changeset 90:34dca21f8a05

add chaos lock idea from quantum physics slam.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:16:52 -0400
parents 09d093d9b61f
children 6ac0a38cf131
files org/ideas.org
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     1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org	Mon Mar 10 13:01:48 2014 -0400
     1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Mar 24 11:16:52 2014 -0400
     1.3 @@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
     1.4  #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
     1.5  #+babel: :mkdirp yes :noweb yes :exports both
     1.6  
     1.7 -
     1.8 -
     1.9  * Ideas
    1.10  
    1.11  This is a list of all the ideas I've had that I felt like writing down
    1.12 -for the past ~ 7 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and
    1.13 +for the past ~ 8 years. Some of them could be practical inventions and
    1.14  are "just" waiting the that 95% perspiration to bring them to
    1.15  fruition, some are ideas for science fiction, and some are simple
    1.16  observations. Some are really only for my own personal notes and are
    1.17 @@ -33,7 +31,32 @@
    1.18  getting credit.
    1.19  #+end_quote
    1.20  
    1.21 -<<<<<<< local
    1.22 +- chaos lock :: The "arrow of time" points in the direction of
    1.23 +                increasing entropy. The time evolution of chaotic
    1.24 +                systems depend exquisitely on their initial state. If
    1.25 +                you take a measurement of a chaotic system at any
    1.26 +                given point of time, you can evolve that system
    1.27 +                backwards or forwards based on your measurement. So
    1.28 +                let's say you start the chaotic system in a VERY low
    1.29 +                entropy state, then let it run for a while, then take
    1.30 +                a measurement with some uncertainty. Your
    1.31 +                measurement is pretty good, but obviously not
    1.32 +                PERFECT. If you evolve the chaotic system back in
    1.33 +                time, then you will see that you don't really reach
    1.34 +                a state with low entropy an hour before (the entropy
    1.35 +                is easy to measure with surrogates like alignment,
    1.36 +                etc). So use this technique to SEARCH for a more
    1.37 +                accurate measurement! This potentially can give you
    1.38 +                many more orders of magnitude than you could get alone
    1.39 +                just using an instrument. Sometimes it will give you
    1.40 +                bad results, the the odds of it doing that are
    1.41 +                infinitesimal, and you can just measure a couple of
    1.42 +                times. 
    1.43 +
    1.44 +- cryo-evolution :: perhaps there would be a way to rapidly evolve a
    1.45 +                    symbiotic bacterial organism that could protect
    1.46 +                    human tissues from freezing damage.
    1.47 +
    1.48  - suicide parasite :: sometimes, people kill themselves for no good
    1.49       reason. We often explain this with things like "hidden
    1.50       depression" or we say that they had something like chronic jaw or