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Post by meeno8 on Jun 4, 2022 14:19:00 GMT -6
Several years ago Nitaidas Ji told me he had resumed fasting for ekadasis. But he considered the 11th lunar day itself to be immaterial, because he considered the lunar calendar itself to have no objective reality because of his stance that jyotish itself is invalid. There are some major holes in his reasoning. The solar calendar, which we follow today in the West, and presumably he accepts that as having validity, is based on astronomy, i.e. the orbit of the earth. The solar day is simply midnight to midnight divided into 24 hours of 60 minutes each. The lunar calendar is also based on astronomy, because it simply divides the period from full moon to full moon into equal parts. The orbit of the moon around the earth is behind what we see as the phases of the moon, in essence just the sun's light reflected off the surface of the moon at varying angles in the moon's orbit.
Certainly those constellations the ancients named, including the 12 around the zodiac that correspond to the months of the solar calendar, are imaginary and just provided a way to identify stars in groupings. They are still used in modern astronomy to reference positions of celestial objects, although the more precise coordinates are declination and right ascension. Calendar construction, solar or lunar, is not dependent on any system of astrology at all. Ancient monuments such as Stonehenge are constructed so that the sun's light shines through the formations at the solstices and/or equinoxes, which are accepted by present day astronomers has having objective reality. It was via observations the ancients made that allowed them to build such monuments.
But not having enough knowledge of astronomy, it would appear, it is an easy enough mistake to make. Perhaps he can take something away from this, along with the rest of you here.
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Post by meeno8 on Jun 5, 2022 8:56:14 GMT -6
Another historical fact: While Nitaidas Mahashoy was over in India, I spent several days researching astronomy (NOT astrology) vis a vis futures and stock prices. Days, not weeks, not months, not years. Since he was not around at the time, it is easy enough for him to have a misperception about 1980s history. How many details can most of us remember about our lives 3 or 4 decades ago? Let alone that, what about memories of the lives of others? I think those others should have better memories about their lives than we could about their lives.
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Post by meeno8 on Jun 5, 2022 13:18:41 GMT -6
In the late 1970s the ISKCON astrologers in Los Angeles predicted a major earthquake to hit the area on a certain date, and at least one person fled the city, and at least one of them headed over the border to Lake Tahoe with his family, based on that forecast. When it never happened, they all became the laughing stock of the community.
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Post by meeno8 on Jun 6, 2022 10:16:17 GMT -6
My remarks about income percentiles in the US and our own household level was not meant to be self-aggrandizing. Rather it is actually about the increasing income disparity in the US and around the world between the wealthiest oligarchs at the top of the pyramid and all the tiers down to the base, where there is that ever widening gulf between the capstone at the very top and the base. Who is the wealthiest oligarch of all? By all accounts it is Putin, who is very clever at hiding his assets to obfuscate that fact. He is like Sauron in Lord of the Rings: One to rule them all. Now the quest is to create an empire more expansive than that of his predecessor Catherine the Great.
But I digress... Many view Einstein himself as a mystic and theist based on his remark at his initial reaction to the theories of quantum mechanics, which was something like, "God does not play dice with the universe". You can look up the exact quote. He was forced to change his tune over time as the theories were verified by scientific experiments. But does that mean he was forced to become an atheist with a random and chaotic universe with no rhyme or reason? Since he is long gone, there is no way to ask him today. And why has the Higgs-Boson been dubbed the 'God Particle'? Seems to be indicative of theism in science, or is it?
If we are to discuss science, let us tackle it from an educated perspective rather than some vague and nebulous one. I can speak on the subject of computer science to some extent, although there are areas where I am not experienced such as AI, machine learning and block chain. I did attend a presentation at Microsoft's offices about machine learning in their Azure Cloud a few years ago, and I did go into the Azure portal with my free account to play around with it a little bit.
Bottom line: I really just want to relate personal experiences of mine not only to CV, but to other subjects as well. That was the purpose of posting about those experiences, although it may have rankled some.
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Post by meeno8 on Jun 8, 2022 11:04:53 GMT -6
In response to an apparent recent attack on my integrity: Why after sending Jim Cramer of Mad Money on CNBC a copy of my book on the markets, did his producer invite me to submit a chart using technical analysis for Jim's show? I might have, if I was not otherwise busy, and the real objective was to get an actual interview. When I asked my editor at Bloomberg about getting any interview on the Bloomberg Channel, he said the only way would be to get an interview on CNBC first. Well, authors that actually get interviews on CNBC are few and far between, and already famous in some capacity. The old Catch 22. Would I have had that invitation, if I had been perceived as some sort of crackpot? People that are regularly on CNBC sent me invitations to connect on LinkedIn after reading my book, and they are still connections of mine today. There you go. Just thought I should defend my reputation, for whatever that's worth. As pointed out, these subjects are really off topic for these forums in the first place, yet here they are...
Fun fact: One of Jim Cramer's key demographics has been 3 and 4 year-olds, because of his wild and crazy antics on his show.
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Post by meeno8 on Jun 8, 2022 12:20:22 GMT -6
Several years ago when the strategy known as high frequency trading had come under fire for being unfair to the general public, because it gave the big players a big unfair advantage. I was out on Twitter and mentioned that if anyone read my book they would see that it really was not a threat. Mark Cuban of the popular show Shark Tank had been discussing it on CNBC the day before. Barbara Corcoran from the show responded within minutes with her tweet that she intended to read the book. Some time later I had an interview on the floor of the CME Group about my book, and Kevin O'Leary aka 'Mr. Wonderful' from the show happened to be there. I handed him the copy of the book I had with me to give to Barbara. He said he would read it first, because he likes books on technical analysis and looking at charts. He then went on to start up his own successful hedge fund that is a big player in the markets today. Just another off topic anecdote here, which some may find interesting. Perhaps everyone is just rolling their eyes as they read this. I can't really see their reactions here. Just post a rolling eyes emoji, if you want.
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