Thursday, April 3, 2025

Introduction To This Blog System

                                                                                                                                     

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This is my main blog and all new postings are made here. 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.

Blogs are organized to be read from top to bottom like a book. There is a list of the postings on each blog to the right of the blog, but you have to click on the months shown. Please use this listing to verify that you have seen all of the postings on the blog. The usual pace of this blog is 1-3 new postings per week.
 
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 the title of a posting has an asterisk* after it, that means that the posting has already been moved to it's permanent position and will later be deleted from here.
 
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 five major scientific theories, each arranged in the form of a textbook. The first four of the following five 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 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 "About This Blog". 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".   

Britain's Ten Days Factor

Doesn't anyone notice this?

On March 1, the British Prime Minister hosted Volodymyr Zelensky at 10 Downing Street, where the prime minister lives. Leaders from across Europe came to the anti-Russia meeting. Image from Google Street View.

10 days after that, a cargo ship, Portuguese-registered but with a Russian captain, collided with an anchored tanker off the east coast of England. The tanker was carrying fuel to be used by the military. Ship collisions like this are very rare.

10 days after that, a fire at an electrical substation shut down Heathrow Airport. This is by far Britain's most important point of entry and exit. Incidents like this are extremely rare. There is all kinds of electrical infrastructure around Niagara Falls and nothing like this has ever happened. 

What both incidents have in common is a lot of fire. 

Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is in the northern part of the country.

While Tehran is, in relative terms, a newer city the nation of Iran, formerly known as Persia, goes back to ancient times. The monarchy that was overthrown in the 1979 revolution was 2500 years old. The National Museum of Iran has a vast array of artifacts going back to ancient times. In the following link, you can "walk" around the museum by using the arrows. The first four images of artifacts in the museum are from Google Street View.





There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.


Iran has long been known for it's carpets. The following two images are from Google Street View.



The final dynasty of the ancient monarchy that was overthrown in 1979 was the Pahlavi Dynasty. It consisted of a father, and then son, ruling as shah. The father was Reza Shah and the son was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The dynasty before that was the Qajar Dynasty. It was the Qajar Dynasty that made Tehran into the capital of Iran.

There used to be a citadel around which Tehran was built and within the citadel was the palace from which the Qajar Dynasty ruled. It is the Gholestan Palace and the Pahlavi Dynasty later ruled from here. Here is a look at the Gholestan Palace. The first six images of the Gholestan Palace are from Google Street View. In the final image you can see the use of mirrors in traditional Iranian decor.








In 1967 the Shah had his famous ceremony in which he was crowned "King of Kings". It was held at the Gholestan Palace. Gold seems to be universally valued but diamonds vary by culture. Some cultures value diamonds more than others. Iran, along with Britain, seems to be where diamonds are valued the most. The world has probably never seen as much jewelry as was brought out for this ceremony. The following image, from Google Street View, shows where Iran displays the national jewelry collection, but the inside isn't covered by Street View.


The Pahlavi Dynasty used the Gholestan Palace for receptions and followed the Qajar Dynasty in residing and working on the Sadabad Palace Complex. The following scenes are of the Sadabad Complex and the first three images of the Green Palace in the Complex are from Google Street View. Mirrors were extensively used here.




To celebrate the 2500 anniversary of the Persian Empire, in 1971, the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, commissioned what is now called the Azadi Tower. The name was changed after the 1979 revolution. This is a look at the Azadi Tower. The first four images are from Google Street View. The fourth image is of an art display in the basement of the tower.







As we saw in our visit to "Cairo" the final Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, has his tomb in the Al Rifai Mosque. The following image is from Google Street View. You can see the red and green of the Iranian flag. It is the Shah's Imperial Flag, with the lion, the sun and, the sword. These symbols were removed from the flag after the revolution.


On my wall I have an autographed portrait of the final Empress of Iran, Empress Farah. 


The final Shah of Iran built the Niavaran Palace Compound, which was completed in 1967. This is a look at it. The first nine images are from Google Street View.









At the Niavaran Palace Compound is a museum of the cars that the Pahlavi Dynasty used. Image from Google Street View.



Iran has been Islamic for only about half of it's long history. The predominant religion before Islam was Zoroastrianism. In the early days of Islam, during the Seventh Century, the Rashidun Caliphate, which was the first four caliphs, conquered Persia and it gradually converted to Islam. In the Eighteenth Century the Safavid Dynasty forcibly converted the country to Shiite Islam, instead of Sunni.

The following scenes are of the Imamzadeh Saleh Shrine. This is a prominent Shiite shrine in Tehran. The first six images are from Google Street View. The final image shows more of the exquisite use of mirrors.







On the shrine we see the images of Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979, (top) and his successor Ayatollah Khamenei, who has been the spiritual leader since Khomeini died in 1989 (bottom). Both images from Google Street View.




The Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini is like a cross between a palace and a mosque. Does anyone remember the funeral of Khomeini, in 1989? It might be the greatest funeral that the world has ever seen. This is the Mausoleum. The first nine images are from Google Street View. The two portraits in the first image are of Ayatollah Khomeini, right, and his son, left. Several other top figures from the Iranian Revolution have their tombs here. The actual tombs are in the chambers with green light.











The name of Khomeini is often seen, including the new airport. The following image, from Google Street View, is of a mosque named for Ayatollah Khomeini.


Tehran is high in elevation and is surrounded by higher ground. The following three images, from Google Street View, are looking out over the city. Maybe the reason that Iranians in the U.S. are centered around Los Angeles is the similarity of the terrain. This is very much like looking out over Los Angeles.




One of the most visible sights in Tehran is the Milad Tower. The first four images are from Google Street View.






This is the central part of Tehran. The seven images of residential towers are from Google Street View.







This is an everyday business district of Tehran. The first four images are from Google Street View.