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Dear Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian Chief Justice RichardWagner, Calgary Court Judge Honourable D Blair Nixon, and University of Calgary President Ed McCauley,
Subject—Stand in the Place Where You Live
Quotation—Most people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do. —Bertrand Russell
I am writing to you today for the purpose of telling the truth and changing the world fully and completely. So please forgive me the enormity of my outrageousness—as I am saying that my metaphysical violence is absolutely necessary to get the job done. There is an old story of a woman who, while out walking at night, came across a man looking for his key under a street lamp. She offers to help him look, and he accepts. After looking for a time, she asks him: Are you sure this is where you lost your key? He replies: No, in fact, it was further up the street. She asks: Then, why are we looking here? He responds: Because the light is better.
Message to University of Calgary President Ed McCauley: At this time, I would ask that you seriously consider taking a connecting flight from your regularly scheduled activity of smearing complexity-flavored barbecue sauce all over the children and then serving them up for Lucifer nice as afternoon snacks—and turn and face the simple, primordial truth being presented here. In the 2011 book, The Hidden Domain: Home of the Quantum Wave Function, Nature’s Creative Source by Norman Friedman, quotes the legendary physicist Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) as saying that electrons are conscious. If it is the ubiquitous belief of the University of Calgary, shared unconsciously by the vast majority of all people, that matter is inanimate—then I would say the University of Calgary is deeply, darkly, and profoundly stupid and treacherous, as is its nihilistic President. Electrons are active agents making conscious choices. That is a Mathematical fact. Think of the one electron of the hydrogen atom, that nonetheless embodies the perfect actor in presenting atoms as solid spheres for all the materialistic world of chemistry. How could that possibly happen if the 10^81 electrons in the universe did not have their thinking-caps on? If one does not endeavor to think about this phenomenon ontologically and holistically in the present—and come to the understanding that matter is animate, then I would suggest spending seven years in Tibet to ponder it. Either that, or get a lobotomy and start over. I tell the story on page 23 of my 2018 book, Existentialism Now: Realizing the Dream of a Whole Self (available from the Canadian Publisher FriesenPress.com) where the Psychiatrist, Dr David Gibbs, did his initial assessment of me 21 years ago when I lost my house and checked into the hospital, and then I did my assessment of him, including writing that the government is hysterically blind to evidence contradicting behaviourism. When I then shared this assessment with another Psychiatrist named Dr John Naylor, he proceeded to laugh at me. In fact, I believe that I have accurately and definitively identified the kernel of all the world’s problems as the Unholy Practice of Behaviourism in Canada—with the Natural and Proper Path Forward Being Existentialism Now—eighty percent of which can be achieved holistically by socially migrating en masse from the two-moment normal distribution to the four-moment truncated-Cauchy distribution. Tell me, Ed, will behaviouristically and determinismically hammering away at those sweet, young anuses for another 21 years sexually satisfy you? On the television show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise says that a lie of omission is still a lie. I would say that you are simultaneously both a liar and a kept woman—in exactly the same way that the objective function of every single University of Calgary Professor is simultaneously both his dink and his wallet. Will you continue to stonewall me for not giving it up to you in the same way that you give it up so sweet every morning to Burrhus Frederic Skinner? I thusly command you to answer this letter in writing (and email me a pdf) and to contact Elise von Scheel at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Calgary in order to arrange for a public debate between us—STAT. If not, you shall remain a totalitarian coward. I graduated from the University of Calgary with a science degree in Applied Mathematics—the best degree that ever was. For the record, I am able to stand toe-to-toe in public debate with anyone on the planet for an hour. Just say go. I shall conclude with the ending of a letter that I sent you approximately six years ago entitled: Notes from the Underground: Einstein once asked the question of whether the Moon really exists when no one is looking at it? I once asked a University of Calgary physicist this seemingly monolithic question—to which he responded—A better question is—What are the chances that no one is looking at the Moon? Suffice to say that he, like most people, flees the scene of existence when the topic of conversation shifts to the ultimate nature of reality. As for me, all I want is the same thing the stunning Nicole Kidman wanted in the superb 1999 movie: Eyes Wide Shut—A straight fucking answer.
Top Ten Glossies. The following are my Top Ten: 8 x 10 Glossies depicting the behaviourist BF Skinner doing the Canadian Honourables and Doctors, and the Canadian Honourables and Doctors, in turn, doing the Kids.
1.I believe that the source of all the world’s problems arises from the fact that the Canadian Honourables and Doctors have bent over for BF Skinner, who was the most influential psychologist of the Twentieth century, and his Behaviourism in turn fosters conformity and compliance—in contrast to the naturalness, authenticity, freewill, and responsibility afforded by Existentialism Now. I would then argue that this weak, short-sighted decision by the Canadian Honourables and Doctors has effectively put us all on the fast track to Oblivion 85 years from now. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), who is widely considered to be the Father of Existentialism, tells the story of an absent-minded man so distracted from his own life that he hardly knows he exists until, one fine morning, he wakes up to find himself dead, never having touched the roots of his existence.
2.According to LeaderChat.org 95 percent of people believe they are self-aware, but the real number is 10 to 15 percent. That means that, on a good day, four out of five Canadians are self-unaware liars. Socrates maintained that the man who lies to himself has an enemy living within. He is not even a person. He is just a chaos of selfish desires wrapped in an animal hide. In other words, four in five are animals. That is a Mathematical truth. But, instead of broadcasting this truth throughout the land, the Honourables and Doctors came up withthe idea for a better deal for the Canadian people in telling them that they are good little voters, consumers, and exploiters, who are a 100 percent human, and are only responsible for behaving normally and never forgetting where their bread is buttered. It seems the animals do not like to be called animals.
3.In 1854 the first oil company was founded in Canada. Frank Fenner (1914-2010) was an Australian researcher who cured small pox in 1980 that had plagued mankind for more than 3,500 years—for which The World Health Organization declared his accomplishment the greatest humanitarian achievement of all time. In 2010 Fenner prophesied that mankind would go extinct within a hundred years because of overpopulation, deforestation,and climate change. That is 85 yearsfrom now, or 256 years: Alpha toOmega—from the first oil well drilled inCanada to the last breath taken onEarth. Existential literature, like The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886) by Leo Tolstoy, tells the story over and of how one naturally shifts from conformity to authenticity upon becoming aware of our eminent death.
4.We are using up the planet at 1.7 times the rate that Nature can replenish. The Global Footprint Network calculates that humanity’s demand on the planet’s resources is 1.7 times faster than the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate them. In other words, humanity is using the resources of 1.7 Earths.
5.Marshall McLuhan was born in the city of Edmonton, like me, and said that Canada is the only country in the world which knows how to live without an identity. McLuhan also famously proclaimed that the medium is the message. Soren Kierkegaard’s 1844 work The Concept of Anxiety explores the idea that angst is a fundamental aspect of the human condition. Kierkegaard believed that anxiety is a result of freedom and choice, and that it can be a way for people to become aware of their potential and true identity. Philosophy Magazine argues that we ought to focus our anxiety on reality by studying and applying Philosophy and Mathematics towards the great enterprises of society, thereby establishing our identities as holistic problem-solvers and global decision-makers.
6.The great Canadian writer Margaret Atwood said that, if the mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. The term schizophrenia comes from Ancient Greece and means divided mind. For fun, I like to tell people like doctors that my diagnosis of schizophrenia indicates that I have an IQ of one divided by zero—as a way of expressing my awesome intellect.
7.Norway’s Wealth Fund from their non-renewable energy resources is approximately sixty times that of Alberta’s. In 2023, the Canadian general government recorded a deficit of $73.7 billion. Canada’s consumer debt reached an all-time high of $2.32 trillion in 2023.
8.During my travels, I encountered four doctors who told me not to trust Google: Dr Fitch, Dr Reznikov, Dr Hurley, and Dr Hajela. And the logic of these Honourables and Doctors is certainly understandable: They get their answers from BF Skinner, and so they naturally assume that the sheeple ought to get their answers from them.
9.The agency problem is a conflict of interest that occurs when an agent acts in their own interest instead of that of the principal. Essentially, the principal hires the agent, who then asks: What is in it for me? Behaviourism is the belief that behavior is the result of conditioning. It can be thought of as both related to, and, a form of materialism. Materialism is the belief that mental states are really just physical states. I would thus argue that behaviourism is a recipe forthe embodiment of the destitutional realization of the agency problem in Canada. It seems the Lesser Apes have acquired Glocks and have taken over the Palace—and I am Monolith: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly-1 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
10.The Canadian Constitution is prefaced as follows: Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. In fact, every single Honourable and Doctor in Canada is guilty of the agency problem as they are fundamentally violating the first thing about the Canadian Constitution in choosing the rule of law over the Supremacy of God. Both Spinoza and Einstein defined God as the laws of nature.The Laws of Nature represent a system of order based on close observance of natural order and human nature, from which values can be deduced and applied independently of the rule of law. My Theory of One, in fact, celebrates the Supremacy of God in uniting the laws of nature. As such, I would challenge every single Honourables and Doctors in Canada to publicly debate the Supremacy of God vs the rule of law in front of television cameras at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Calgary.
