# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1395674212 14400
# Node ID 34dca21f8a05f88a33bccc2150ba89efa91e7ac4
# Parent  09d093d9b61f83defc06961e8289727c933ec192
add chaos lock idea from quantum physics slam.

diff -r 09d093d9b61f -r 34dca21f8a05 org/ideas.org
--- a/org/ideas.org	Mon Mar 10 13:01:48 2014 -0400
+++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Mar 24 11:16:52 2014 -0400
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
 #+babel: :mkdirp yes :noweb yes :exports both
 
-
-
 * Ideas
 
 This is a list of all the ideas I've had that I felt like writing down
-for the past ~ 7 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and
+for the past ~ 8 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and
 are "just" waiting the that 95% perspiration to bring them to
 fruition, some are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple
 observations. Some are really only for my own personal notes and are
@@ -33,7 +31,32 @@
 getting credit.
 #+end_quote
 
-<<<<<<< local
+- chaos lock :: The "arrow of time" points in the direction of
+                increasing entropy. The time evolution of chaotic
+                systems depend exquisitely on their initial state. If
+                you take a measurement of a chaotic system at any
+                given point of time, you can evolve that system
+                backwards or forwards based on your measurement. So
+                let's say you start the chaotic system in a VERY low
+                entropy state, then let it run for a while, then take
+                a measurement with some uncertainty. Your
+                measurement is pretty good, but obviously not
+                PERFECT. If you evolve the chaotic system back in
+                time, then you will see that you don't really reach
+                a state with low entropy an hour before (the entropy
+                is easy to measure with surrogates like alignment,
+                etc). So use this technique to SEARCH for a more
+                accurate measurement! This potentially can give you
+                many more orders of magnitude than you could get alone
+                just using an instrument. Sometimes it will give you
+                bad results, the the odds of it doing that are
+                infinitesimal, and you can just measure a couple of
+                times. 
+
+- cryo-evolution :: perhaps there would be a way to rapidly evolve a
+                    symbiotic bacterial organism that could protect
+                    human tissues from freezing damage.
+
 - suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good
      reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden
      depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or