Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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tycho wrote:As a child I used to read about William James Sidis, and the sad story about his son. But little did I know that I'd come to meet, and not just meet but love him as a thinker. Per chance, I'll have to re-investigate the case with his son. But now here is something critical that he's written, Quote:Since the manuscript was completed my attention was attracted by a quotation from a lecture by the great scientist, Lord Kelvin, in which a theory is suggested which is very similar to mine in its general outlines; Lord Kelvin, however, does not work out the theory. He suggests that life works through a reversal of the second law of thermodynamics; and that living organisms, especially animal life, actually act the part of Clerk-Maxwell's "sorting demon." Lord Kelvin, however, regards this as an indication of some suspension of the ordinary physical laws, instead of seeking for the explanation of this reversal in these physical laws themselves. Now,at the time of writing this book there was no knowledge of what facilitates the reversal of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. But now we do. The answer is the 'Psychon'. And the psychon is exemplified by non other than the God 'Tehuti'. My apologies. The father was called Boris Sidis. The book quoted was written by the son, William.
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