Thursday, September 24, 2026

Introduction To This Blog System

                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Posting is usually done once a week, on Thursday.

Postings may be later combined into a compound posting on this blog. Many of the postings concern my observations in various branches of science, but there are also many on technology, religion, economics and, general world issues.

I would really like to thank everyone who reads any of these blogs for your interest.
 
SCIENCE WRITING
 
Most of the postings on this blog are visits to various places around the world, and articles about such topics as history and religion. But much of the writing is about science. I do not write about what is already known but only if I can write something new, or at least a new way of looking at things.
 
If you would like a quick background in the science and mathematics that everyone should really know in the 21st Century, the posting "Scientific Literacy" provides this in about a hundred paragraphs. Similarly, "The Way Things Work" provides a quick background in everyday technology.
 
I am a Christian and I want to show that belief in God is not unscientific at all. I was interested in science long before I was interested in religion, and have never had any trouble believing that God created everything.
 
There are six major scientific theories, each arranged in the form of a textbook. The first five of the following six are on this blog.
 
"The Theory Of Stationary Space" is my cosmological theory of how so much revolves around time being explained by us being in four-dimensional space, with the dimension that we cannot access being perceived as time. This is my version of string theory, with matter actually being strings in four dimensions rather than particles in three dimensions. Everything is ultimately based on negative and positive electric charges, with energy being able to overcome the laws of attraction and repulsion of electric charges. No one has ever explained exactly what time is, and a myriad of explanations of other things fall right into place around it.
 
"The Flow Of Information Through The Universe" is about how so much can be explained by seeing how there is a limited amount of information, and it must be the same information that constructs the highest levels as the lowest levels. A ready example is how the orbits of planets around the sun is based on the orbitals of electrons around the nucleus, in the atoms of which the sun and planets are composed. This concept is extremely useful because, understanding this, we can study things that we cannot directly see by analyzing things that we can see because all must be built on the same information.
 
"The Theory Of Complexity" is about what information actually is, how energy and information is really the same thing, and how we see the universe as we do because of our perspective of being at a higher level of information than our inanimate surroundings.
 
"The Lowest Information Point" is about how, since information and energy is really the same thing and the universe always seeks the lowest energy state, it also always seeks the "Lowest Information Point". So much is explained by how the universe prefers equalities to inequalities and related ratios where the numerator of one ratio is also the denominator of the other. This explains so much from why dust particles are as big as they to why the planets and stars are the scale that they are.

"The Theory Of Infinite Dimensions" is the most recent scientific theory. It is the second cosmological theory, after"The Theory Of Stationary Space". We see the universe as an infinity of distance in three spatial dimensions and light as always moving in straight lines. But this is another example of how we see the universe as we do not only because of what it is but also because of what we are. It is more logical that the universe has an infinite number of dimensions. We can see in all of the dimensions because light actually can turn corners but it requires energy. We can only see it as three dimensions because of our limited dimensional order. Light consists of two-dimensional waves and we perceive space as being three-dimensional. This means that we can see light as coming from different directions but can only perceive it as moving in a straight line.
 
"The Story Of Planet Earth", on the geology blog, is about how virtually every major feature of the earth's surface, both on land and seafloor, can be explained by lines of magma emergence from below that were affected by the landing of three Continental Asteroids. Many people believe that land originated from a past "super-continent", but there is no explanation of where it came from.
 
There are a few of what we could call "minor" theories, where there is not as much written as with the major theories. On this blog, there is "How Biology And Human Life Fits Into Cosmology". On the meteorology and biology blog, there is my theory of the nature of water, "Water Made Really Simple".
 
There are compound postings about science which are groupings of writing about a certain topic.
 
Scientific compound postings include, "Computer Science", "Atomic Science", "Measurement", "A Celebration Of The Inverse Square Law", "Our Solar System", "Mind-Bending Cosmology", "The Configuration Of The Solar System Made Really Simple", "In Appreciation Of Electrons", "The Science Of Human Society " and "Orbital And Escape Velocities And Impacts from Space".
 
