Red Letter Day

On July 3rd, 2014 I discovered the Master Angle, a particular configuration of horizontally-disposed slope and a particularly angled backboard which (I believe) permits an object to roll UPWARD.

This is possible because H - V > V (H).

This is possible, I have proved (or believe I have proved) in very particular configurations (I believe the equation is not enough by itself, but rather there must be a particular ratio of weight placement between the horizontal and the vertical, including consideration of the height of the marble relative to the horizontal slope, affecting the angularity of the backboard).

I have tested with a level, and the bubble is close to the middle, but sometimes indicates upward slope. The optimal case is shown in my video, Master Angle / Reverse Gravity 1.

Best Immortality Quotes by Nathan Coppedge

ETHICS WON'T INSPIRE LAW BECAUSE I WON'T LIVE THAT LONG. AND IF I'M IMMORTAL I SHOULD JUST DRINK ICED TEA FOREVER.

“With extended purpose, there should be extended life”

"Industry is the second life of nature"

"Let oneself be known for little things, and greatness will follow"

"Time is an institution"

"Time is situated in nature. Nature is larger than time"

"They say most people learn everything in their infancy"

"If you don't know how to live to 1000, you have a (maximum) 50% chance of living to 500"

"[T]he primary role of symbols is biological"

These quotes come from the as-yet-unpublished Dimensional Immortality Toolkit, scheduled to be released by 2028.

My articles on immortality may be found at http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nathan_L_Coppedge (search for 'immortality coppedge' if you do not find them immediately).

Best Phenomenology Quotes by Nathan Coppedge

"[In the process of analysis], [E]gressions become reflections, while analyses become embodiments".

"It can be seen that there are exceptional cases which describe worlds which are not cognitive, or thoughts which are not worlds, and this duplication is nonetheless like an axis admitting of intermediaries between the self and the world, similar to what Latour called intension, but which I prefer to call impressionism (italics kept in original)"

"True pleasure is such that it cannot be faulted in its degree"

"Space in some sense, is more exponential than time"

"the study (of phenomenology) has been classically divided into informal paradises and formal obsessions".

"(Phenomenology is) ... a subject of anthropological proportions"

"[I]n some sense, in phenomenology, everything is alive"

"Much depends on the reducibility of an object that only succeeds by infinite extension"

"Without meaninglessness, there would be measureless pride in any act. But who is to say that the meaningless absolutely exists? Apparently, life is an act of pride"

All quotes come from the as-yet-unpublished Dimensional Phenomenologist's Toolkit, scheduled to be released in 2016.

The Story of Master Wu

has been updated with additional pages, bringing it to an equal 200 pages, equivalent to the previous title in the series, which is also 200 pages.

Here is the link on AMAZON.

And the cover again:

Metaphysical Semantics

BOOK DESCRIPTION

The author describes a series of themes binding the concept of semantics to that of metaphysics. The themes are light on mere academicism, and heavy on philosophical phenomena. The difficulty is that semantics is a heavy theme with light treatment. Metaphysics, when it does not adopt heavy assumptions, remains a heavy theme in which major conclusions are (predominately in intellectual history) a rarity. The author makes an effort to solve this double-conundrum in a conversational style, by introducing a series of themes, including “Dimentia,” “Realism,” “Dreams,” “Knowledge / Death,” “Madness,” “Filling in the Gaps,” “The Pigeon-Holed Straw Man” etc. Included are a number of brilliant arguments defending the idea that semantics is intrinsic to our concept of reality. This text offers a gradual resolution of the perceived problem between semantics and reality.

The book is available on Amazon HERE (for only $6.00 paperback + shipping)

Arche-Logos: Archetypal Cutting-Edge Diagrammatic Philosophy Methods

BOOK DESCRIPTION

FROM THE INTRODUCTORY NOTES:

“Philosophy has not always been viewed in a purely symbolic manner. Most notably, recently, there has been a turn towards ‘pure literature’ and ‘pure math’ to explain reality. In this book, as a departure from the norm, philosophy defines itself almost exclusively through symbolism. The territory of symbolism is vast, and the methods that it entails are no less impressive. With considerate study, these aspects may even apply to the moderns in profound ways. The title of this book --- “Arche-Logos’ is meant to suggest the eternity of philosophy, and the necessarily symbolic importance of this most magnificent study.”

Included in this text are seven major methods of implied philosophical importance: Analyptic Diagrams, the IEOCh Method, Vesselexts, AOLT-There Diagrams, Concise Atrixes, Apertures, and Temporal Map-Types.

The book is now available from Amazon HERE.

Communicating with Aliens Workbook

BOOK DESCRIPTION

This guide is intended to provide some useful insights into the nature of alien communication / communicating with extra-terrestrials. The book includes a number of humorously-minded illustrations to encourage creative thinking.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION:

“By the end of this guide you should have a better idea of what it means to communicate with an extra-terrestrial. Although there are some intrinsic fears, the guide offers the same approach which is likely to be encountered on the path to genuine communication, namely a work-intensive technique, following the mantra of: ‘Just add it to the pile.’ This technique might combine with other techniques to benefit long-term knowledge.”


The book may be found on Amazon HERE.

