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December 26, 2015

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About M class Asteroids, Kardashev scale and Dyson sphere

Recently it came to my attention the existence of Psyche asteroid. Before that I was unware of this marvel of nature in asteroid belt. The uniqueness of Psyche asteroid comes from its composition of pure Iron and nickel. Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche for more details about this wonder. When I read about Psyche flood of Ideas came associated with Dyson sphere, Kardashev Type II civilization and grandiose plans that we abandoned since 1970. Let’s organize and talk about all this in order. Kardashev scale of civilizations In 1964 Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev propose a scale to describe civilization advancement level based on the amount of its energy use, please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale for details. In summary the scale divides the civilization into following three categories: Type I civilization: They can utilize all the energy available to their planet. To clarify I can say that this civilization should be able to use all

Case for the Chopsticks

For last six months or so I found myself fascinated with chopsticks. Using them religiously at work and at home and any chance I get in the restaurants. It went so far that I kind of find using knives and forks almost uncivilized. It all happened one winter night in California when my eyes glazed upon set of bamboo chopsticks that look very appealing, in oddly enough Filipino fish market. My experience before that with chopsticks was very limited to short/cheap once from Panda Express or “High End” (translation heavy duty, indestructible, heavy and uncomfortable) ceramic utensils in high end Restaurants. What I like about them is their incredible simplicity, easiness to clean and precision control they offer in eating. I find it almost uncomfortable to talk about my need to consume large amount of organic food on daily basis. Clarification about the “organic”, I mean foods that contain organic molecules and not just labeled as one. The chopsticks I discovered is nice/inviting har

What sparked human civilization

Please note that this is not an academic paper and you should regard it as light reading with grain of truth. Humans did not evolve from Apes! And no joking about humanoids, there is no such thing! Lets begin by making sure that we are not denouncing the evolution. What we have is new understanding of human evolution based on Antonyan's scale for civilizations, especially the part about type 0 civilization. Common theory of our early development is that somehow we share same ancestor with apes and our genetic lineage accidentally placed us at advantage to other apes, thus allowed us to rise into dominant species on the planet. Now multiply that thousand times and that would be about 1% of what anthropologists know about evolution. What this theory is missing, based solely on my opinion, is distinction or definition of the moment that separated us from apes. Let me offer my theory that is contributing to theory of evolution or more specifically first spark that developed into

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