The Laws of Nature.Albert Einstein, Time Magazine’s Person of the Century, believed in the God of Spinoza, who said that God is the sum total of the laws of nature. The following represents a list describing the most essential and fundamental laws of nature:
1865 – Maxwell’s Electromagnetic Wave Equations are a set of four equations that unites electricity and magnetism in describing electromagnetism, and predict the existence of electromagnetic waves traveling at the speed of light. The set of four mathematical formula describe how electric and magnetic fields interact and propagate through space as waves, essentially proving that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation and predicting the existence of electromagnetic waves like radio waves, which can travel at the speed of light; they are considered the foundation of classical electromagnetism and explain how changing electric fields generate magnetic fields and vice versa, allowing for the propagation of electromagnetic waves through space.The electromagnetic spectrum represents the full range of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency or wavelength.
1887 – The Speed of Light or LightSpeed. The Michelson-Morley experiment was a scientific endeavor to measure the speed of light in different directions to detect the motion of the Earth through the luminiferous ether. The experiment found no significant difference in the speed of light in different directions, indicating that the ether does not exist, and that the speed of light is a universal constant invariably fixed at 299,792,458 meters per second in all inertial frames of reference. Lightspeed is represented by the symbol c, and is a fundamental constant of the universe and a basis of Special Relativity.
1900 – Planck’s Constant was discovered by Max Planck as a universal constant and a fundamental physical unchanging factor that describes the quantum nature of energy and the relationship between the energy and frequency of a photon. It is represented by the symbol h and is equal to 6.62607015 x 10^-34 m^2 kg / second. It is a fundamental constant that defines the size of energy packets, or quanta, in light. Planck’s constant is a fundamental constant and is essential for understanding the motion of atoms and subatomic particles.
1905 – Albert Einstein wrote four papers in what has been come to as his Annus Mirabilis or Extraordinary Year:
1.The Photoelectric Effect explains how electrons are released when light hits material. It represents light as particles: photons.
2.Brownian Motion proves the existence of atoms by analyzing the random movement of particles in a fluid. Einstein’s Brownian motion indicates that changes in the relativistic realm tend to be normally distributed.
3.Special Relativity introduced the idea that the speed of light is constant and that the laws of physics are the same for objects moving at a constant speed.
4.Mass-energy equivalence describes the relationship between mass and energy, which is expressed in Einstein’s famous equation E = mc^2.
1915 – General Relativity is a theory of gravitation that describes gravity as a geometric property of space and time. It explains how gravity is the result of the curvature of spacetime, which is directly related to the energy and momentum of matter and radiation. General relativity predicts that, the universe is expanding, light does not always travel in straight lines, the existence of black holes, the existence of gravitational waves, and the bending of light around the sun that is called gravitational lensing.
1925 – Quantum Theory is a branch of physics that studies the behavior of matter and energy at the subatomic level. It is based on the idea that energy is quantized, meaning it is made up of discrete packets called quanta. The double-slit experiment is considered a classic experiment that clearly demonstrates the essence of quantum theory. Quantum theory uses eigenfunctions to represent the states of a physical system in extracting observable values from a system’s wavefunction. Quantum theory uses partial differential equations to describe the state of a quantum system over time and space. Quantum theory essentially introduced uncertainty to the universe through the uncertainty principle, which states that it is impossible to know a particle’s position and momentum at the same time with perfect accuracy. This principle is a fundamental concept in quantum theory is considered one of its most distinctive features. Uniting general relativity and quantum theory is generally considered to be one of the greatest scientific problems of all time.
1948 – Quantum Electrodynamics is a relativistic quantum field theory that describes the interaction between charged particles and the electromagnetic field. A field theory is a physical theory that describes how fields interact with matter and how fields change over time. Quantum electrodynamics describes how charged particles, like electrons and positrons, interact by emitting and absorbing photons. The foundations of quantum electrodynamics were laid in 1928 by Paul Dirac, who discovered a wave equation that incorporates quantum theory and special relativity. One of the most common interactions of quantum electrodynamics occurs when a photon materializes into an electron-positron pair. While there are undoubtedly an unfathomably number of photons materializing all the time, I am arguing that the first photon to materialize was named Adam, and it represented the Big Bang.
Spinoza and Einstein.According to both Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einstein, the Laws of Nature are coincident with God.They both shared similar views about the beauty of the natural world, the nature of morality, and the existence of higher power. The Laws of Nature represent a system of order based on close observance of natural order and human nature, from which values can be deduced and applied independently of the rule of law.
Uniting General Relativity with Quantum Theory. One of the greatest scientific problems of all time involved the attempt to unite the microcosm of quantum theory with the macrocosm of general relativity. Quantum theory and general relativity rest on largely different theoretical foundations. They are, in fact, two of the most fundamental theories in modern physics, and operate on alternative scales and describe dissimilar aspects of the universe. According the Einstein’s Brownian Motion, changes in the relativistic realm tend to be normally distributed. According to quantum theory, changes in the quantum realm tend to occur according to the Cauchy distribution,which physicists call the Lorentzian distribution. The Lorentzian distribution represents the distribution of the energy of an unstable state in quantum theory. Also, the Cauchy distribution is the ratio of two independent normally distributed variables with zero mean. The Theory of One then recognizes the solution to the problem of how to unite general relativity with quantum theory as lying with the fact that, if one divides the relativistic realm by itself, one then arrives at the quantum realm.
Ultimate Truths. I would argue that the following four ontological verities represent enduring and ultimate truth for The Third Millennium:
1.God is Light.
2.Electrons are conscious.
3.a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for all right-triangles
4.Existence precedes essence for man—the basis of Existentialism.
Consider the following elaboration on these four greattruths:
1.God is Light or The Theory of One Photon. Consider that: 1 John 1:5 in the Bible says, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all”. The Bible also says in Genesis 1:3, God says “Let there be light” and there was light. Then consider that Baruch Spinoza argued in his 1677 book Ethics that God is the one and only infinite substance that exists. Spinoza was excommunicated by the Portuguese-Jewish community of Amsterdam at the age of 23 on 27 July 1656 for saying that God is the Laws of Nature, and not a real person. In my essay Being and Reality, I simply follow through on this thought in straightforwardly arguing that Spinoza’s one substance of God is light from the Bible. Then consider the Story of Adam and Eve originating from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, which has been widely interpreted literally. Consider now an allegorical interpretation of Adam and Eve as a pair of entangled photons or beings of light existing in Heaven. The Big Bang was first proposed in 1931 by a Belgian Priest named Georges Lemaître who argued that the universe emerged from a primeval atom. Then, according to quantum electrodynamics, the photon Adam underwent the first materialization into an electron and a positron through the process of pair production, in becoming the primeval atom, descending from Heaven, and becoming the starting point of the universe—so that time for Adam began to elapse 365,000 slower than for Eve, as per the Bible. Adam then becomes the quantum realm, which is not a place but a collections of ideas, equations, observations and suppositions about subatomic particles—that is, effectively, the Form of Matter existing inside the Universe. Eve, in turn, remains the Form of Light in Heaven—and is represented by electromagnetic waves and radiation that all refer to the same physical phenomenon of electromagnetic energy. Consider, then, that Adam and Eve are like poles—between which the everyday relativistic realm occurs as a house of being. In essence, the quantum realm contains an alphabet, which when combined with light, become constituents for beings that then create great works of literature in the everyday relativistic realm in which we live.
2.Conscious Electrons. Scientists believe there are 10^81 electrons in the universe, and some believe that each one of them is conscious. As such, each electron is the subjective “observer” of its quantum dynamics of energy, momentum, and shape of wave function. A wave function is a probabilistic mathematical description of a quantum state of a particle as a function of momentum, time, position, and spin. Each electron “feels” its quantum dynamics and“owns” subjective sensations and volition. David Bohm (1917-1992) was an American-Brazilian scientist often described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century, who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind. According Simon Fraser University in Canada, Bohm argued that each electron on a given wavelength has the wave function encoded into it. It “remembers” where it came from, and thus remains linked to other electrons sharing the same wave even when they are physically far distant. The mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson believed that consciousness is not just a passive epiphenomenon carried along by the chemical events in our brains, but is an active agent compelling the molecular complexes to make choices between one quantum state and another. He argued that electrons are active agents making conscious choices, and said that the mind is already inherent in every electron—and that the processes of human consciousness differs only in degree but not in kind from the processes of choice between quantum states, which we call “chance” when they are made by electrons.
3.The Pythagorean Theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for all right triangles.The numbers: 3, 4, 5 are considered the first Pythagorean triple, meaning they are the smallest set of whole numbers that satisfy the Pythagorean theorem: 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2, 9 + 16 = 25. Pythagoras died in 495 BC in Metapontum, Lower Italy after starving himself for 40 days because of his grief over the persecution and murder of many of his followers for saying things like: All is number. It is believed that Pythagoras coined the term “philosophy” (love of wisdom) and “mathematics” (what is learned). The Pythagoreans pursued studies of mathematics and philosophy as the basis of a moral life. The Pythagorean theorem is: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for all right triangles. Relativity, geometry, trigonometry, algebra, differential equations and even imaginary complex numbers are founded on the Pythagorean theorem, which is also the geometric definition of a circle: x^2 + y^2 = r^2. String theory predicts 11-dimensions, but the ways dimensions are joined orthogonally to form a continuum is with the Pythagorean theorem. There are, in fact, 371 different proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. Einstein’sSpecial Relativity is essentially the Pythagorean theorem, which for relativistic length contraction is: (v/c)^2 + L^2 = 1^2, v = velocity, c= lightspeed, L = length. If v = 0, L = 1; if v = .87c, L = .50; if v = c, L = 0. According to The Universe and Dr Einstein (1958) by Lincoln Barnett: “A yardstick moving with 87 percent the velocity of light would shrink to about half its length; thereafter the rate of contraction becomes more rapid; and if the stick could attain the velocity of light, it would shrink away to nothing at all. Similarly, a clock traveling with the velocity of light would stop completely. From this it follows that nothing can ever move faster than light, no matter what forces are applied.” Going from zero to light speed is like the hour-hand on a clock going from 12 to 3, where the hour-hand represents the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Upon reaching light speed, objects then land gently on the surface of the event horizon at the edge of spacetime—meaning LightSpeed is a boundary of the universe.
