What we still don't know

This is a brilliant 3 part series that I missed most of a few years ago and wasn't able to find it on the internet back then. I watched the one "are we real' and it was so fascinating, it really makes you think. This is probably one of the best documentaries I've seen on these topics. Here are the three videos... The philosophical questions in these are brilliant.

The kind of questions in this videos are the ones I hope to see answered at some point in the future, and is part of the reason why I do calorie restriction and why I want to live forever. It is just so fascinating to me and provides me with a strong purpose to do CR, and is reason for my success in sticking to it. Rather than just to 'lose weight' which for most people is a short term goal. If you have a very good purpose in why you want to do CR, you will stick to it. For me, living to see the emergence of post humans, detection of other civilizations and colonization of the galaxies, to see how the world and technology evolves are good reasons to stick around. These reasons among others are why eating unhealthy will NEVER happen ever again until we have a good control over human health using advanced biotech and nanotech. Also the fact that being dead for eternity, non existence, doesn't really comfort me... even though I didn't exist for around 14 billion years anyway... Stay alive for as long as possible.

Episode 1: Are we alone?
Sir Martin explores the possibility that life exists on planets beyond our own.
He unveils an unsettling scientific debate that has startling consequences for
us Earthlings. Do you believe in aliens? If not, a quick glance through these pages might change your mind!


Episode 2: Why are we here?
Everything you thought you knew about the universe is wrong. It’s made of atoms, right? Wrong. Atoms only account for a measly 15% of everything that exists. The mass of the universe consists of something so mysterious and elusive that it has been dubbed ‘dark matter’.

Episode 3: Are we real?
There is a fundamental chasm in our understanding of ourselves, the universe, and everything. To solve this, Sir Martin takes us on a mind-boggling journey through multiple universes to post-biological life. On the way we learn of the disturbing possibility that we could be the product of someone else’s experiment.

See the website here

Looks whos back... Willie

An old blogger is back posting again, for now it seems. Some of the earlier CR bloggers probably read this blog often. Every now and then I check there to see if there is anything new. He has posted twice recently.

CRONing for a future...

Error

Woke up this morning and found my Digital kitchen scales have died, well not quite, but is consistently showing an error message upon trying to weigh anything. I had no idea that such a simple device could screw up in such a short space of time of two years. So today it looks like I'll be guessing all my food portions and maybe I'll do OK because I've been weighing the stuff every day for almost 3 years. Plus I can check my morning weight to see if it's changed. I'll be trying to see if I can borrow some scales of people today anyway... I think I know a few people who might have one to lend me for a little while until I get new scales sometime end of next week when I get paid.

If not, then I'll just have to guess everything for a week... shouldn't be too much of a problem!

Sunny :)

Just quick post, it is really nice today as it feels warm and blue skies. I hope this lasts a few days because I need more sun and light! It makes me feel happy :) It's strange weather for November I must say :p

SAD

Many people know the feeling this time of year, and as expected it is starting unusually early because of the crappy summer we had this year. I don't know what it is, it's like a sudden shift in my mood. The clocks have just gone back and now it's getting dark extremely early, I think around 5pm -- it's annoying. Leave the clocks alone dammit! Doing a little exercise always help lift mood quite quickly so I did some running today and felt a bit more energetic and better. However I know this is going to feel like a long winter unless I get occupied with something. I haven't taken my Vitamin D3 in two weeks either because I ran out and have to order some more from AOR... maybe that got something to do with it, or it could just be the lack of light. Maybe I need to more in the winter and come back in the summer :) I managed rather well in keep SAD symptoms away last year because I was studying hard and working, so no time to feel bad reflect on how I felt really. It's not depression, not anxiety, just a feeling of 'blah' lol. Weird stuff. I think it might also have something to do with the very little amount of sleep I've had this week, need to sleep more I think.

GIVE ME LIGHT !



Here is some info on SAD
http://www.sada.org.uk/symptoms.htm