On 60 Minutes, Sunday, May 5th | Two high school students show their work in solving a 2000-year-old math problem

[Mel Hopkins]

 

60 Minutes was my must-see TV, and on Sunday, May 5th, it will be again as I watch these two young women make their mathematical debut.   

[Chevdove]

On 5/4/2024 at 6:12 PM, Mel Hopkins said:

60 Minutes was my must-see TV, and on Sunday, May 5th, it will be again as I watch these two young women make their mathematical debut.   

 

I can't wait to share this!

I've watched this several time but still I do not grasp the entire idea.

I've also watched other videos about these young girls proofs and it's

funny how one video NOW adds on that long before Pythagoras there were

others who came way before him that came up with similar findings.

 

 

 

Definitely BLACK EXCELLENCE!!! 

 

[Mel Hopkins]

15 hours ago, Chevdove said:

NOW adds on that long before Pythagoras there were

others who came way before him that came up with similar findings.

I'm not surprised.  Pythagoras was a student of African Spirituality, AKA "KMT Mysteries Schools."

[Chevdove]

On 5/8/2024 at 2:24 PM, Mel Hopkins said:

I'm not surprised.  Pythagoras was a student of African Spirituality, AKA "KMT Mysteries Schools."

 

That makes sense!

I did not know that!

 

[Mel Hopkins]

6 hours ago, Chevdove said:

 

That makes sense!

I did not know that!

 

Check out Stolen Legacy | Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G.M. James. Here's an excerpt from Chapter 1. "1. The Teachings of the Egyptian Mysteries reached other lands many centuries before it reached Athens. According to history, Pythagoras, after receiving his [23 years] training in Egypt, returned to his native island, Samos, where he established his order for a short time, after which he migrated to Croton (540 B.C.) in Southern Italy, where his order grew to enormous proportions, until his final expulsion from that country." 

[Troy]

Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy
by George G. M. James

It should be in every American’s home library

 

[Delano]

The pyramids are much older than Pythagoras. Africa is the cradle

[Troy]

@Delano I mean seriously, why is this propaganda even up for discussion?

[ProfD]

@Troy, of course, we know why that book would never be in every American home.

 

True Black history would rollback and turn upside down the world as we know it. 

 

IMO, that's why it's important for Black folks to get their heads out of religion which has brainwashed and learn their true history.   

 

Knowledge of self is the real key to freedom and salvation.

[aka Contrarian]

Since everybody is technically descended from Africa, then nationality is irrelevent to the esoteric knowledge which the  human brain siphons from the omniscient realm of the universe. But the same brain is also inhabited by the ego, which craves acclaim, so mankind quibbles about who should get credit for that which was just waiting to be channeled. 

Incidentally, the above was just a thought which my brain drained from somewhere. This has been happening to me a lot lately. It's like what my psyche would be doing if I was smoking weed. I compulsively write things. 

Anybody got a theory as to why, at age 90, I am experiencing this automatic writing phenomenon which usually overtakes me in the wee small hours of the night. I wonder if the keyboard on my phone is  like an Ouija board...

 And does anyone know anything  about the African tribe who plays checkers -  or maybe chess real fast because they can instantly visualize  what the outcome will be if they make a certain move? 

Here's a picture of me standing under a tree,  waiting for an acorn to hit me on the head and trigger a brainstorm, ala Chicken Little.

 

[ProfD]

1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said:

Anybody got a theory as to why, at age 90, I am experiencing this automatic writing phenomenon which usually overtakes me in the wee small hours of the night.

I don't known about writing phenomenon but my theory is that you're in that percentile of folks who get to exceed life expectancy in a very good and healthy way. 

 

Reminds me of my grandmother who will be 94 years old next month. Her mind and wit is still very sharp. No ailments. No medication routine.  She still lives independently. Only stopped driving because she doesn't have too.  

 

I cook and host several family functions. My grandma shows up at everything and talks trash and eats and cuts up better than people half her age.

 

 @aka Contrarian , you're playing with house money at this point in the game and looking great while doing it. Enjoy. 

 

Both you and my grandma are living miracles especially compared to those seniors who who think Ronald Reagan was the last POTUS.

[Delano]

Most magic is done at night because that's when then the gap between worlds is the thinnest. @aka Contrarian there is the conscious and the unconscious, the rational and the irrational. They aren't opposite rather they are polarities that belled into one another. 

