work with division by zero. Other conspiracies may be that zero is actually infinity itself... or that nothing is everything. It is mind boggling philosophical nonsense worth thinking about. The fact however remains that science may be able to answer the question of whether we are in an A.I. simulation right now or not.
There is something very similar to your brownian motion nanotech idea called the brownian ratchet and it was researched by famous physicist Richard Feynman. There is good news and bad news. I will start with the bad news. It was found to not work due to vibrations of the ratchet locking mechanism itself, causing the ratchet to vibrate back and forth and not move consistently in one direction. Brownian motion also affects the ratcheting parts too (spring and pawl) and cause the spring or locking mechanism to randomly get knocked loose, defeating the purpose of the ratchet. You end up with a device that doesn't produce energy since everything vibrates randomly. We are battling the second law of thermodynamics.
The good news is that the brownian ratchet is still up for debate since one could for example configure one side of the ratchet to exist in a vacuum, while the other side is hit with particles. Many people argue that even this would not work because the ratchet would vibrate regardless even in a vacuum since the whole ratchet itself is still subject to its own brownian motion of the actual particles that make up the ratchet device. Ultimately this would have to be tested in a lab though using empirical evidence rather than scientists just making claims that "it won't work". I'm all for testing these ideas out.
One idea to consider is static electricity, which can be produced from random motions. Rubbing a comb on wool produces a charge, which you then can spark a metal door handle with. How can we apply that to nanotech? Consider the thought experiment: A small plastic nano bead vibrates randomly due to brownian motion in a box full of air... This box has some wool in it. The box is tiny. The box also has some metal in it. The plastic nano bead vibrates randomly due to brownian motion and touches the wool every so often. When the plastic bead touches the wool it gathers electrons. Randomly this nano bead vibrates near some metal every so often. When it comes near the metal it shorts out and causes electricity. This energy can be trapped in a capacitor and reused.
Scientists generally think it is impossible to produce energy from brownian motion since Richard Feynman supposedly already proved that it won't work due to the second law of thermo. The problem however is that empirical studies need to be done on this subject, and scientists seem unwilling to test it due to them being busy with other things. Some people hope to eventually convince a nanotech lab to try some of these brownian motion ideas out. Even if they fail to work, it's still a spectacular thought experiment. The worst case: it may be impossible to extract energy from brownian motion at room temperature, but the thought experiments still are extremely useful and spur on scientific thinking. The best case: these brownian motion energy devices may actually work if engineered correctly - but you are battling the terrible Second Law of thermo, which could be falsified.
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thank you for your reply. I appreciate your advocacy work. I guess what is out of the eye of law is, among other stuff, indeed the effect of incarceration on family friends and community. We are not autonomous islands. Also, I think that Martin Luther King was right by stating that hate is a too great a burden to bear. But it is not always easy to live that.
Unfortunately I do not have the capacity to be of any help, as I am already enough involved elsewhere. But please keep up the good work and keep us updated.
Warm greetings,
Julia
sorry for replying so late. When I got your message, I did check on the legislation session and it didn't look good. But I hope my research wasn't correct.
Thank you for your invitation for direct correspondence. Unfortunately I do not have the capacity as i am already corresponding.
Take care and keep us updated, I would appreciate,
Julia
thank you for your "real" story. I hope with the indeterminate SHU Term you are not refering to yourself? Take care, Julia
Chris
I hope you taking care of yourself and staying out of trouble... We need you to come home and be the big brother you were always suppose to be. Although we can never get back the time lost, it's never to late to be a positive impact. We all still love you and and look forward to seeing you again! I miss you guy! So much has happened and so much has changed. I find myself thinking about you all the time just wondering how much life would be different if you were out. But everything happens for a reason you know? I love you though and can't wait til you get released. I'm 24 now so we can definitely go out and kick it lol But stay encouraged and know your not alone, and your not a failure. Your human and entitled to a second chance... I look forward to seeing you again!
However I have some problems with this math because if there are infinite real universes and infinite simulated universes, how can there be more infinity of one, compared to the other? Isn't it like dividing by zero.. when you start to deal with infinity the math becomes a hoax... you can't work with infinity the same way you can't work with division by zero. Other conspiracies may be that zero is actually infinity itself... or that nothing is everything. It is mind boggling philosophical nonsense worth thinking about. The fact however remains that science may be able to answer the question of whether we are in an A.I. simulation right now or not.
The good news is that the brownian ratchet is still up for debate since one could for example configure one side of the ratchet to exist in a vacuum, while the other side is hit with particles. Many people argue that even this would not work because the ratchet would vibrate regardless even in a vacuum since the whole ratchet itself is still subject to its own brownian motion of the actual particles that make up the ratchet device. Ultimately this would have to be tested in a lab though using empirical evidence rather than scientists just making claims that "it won't work". I'm all for testing these ideas out.
One idea to consider is static electricity, which can be produced from random motions. Rubbing a comb on wool produces a charge, which you then can spark a metal door handle with. How can we apply that to nanotech? Consider the thought experiment: A small plastic nano bead vibrates randomly due to brownian motion in a box full of air... This box has some wool in it. The box is tiny. The box also has some metal in it. The plastic nano bead vibrates randomly due to brownian motion and touches the wool every so often. When the plastic bead touches the wool it gathers electrons. Randomly this nano bead vibrates near some metal every so often. When it comes near the metal it shorts out and causes electricity. This energy can be trapped in a capacitor and reused.
Scientists generally think it is impossible to produce energy from brownian motion since Richard Feynman supposedly already proved that it won't work due to the second law of thermo. The problem however is that empirical studies need to be done on this subject, and scientists seem unwilling to test it due to them being busy with other things. Some people hope to eventually convince a nanotech lab to try some of these brownian motion ideas out. Even if they fail to work, it's still a spectacular thought experiment. The worst case: it may be impossible to extract energy from brownian motion at room temperature, but the thought experiments still are extremely useful and spur on scientific thinking. The best case: these brownian motion energy devices may actually work if engineered correctly - but you are battling the terrible Second Law of thermo, which could be falsified.