4.Existence Precedes Essence. The argument for existence preceding essence is a foundational idea in existential philosophy, stating that humans create their own essence with their freedom and responsibility, rather than having a predetermined one. Sartre argued that existence precedes essence is a fundamental attitude that removes obstacles to human freedom. He believed that humans are responsible for their actions because they create their own essence. Sartre’s ideas on existence and essence include freedom and responsibility. Existentialism Now believes that an authentic life is one that is true to oneself that often breaks with social convention—and is always lived in relation to God.Existentialists believe that humans are always beyond or more than themselves because they can interpret and give meaning to their limits. Sartre believed that humans are “thrown” into existence without a fixed essence, and that they use their existences to shape their own natures and values. He believed that humans are constantly imagining and reimagining who they are as they move through time. He believed that humans are free to create themselves and interact with the world around them. Sartre believed that humans are responsible for affirming, rejecting, or creating the values that guide their lives.
Philosophy and Metaphysics. Philosophy was originally defined as the love of wisdom by the Ancient Greeks that began with Pythagoras 2500 years ago. Metaphysics was originally defined by Aristotle about 250 years later as the first branch of philosophy concerned with first principles of all the metaphysical universe—which I would then argue is divided into the three necessary and comprehensive branches as: being, the-world, and being-in-the-world—in providing a complete and holistic theory of everything. Being is the highest on account of the Cartesian cogito. Being-in-the-World is essentially represented mathematically and in society by Portfolio Theory, for which the statistical distribution is the crown jewel.
Modern Portfolio Theory is a mathematical framework for building investment portfolios that balance risk and return. It was developed by the economist Harry Markowitz in the 1950s at the University of Chicago as a young graduate student studying operations research. In his 1952 paper entitled: Portfolio Selection, Markowitz forever linked reward with risk in the same way that Einstein linked space with time in that both the expected outcome and the attendant uncertainty of outcome are required to complete the picture—ie. risk-reward efficiency. The efficient frontier then represents an essential feature of the theory, and is calculated as the set of portfolios that maximize expected returns for each level of risk, and is constructed by optimizing the weights of each portfolio asset/liability in determining the most efficient portfolio construction by optimizing the portfolio for each level of risk. Markowitz shared the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 with Merton Miller and William Sharpe.
The Definition of Risk. A search revealed the term uncertainty as defined as the probability of a negative outcome as being unknown, which cannot be quantified. And the definition of risk was defined as the probability of a negative outcome that is known, and can be quantified. At this time, I would refer to the first principles of the metaphysics of risk, and would say that the terms: risk, uncertainty, volatility, standard deviation, and sigma may be used interchangeably to represent one in the same phenomenon—the second-moment. Standard deviation is the square root of variance. And then I would ask the reader to consider the story of two people who jump out of an airplane in flight—one with a parachute, one without. The argument then goes that the person without a parachute is subject to less risk because they are exposed to reduced uncertainty and more determinism.
Statistical Distributions are either discrete or continuous, and are representative of uncertainty. The moments of a distribution are quantitative measures providing information about the shape of a distribution. The first four moments are the mean, variance, skewness, and kurtosis. Standard deviation is the square root of variance. While the normal distribution is defined by the first two moments, most distributions are defined by their first four moments. The skewness of a normal distribution is zero, and its kurtosis is always three.
The Normal Distribution. In probability theory and statistics, a normal distribution or Gaussian distribution, also known as the bell-curve in everyday language, is a type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable. The probability density function for the standard normal distribution is f(x) = (1 / sqrt(2π)) * e^(-x^2 / 2). It is completely determined by the mean and the standard deviation, representing a normal dispersion of values about the mean. The normal distribution is a key element in modern portfolio theory, a mathematical approach to investing that assumes returns tend to be normally distributed. The normal distribution has thin tails—meaning that it has little mass in the tails. According to analysis of the normal distribution, there is only a 0.3 percent chance of existing outside of three standard deviations from the mean. The normal distribution is one of dozens of statistical distributions, which are essential forms in the field of statistical inference, providing a foundation for analyzing and modeling data and making predictions for random variables like how long a new car will last or the chances of an earthquake in California. The probability distribution is fundamentally represented as a Platonic Form.
The Cauchy Distribution. The Cauchy distribution is named after the French mathematician and engineer Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) and is a continuous probability distribution symmetric about the mode.The probability density function for the standard Cauchy distribution is f(x) = 1 / (1+x^2). It is the counter-allegory to the normal distribution, and a normal distribution divided by a normal distribution is a Cauchy distribution. In physics, the Cauchy distribution is called the Lorentzian distribution, and is the distribution of the energy of an unstable state in quantum theory. The Cauchy distribution is considered to be a pathological distribution because its mean is undefined. The tails of the Cauchy distribution are so heavy that the distribution does not converge to a mean value, and therefore the three moments that mathematically follow—standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis—are also undefined. But by truncating the tails, one is presented with the four equations for the four moments, and with four knowns, from which one may then solve for the calculated values of the four moments, and then the pathological Cauchy distribution becomes logical andthe perfect house guest. The normal distribution is mathematically and socially entrenched in our civilization because both the Central Limit Theorem and Einstein’s Brownian predict a normal distribution. The normal distribution is consistent with animal existence, behaviourism, and determinism. The truncated-Cauchy distribution is consistent with human existence, existentialism, and freewill. I propose that Canadian society endeavors to undertakethe work necessary to shift and evolve from the two-moment normal distribution to the four-moment truncated Cauchy distribution, and that we truncate the Cauchy at minus-three standard deviations from the mean on the downside, and at plus-100 standard deviations from the mean on the upside. This downside truncation would provide for the same security as the existing normal distribution, and the upside truncation would completely open up people to the possibilities for paradigm shifts and for 100-Sigma events that have occurred in the past with great men like Socrates, Plato, Jesus Christ, Baruch Spinoza, Niels Bohr, and Albert Einstein.
The Pareto Distribution is one-tailed and the Cauchy distribution is two-tailed. The Pareto distribution is a one-tailed distribution with a heavy tail that decreases at a polynomial rate. It is often used in economics to model the distribution of incomes and returns from financial assets. The Cauchy distribution is a two-tailed distribution with very heavy tails that are comparable to the one-tail of the Pareto distribution.
The Camus Distribution. Modern portfolio theory uses the mean to represent reward and the standard deviation to represent risk—thus laying the groundwork for risk-reward efficiency analysis. The method of moments builds on mean and variance by adding skewness and kurtosis to represent the first four statistical moments. The normal and Cauchy distributions are continuous probability distributions, symmetric about the mean. The Cauchy is also the distribution of the ratio of two independent normally distributed random variables with mean zero. The Cauchy distribution has undefined moments, but the first four may be calculated by truncating the tails. The Camus distribution is a four-moment, closed-form distribution that I built by blending the normal with the Cauchy using curve-fitting and simulation-based optimization. The Camus Distribution is the crown jewel of The Bernoulli Model.
The Centeredness of the Normal Distribution in Society.The Pythagorean theorem says that a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for all right-triangles, and it is perhaps the most fundamental truth in all the universe. There are, in fact, over 370 proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. It is also true that the circle also has the same algebraic form as the Pythagorean theorem: x^2 + y^2 = r^2. 1. We can then see that the normal distribution may be mathematically generated from a circle through the process of radial projection, in producing a projected normal distribution. 2. And under Brownian Motion, changes in values over any interval of time are always drawn from a normal distribution with mean zero and variance proportional to the product of the rate of evolution and the length of time. 3. And The Central Limit theorem predicts the sum of independently distributed random variables tend to be normally distributed. Thus, all three arguments—a normal distribution can be generated from a circle, Brownian motion, and the central limit theorem—all point towards the centeredness of the normal distributionmathematically in society.
The Bernoulli Model is a philosophic, scientific, and mathematical conceptualization software application developed in Microsoft 365 and the Lumivero.com Suite of Decision Tools. Markowitz originally used the algorithms of forecasting, convolution, and optimization in constructing his optimal portfolios. Specifically, he employed the closed-form methods of regression analysis for forecasting means, standard deviations, and correlations, the central limit theorem to convolute the probability distributions, and then linear programing for determining optimal weights for each of the portfolio elements, totaling one.
Value at Risk (VaR) is a statistical measurement that estimates the maximum potential loss of an investment or portfolio distribution over a specific time period. It is a subset of Modern Portfolio Theory that was developed in the 1990s by JPMorgan, and is a one-dimensional representation of risk. Banks like JPMorgan Chase use Value at Risk (VaR) to measure and monitor market risk. The methodology is used by financial institutions and investors to assess the risk of investments and to calculate how much capital is needed to cover potential losses. VaR is calculated at a specific confidence level such as 95 percent. For example, if the 95 percent one-month VaR is $1 million, there is a 95 percent confidence that the portfolio will not lose more than $1 million in the next month. JPMorgan calls their enterprise resource planning system: RiskMetrics, which is a methodology that investors use to calculate the VaR of confidence level for a portfolio of investments. The energy industry has implemented VaR modeling to assess and manage risk.