Compound postings about history and the world include "The House Of Holy Wisdom, Where The Modern World Began", "Niagara Stories", "Economics", "How History Repeats Itself", "The Meaning Of Freedom", "The Western Hemisphere", "Our Language" and, "America And The Modern World Explained By Way Of Paris".
 
There are two compound postings about prophecies and the Bible. There is "The Aztec Prophecy" than, for prophecies that are directly made in the Bible there is "New Insight Into Bible Prophecy".
 
"Investigations" is the compound posting that is a collection of any posting about an investigation.
 
The rest of the postings are individual postings. For more detailed information about this blog, see the posting "Thanks To Readers". For general topics of conversation, see "Thoughts And Observations", on the world and economics blog.  

Other Blogs And Books

                                                                                                                                                                      

Lights at night 

Here is a quick look at my other blogs before you start this one.

On this blog, you can see a list of all postings by clicking on the year or month to the right. But on the topical blogs, that is not the case. If you click on a year or month on those blogs, it will display the postings themselves, but the list on the right will still only show those postings that were added most recently.

To access a list of all postings on those blogs, it is necessary to click on the arrow in front of the year or month in question.

http://www.markmeekeconomics.blogspot.com/ is about economics, history and, general human issues.

http://www.markmeekprogress.blogspot.com/ concerns progress in technology and ideas.

http://www.markmeekearth.blogspot.com/ is my geology and global natural history blog for topics other than glaciers. My natural history blogs concerning the impact of glaciers is http://www.markmeekworld.blogspot.com/ .

http://www.markmeekniagara.blogspot.com/ is about new discoveries concerning natural history in the general area of Niagara Falls.

http://www.markmeeklife.blogspot.com/ is my observations concerning meteorology and biology.

http://www.markmeekphysics.blogspot.com/ is my blog about physics and astronomy.

http://www.markmeekcosmology.blogspot.com/ is my version of string theory that solves many unsolved mysteries about the underlying structure and beginning of the universe.

http://www.markmeekpatterns.blogspot.com/ details my work with the fundamental patterns and complexity that underlies everything in existence.

 http://www.markmeekreligion.blogspot.com/ is my religion blog.

 http://www.markmeekcreation.blogspot.com/ is proof that there must be a god.

http://www.markmeekphotos.blogspot.com/ is my travel photos of Europe.

On my photo blogs, Blogspot will not hold all of the photos in each blog in a straight line. To see all of the photos, you must click on the bottom posting listed on the right at the top of the blog after seeing all that there are in the initial showing. The last posting in the North America blog should be "Tijuana, Mexico" and the last posting in the Europe blog should be "Notre Dame Cathedral Door And Arc De Triomphe, Paris". Each photo in the photo blogs can be clicked on to enlarge it to full screen.

My autobiography is http://www.mark-meek.blogspot.com/

My books can be seen at http://www.bn.com/ http://www.amazon.com/ or, http://www.iuniverse.com/ just do an author search for "Mark Meek".   

AI And Bible Prophecy

There is so much concern about AI taking over or destroying the world. The Bible has something very interesting about the Last Days of the world, in the Book of Revelation near the end of Chapter 13.

The Antichrist, also referred to as the Beast, will be supported by a second beast, also referred to as the False Prophet. The Second Beast will set up an "image" of the First Beast, the Antichrist. The image will appear as alive and will speak. It is this "image" of the Antichrist that most people will interact with and will have the authority to have people put to death.

We are in that time now and the image will be an AI bot. The Antichrist will have authority over the world, at least for a while. How can the "image" be something that everyone can interact with unless it can be everywhere at once?

Hyderabad

One side of the 1947 Partition that doesn't get much attention is the many "Princely States" that existed within what is now India and Pakistan. There were many Princely States that together held a significant proportion of India's population. It took some negotiation and coercion but all of the Princely States eventually agreed to join either India or Pakistan. One of the former Princely States is still an issue today between the two countries. It is Kashmir, in the far north.

