Plank Time and poetry? This is is a consumptive perspective. Poetic? You be the judge.
I designed a working clock. A clock using vector graphics with the numbers on the face of the clock appearing in reverse order; 11 is switched with 1, 10 is switched with 2, and so on. 6 and 12 remain "as is".
The tick-toc of this clock is where the poetry happens, why it matters, on the other hand is another narrative. Sequential as time progresses, a full rotation of the second hand reveals 1,200 distinct states, and in my maps of memes[^2] sequential as they may be. Multiplying this 50 ms increment by 1,200 and the resulting second is 360 degrees; the pattern of time. Circular in it’s reasoning the origin is heliocentric. Consciousness is the other narrative I warned about. Let’s explore it’s depths through time, powered by planksip® and consciousness.
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Using a 0.05 degree rotation, 50 ms is the base unit for the following pattern.
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Sixteen is significant, for it represents randomness and uncertainty under the idealized standard deviation. For me, this is more of a thought experiment, a pedagogical heuristic. An organic platform for “re”search. But what is it that I am searching for? Truth claims do not require a claimant, only a conscious observer and never a malignant deceiver. Father figures are divine even Freudian at times but the truth of matter is what “truly” matters. If the number sixteen isn’t yet apparent, consider the 68–95–99.7 rule in statistics for a standard deviation (mu). Described as the empirical rule, 32 percent is falls outside of the protection of the first standard deviation (100-68=32). Thirty-two divided by two, because of the symmetry of the bell shaped curve, gives us sixteen on either side of the divide. Reflective observations reveal the unexpected event(s), black swans events if you insist.[^3] But how is it, you may ask, do we need black swans for a sequence of time? Of course we don’t. The pattern is binomial. On... Off. The space between is called life.
Quantifying the unexpected is the topic of much debate and ongoing concern. Time, on the other hand, marches on to the cadence of Einstein’s fourth dimension; space-time to the rhythm, rotations and expansion of the Universe. My intentions of displaying increments of 50 ms was to prime the reader with primacy of action potentials and the role they play in consciousness.
Once per day I decrease the delta of the second by an order of magnitude of two, where one second equals fifty milliseconds. Imagine being able to make time 20 times slower. Not possible you say? Yes you are correct with your nah say, however let’s imagine our perception changing. We know that our attention span is shrinking, making the next perceivable descent of man could be intense concentration. Mindfulness is marketing this procrustean bed of truncated thought. I don’t read maps; I am a GPS junkie. Google is my personal mnemonic secretary. My reliance on technology is self-serving. It’s the actions we do that define who we are and what we become. I am a romantic technocrat with a soft spot for the bohemian.
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