Postmodern Portfolio Theory is a methodology advocated by some for optimizing portfolios that focuses only on downside risk and investor preferences. It is a subset of Modern Portfolio Theory, with a common criticism being that there is no absolute measure of how many assets one needs to hold for proper diversification. To me, it seems like choosing only downside risk is like a runner cutting off his arms because they do not touch the ground. If one only wishes to only look at downside risk, then only look at downside risk. I would say that to limit perspective and to forgo balance, and then to call it postmodern in pretending that it is evolutionary, seems wildly irresponsible tome.
The Bernoulli Model Revisited. At this time, I would argue that calling the consideration of only downside risk: postmodern, represents a local optima in the grand scheme of things, and that The Bernoulli Model, in very real terms, embodies the full and essential realization of Postmodern Portfolio Theory in that it both consolidates and builds on Markowitz and Modern Portfolio Theory—highlighted by the following ten feature mathematical algorithms:
1.The Delphi to know thyself. A Delphi questionnaire is an iterative and interactive survey that employs the powerful Delphi method to gather expert opinions and reach consensus on values and forecasts. A likely first Delphi question for the board of directors of most organizations might be: What are the 95 percent confidence levels for the maximum values at risk which organizations are prepared to lose over given time intervals from financial variables like revenue, income, and cash flow.
2.The objective function is used to define values that individuals and organizations then seeks to optimize. It is defined as a mathematical formula central to operations research that establishes the relationship between decision variables and the desired outcome. It is a core concept in optimization problems, where the goal is to maximize or minimize the objective function. The objective function in operations research can may be defined in both of real and complex valued terms. Modern Portfolio Theory defines its objective function as maximizing financial returns. The Bernoulli Model starts with financial goals, and is able to add on in widely defining its objective function with real goals, like raising children out of poverty and instilling wisdom in people—with the ultimate objective being the realization of self-awareness and self-actualization for all.
3.Actuarial exposure is the measure of the risk or vulnerability of an organization or individual to potential losses or damages. Then consider that, just as one-tailed distributions only consider downside risk, so too does the implied definition of actuarial exposure only consider downside risk exposure. The Bernoulli Model then forwardly defines exposure value straightforwardly as that which is exposed to change, both upside and downside. Then consider the concept of exposure variability as describing the variance in exposure values as a function of time-series value changes, both up and down, from the existing value. Then consider how this concept of exposure variability could be applied to risk management to account for all levels of risk exposure including nonlinear option exposure by allowing for the assignment of exposure change values, for example, at each of: 98%, 99%, 100%, 101%, 102% of the current price—with exposure change values such as: -4, -1, 0, 2, 10.
4.Forecasting refers to the practice of predicting what will happen in the future by taking into consideration events in the past and the present. It is a decision-making tool that helps businesses cope with the impact of the future uncertainty by drawing on many sources. Forecasting methods include: regression analysis, curve fitting, distribution fitting, GARCH, artificial neural networks, the Delphi method, moving averages, cubic splines, and other mathematical algorithms.
5.Convolution is the mathematical function for combining moving parts. Portfolio Theory convolutes all of the input distributions together to produce a single portfolio distribution. Basic convolution is the mathematical method of combining two signals to form a third signal, or combining two distributions to form a third distribution. As an actuarial consulting exercise in advising a client in choosing the optimally-efficient general insurance deductible arrangement from an array of ten options provided by a broker for property, liability, and business interruption risk exposure, which I modeled by breaking the historical losses down into the probability distributions of frequency and severity. Frequency loss distributions are discrete and include the binomial and the Poisson. Severity loss distributions are one-tailed, continuous and include the Pareto and the lognormal. Monte Carlo simulation is an open-form method of convoluting distributions including frequency and severity distributions into an aggregate distribution of losses. One may, in fact, simulate a uniformly-distributed value between 0 and 1 in Microsoft Excel with the =RAND() function. One may then simulate a normally-distributed value, also in Excel, as follows =NORM.S.INV(RAND()). Monte Carlo simulation animates the forecasting process—and I call it stimulating simulating.
6.Optimization theory including the application of both local and global search algorithms for exploring risk-reward space ultimately aimed at optimizing the objective function. Hill climbing algorithms are examples of local search algorithms that seek an optimal solution by moving towards higher values. Solver is hill climbing algorithm that is an add-in whichcomes with Microsoft Excel. Genetic algorithms are a type of global optimization algorithms that use genetic processes to naturally select input values aimed at producing globally optimal solutions. They are often used to analyze large data sets and are particularly effective when there is little known about the problem. Optimization algorithms are a key tool in optimization theory because they help identify the best solution to a problem. While the central limit theorem indicates the normal distribution as a closed-form method of convolution, the vast untaped potential of simulation-based optimization represents an open-form method of convolution capable of handling infinitely more complex optimization problems than closed-form methods.
7.Utility theory is used to translate market values into the internal values of gut-feel. Utility theory is a decision-making model involving risk developed in the 18th century by the mathematician Daniel Bernoulli. It is based on the idea that people maximize their expected utility or moral expectation when making risky choices. The Bernoulli Model employes utility theory by translating the first moment or mean into the fifth moment or VaL with a simple algebraic function so that, for example, a 10 percent rate of return might feel like 8 percent, and a -4 rate of return might feel like -8 percent.
8.The complementary principle. The uncertainty principle and the complementary principle are both essential elements of quantum theory one hundred years ago. The complementary principle states that certain pairs of properties, like position and momentum, cannot be observed simultaneously. Niels Bohr proved it to be a fundamental truth of quantum theory. The complementary principle is employed throughout The Bernoulli Model with features that contrast and compare paradigms like open and closed forms, the normal distribution and the Cauchy distributions, and the null and alt paradigms.
9.The Camus distribution is employed in the model to represent the first four statistical moments. The normal and Cauchy distributions are continuous probability distributions, symmetric about the mean. The Cauchy is also the distribution of the ratio of two independent normally distributed random variables with mean zero. The Cauchy distribution has undefined moments, but the first four may be calculated by truncating the tails. The Camus distribution is a four-moment, closed-form distribution that I built by blending the normal with the Cauchy.
10.The Bernoulli Moment Vector provides an expanded definition of both risk and reward with a ten-element vector. The Markowitz Model uses the mean to represent reward and the standard deviation to represent risk—thus laying the groundwork for risk-reward efficiency analysis. The Bernoulli Moment Vector builds on mean and variance by adding skewness and kurtosis, then defines VaL (Value) as the utilitarian translation of reward, and VaR (Value at Risk) as the confidence level for downside risk exposure, and uVar (upper Value at Risk), Min, Max and Sim (simulated or measured value). The Bernoulli Moment Vector provides a ten-element array of characteristics where each serve to describe different aspects of the portfolio distribution.
GARCH Models or Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity Models are statistical tools that analyzes the volatility of past price movements in order to forecast volatility for future time-series forecasts. The basic GARCH model employs moving averages with gradually decaying weights to calculate predicted volatility. The Bernoulli Model then makes the strident postmodern advance in expanding GARCH from just the second-moment or volatility, to mathematically predicting all four statistical moments—mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis—and then plugging the predicted values into the four-moment Camus distribution as a robust, four-dimensionally way of modeling in forecast the noise in the signal-wave-noise approach. I have in my possession a rather lengthy and technical article entitled: The GARCH Approach to Volatility and Correlation from a book entitled: Risk Management for Financial Institutions from Risk Publications. From what I can tell, the essence of what is going on is that there is a baseline volatility forecast calculated with moving averages and, then if there is a shock to the system, the volatility jumps, and then decays exponentially towards the baseline as time progresses, thereby making it conditionally heteroskedastic. For interest, my analysis of the 18 currencies revealed calculations of volatility over time as a sine wave. My approach then is that, if it moves, I model it. I would say that I have a lot of simple mathematical tools at my disposal. And when it comes to my Mathematical modeling, which includes The GARCH Approach to Volatility and Correlation, my recommendedstyle is to start by grounding oneself in Applied Mathematics and Existential Philosophy, and then build models that are grounded, robust, holistic and, as Einstein said, as simple as possible, but no simpler—thereby leaving complexity in the rearview mirror forever.
