About Life on Other Planets
Is there life on other planets besides Earth? As far as scientists have observed, so far there has been no evidence of life in a universe other than Earth. But what are the chances?
In our solar system there are 8 planets. Only the earth is inhabited by living things. Why? Because only the earth is friendly to live in. Other planets are too close or too far from their parent star (the sun).
If it's too close, it's too hot. Too far means too cold. Not only that. There are so many other factors that make the earth so special.
Other planets don't have that feature, making it unlikely to be home to living things.
Mars, which is closest to Earth, is actually very similar and meets many of the conditions to be habitable. However, this is not the case.
There are a number of conditions that Mars does not fulfill. The conditions for living things to live in were extremely complicated.
But are there other planets inhabited by living beings? Again, we haven't found any evidence.
But when it comes to possibilities, it's very open. To date scientists have discovered more than 4000 planets in the Milky Way, in various sizes. There are about 100 that are the size of the earth. But then again, there are many other conditions that must be met for a planet to be habitable.
If there was a planet identical to Earth, would there be life on it? We don't even know that yet.
Optimistically we can say, it should. After all, this planet simply follows natural laws, and goes through the same history as earth. The problem is, the natural laws that cause living things to form are not yet known to humans.
Humans do not yet know the process of changing from inanimate molecules into living things. So, it's hard to conclude the next question.
What would happen if there was a planet that looked exactly like Earth?
The possibilities are many. It is possible that the living things there are not of the same kind as those on earth. The process of evolution is very complicated, so the possibility of identical evolution with the evolution on earth is also very small.
The possibility of intelligent beings like humans is also very small. But with a very small possibility, the opportunity remains open.
There are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way alone. Number of planets? I don't know how many trillion. If the chance of the existence of a planet like Earth is only 0.0000000000001, multiplied by hundreds of trillions, the result may not be zero.
Another problem is distance. The diameter of the Milky Way is roughly hundreds of thousands of light years. If there were a planet like Earth, it would be thousands of light years from Earth. This means that if we send a signal now, it will only span thousands of years.
Although the history of human civilization itself is only about 10 thousand years old.
If there were a civilization like ours on a planet in Andromeda, if we radioed in now, it would take another 2.5 million years to get there. At that time the civilization there might have been extinct.
On the other hand, the signals of civilization we may receive date back to civilizations 2.5 million years ago. Signals sent 1 million years later would be impossible for us to receive.
In short, it is highly unlikely that we will find evidence of other life on other planets.
The Law of Attraction
The Law of Attraction? What the hell was that? It is a spiritual view that believes that negative thoughts will lead people to negative experiences. Vice versa, positive thoughts will bring people to positive experiences.
Is it right? That's trust. I always say, people want to believe anything, go ahead. It's just that I must emphasize that beliefs are not facts. These formulations are called "laws", but do not confuse their meaning with scientific legal formulations. Again, this is trust.
What are positive or negative thoughts? That's perception. Negative thoughts mean that a person always thinks or suspects that things that he doesn't like will happen to him. For example, when he trades, he always thinks that the trade is hard to sell, and maybe he will lose. Those who think positively believe that their merchandise will sell well.
Is it true that thoughts determine experience? If this is true, assume the person you love the most wants to marry you. Think about it for a year. Then check the facts.
Our thoughts will not determine anything. What determines is our thinking, our analysis, then we act based on that analysis. The reasoning mind actually does not know the terms positive or negative.
If we have data indicating that something unpleasant will happen tomorrow, it makes sense for us to believe that something unpleasant will happen tomorrow. Thinking positively about data doesn't change anything.
The right attitude to the opportunities for negative things to happen is to anticipate them. That is what is taught in risk management. So, there's nothing wrong with thinking negatively if the data shows something negative will happen. On the other hand, positive thinking is wrong.
The right thing is don't worry. If something bad happens, and we can't avoid it, the best way is to accept. Then we act to correct the situation.
That is, even worrying does nothing to change reality. On the other hand, being optimistic doesn't change anything.
What changes something is the action taken. People worry, then take action, it could be the right action. In this case worrying or negative thinking is not wrong.
Dissecting Online Fraud Mode
Forms of crime and financial fraud always change along with technological developments, if in the past we often hear, fraud at ATMs, scam SMS continuously asking for credit, fraudulent SMS lured to get prizes then fraud then email scam and many others.
The victims are psychologically manipulated into following the cheater's wishes and end up losing money
In recent years, financial crimes have become increasingly prevalent in the digital world, especially in attempts to crack email passwords for e-commerce accounts and also online wallet services.
In this article, I want to tell you about some digital financial fraud scenarios that have been very unsettling and have claimed many lives, hopefully this article can be useful and prevent more victims in the future.
1. Fraud mode: fake merchant or shop
We start from the first scam, namely the fraudulent trader mode, the fraudulent merchant mode there are many kinds and often take the market for trending goods.
