Light as a Singularity in space-time/space & propagation of sound.

[geckzilla]

Yes, though it is mildly amusing, I think it's about time to pull the plug.

[rstevenson]

Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.

Rob

[BDanielMayfield]

Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.

Rob

Maybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acap that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.

[neufer]

Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.

Maybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acap
that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.

• You suspect acap of being a plurality?

[BDanielMayfield]

Why did I just hear Ma & Pa Kettle while I was reading that, Bruce? I suppose a bot could find and review those old movies, but they'd likely make it insane. Come to think of it, they may have made some humans insane too.

Maybe it was a bad tactic, but I'm attempting to illicit a response from acap
that can settle the question of he/she/it being a real person or not.

• You suspect acap of being a plurality?

No. Intelligent people have been engaging acap in deep discussion, and yet one of the moderators has raised the possibility that acap is not a person, and to the point of possibly 'pulling the plug.' So either acap is a human or its an it. My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person. It would be good for her or him to lay such doubts to rest.

[neufer]

My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.

The fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.

[geckzilla]

It doesn't really respond to anything in particular, though. It just kind of darts around. My suspicion is that it's some kind of neural network type simulation with some physics and philosophy text coming from either books or other forums or something like that.

[rstevenson]

My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.

The fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.

I often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.

Rob (who may not be the best judge of what is real or what is a person)

[neufer]

My strong suspicion is that acap is a real person.

The fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.

I often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.

That was precisely my point, Rob(ot?).

A bot would not recognize my responses as being somewhat crazy & incomprehensible and would respond as it does to anyone else.

[rstevenson]

The fact that acap seems to respond to my own posts with total bewilderment would support that idea.

I often respond to your posts with total bewilderment, Art. Yet I'm sure I'm a real person.

That was precisely my point, Rob(ot?).

Oops! I was be-bewildered I see.

Rob

[acap]

What is this

[neufer]

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What is this

A pronoun

[BDanielMayfield]

What is acap

[neufer]

What is acap

<<The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) is a registered training organisation and higher education provider that specialises in teaching courses in psychology, counselling, coaching, case management and people management. The courses are offered at three award levels: Vocational Education and Training (VET), Undergraduate and Postgraduate. ACAP is accredited by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and conditionally accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC). ACAP has been in operation since 1983 and has campuses in four cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.>>

[geckzilla]

Another oddly vague response to nothing in particular, even though the accusations are quite clear and targeted at it.

[acap]

Anil Chadha(ac) for New Delhi India

[acap]

Anil Chadha (acap) is my name. I am from New Delhi(INDIA)

[neufer]

Anil Chadha (acap) is my name. I am from New Delhi(INDIA)

Hi, Anil,

The powers that be are always a little nervous about newbies who begin by spouting off non standard concepts. Most of us struggle to get our minds around the flood of new concepts coming from professional astronomers. What got you interested in astronomy?

[acap]

I got into this from my childhood. I am 54 years old and have been reading on astrophysics and take it as a hobby. I am a Civil Engineer by profession and work as a consultant. So maths & science interests me.

[BDanielMayfield]

I got into this from my childhood. I am 54 years old and have been reading on astrophysics and take it as a hobby. I am a Civil Engineer by profession and work as a consultant. So maths & science interests me.

Very nice to know you're real, and to make your acquaintance, in a digital sort of way.

Bruce

[acap]

Thanks indeed to all of you to connect with me. I look forward to excellent discussions with you all.

[geckzilla]

Anil Chadha (acap) is my name. I am from New Delhi(INDIA)

Hi, Anil,

The powers that be are always a little nervous about newbies who begin by spouting off non standard concepts. Most of us struggle to get our minds around the flood of new concepts coming from professional astronomers. What got you interested in astronomy?

It's not the non-standard concepts that bother me, it's the non-standard way of replying. It's also that there are definitely many bots visiting the forum, and that they are getting more and more sophisticated. There is an overlap in the way a bot behaves and the way a human with English second (or third, or fourth, etc) language behaves. If I can't tell, then I have to ask in a way that a bot would probably not understand and not be able to accidentally answer correctly (not a simple yes/no question) but a human should be able to.

So yeah, you can attribute it to something simple like nervousness if you'd like, but there is a lot more to it than that. I wouldn't call it nervousness at all.

[neufer]

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

[acap]

I would like to know more what exactly mathematics / physics say about singularities here.

"You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, singularity-kabobs, singularity creole, singularity gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple singularities, lemon singularities, coconut singularities, pepper singularities, singularity soup, singularity stew, singularity salad, singularities and potatoes, singularity burger, singularity sandwich..."

Natural sciences

• Singularity (system theory), refers in dynamical and social systems to a context in which a small change can cause a large effect
  Gravitational singularity, a region in spacetime in which tidal gravitational forces become infinite
  • Initial singularity, a hypothesized singularity of infinite density before quantum fluctuations caused the Big Bang and subsequent inflation that created the Universe
  Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, theorems in general relativity theory about when gravitation produces singularities such as black holes
  Prandtl–Glauert singularity, the point at which a sudden drop in air pressure occurs
  Singularity (climate), a weather phenomenon associated with a specific calendar date
  Van Hove singularity in the density of states of a material

Mathematics

• Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not "well-behaved", for example infinite or not differentiable

Complex analysis

• Essential singularity, a singularity near which a function exhibits extreme behavior
  Isolated singularity, a mathematical singularity that has no other singularities close to it
  Movable singularity, a concept in singularity theory
  Removable singularity, a point at which a function is not defined but at which it can be so defined that it is continuous at the singularity

Geometry

• Singular point of a curve, where the curve is not given by a smooth embedding of a parameter
  Singular point of an algebraic variety, a point where an algebraic variety is not locally flat
  Rational singularity

J Krishnamurthy spoke of complete attention - a state in which there is no gap between the observer and the observed. The quality of attention is so complete that there is no gap between the observed & the observed. The observed is equal to the observe! This wipes out differences, conflict etc and brings in love, compassion etc.
Can we talk of such state a sort of singularity?

[Martin]

By practicing Yoga people try to stop the mind from thinking but it is impossible. The goal of life is not to become unconscious but to become super-conscious.