The Musings of Jaime David
The Musings of Jaime David
@jaimedavid.blog@jaimedavid.blog

The writings of some random dude on the internet

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Tag: Science

  • Check out my books and my podcast and other stuff!!!

    Check out my books and my podcast and other stuff!!!

    Hey everyone!

    Just figured I would make a comprehensive ad that combines all of my major works so far into one.

    Check out my short story compilation book “Some Small Short Stories:”

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    Check out my podcast “The Jaime David Podcast” on Spotify, YouTube, and more!

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ckvJZisk8njUvZAkxZNC4

    YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOaTKcyxB_H5ZuHUKMn8xon94QZVyDWmu&si=SHbV_rpEzDhaofpW

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    Also check out my other sites:

    The Interfaith Intrepid: https://theinterfaithintrepid.art.blog/

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    Jaime David Science: https://jaimedavidscience.hashnode.dev/

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    Medium blog: https://medium.com/@jaimedavid327

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  • Liberation Day

    Liberation Day

    “Tomorrow’s the day,” my friend said to me as we were standing on top of the heaps of rubble that surrounded us, watching the sun go down. “Liberation Day.”

    “The day we’ve all been waiting for,” I said with awe.

    “Tell me about it,” he said. “You think it’s actually going to happen?”

    “Of course it is!,” I exclaimed, reassuring him. “We had predicted that tomorrow, there’s an 85% chance that a coronal mass ejection will hit the Earth, rendering all electronics powerless.”

    “And what if it doesn’t happen?,” he asked.

    “Well then, we’re fucked,” I told him bluntly.

     For twenty years too long, we have been enslaved by machines. Artificial intelligence became so advanced that it was able to replicate itself without human input. We tried to stop it, but by then, it was too late. The machines were so advanced that we could no longer predict their moves. It was at that moment that we were outmatched by machines.

    We used every means possible to stop them. We used guns, lasers, bombs, flamethrowers. Heck, we even used nukes. We threw everything we got at them. Nothing seemed to work. Eventually, we tried developing an EMP device. When we were close to finishing it, we were ambushed by the machines. Most of the scientists working on the device were killed. My friend and I were the only survivors.

    Now, we’re in hiding. We’ve banded together with a rag-tag group of resistance fighters. We’ve developed all sorts of gadgets in secrecy. So far, our efforts have given humanity a fighting chance against the machines. However, it was still not enough to defeat them completely. We needed a sure-fire way to be rid of them for good. A few months back, we may have found our solution.

    One day, we were viewing the Sun through the UV-filtering telescope we had built from scratch. While we were observing the Sun, we had noticed that there was a lot of coronal activity at one particular location. Based on our estimates, we had predicted that within a few months time, a coronal mass ejection was going to be heading in the Earth’s trajectory.

    Every day since our initial discovery, we’ve monitored the Sun, in case anything changed. For months now, the coronal activity has increased exponentially. It has increased by so much that earlier today, we were fairly certain that an ejection will happen tomorrow.

    “Tomorrow, we’ll know our answer,” my friend said.

    “Yes we will,” I replied.

    I didn’t know 100% if the CME would happen tomorrow, or if at all. It was a long-shot; a gamble. We were essentially betting on nature. The thing with nature, though, is that nature is unpredictable. However, I had remained hopeful that things would work out in our favor, because without hope, there wasn’t much.

  • The World Is On Fire

    The World Is On Fire

    The world is on fire. It is currently burning. The temperatures keep on rising. It’s becoming alarming. This changing climate is becoming a crisis, and it’s a crisis that’s very frightening. If we don’t solve this soon, the world could come to an end. Maybe not the planet, but everything that lives in it. There would be no more humans and no more amazing creations. Monumental monuments like The Statue of Liberty would eventually become nothing but dust and debris if humans were to go extinct. Eventually, the same would happen to buildings, and everything else in between. They’d all turn into dust, just like us. If we were not here, anything we created would not matter at all. Anything that was floating in space would come crashing down to the Earth, setting everything ablaze. Eventually, nuclear reactors would start to meltdown, and all of the radiation that’s in them would all get let out.

    All of the animals that are alive right now would be on their own, if they were not wiped out. There would probably be a few. Most of them would live underground. The ones that were above ground would most likely all die out if the climate were to get chaotic. They would thrive and populate underneath the Earth’s surface, and eventually they’ll reclaim the surface. Eventually, the radiation would decay, and the greenhouse gases would get replaced, and the planet will heal itself like it had a bad sickness. We won’t be here, and neither would a lot of other species, but there would be new species. They’d be survivors. They would survive us. They could potentially be the ones that reach our level of intellect. They could be reptilian. They could be arachnids. They could even be gigantic cockroaches. Whatever they are, they have the potential to take this planet to the stars if we ourselves don’t get to. They could learn from our mistakes. They could be better than us. They may develop intricate societies that have a diversity of species all living in harmony. It would definitely be an amazing sight to see.