For example, at the start of the pandemic, there were lots of fake traders selling masks and cheap medical devices, now that mode is increasingly targeting gamers, con artists usually pretend to be traders or sellers of vouchers or game items, such as skins and diamonds which are very cheap below market prices. , often the victim does not check the seller's account further and pays immediately.
After receiving money from a fraud victim, it will just disappear and block the victim's number and social media accounts, make sure you are gamers, you always buy game items directly from the application.
Isn't that really bad? Initially you want to get goods below standard prices, instead the money is forfeited and taken away by fraudsters.
2. Deception mode with fear
We move on to the second fraud which is the scare mode, now the fraud mode uses psychological pressure to trap the victim, the fraudsters fabricate the situation to make the victim panic and take the action the fraudster wants.
One of the popular modes is telephone fraud by manipulating an emergency situation, usually a scammer confesses to the hospital and says if a family has an accident and must immediately take emergency action, so that emergency action can be taken immediately, the fraudster will ask. potential victims make money transfers to a specific account address.
Although of course, the situation is just a fabrication designed to trap a panicked family member and end up transferring some money to the scammer.
3. Prize-winning mode is online wallet balance
We proceed to the third one, namely the winning prize mode in the form of an online wallet balance, now if a fraudster uses psychic tricks to scare the victim, this time the scammer uses a psychological trap to make the victim feel very happy because he has got a fortune from the draw ensured by a prize in the form of a wallet balance on line.
Initially, the victim will first receive an SMS from a certain online Wallet number containing the OTP code, a few seconds later the perpetrator calls the victim and confesses from the online Wallet while congratulating him as the winner of the lottery or getting an online wallet balance prize. .
Well, because a few seconds before the victim received an SMS from the official online wallet number, psychologically the victim thought that the caller was really from an official online wallet, even though the perpetrator actually entered the online wallet application using the victim's cellphone. amount. So the OTP code sms will enter the victim's cellphone after that, then the scammer will immediately call the victim and congratulate me because I got the balance of the prize from the online wallet.
After congratulating him, the perpetrator further convinced the victim by saying that there was a new SMS from the online wallet containing the winner's pin number and finally asked for a code as verification of the winner, after the OTP code was obtained the perpetrator could enter the online wallet account and drain the victim's balance.
4. Online wallet account fraud mode encountered a technical error
We enter the fourth scam, which is the online wallet account mode which is experiencing technical problems.
Well, the fraud mode is to lead the victim to make transactions outside the official application, usually this is done when the potential victim is using the food delivery application service.
So this potential victim suddenly gets a call, from a fraudster who claims to be a driver and the story is fierce, if the cashier system experiences technical problems, the fraudster keeps asking for it to be transferred to a certain account or digital wallet, sometimes he also asks for the victim's OTP code, with the reason so that the food can be processed.
Even though of course all of that is just a story made up by con artists to trick their victims.
5. Fraud mode disguises itself as fake social media accounts
And the last one is a fraudulent mode under the guise of fake social media accounts, lots of fake social media accounts on behalf of well-known companies.
For example, such as certain banks, including online wallets. Original online wallet accounts or official social media accounts of other companies must have verification marks, it should be noted that social media accounts for service products are the target of customer complaints.
Now the habit of these users is exploited by scammers who create fake social media accounts by knowing the link to the customer complaint report form, many victims who experience problems are usually told to fill out the form without further checking, apparently without realizing the user. filled out his personal data on that form and ended up being the target of an online fraud crime.
Because in filling it very often asked for cellphone number, date of birth, identity number, photo, etc. So don't forget before you send a complaint, write down your cellphone number, etc. Make sure the verified account that has been checked in the account.
Well, there are also fake social media accounts, different telegram modes, the fraudulent mode on telegram usually promises a free online wallet balance, so the victim will be directed there, to spread as many bot referral links as possible.
They are lured to even get an online wallet balance transfer every time someone clicks on the link, it turns out that the victim first needs to transfer some money to the bot owner which is claimed as a fee or tax to withdraw the free online wallet balance.
The perpetrator also sent a picture of proof that he had transferred a free online compend balance, even though the image was of course only fabrication, indeed this fraud usually only requires a small payment but is their cunning tactic so that more victims don't think too much about the transfer. some money for con artists. So Be Careful.
5 Differences of Corona Vaccines
There are various types of corona vaccines that have existed in the world today. So, what's the difference between these vaccines? Are some stronger than others? Or are they all the same? To answer all these questions, let's take a look at my article.
For my article, we will discuss five different types of corona vaccines, namely: Vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Sputnik V, and Sinovac.
There are a number of differences between these corona vaccines. The biggest difference between the two is the difference based on how they work. Well, for my article, it is the differences that we will discuss. But before discussing the differences in how vaccines work, it is better if we first understand how the human body actually fights against viruses and creates immunity.
