https://www.istorya.net/forums/blog.php?31266-Sarevok en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:43:10 GMT vBulletin 300 https://www.istorya.net/forums/images/metro/blue/misc/rss.jpg https://www.istorya.net/forums/blog.php?31266-Sarevok https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2954-12x-5i-3%284x-5u%29 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:48:14 GMT It is amazing how we can express everything in terms of mathematical equations. From a pitcher's curve ball, to the Earth's revolution around the sun. Mathematics truly is a universal language, a language understood by all. But now the question is, can it express a person's emotion and feeling? ;)

hint: solve the title :p ]]> Sarevok https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2954-12x-5i-3%284x-5u%29 https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2919-Red-is-not-red Tue, 24 Apr 2018 05:39:46 GMT Do you ever wonder if other people see the same things as you do? If I look at a ripe apple I see a red, shiny and round object. Others would also see the same shape but what about the color? Is your version of "red" the same as their version? I mean, since the day we were born we were trained to see red as "red". But the thing is, our brains are not wired the same way. Their red may be "green" in your perspective. Does it make sense?

Think of our brain as a machine that learns. It was trained by repetition, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement, punishment and more learning methods that even today our Machine Learning technology hasn't even developed yet. We were exposed to lots of data and input and we have had at least 5 years to interpret and learn the basics. Imagine if from the start we were told that an apple is a banana. When you grow up you would be pretty sure that an apple is a banana since that is how it was engraved in your mind. Now try to shift this thinking to colors. Colors, unlike shapes is free for interpretation. Meaning only one sensory organ can interpret it (eyes) while shapes are interpreted by two (eyes and skin for touching). This means that we have no other way to verify if what our eyes see is really true and the colors I see may not be exactly the same colors as what you see.


Red is not red ]]> Sarevok https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2919-Red-is-not-red https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2886-Traveling-through-time Thu, 05 Oct 2017 03:07:37 GMT Is time travel possible? Imagine yourself traveling back in time. Going back 10 years ago but far from home. How would you convince other people that you are from the future? Bring some futuristic device maybe? But what if only your body can travel back? Or better yet, what if only your consciousness can travel back? If you read the news, you will see people claiming that they came from the future. However, we all think they were crazy and just sent them to mental hospitals. There was this one guy who claimed that he was sent back from 2048 to warn the people that aliens would invade earth in 2018. Creepy right? Then they checked his blood alcohol content and found that he was drunk. He then claimed that the body needs alcohol in order to time travel (made me think that all this time I may have been preparing my body for time travel :D). Another thing to consider, if at one point in time we develop time travel technology and send one person to the past. Then this person changes some things preventing the future where he was from from happening. You still with me? :D The result, time travel technology never gets developed and we start from scratch again. Think of it as the universe trying to fix itself. This brings me to another interesting theory that I have about the universe being alive, but that would be for another blog. Time travel technology may be real but some unknown forces would always try to stop it from being developed. We may not know it but hundreds or maybe thousands may have already traveled back in time. How do you think Einstein knew about gravitational waves back then when during that time no such technology exists that can detect it? How do you think we managed to avoid a nuclear war? How do you think smart phones were conceived? And more importantly, how did we come to be? Is time travel possible?

Imagine yourself traveling back in time. Going back 10 years ago but far from home. How would you convince other people that you are from the future? Bring some futuristic device maybe? But what if only your body can travel back? Or better yet, what if only your consciousness can travel back?

If you read the news, you will see people claiming that they came from the future. However, we all think they were crazy and just sent them to mental hospitals. There was this one guy who claimed that he was sent back from 2048 to warn the people that aliens would invade earth in 2018. Creepy right? Then they checked his blood alcohol content and found that he was drunk. He then claimed that the body needs alcohol in order to time travel (made me think that all this time I may have been preparing my body for time travel :D).

Another thing to consider, if at one point in time we develop time travel technology and send one person to the past. Then this person changes some things preventing the future where he was from from happening. You still with me? :D The result, time travel technology never gets developed and we start from scratch again. Think of it as the universe trying to fix itself. This brings me to another interesting theory that I have about the universe being alive, but that would be for another blog.

Time travel technology may be real but some unknown forces would always try to stop it from being developed. We may not know it but hundreds or maybe thousands may have already traveled back in time. How do you think Einstein knew about gravitational waves back then when during that time no such technology exists that can detect it? How do you think we managed to avoid a nuclear war? How do you think smart phones were conceived? And more importantly, how did we come to be? ]]> Sarevok https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2886-Traveling-through-time https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2146-Natsukashii Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:21:22 GMT "Natsukashii", a term most commonly used by the Japanese. It means remembering something in the past triggered by something you currently see, feel, taste or touch. In english it translates to "nostalgia".

Most of my life I have been travelling (because of work). I have been to Japan, China, Hongkong and just recently I'm living in Singapore. I thought that I have overcome the feeling of loneliness and missing home. 3 weeks have passed as of this writing, now I get flashbacks, memories of the past when I was still a boy enjoying life and not worrying about stuff that adults usually do. Natsukashii, I would say, as I read some posts about Dragon Ball Z, remembering the times when I had a deck of Dragon Ball cards which I got for free inside a pack of my favorite "1 peso" junkfoods.

As I rode the train to work, I remembered the first time I rode a tricycle by myself. I was around 8 years old (Grade 3), carrying a very big stroller bag I waved my hand to catch a tricycle. The tricycle stopped and I ran to the back, hoisted my very heavy bag and placed it at the tricycle's baggage area. I then ran to the front to have a seat and the tricycle sped away. I shouted at the driver and the tricycle stopped. Apparently he thought I had already come onboard the tricycle XD... I smiled and managed to blurt a small laugh as the other passengers on the train eyed me with a suspicious look.

While waiting for the bus I remembered the first time I rode a jeepney. But that will be for another story :D

Remembering the past is good but it can also be bad. Right now these memories have triggered my loneliness, knowing that I am far from home and that I won't get to see my family some time soon... ]]> Sarevok https://www.istorya.net/forums/entry.php?2146-Natsukashii