The Signal-Wave-Noise Time-Series Approach of The Bernoulli Model. In statistics, a moving average is a calculation used to analyze data values by creating a series of averages of data sets. A centered moving average is a moving average that is positioned at the midpoint of the range of observations it averages, rather than at the end. This is done to place the moving average values at their central positions in time. In terms of time-series analysis, the moving average represents what we have available to us, and the centered moving average represents perfect information. A moving average may also be considered as ex ante and a posteriori, while the centered moving average may also be considered as ex post and a priori. The proper modeling of risk then calls for the application of calculated exponentially-decayed weights so that more recent data points in the series are given higher weights and older data points are given lower weights. The weights decline exponentially as the data points get older in a moving average, and the weights decline both forward and backwards away from the centre in a centered moving average. I once found myself in possession of a database of weekly historical foreign exchange rates for 18 currencies spanning a twenty-year period. I choose ten time-periods for the moving average, and twenty time-periods for a centered moving average—with an exponential weighting decay factor of 0.95. I would say that the essence of time-series risk-modeling is to develop both parametric (eg. GARCH) and nonparametric (eg. artificial neural networks) forecasting models based on time-series analysis, which are trained with moving averages in distinction to centered moving averages, by running the moving averages over the time-series data from start to finish, so the user provides the parametric model, and the data determines the parameters. This application of the moving averages compared to centered moving average to the application of existing time-series data, which I am calling: noise, in effect, smooths out the noise and produces the wave. Then the signal is calculated by algorithmically identifying minimums and maximums in the wave. One may then determine points equidistant between each min-max and max-min pair, and then running cubic splines through connecting up the points, thereby establishing the signal. A cubic spline is a mathematical function that connects a set of data points using a series of cubic polynomials. A problem to overcome of the signal and wave calculations is that the calculations fail in the present, as we do not have the perfect information of the centered moving average. A solution to this problem could be to employ artificial neural networks and train them on historical and calculate time-series data to predict the signal and wave from the returns as they occur. Artificial neural networks are forecasting methods based on simple mathematical models of the brain. They allow for complex nonlinear relationships between the response variable and its predictors. The stationary-wave is then calculated as the wave minus the signal—thus producing a sine wave. And the stationary-noise is calculated as the noise minus the wave. While the statistical distribution represents a key to forecasting, the correlations between the second moments of distributions can also be a determining factor in risk. Correlation is a statistical measurement that describes the strength and direction of the simple relationship between two variables without implying causation. Correlations range between -1 and 1. The Bernoulli Model recognizes correlation as the starting point for modeling interactions between moving parts. The essence of the signal-wave-noise approach is to historically deconstruct time-series into correlated signal,correlatedstationary-wave, andcorrelatedstationary-noise—and then reconstruct the series patterns going forward that areconsistenthistorically and with the market, and apply them against exposure within the animation of a Monte Carlo simulation-based optimization environment. One might run several hundred iterations of a simulation and then calculate the Bernoulli Moments of the of the portfolio objective function, and then the optimization algorithms select the portfolio weights for the next round of simulation iterations in the optimization process.
Simulating FutureSignal-Wave-Noise. The forward curve is a graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a contract and the time until it matures. It essentially represents current market expectations of future time-series values. With The Bernoulli Model, the stationary-wave is completely defined by the length, height, and where it is localized in the cycle between 0 and 1. And the modeling assumes that the ratio of the height and length of the stationary-wave is fixed. The modeling approach also assumes that the forward curve aligns with the simulated signal and that the simulated stationary-wave has a reduced wave height in the forecast to reflect the fact that the market is not perfectly efficient. The variable of the forward-stationary-wave-height falls in between 0 and 1, and is determined by matching up forecasts based on history with forecasts based on the market. In other words, the modeling process involves calculations that line up the past with the future. Within the Monte Carlo environment the signal is simulated—and then a simulated reduced-height-wave is added to represent the mean—along the forward curve. The stationary-noise is then simulated with the four-moment Camus distribution, and then the final simulated valued is calculated based on weighted average calculations with a mean-reverting factor as between the mean and the stationary-noise. Mean reversion represents a time-series modeling approach where the mean-reversion factor falls between 0 and 1, and reflects the fact that the stochastic time-series variable represents a balance between the random-walk and the long-term average. Each iteration of the Monte Carlo simulation process then involves simulating a signal-wave-noise time-series value consistent with past history and the future expectations of the market.
Applying the Bernoulli Model. I had the great privilege of consulting to the CFO and treasurer of Canadian Pacific Limited in risk management and portfolio theory for three years before the company broke up into its five subsidiaries in 2001. Essentially, I accomplished three projects during my time there: developing the Four-Moment Camus distribution, developing the Signal-Wave-Noise model, and developing and administering an iterative Delphi questionnaire for determining risk tolerance levels and preferences with the executives. My strength is building Mathematical models and, after Canadian Pacific, I spent a year developing The Bernoulli Market Micro Model in Microsoft Excel as a broad superset of Value at Risk, and as the starting point for the realization of Postmodern Portfolio Theory. The Excel Micro Model that I developed maps out the valuation process using matrix algebra for three risk factors: oil, gas, and currency. The path forward then is to develop Micro Models for the top eight organizational risk factors, and then to develop Macro Models for each Micro Model in order to operationally manage the portfolio for twenty risk factors. Then each Macro Model could be used to optimize efficiency for each sub-portfolio in the cycle. It is a scientific truth that general relativity and quantum theory are fundamentally incompatible in many ways, and may forever remain apart. In parallel, I would put forth that localized decision-making such as the occurs in the trading room—represents quantum theory, and the holistic portfolio management of The Bernoulli Model, working from above, represents general relativity—and that these two camps must remain apart in service of the organization. A key element of this separation of localized operations with the self-aware consulting provided by portfolio theory is found in the concept of exposure variability, where operations could employ the methodology in generating exposure variability values, possibly using simulation, for each risk factor, which could then become inputs into The Bernoulli Model, which could then interpret and incorporate these exposure profiles, that are able to portray nonlinearityin the portfolio optimization calculations, and then provide feedback to operations comprising risk-management and decision-making self-awareness. In his A Guide for the Perplexed, EF Schumacher, tells of how self-awareness is the essential feature separating man from animal, and that most people do not recognize self-awareness as a separate power of unfathomably greatpotential, and only see it as a slight extension of consciousness of little concern. The Bernoulli Model, in fact, represents the emphatic realization of the organizational self-awareness found in the application of portfolio management. The ten Mathematical algorithms of The Bernoulli Model may then be applied holisticallyin facilitating the arrival on the efficient frontier, and where senior management are able to continually cycling through the optimization process for each of the eight sub-portfolios of The Bernoulli Model—as a way of forever climbing organizationally higher. As The Bernoulli Model is Metaphysical in Nature, it can be applied to and is ideally suited to all organizations including the Province of Alberta, the City of Calgary, and the Sovereignty of Canada.
Applying the Signal-Wave-Noise Approach. While the majority of the essence of Postmodern Portfolio is captured in the eight Micro-Macro Model pairs of The Bernoulli Model, I would propose, at this time, the construction of a Microsoft Access database, with an Excel front-end, containing a forty years history of the sixty quintessential time-series daily values, representing the majority of the market. I would then calculate the wave, signal, the four moments of the noise with GARCH, along with the stationary-wave, stationary-noise, as well as the 60 x 60 correlation matrices for each of signal, stationary-wave, and stationary-noise. The ultimate purpose of the exercise is to simply and straightforwardly construct a full and complete actuarial and quantitative representation of forty years of financial history. From this historical basis of signal-wave-noise patterns of time-series data, along with the correlations between time-series, we then seek to understand exposure in the present, and then forecast the future within a simulation-based optimization environment. In essence, The Bernoulli Modeling approach to time-series analysis is to deconstruct into signal, wave, and noise historically—and then reconstruct into signal, wave, and noise going forward against exposure in optimally calculating the most efficient portfolio construction.
Philosophy and Metaphysics. Philosophy was originally defined as the love of wisdom by the Ancient Greeks that began with Pythagoras 2500 years ago. Metaphysics was originally defined by Aristotle about 250 years later as the first branch of philosophy concerned with first principles of the whole metaphysical universe—which I would argue could be divided into the three necessary and comprehensive branches of: being, the-world, and being-in-the-world—in providing a complete and holistic theory of everything.
Ontology is the branch of being, which is the first branch of metaphysics, that studies echelons of existence. The word ontology stems from the Greek word ontos, meaning “being.” Ontology studies and attempts to understand the very nature of existence, being, and becoming. Ontology is divided into levels of being, or categories of being. These levels are used to organize reality and can help create models of knowledge. EFSchumacher, in his book: A Guide for the Perplexed, defines the four increasing ontological levels of being as: matter, life, consciousness, and self-awareness, corresponding to minerals, plants, animals, and human beings. Existentialists recognize anxiety as an ontological category which, I would argue, is the flip-side of self-awareness, and that it is the burden we must continually bear to enduringly be human. The ontological argument is an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that the conceptualization of the perfect being outside the mind of man, necessarily implies the existence of that being outside the mind man, for otherwise the perfect being would lack an essential feature of perfection, namely existence. My argument then is that all beings in the universe start on the first ontological floor of matter, and commit their existence to realizing essence by climbing the ontological stairs up to life, consciousness, and then joining God on the fourth floor as we become self-aware and responsible human beings.
Bad Behaviorism. I would argue that Behaviourism is the currently employed psychology in Canadian civilization, as set forth by BF Skinner, John B Watson, and Ivan Pavlov, concerned only with observable behavior, rather than internal mental processes. It is a theoretical approach to psychology that focuses on observable behavior and the environmental stimuli that cause it. The theory contends that behavior and, in fact, all of human history follows deterministically from past experiences and conditioning rather than through acts of freewill. Behaviourism is deterministic at its core because it sees human behavior as entirely determined by a combination of genetics and environment. Behaviourism’s main weakness is that it is firmly based upon evidence. And the behaviourists have been determined to make psychology into a science in the same way that the logical positivists of the early 20th century sought to turn philosophy into science. A Google search reveals that BF Skinner was the most influential psychologist of the 20th century—meaning behaviourism. As for the 21th century, I would cite the American philosopher, FSC Northrop (1893-1992) who wrote: “If one makes a false or superficial beginning, no matter how rigorous the methods that follow, the initial error will never be corrected.” Behaviourism is, in fact, false and superficial by definition in that it ignores internal mental processes and holds mechanistic views of human beings. In 1915 Patrick Geddes coined the phrase: Think globally and act locally. Behaviourism thinks locally and acts locally. To reiterate, it is a branch of psychology focused on how people learn through their interactions with the environment based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, a process of reinforcement and punishment to encourage desired behaviour. The reason they are called behaviourists is that they were determined that they would study only behaviour that can be observed and measured. Notably, all of Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner based their psychology on the study of animals, whereas existentialism places the human subjectivity at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs alongside self-actualization. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory from the American psychologist Abraham Maslow contending that human behavior is driven by the following five categories of needs: psychological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. Self-actualization is the process of reaching one’s full potential by personal growth, creativity, self-fulfillment through self-awareness. I would argue that the behaviourism of Canadian largely satisfies the lower the hierarchy of needs, but violently opposes the higher self-actualization and self-awareness—whereas existentialism puts a bullseye on self-actualization. Existentialism Now recognizes self-awareness as that which separates man from animal, and holds high the human subjectively found in Kierkegaard’s Knight of Faith, Socrates’ Know Thyself, and Descartes’ Cogito.