I think you are less tethered to the earth which means you drift into other realms. 

[aka Contrarian]

@DelanoI agree with what you said about me drifting into other realms. There are just too many otherworldly  things that happen to me at night, and in "dreams". And then there are the different versions of a single event that exist in my memory of the event. I wonder if I opened up some kind of a "portal  when a couple of years ago I  surrounded the tiny pyramid I had on my night stand  with several crystals, mistakenly thinking this arrangement  might create some good vibes. I just recently removed this dispIay when I began to suspect it might be dangerous.  Am I crazy - or what ??? (When I re read what I just recently posted on other threads, what I was saying didn't make a lot of sense in this realm)

[Delano]

I have said this before, you are an unconscious Magician. 

 

I am pretty sure that you arranged the crystals until it felt like they had the correct pattern or shape. Even if you hadn't thought about it in advance.

 

I knew a wizard that did psychic healings in a room full of crystals.

 

What you are saying is outside of most peoples concept of reality.

 

In the Vedas it says if you devote yourself to Astrology, it will grant you powers. The same is said about meditation. I believe this is true of any task that is your devotion In your case it may be phrases.

 

Were you excited to get your first typewriter or word processor?

[aka Contrarian]

@Delanoyour feedback was very on point and relevant. I did get very creative with the crystals I encircled my little pyramid with because I wanted to align them with the energy pyramids supposedly radiate.

Also, I chose the screen names "Cynique" and "Contrarian" for a reason. I have always had a compulsive tendency to take the opposite and often unpopular view during  discussions because I fancy myself an iconoclast. Maybe it is more to it than that. As you speculate, my unorthodox views might stem from meditation during which Ive gotten into the habit of thinking on another level.

And, yes, I was excited after I got my Canon desktop word processor way back in the '90s, wĥen I purchased it on a whim after I had just acquired an OfficeMax credit card! I knew zilch about this device but gradually through trial and error I mastered it, becoming very attached to it, loving how it enabled and facilitated my book writing aspirations. It was almost like an alter ego...

You have always been my Guru, Del, the "teacher who appears when the student is ready", and I thank you!

[Delano]

18 minutes ago, aka Contrarian said:

teacher who appears when the student is ready", and I thank you!

That is a high compliment. i haven't taught you anything> I have just described things that you knew intuitively  and had experienced

[Chevdove]

On 5/13/2024 at 6:28 PM, aka Contrarian said:

 

Here's a picture of me standing under a tree,  waiting for an acorn to hit me on the head and trigger a brainstorm, ala Chicken Little.

 

Beautiful! 

My goodness you do not look your age. @aka Contrarian

 

 

On 5/13/2024 at 8:19 PM, ProfD said:

Reminds me of my grandmother who will be 94 years old next month. Her mind and wit is still very sharp. No ailments. No medication routine.  She still lives independently. Only stopped driving because she doesn't have too.  

 

I cook and host several family functions. My grandma shows up at everything and talks trash and eats and cuts up better than people half her age.

 

 

 I have one of those relatives. My auntie is 91 years old.

Shout out to your grandmother! Amazing!

@ProfD

 

 

 

 

 

[Mel Hopkins]

On 5/13/2024 at 6:28 PM, aka Contrarian said:

then nationality is irrelevent to the esoteric knowledge which the  human brain siphons from the omniscient realm of the universe. But the same brain is also inhabited by the ego, which craves acclaim, so mankind quibbles about who should get credit for that which was just waiting to be channeled. 

I agree nationality or ethnicity would be irrelevant if not for those who choose to control what we believe. 

 

Belief is the second but most important component of creation..."Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - So if whoever can control what you believe, you will never achieve anything. In fact, many Black Americans believe the Egyptians who created the pyramids were European and not Black like Us... If they believe that, they will definitely not identify as discoverers of cosmology, mathematics, Astrology, Astronomy, just Like @ProfD said

On 5/13/2024 at 12:47 PM, ProfD said:

@Troy, of course, we know why that book would never be in every American home.

 

True Black history would rollback and turn upside down the world as we know it. 

 

IMO, that's why it's important for Black folks to get their heads out of religion which has brainwashed and learn their true history.   

 

Knowledge of self is the real key to freedom and salvation.

 

I'm so glad these two teen mathematicians ignored the "programming" and knew where they came from and what they could do as a result!