Dimensional Biology Quotations

"...[I]t is as though biology fractures philosophy, and quantizes psychology" ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"The general trend of evolution is something like the inversion of the least functional laws of nature" ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"Specific structural variations favor specific structural evolutions." ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"Infinite reaction versus permanent process is the metaphysical condition of plants and animals." --The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"Quantity versus scale is the property of confrontation." ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"An organism’s ‘idea’ is greater than or equal to the idea’s recursion in the case of successful adaptation." ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"To have a different reality is to have a different idea ab origine (such as inheritance)." ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"Psychic experience is what impels animals to have futures." ---The Dimensional Biologist's Toolkit (2015)

"Action is the norm of action" ---The Dimensional Learning Module

"[I]t is unfair to say that an organism is nothing like an argument" ---Refutation of the Teleological View of Evolution

"[T]here is no certain boundary between values and causal process" ---Refutation of the Teleological View of Evolution

The Banned Classics: One-Page Classics Vol. II

BOOK DESCRIPTION

The stories in this collection meet two criteria: that they are 'classics', and that they may be considered 'banned' literature, for various reasons. However, the author added an additional stipulation, that he must have crafted them himself. Although some will see traces of traditional storytelling (mafia-stories, science fiction, horror, tales of the macabre are just part of this eclectic collection), the common theme is the unique criterion of classical literature. There is greater emphasis on storytelling than in the original One-Page Classics. This volume will be updated when the author has added additional stories. Currently there are 35 Stories, with a brief Introduction.

It is now available from Amazon HERE.

I was so inspired by a question on Yahoo! Answers that I am re-posting my answer here

Q: Looking for quote "I exist now"? 

I might be wrong but something along those lines, I heard someone in my class say it but wasn't able to ask from where it came. Not referring to the Cogito Ergo Sum.

[This seems exactly like someone who was in my philosophy class years ago...]

A: Nietzsche has a number of quotes like this, referring to his concept of the eternal return: 

"If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence". See Wikipedia on Nietzschean Affirmation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzschean... . 

I also have my own quotes (Nathan Larkin Coppedge: philosopher, artist, inventor, poet, still a student): 

1. "How to count a step along the path, if the path is one?" 
2. "To cause harm to living things is to accept and revel in the imperfections of the world" 
3. "Existence is the zone of neutrals" 

There is also the phenomenological reference to the concept of 'das ding ann sich' --- the thing in itself. This mirrors Greek concepts of Haecceity ("thisness") and Eudaemonia ("Happiness for the common good"). 

There is also the traditional phrase "existence precedes essence", which has been re-used so much as to lose almost all meaning of attribution. A similar phrase is "existence is intentionality". 

In some other cases, Sartre would be a good bet, for example, his concept of Despair. 

There are some quotes by Sartre that may have been brought up: 

"I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating." ---J.P. Sartre 

"One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one’s death, one dies one’s life." ---J.P. Sartre 

Again, Nathan Coppedge: "While I die I am dead," meaning immortality.

Wikimedia Commons

is developing an article on Hyper-Cubist Drawings.

See the link here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories_for_discussion/2014/07/Category:Hyper-Cubist_drawings

This gives me hope that the movement is gaining traction.

My dad commented recently, saying some friends / colleagues of his were noticing my art book which he bought from Amazon, and said that it looked gallery-quality.

So this is more good news in that direction.

Hopefully someone will start an article on the primary Wikipedia eventually.

My ART BOOK can be purchased HERE. It can also be found by searching Amazon for "hyper-cubism".

Classical Logic as Seen Through Dimensional Philosophy

Diagram (c) 2014 Nathan Coppedge. I also have a recent report putting Venn diagrams in quadra form.

Perpetual Motion Genius Guide for Intelligent Young Poets

BOOK DESCRIPTION

This guide follows an established method, similar method to that used in the other volumes of the series, such as the children’s guide and the young adult guide. However, as a notable difference from the others, additional room is granted for imagination and wordplay, by using a combination of rhymes and concealed imagery. Poets with a modern, slant-rhyming, or traditional-rhyming style will find plenty to glean from this short and sweet, yet subtle, guide to the art of poetry. It includes veiled technicalities as well as blunt examples of what to do and not to do in poetry, encompassing a broad range of strategies that may serve as the last word throughout a lifetime of creative wordplay.

It may be found on Amazon, HERE.

Perpetual Motion Genius Guide for Intelligent Babies

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Babies also share a kinship with the problems of life. In this expert guide, based on a proven psychological technique, Nathan Coppedge details the precise pattern to creating intelligence in newborn children and up to two years old --- whether they are ‘sensitive’ or ‘insensitive’, ‘gifted’ or ‘de-sensitized’, early-talkers or unconscious ‘zombies’. Included is a baby’s guide designed for reading aloud. It involves image-focusing descriptions and crystal-clear encouragement, combined with a technique involving simple long-term promises and heightened imagination. Also included at the end is a brief parents’ guide for focusing the book’s reader on the task ahead. A lucid, clear body of thought designed to assist any infant in crossing the most fundamental barriers, the barriers that are often neglected and ignored until later-life problems emerge. Here is the opportunity to clear the cobwebs and improve the life of your child ---- where it counts, at the very beginning. 

It can be found on Amazon, HERE.

In the following video

I think I have evidence that a spherical weight can roll upwards under certain very specialized conditions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Zpdjj1bWs

I measured from the floor on the right and left edges of the marble's movement, and it appears that the right side was higher than the left. Mixed results with a level, although clearly when measured on a partial contingency, the slope is upwards.

My explanation for the theory is that the forwards angularity of the marble is steeper than the difference between the horizontal slope and the vertical slope, corresponding to the two pieces of cardboard underneath the marble. A very special case, if true.