I have wondered if India's former Princely States inspired those "homelands" that South Africa created in the 1970s.

The greatest of these Princely States was Hyderabad, which is today the name of a major city in India. The final ruler of the Princely State of Hyderabad was the Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. He was legendary for his personal wealth and all that he did for Hyderabad. 

One school that he founded has produced CEOs of both Microsoft and Adobe. He was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1937, listed as the richest man in the world. The Princely State of Hyderabad had a fantastic collection of jewels that was later purchased by the Government of India and is put on display periodically.

The Nizams of Hyderabad had broken away as Mughal power had declined and started their own dynasty. The break was never official and they were still nominally Mughals. This is similar to the Pashas breaking from the Ottoman Empire and starting their own dynasty in Egypt, that we saw in our visit to "Cairo".

This is a look at the city of Hyderabad today.

ALL IMAGES ARE FROM GOOGLE STREET VIEW UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 

Hyderabad is the central city of southern India and was founded in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Hinduism is the majority religion in India but Hyderabad has a significant Moslem population and there is a large statue of Buddha on an island in the artificial lake that was constructed at the city's founding. This looks like a Buddhist version of the Sikh Golden Temple.

Hyderabad was captured by the Mughals and became the center of what was known as a princely state. The ruling dynasty was known as the Nizams of Hyderabad.

Hyderabad hosts the headquarters of many international companies in India. Another thing that it is known for is diamonds.

Golkonda Fort was constructed by the founders of Hyderabad, and was the first part of the city.







Nearby is the Qutb Shahi Tombs of the Nizam rulers.




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Charminar means "four minarets or towers". This landmark of Hyderabad and of India was constructed when the city was founded. I think it has inspired many other structures, such as the Gateway of India.





Nearby is the Chowmahalla Palace.


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The Salar Jung Museum is India's version of the Louvre, a great art and artifact museum.


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This is the area of Hyderabad around the Sama Saraswati Gardens. 






These are Hyderabad's version of the three-wheeled taxis that Indian cities have. These have a fender.




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Hyderabad has a well-known film industry. The following scenes begin in Annapurna Studios.

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Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet was founded by the Nizam Osman Ali. In 1937, Time Magazine did the story on him as the richest man in the world, when Hyderabad was a princely state. This is the school that has produced CEOs of both Microsoft and Adobe. Image from the Wikipedia article "The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet".

Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the Hyderabad House for the Nizam in New Delhi.

Other than the Nizams another prominent family of Hyderabad was the Paigahs. They owned Falaknuma Palace.




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These scenes of Hitec City, modern Hyderabad, begin in the Inorbit Mall.







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The United Nations

The U.N. General Assembly was this week.

How many people can name the Secretary General of the United Nations without looking it up?

That's the problem with it. The United Nations is based on the right idea. It is more successful than the League of Nations that came before it. But to most people it is a bland and faceless bureaucracy. The first image that comes to mind is the building. Image from Google Earth.

Most nations show respect for the United Nations but only when it's convenient. There are no real consequences for ignoring a United Nations Resolution.

How about a makeover for this global institution? What it really needs is some charisma. Remember Pope John Paul. The Catholic Church was a bureaucracy and relatively few people could name the Pope. But then John Paul became a global celebrity.

Why shouldn't the United Nations be cool, with it's Secretary General an A-list global celebrity? The world will want to follow the United Nations just because of how cool and charismatic it's leader is.

Has anyone ever noticed how the U.N. Building resembles the U.S. Dollar? Images from Google Street View and the Wikipedia article "United States Dollar".



The U.S. Dollar has been the unofficial global reserve currency for about eighty years, and that is also when the United Nations was established. Is the dollar given subconscious support by it's resemblance to this global building? Might this have been done purposely?

What might it have been like if the United Nations had been in Niagara Falls? Canada was going to donate Navy Island, in the river above the falls, as the site of the United Nations Building. Image from Google Earth.