Two great mathematicians have died this year. While I planned to write about Richard Guy on another outlet, I found a lot of information about his contribution to the "Game of Life" by John Conway. The famous chess composer also was a great ("amateur", as he insisted) mathematician, and when meeting Conway, he introduced the "glider", making many patterns in the Game of Life possible. Guy was 103 when he died on 9 March 2020.
John Conway, as is well known, was the inventor of such "Game of Life", a grid-based minimalist simulation that has surprisingly broad applications, New discoveries are still made over half a century later, repeating and self-replicating patterns, transmission of information, sometimes with sizes that are just unimaginable, are still subject to great research. At the age of 82, the great inventor has died from the China Virus on 11 April 2020.
Wikipedia links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_K._Guy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Saturday, April 4, 2020
New study about After-Death Communication by Evelyn Elsaesser
As I am very interested in the field of Near- and After-Death experiences, I am very thankful that Evelyn Elsaesser, a famous Swiss researcher on that field, makes her new research available for free (in English and Spanish). She very kindly sent me the research via e-mail two days ago, now I see that it is also on her website (PDF).
I hope that, despite this not being about chess, some of my readers will enjoy the interesting science carried out here.
https://www.evelyn-elsaesser.com/research/
While you hopefully will stay safe during these fierce times, the research shall reinforce your knowledge that - while the process of dying is a very horrible one from the current pandemic - death itself is a mere transformation.
(I want to however warn that now suicide is not an option, as it will lead to repeating the issues you had in this life, as evidenced by many reports. Exceptions are justified suicide, such as saving the life of another person by giving yours - jumping into a river to save a child but not making it out yourself, for example. Another exception is when your death is already imminent and you face excruciating pain, such as with terminal cancer. But those are narrow, and in general suicide is not a way out, but rather one to prolong your suffering into your next life.)
I hope that, despite this not being about chess, some of my readers will enjoy the interesting science carried out here.
https://www.evelyn-elsaesser.com/research/
While you hopefully will stay safe during these fierce times, the research shall reinforce your knowledge that - while the process of dying is a very horrible one from the current pandemic - death itself is a mere transformation.
(I want to however warn that now suicide is not an option, as it will lead to repeating the issues you had in this life, as evidenced by many reports. Exceptions are justified suicide, such as saving the life of another person by giving yours - jumping into a river to save a child but not making it out yourself, for example. Another exception is when your death is already imminent and you face excruciating pain, such as with terminal cancer. But those are narrow, and in general suicide is not a way out, but rather one to prolong your suffering into your next life.)
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