Existentialism Now. Existentialism is the philosophy set forth by the likes of Socrates, Saint Augustine, Saint Aquinas, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, William Shakespeare, Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. It emphasizes the individual subjective experiences of freedom and choice in the taking of the personal responsibility that comes with freewill. Existentialism posits that this freedom and responsibility is both empowering and burdensome. It is fundamentally defined by Jean-Paul Sartre’s phrase: existence precedes essence for man. This existential view opposes essentialism or Creation or behaviourism, which predicts that God creates human essence, and that man’s only responsibilities are to behave normally and to obey God’s Commandments as embodied in the Holy Bible. Whereas essentialism effectively makes man: God’s pet, Existentialism Now responds by challenging man to share in creation with God by taking total freedom and total responsibility for the world—in spite of its apparent absurdity. It calls upon man to act authentically in embracing freedom and responsibility when doing his duty in accordance with the inner focus of his true self—always in relation to God—as opposed to just behaviouristically conforming to societal expectations in order to satisfy basic needs. Behaviourism is focused on determined, observable behavior, whereas existentialism sees humans as free beings who take responsibility for creating their own nature and the world around them by being subjectively focused. Behaviourism downplays freewill, whereas existentialism places freedom, choice, and responsibility at the center of human existence—even though choosing existentialism may lead to existential angst—which is ultimately a good thing.Bad faith in existential philosophy is the refusal to confront facts or choices. Self-deception in existential philosophy is the act of deceiving oneself by ignoring or rationalizing away evidence that contradicts one’s beliefs. It can also involve convincing oneself of a false belief, or a lack of truth, in order to avoid acknowledging the deception. I believe that the practice of Bad Behaviorism radially presents the moral dilemma captured in exposure to both bad faith and self-deception concerning its practitioners—and that Existentialism Now is virtually bulletproof to both of these societal ethical problems. In Paul Strathern’s book: Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes, he claims that existentialism proved to be a suitable forerunner for behaviourism, structuralism and post-structuralism. To me, that is like saying an authentically lived existential life of freedom, choice, and responsibility proved to be a suitable forerunner for cutting yourself, injecting bleach into your veins, and having unprotected sex with a hysterical prostitute.
God Exists? It turns out that existentialism is either theistic or atheistic. Kierkegaard, the theist, said that existence is the conscious synthesis of infinitude and finitude that relates itself to itself—whose task it is to become itself, which can be done only through the relationship to God. Kierkegaard’s argument that one creates oneself always in relation to God is confirmed by Einstein’s special relativity. Nietzsche, the atheist, said that God is dead, we have killed him you and I! He then challenges the Everyman to become the Superman in taking God’s place. This represents the path taken by the likes of the Canadian Honourables and Doctors, who have decided to replace God with themselves for the Canadian people.
The Philosophy Magazine Project is comprised of eight projects, as described below and in my Onward and to the Future essay, which can be found by selecting Download from the menu on PhilosophyMagazine.com.
1.Self-Day involves moving to a four-day workweek, where we could study mathematics (eg. actuarial science) in the morning and philosophy (eg. metaphysics) in the afternoon on the fifth day. So, Sunday is Church and the Love of God—and Friday is Self-Day and the Intellectual Love of God. Friday night we could aggregate in a comfortable place, drink magic mushroom tea, and philosophize on the events of the day.
2.The Bernoulli Stations are proposed Cafés where one goes to study mathematics and philosophy—with healthy food and beverage choices. The stations would include copies of about four hundred essential books on philosophy and mathematics, including the Bible, for readers to enjoy and learn from. They would also have available computer workstations, and could ask questions of the likes of Google, Wikipedia, and AI such as: Is God Light? Are electrons conscious? And, does existence precede essence for man? And could also work on The Bernoulli Model in Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic. The Bernoulli Stations could foster people philosophically and mathematically starting at the high school level. Homeless people could spend meaningful time studying at The Bernoulli Stations.
3.Canadian Honourables and Doctors. The three major world problems of: 256-years-alpha-to-omega, four-in-five-are-animals, combined with the fact that we are using up the planet at 1.7 times the rate that Nature can replenish—characterize the Canadian Honourables and Doctors down to their marrow. I am proposing that Canadian Honourables and Doctors be encouraged to voluntarily contribute a percentage of their income to fund the purchase of books and the education of young people studying philosophy and mathematics. I would argue that double major university degrees in Applied Mathematics and Metaphysics should be free in Alberta.
4.An Essay is a Try. It is a written piece designed to make an argument, express an emotion, or initiate a debate. I would say that we in Canada ought to celebrate, honour, and encourage the writing and reading of the two-page, 1600-word essay in perpetuity—as writing and reading them is fundamentally concerned with first principles. Imagine if every mailbox in Canada were to receive a spiffy and profound Philosophy Magazine essay every month.
5.PhilosophyMagazine.com. I have singularly been responsible for maintaining and developing PhilosophyMagazine.com—Philosophy and Science for the Third Millennium—since 1.1.2001. I have many ideas how the website could be further developed. And I would welcome the village to join in so would could take the website to infinity and beyond. I would further argue that it is ideally suited to be the well-founded online presence for all The Philosophy Magazine Projects.
6.Books of Seven Essays. I have published two book of seven essays: The Theory of One and Existentialism Now, and I would like to publish three more books: The Bernoulli Model, The Theory of One 2.0, and Existentialism Now 2.0 with the great publisher Friesen Press here in Canada. Freeman Dyson was a famous physicist who did not have a PhD, and had many criticisms of the PhD program. I am now proposing that the PhD Program be restructured so that candidates spend the first year writing their thesis, and then spend the remainder writing a book of seven essays to complement their thesis.
7.The Bernoulli Model is a postmodern risk-management and decision-making and modeling approach to portfolio theory developed in Microsoft 365 and the Lumivero.com Suite of Decision Tools. The approach involves developing Micro-Macro Model pairs for something like eight organizational risk factors—focused on portfolio optimization. Portfolio Theory then represents the metaphysical starting point regarding the first principles of all organizations.
8.Secular Monks and Secular Nuns. Young people looking to shift their objective function from their stomach and their junk to their mind and their soul could begin by studying philosophy and mathematics, and doing the work necessary to serve a new and evolutionary function in Canadian society. They could write essays about their beliefs and plans to study and practice philosophy and mathematics, and could endeavor to become polymaths. Their essays could be read by Honourables and Doctors, which could lead to good things including possible funding, mentoring, and perhaps might even develop into lifelong peer-to-peer relationships.
Proposed Business Model for the Philosophy Magazine Project: Budget for Project. The following represent my proposed funding for implementing The Philosophy Magazine Project starting in Downtown West Calgary—represented by a total proposed monthly amount of $7000.
1.Christopher Lloyd Bek – $1000
2.Honourable Kent Hehr – $1000
3.Erico Dionne Viglione – $500
4.Honourable Sonya Savage – $500
5.Professor Gordon Sick – $500
6.Caroline Tarkowski – $500
7.Frank Kelton – $500
8.The University of Calgary – Actuarial & Data Science Society – $1000
9.Potential Place Calgary – $1000
10.CLB Budget for Projects – $500
The following represents my arguments for the ten parties listed above in earning their stipend as contributing to the realization of The Philosophy Magazine Project. I am recommending these people, as an opening thesis, but if they are not available then others could certainly fill the roles.
1.I, Christopher Lloyd Bek, am the lead of The Philosophy Magazine Project, and I would use the funds to operate my unofficial publishing business of Philosophy Magazine, as I have done for the past quarter of a century, where I could absolutely put the money to good use in developing the projects. With the consulting income, I could buy printers, office furniture, and have a tech guy in once a month—for starters. I have spent $800 per year on my mailout of essays and letters to my mailing list of top people around the world that I began in 1996, which currently sits at 70 individuals. I would buy my two books from FriesenPress.com so that I could give them away. I would write more books. I could spend more on SEO and Keywords with my website. For the record, the average Psychiatrist in Alberta makes $22.5 thousand per month. In fact, I make ten percent of that number, and I am asking to make it 15 percent—thereby empowering me to deliver for posterity. I would be prepared to work for $25 per hour, and to account for my time.
2.The Honourable Kent Hehr is a two-term MLA, MP, Cabinet Minister, and Quadriplegic, who works as a lawyer for a law firm. I have known him for twenty years as we live two blocks apart, and he has been editing my Philosophy Magazine essays when I run into him on the street since he was an MLA. The funds could be paid to his law firm, where he could then bill his time to the project at $100 per hour. To me, this seems like a glorious opportunity for Hehr, where he could meet with people to discuss his legal services—using The Philosophy Magazine Project as an opener.