 

 

On 5/13/2024 at 6:28 PM, aka Contrarian said:

Here's a picture of me standing under a tree,  waiting for an acorn to hit me on the head and trigger a brainstorm, ala Chicken Little.

This is Proof Positive that we are as young as we believe we are! Look at you shining! OMG, you're gorgeous and legendary at any age!

[aka Contrarian]

6 hours ago, Mel Hopkins said:

I agree nationality or ethnicity would be irrelevant if not for those who choose to control what we believe. 

 

Belief is the second but most important component of creation..."Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - So if whoever can control what you believe, you will never achieve anything. In fact, many Black Americans believe the Egyptians who created the pyramids were European and not Black like Us... 

@Mel HopkinsOf course you are correct. Pay me no mind. Just making a nuisance of myself by playing the "contrarian".  I have this pesky habit of needling people so I can educe an intelligent rebuttal from them. It doesn't always work, but I can always depend on you to enlighten me. 

 

My exploration of existentialism has advanced into a flirtation with nihilism so I often find myself lapsing into a "who gives a damn" mode when it comes to this f**ked up world.  I know that I know nothing.zzzzz

 

 

[Delano]

On 5/14/2024 at 2:06 PM, aka Contrarian said:

I  surrounded the tiny pyramid I had on my night stand  with several crystals, mistakenly thinking this arrangement  might create some good vibes. I just recently removed this dispIay when I began to suspect it might be dangerous.  Am I crazy - or what ??? (When I re read what I just recently posted on other threads, what I was saying didn't make a lot of sense in this realm)

I used to live with my Aunt. I had a crystal ball on my nightstand . I used to hold it as well and try to see images in it. One day my Aunt moved it. On that day we had a few telepathic connections. Freaked her out, she said she wouldn't touch it again.

 

Some years back I went to a group discussion. Two friends brought a friend of theirs. They thought she would like it and should meet me. 

 

We were in the same group. She didn't speak. Usually I stay and have a drink after the topical discussion. And have a chat with the other members. However this time a friend was playing music so I left. As I am walking down the street I felt impelled to go back. As I am walking back I walked through three portals . One was a square, one was a triangle and one was a square. I saw them in my mind and then they expanded and I walked through them. Each time I felt different. When I got back I sat next to the women my friends brought with them. She told me later that I read her mind twice , it freaked her out and she didn't talk to me. I also was able to pick up an

image from one of the friends who bought her. 

 

She told me later that she had felt unsettled from energy before I came into the group . She noticed it stopped when I left. Then she started to feel the energy again and when I walked in she new it was me. I noticed her and the thought popped into my head she's too young.

 

I played a song called Love is Alive. She said yes it is as I got off the bus .

 

We met up five years later. She gave me a time I told her the exact time we would meet. She thought no way, it doesn't take that long to get there, Del is just doing his number thing. Turns out she missed her stop. When she got off the train there was a clock. The time was 

exactly what I said down to to the second. We realised we liked each other. A few months later I went to visit her. We hit it off and ended up having a daughter.

I have been interested in the esoteric since I was a preteen.

 

I knew a few psychics, that were the real deal. A few witches and one wizard. So you are not crazy. It is difficult to make sense of a reality that has limitations when those constrictions don't circumscribe you.

 

The best psychic channeler told me not to doubt myself doubt the world. So I pass this on to you as well.

 

I used to think the wizard was so far ahead of me .

Since he could read auras and had studied hieroglyphics. One day he told me I was a wizard as well. I told him I knew. It took me a long time to realise that a lot of what I was seeking I already had it. I wasn't cognizant because the talents weren't expressed in the way I thought they would express themselves.

[Delano]

I hadn't noticed it but your photo looks like a circuit. Your left foot is taking in energy. Your left arm is a closed loop and you right hand is giving the energy to the tree. We take in energy with out left hand a give it out with our right hand.

[Mel Hopkins]

2 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

who gives a damn" mode when it comes to this f**ked up world. 

I was watching this documentary last night - and the filmmaker mentioned  said “this is the way of all true masters!” In short, “acceptance”  and keep it moving.  In fact, this is also Tai Chi so not to let your energy work against you.  Thank you!  I was letting the world get to me today - and instead of just chilling - I stressed myself out. I needed to read, “who gives a damn” to chill out!

[Delano]

I am practicing stoicism but I am leaning towards nihilism. The only thing I believe is symbolism and numbers reveal the Truth. At the moment the only things I possess are memorabilia and knowledge about time.