    They’d eventually develop space travel, and take us to the Moon. They’d take us to Jupiter and Venus and even Mars, too. They’d even probably take us all the way to Pluto. Who knows? They could possibly take us to see the entire Milky Way! We may discover different species living on other planets, and these species may be as smart as us and them, and have a complex intellect. It would be so cool to see.

    The question is, would Earthlings be seen as threats, or will they be welcomed? Is it also possible that they’d be enslaved and treated like pets? There are so many questions that one has to ask when dealing with the possibility of becoming an intergalactic race.

    All I do know is, I hope they would learn from our mistakes. If our species dies out, and does not get to see the future, I hope that whatever species in the far distant future that reaches sapience learns from humanity’s own shortcomings and mistakes. That is what I hope if humanity loses all hope.

    However, we still have hope. We still have hope to achieve all of those great and amazing things. We could explore the vast reaches of the cosmos and explore all that there is to explore. We could travel to wherever we want to go to, and potentially find a new home. I don’t know. All I do know is that we need to become aware that our climate is changing. Our planet is in need, and we need to save it. There is a way to save it. We need to stop emitting greenhouse gases, and we also need to stop polluting our planet. We need to find an alternative fuel source and stop using oil. We need to make steps to go vegetarian or vegan and make our diets more plant-based. There is so much we need to do. The first thing we should do is educate ourselves. Once we do that, we share the information we learn to others.

  • Words Have Power

    Words Have Power

    Trump had said

    That if you inject

    Disinfect-

    -ants into your veins,

    That it will cure COVID-19.

    That is dangerous.

    That is stupid.

    Doing that will kill you.

    It is very lethal.

    Disinfectants are meant

    To be used on surfaces.

    You must use them as directed.

    If you don’t, you can wind up dead.

    Don’t try it at home, folks.

    You’ll need to go the hospital.

    It won’t be fun.

    If you inject chemicals into your lungs,

    You can develop stridor.

    You’ll be gasping for air

    As the chemicals corrode your

    Respiratory system.

    It will be very painful.

    The lining will peel off.

    It is not something you’d want to experience.

  • Careless CRISPR – Parody of George Michael’s “Careless Whisper”

    Careless CRISPR – Parody of George Michael’s “Careless Whisper”

    These are lyrics for a song parody of “Careless Whisper” by George Michael called “Careless CRISPR,” which is about CRISPR technology, and the potential downsides to using it. The idea came from YouTuber penguinz0. Here is the link to his channel:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6VFHwMzcMXbuKyG7SQYIg

    And here is the video where I got the idea for “Careless CRISPR.”

    Without further, ado, here are the lyrics for this parody. And if anyone with musical talent wants to use these lyrics for making a parody song using my lyrics, feel free to!

    Also, if you want to find out more about what CRISPR is, check out these articles here!

    https://www.livescience.com/58790-crispr-explained.html

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-25/crispr-gene-editing-technology-explained/7783916

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/what-is-crispr-a-beginners-guide/

    What is the answer?

    Should I delete this pair to try and cure your cancer?

    If I don’t you’ll die.

    If I do, it might

    Cause an unintended consequence

    If I remove that gene sequence.

    You could have a deformed head.

    Guilt will eat me from the inside.

    If you wind up suffering,

    I will be a fool.

    Should I go ahead and let you die

    Knowing I could have done something?

    You’re predisposed to this condition.

    I could edit you!

    Science can never mend

    The careless CRISPRs of a parent.

    Your future’s in my mind.

    If I’m ignorant, I might

    Cause discomfort inside you.

    Pain will be in your life.

    You could be born with no legs.

    Guilt will eat me from the inside.

    If you wind up suffering,

    I will be a fool.

    Should I go and try to save your life

    Knowing that I can now do something?

    Your genetics, I could mend.

    I could edit you!

    Maybe I shouldn’t, though.

    Tonight my thoughts are raging loud!

    This debate has left me bound.

    I could choose to go one way

    And remove the sequence that can cause you pain.

    If I do that, it could cure your cancer

    Or you’ll have no ambulation.

    I cannot decide today!

    Forgive me!

    You could be born without a brain.

    Guilt will eat me from the inside.

    If you wind up suffering,

    I will be a fool.

    Should I go ahead and let you die

    Knowing I could save you right now?

    Your genetics, I could mend.

    I could edit you!

    Now you are grown!

    (Now you are grown) Was I in the wrong, the wrong?

    Did I make the right choice?

  • Climate Change Is Real

    Climate Change Is Real

    After reading this article by the NY Times, I was somewhat inspired to write a short poem about climate change in response to the title of the article. Hope you enjoy!

    That’s…..hot!

    Ok, no it’s not!

    It sucks a lot!

    It’s worse than I thought!

    This planet’s all we fucking got,

    and right now, it’s getting too damn hot!