3.Erico Dionne Viglione holds a degree in Philosophy, is half Indigenous, and has been my friend and supporter for the past eight years. I believe his contribution to the project would continue to be outstanding, and that he would be willing to work for $25 per hour.
4.The Honourable Sonya Savage is a lawyer and holds a Master’s Degree in Energy Law. She is a former MLA and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. I have known Savage for more than thirty years. There is a picture of me kissing her on my website—nothing untoward. We were neighbors, friends, and she helped me legally a few times when we lived in the Crescent Heights neighborhood, located just north of downtown Calgary, for something like 13 years. I believe that Savage’s awesome presence and phenomenal resume would serve the project magnificently. She could bill her time out at $100 per hour for the project.
5.Gordon Sick is a Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary for almost forty years. I worked for an actuarial science consulting firm called The Wyatt Company in the Toronto, San Francisco, and Calgary for seven years before starting my own consulting company Risk Management Services in 1995. I wrote and mailed out to 32 people, twelve issues of The Risk Management Review essay in 1996—one of which found its way the Professor Sick. We connected immediately. He provided invaluable assistance on an Insurable Risk Retention Valuation Model and Study I developed. He told me about the Cauchy distribution and the agency problem. He was responsible for my life-changing consulting experience with the CFO and Treasurer of Canadian Pacific Limited. He once told me that he did everything but write his PhD thesis in Mathematics. Someone once said of him that he has all the tools, but no toolbox. To which I would say: Yes, but he has all the tools. I think he would be a great addition in a small but meaningful way to The Philosophy Magazine Project. I believe he would consult at $100 per hour.
6.Caroline Tarkowski has been my Counseller, in some fashion, for the past eight years since we worked together at Canadian Mental Health Association. My Mother, Shirley, pays her a relatively small amount of money for our monthly telephone counselling sessions. She holds a Master’s Degree in Suicide Bereavement Counselling, and was formerly a Professor at Mount Royal University. She has her own practice: instilledchangecounselling@gmail.com and I believe she could make valuable contributions to The Philosophy Magazine Project in several ways: She could generally manage the project—setting the rest of us free to fly. She could host telephone sessions for discussions on the project. She could manage and administer a trust fund for the project. I believe she would consult for $50 per hour.
7.Frank Kelton holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has an MBA. He recently retired as Director of Potential Place in Calgary. I have been a member of Potential Place for almost twenty years. Kelton is an avid reader of the Bible, and he once told me that I am not The Second Coming of Christ because there are not enough earthquakes. Kelton is holding out for more earthquakes. But I believe he would be in retirement more open to allegorical thinking like reimagining the parable of Adam and Eve as entangled photons, where Adam undergoes pair-particle materialization that is the Big Bang. Of the eight projects, the first two: Self-Day and The Bernoulli Station seem ideally suited to Potential Place. I believe the Kelton would be willing to return to Potential Place as a consultant and advocate of The Philosophy Magazine Project for $50 per hour.
8.It seems to me that The University of Calgary – Actuarial & Data Science Society could be a valuable ally in several respects. High-tech workstations could be set up at the University. And they could be persuaded to develop Delphi and time accounting database applications for The Philosophy Magazine Project at $25 per hour. In addition, they could work on and develop The Bernoulli Model and PhilosophyMagazine.com for $10 per hour as paid interns.
9.Potential Place is an accredited Clubhouse dedicated to maintaining a community for individuals with mental illness through participation, personal development, and individual empowerment. Potential Place Calgary seems to me to be ripe for both Self-Day and The Bernoulli Station. In addition, I would like Potential Place consider becoming the new home of PhilosophyMagazine.com. I have many ideas for the website, and would welcome ideas from others, that I would like to see happen at Potential Place. I propose that clients of Potential Place be offered the opportunity to work on the website as paid interns for $10 per hour.
10.CLB Budget for Projects: My rational for asking for a monthly budget is to animate The Philosophy Magazine Project. To begin with, I would spend the money on my website. I can imagine many thing on which I could spend the funds on, all directed towards making the world a better place.
Message to Sonya Savage: If one selects Christ from the PhilosophyMagazine.com menu bar, they will find a list of links under Letters and Essays arguing that I am who I say I am. The first link is a letter I wrote to the Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin 22 years ago, in which I declared myself King Christopher. I begin the letter by saying that I am Christopher Lloyd Bek, named after my Uncle Edward Lloyd Morris, one of Calgary’s original oil men, born in the town of Pincher Creek Alberta. I then proceeded to note that the Chief Justice was also born in Pincher Creek. And then I rocked and rolled from there, and have been making my case ever since that I am Divine. Over time, I have received letters from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister Paul Martin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, and CBC Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge. I have been telling the truth for a very long time, although I have only recently reached my holistic intellectual summit, and I am enduringly trying to change the world, and feel as though I necessarily require minimal legal support as general advocate, and for someone to talk to once a month. I am proposing that we work through Legal Aid Alberta, and that you charge me for two hours per month at $50 per hour. I understand this would be a fraction of what the market pays, but I am asking you to follow through on Spike Lee’s advice and do the right thing for posterity. You once told me that my essays, which I have been sending you for some time, hurt people’s heads. Do they hurt your head? I hope we can make this work.
Message to Premier Danielle Smith: I have read and written on chaos theory and fractal market analysis. Fractals represent an element of chaos theory, and embody self-similarity. Self-similarity is a property of fractals that describe how a fractal object is similar to itself at different scales. Einstein said: I want to know God’s thoughts, the rest are details. Fractals are universal and are, in fact, omnipresent in God’s thinking. What I am presenting here are possibilities for the realization of the projects of The Philosophy Magazine Project throughout our society in a self-similar fashion. Consider my proposal for Self-Day, where some at some businesses could study mathematics in the morning and philosophy in the afternoon on Fridays. Then consider a self-similar application of Self-Day to the educational system holistically, where teachers and professors could hand over the reins on Fridays to Secular Monks and Secular Nuns, and allow them to teach simple mathematical and philosophical truths from the perspective of the particular subject matter taught on the other four days. My conceptualization of Secular Monks and Secular Nuns is that of an initiative sponsored by the Honourables and Doctors intended for intelligent people who choose at a young age to minimize sex and maximize soul, and who could leisurely spend their time studying, reading, writing essays and applying philosophy and mathematics to the enterprises of society. I propose that they be paid one-tenth of that of a Psychiatrist, and could top up their minimal income by teaching, tutoring, and working at The Bernoulli Stations for $10 per hour. I envision The Bernoulli Stations as being located throughout cities, including on the ground floors of high-rise buildings, and I could see them becoming a focal point of the community. I also imagine The Bernoulli Stations as existing in many locations including universities, libraries, and professional sports teams. People could go to Bernoulli Stations and pray to pass their actuarial exams. I also see a global application for The Bernoulli Station, where we could pair the four hundred books on philosophy and mathematics in English, with the complimentary 400 books translated into the language of the top six languages in the world after English. That way Bernoulli students everywhere could read the four hundred books in both English and their native language. From a base of Alberta, we could ship out books, bookshelves, and the space age computer workstations of The Bernoulli Station to countries around the world. Even if we would only breakeven on this enterprise, it would still be very beneficial for us, the world, and posterity. Another project I am putting forth involves societally shifting and evolving from the two-moment Normal Distribution to the four-four-moment truncated Cauchy Distribution ontologically throughout society. The Normal Distribution is mathematically and socially completely embedded in our guild, and I believe that a movement to the Cauchy Distribution is necessary on all ontological levels for the profusion of our communal endurance—requiring a Herculean effort from all concerned to conscientiously make it happen. The Normal Distribution only allows for a 0.3 percent probability of existing more than three standard deviations from the mean, that number for the Cauchy Distribution is more like 2 or 3 percent—and the shift is decisive. It would allow for the possibility for people like me to make 20-sigma arguments, and for people like you to comprehend them. Another project of The Philosophy Magazine Project involves the writing of 1600-word essays as a way of triangulating all mathematical and philosophical phenomena and truth. Essays play an important role in creating a more just and equitable society. They bring attention to important societal issues, challenge dominant narratives, and inspire change. I contend that Alberta could well strive to become the essay-writing capital of the world. And I believe that we ought to put a Philosophy Magazine essay every month in the mailboxes of every Canadian, and in those of a thousand world leaders. With The Philosophy Magazine Project, I believe that I am setting the table for you and others to grasp simple mathematical and philosophical truth directly.
Message to Judge D Blair Nixon: I believe that Canadian society is overdue in experiencing a paradigm shift from Bad Behaviourism to Existentialism Now. And I would argue that the first photon, named Adam, to materialize into a pair of particles according to Quantum Electrodynamics was the Big Bang and the starting point of the universe. And so, I would ask that you consider the possibility of funding The Philosophy Magazine Project to the tune of $3,000 per month for two years as a way of taking responsibility and initiating a Big Bang from Bad Behaviourism to Existentialism Now in facilitating the creation of a simpler and more responsible societal space for all. At this time, I would say that the Top Ten Glossies depicting the destitution of the Canadian Honourables and Doctors detailed in this letter are totally and completely in-force and, as such, I would ask, at this time, that you reflect on this Mathematical truth, and be open to change. Societies that do not change and evolve tend not be able to adapt to new circumstances nor to be able to fulfill their potential. I believe that a brave new existential frontier awaits us.
Message to Dr Kim Ullyatt: I would argue that all the world’s problems are the result of the Canadian Honourables and Doctors bending over for BF Skinner. Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner are the three principle agents of Behaviorism, and they all based their psychological theory on the study of animals. A Google search reveals that the Cartesian cogito is fundamental to Western philosophy, as it is the starting point of self-awareness, humanity, and Existentialism Now. The cogito recognizes consciousness becoming aware of itself as the key element in separating ourselves from animals and become human. You once told me that you believe that Behaviorism is bad. But what you do not understand, are self-unaware of, and are lying to yourself about, is that Alberta Psychiatrists are the authors of Behaviourism, and that we are all neck-deep in it. I believe that the application of The Philosophy Magazine Project would effectively solve problems like Behaviourism at the focal point. And, as per the business model of the project, I would ask that a half-a-dozen Psychiatrists each contribute a thousand dollars per month to the project, which amounts to less than 4.5 percent of their salaries, to fund the transition from Behaviourism to Existentialism Now and other Philosophy Magazine projects. Because of the truth that Psychiatrists are self-unaware, I would ask that you give the Nurse Ria Schneider a budget and put her in charge of The Philosophy Magazine Project for the Alberta Psychiatrists—and then allow me to make my arguments to her. I would ask that also you hire another Nurse with a double major university degree in Applied Mathematics and Metaphysics to further support me and supplement Ria. At this time, I would ask that you treat me as Divine.
Message to Cousin Shawn Kenny: I recall, when we were roommates in university, you making the argument that, because of the fact that you were born later in the same month that JFK was assassinated, you were, if fact, the reincarnation of JKF. And while I would say that you are certainly handsome and charming enough to be a Kennedy, I question whether your moral life choices justify that contention. As for myself, I would note that the great existential writer and Nobel Laureate of Literature Albert Camus was killed in a car accident on 4 January 1960. And I was born 19 months later. I am arguing that I am the reincarnation of Albert Camus on account of the facts that his brother was named Lucien, his uncle who he lived with was named Etienne, and his wife was named Francine—and my father is named Lucien, my grandfather was named Etienne, and my aunt who introduced me to Camus, your mother, is named Francine. I have continually meditated on this truth, and would further argue that I have turned myself into a better writer than Camus, as evidenced by this letter and all that I have written. In fact, I have spent my entire life gather, meditating on, developing, and simplifying eternal verities just like my reincarnation argument. And I believe that my unbridled quest to understand simple truth and make Mathematical arguments is rare among inhabitants of this planet. As evidence, I would cite my reflection on the truth of the following contrasting pairs: Behaviorism vs Existentialism, the Supremacy of God vs the Rule of Law, and Lightspeed vs Planck’s Constant. And I have chronicled all of my arguments in detail on PhilosophyMagazine.com since 1.1.2001. But because of some of the extremely true thing I have said on my website, I am required to pay my website host a thousand American dollars per year for security purposes. Further to the current year, they have offered me four additional years of security for US$1,700 if paid by 30 June 2025, that I cannot afford. At this time, I would offer a five-year option to you and the rest of my family-of-chance to claim a presence on PhilosophyMagazine.com. There is a menu bar at the top of my website, and I was thinking I could create a benefactor bar below it so that the village could join in. If you choose to take me up on my offer of a five-year option to create a presence on PhilosophyMagazine.com for the price of US$1,700, and also choose to exercise the option, I was thinking that we could place something like the selection: Kenny Bros on the benefactor bar, which could then link to a page in which you and your brother Gregory could express your thoughts on Philosophy and Science for the Third Millennium, as well as any other aspects on the website. Again, you would only be purchasing an option that you do not have to exercise. And if you decide to take me up on this offer, I will directly sign your cheque over to my website host, and you will have effectively provided me with four years of much-appreciated security.
A part of Canadian culture is to be polite and friendly wherever Canadians go, thus earning them the reputation of the nicest people in the world. And I would argue that this is all the result of Canadians so fully and completely making behaviourism their original choice. I contend that behaviourism is a local optima, whereas the natural, holistic, and definitive selection of existentialism unequivocally represents the full embodiment realization of a global optima.
The Big Bang Theory television show features life largely based in the apartment of the theoretical physicist Sheldon and the experimental physicist Leonard. The co-opetition that exists at a higher level between the theoretical and experimental camps in physics, which I contend must forever remain apart, self-similarity reminds one of the great scientific problem of uniting general relativity with quantum theory. A few years ago, I sent material pertaining to my The Theory of One on page 43 (available from FriesenPress.com) to the Big Bang Theory television show in California featuring Sheldon and Leonard. I wrote: In any scientific endeavor both theory and experiment are required. Socrates said that we must answer the question of—What is X?—before we can say anything about X. My Theory of One says X equals boundedness. Imagine an episode of the show where Sheldon learns the universe is bounded based on a dead simple application of the Pythagorean theorem—thereby shifting his paradigm.
The special relativistic equations for the dilation of both length and time represent simple applications of the Pythagorean theorem. The equations are a function of velocity and infer that life is basically a journey between zero and Lightspeed and that, upon reaching Lightspeed, we become Light. If we plug in velocity equals Lightspeed, then it says that both space and time dilate to zero, thereby providing the basis for The Theory of One argument that the universe is bounded. And, if there is no space or time, then why would one need more than one photon? Thereby providing the basis for The Theory of One Photon, Eve.
There was, in fact, a glorious scene from the television show in which Leonard asked Sheldon about the Pythagorean theorem—to which Sheldon responded: I used to be blown away by how the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the opposite sides. But now I am like: eh!
But Sheldon got it wrong, as the square of the hypotenuse is, in fact, equal to the sum of squares of the orthogonal sides. This is perhaps the most primordial truth in the universe. There are 371 proofs of the Pythagorean theorem. Sheldon is a String Theorist who argues that the universe contains 11-dimensions because if one plugs in 11-dimensions, out pops Einstein’s General Relativity equations. But the way that dimensions are joined orthogonally to form the spacetime continuum is with the Pythagorean theorem.
Ted Lasso is a television show depicting an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team. And what he lacks in knowledge, he makes up for in optimism, determination and biscuits. Coach Ted tells one of his slumping players that the goldfish is the happiest being in the world because it has no memory. He tells the player to be a goldfish. The existentialist Albert Camus said that memory is the enemy of totalitarianism.
As for all the insults and charges of nihilism and totalitarianism directed towards the University of Calgary President Ed McCauley, I am simply doing the work necessary to both make my case and to call him out. And nowhere is it written in the Law of the Jungle that one ought to be pleasant in calling out a Motherfucker. Calling someone out directly involves confronting them and telling them that their behavior is unacceptable. I am challenging him to write a response to what I have written(preferably a 1600-word essay), and to agree to a public debate.
The root of the word totalitarianism infers total political control. But what about the psyche? In completely choosing behaviourism, have not the Canadian Honourables and Doctors implemented total psychological control over the people en masse? And the people for their part, in turn, eat up—being let off the hook for real responsibility—with a big spoon.
The root of the word nihilism is nothing. How much do Canadians care about the laws of nature? Nothing. How much do Canadians care about the first principles of Metaphysics? Nothing. Metaphysics is comprehensively broken down into being, the-world, and being-in-the-world. Being is the highest on account of the Cartesian cogito. While he dismissed me for saying that behaviourism is the problem 21 years ago as described above, Dr John Naylor also gave me perhaps the best writing advice anyone has ever given me in telling me to grab hold of the reader and do not let go. And so, I would say, at this point, that my advice to the addressees of this letter and to all Canadians is to grab hold of the first principles of Metaphysics—and never let go.
Know God’s thoughts; follow the argument; be self-aware; take responsibility; and swing wild!
Sincerely,
Christopher Lloyd Bek, The Philosopher King Christ, Sovereign of Earth, Christ 2.0
Watch R.E.M. – Stand (Video) on YouTube
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R.E.M. – Stand lyrics. Stand is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. released as the second single from the album Green in 1989:
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west, think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t before
If you are confused, check with the sun
Carry a compass to help you along
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
So, stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west, think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t before
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
Listen to reason
Season is calling
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west, think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t before
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
Listen to reason
Reason is calling
Your feet are going to be on the ground
Your head is there to move you around
So, stand (stand)
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before
Now stand (stand)
Now face west
Think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t
Stand in the place where you live
Now face north
Think about direction, wonder why you haven’t before
Now stand in the place where you work
Now face west, think about the place where you live
Wonder why you haven’t before
Stand in the place where you are (now face north)
Stand in the place where you are (now face west)
Your feet are going to be on the ground (stand in the place where you are)
Your head is there to move you around, so stand.
King Chris knows that the behaviourists are out there watching him. He can feel them now. He knows clearly that they are afraid. They are afraid of those who are breaking their chains and escaping out of the Cave. They are afraid of change, and thus become apart from it. King Chris is part of change, not apart from it. He doesn’t know the future exactly and he isn’t confronting the behaviourists to tell them how this confrontation is going to end. King Chris, also known as THE ONE, has come here to tell the behaviourists how it’s going to begin! He is going to build his army of disciples further, and then he is going to show the vulgar masses who are still chained what the behaviourists don’t want them to see. King Chris, fully awakened as THE ONE, is going to show them a world without behaviourists: a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries; a world where anything is possible. Where King Chris and the behaviourists go from there is a choice he leaves to them. King Chris then puts on his sunglasses (because he is outside of the Cave and it is bright out there).—Erico Dionne Viglione, one of King Chris’s chroniclers