When a virus or foreign object enters the human body, our immune system will attack it. However, the process of the immune system getting rid of the virus takes a long time, because to beat an infection in the immune system we have to figure out how to fight it first.
While this process continues, the virus will continue to spread and multiply, and the infected body will get sick. Finally, after the body's immune system has successfully eradicated the virus, it will keep on remembering how to fight it, so that if the same virus comes again, our bodies are ready to deal with it.
So basically it can be said that all vaccines work relatively the same. Namely to provide our immune system with a strategy to fight viruses without having to fight the virus directly. However, the way this resistance strategy is delivered is different for each vaccine.
Here are 5 differences in Corona Vaccines
1. Sinovac
We started with Sinovac, the COVID-19 vaccine made in China, which uses the Inactivated Virus method. This method uses the COVID-19 virus that has been killed, which is then inserted into the human body. Even if it is inactive and unable to spread, the immune system will still respond and learn how to fight it. However, the response from the immune system may not be as effective as against live viruses. Therefore, this type of vaccine requires several doses to be effective.
2. AstraZeneca-Oxford and 3. Sputnik V
Furthermore, there are vaccines from AstraZeneca and Sputnik V that use the Viral Vector method. Unlike the inactivated virus method, this method uses viruses that are still alive but relatively weak, such as adenoviruses that cause colds. This weak virus is then used to lift the genetic material of COVID-19, which the immune system will use to create immunity without exposing the body to the true dangers of the corona virus.
4. Pfizer-BioNTech and 5. Moderna
Furthermore, the most discussed method, and the newest of the existing vaccines, is the mRNA vaccine used by Pfizer and Moderna.
The way this vaccine works is pretty cool, so read it carefully. In COVID-19 there is a very important protein. This protein is used by COVID to enter the cells of the human body, making them more infectious. Think of it as a weapon that makes COVID too overpowered. So, logically, if we can make the body immune to this protein, then the body will be immune to COVID-19 as a whole.
What vaccine researchers are doing is taking the piece of COVID DNA that contains the blueprint for this protein, and then converting that blueprint into instructions for the body's cells to make the protein, these instructions are known as mRNA, and this mRNA is the vaccine. .
Then, why do we want the body's cells to make this protein? Isn't that dangerous? Not at all, this mRNA is safe because it only contains instructions for making protein, and does not contain the complete Corona virus.
So it can be considered like a weapon without a master. After mRNA enters the body, the body's cells will start making this protein, which the immune system will then respond to. After the immune system has successfully destroyed this protein, it will remember how to fight it, thus making you immune to COVID-19.
Closing
Ultimately, my article is not meant to persuade you to choose a vaccine. Because for most people, which vaccine we get is out of our control. What you need to know is, the vaccine that is now being prepared for mass use has gone through an intensive testing phase to maintain its safety and effectiveness.
And the fact that we were able to get so many vaccines in the fastest time in human history is already a bright side to a very dark year.
Surely all of this has been made possible thanks to the thousands of medical personnel, scientists and researchers who have worked non-stop since the pandemic began. And now the rest is in your hands.
That's all for my article this time. If you could choose, which brand of vaccine would you use?
Xenobot, The discovery of science, will it be a savior or vice versa?
The latest discovery by scientists at the University of Vermont, United States is also quite shaking the world. They create new creatures that they implant from stem cells from frog embryos. But what is unique is that these organic creatures can also be called machines because they are a combination of computer science, robotics and biology.
Its growth can be controlled by scientists using computer programs with complex algorithms. In other words, the new creature is a fleshy robot or can be called a living robot.
Two of its founders, Doctor Sam Kriegman and Joshua Bongard, both of whom are robotics experts from the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vermont, call their creations xenobots. Joshua on his campus website said that this creature is not a robot or a new animal species, but another type of creature, which is a programmable living thing.
This xenobot is made using stem cells from a type of frog from Africa whose scientific name is Xenopus laevis. The xenobot is very microscopic, only one millimeter wide and composed of a network of living amphibians, but designed using a computer model.
This Xenobot, like a robot, can be programmed and ordered to do anything. However, like living things, xenobots are able to move, can even heal wounds on their own, and can live for weeks.
Unlike robots, xenobots do not need batteries or external electrical impulses to power. Xenobots have muscle tissue that functions like a heart. Uniquely, through computers, scientists can regulate the heart rate and even the direction of movement. In fact, if scientists cut this xenobot's body in half, it would be able to heal itself and recombine into one piece.
But, of course, this new discovery not only amazed, it triggered anxiety and fear. What if this xenobot had a mind of its own and started to rebel? Moreover, his unique ability in self-healing reminds us of the antagonist in the Terminator movie, so that if one day there is a problem, this creature can hardly be exterminated.
The scenario for making xenobots is almost similar to the plot of one of the science fiction novels created by Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park, entitled Prey. In the novel, genetic engineering and nanotechnology scientists have succeeded in creating new xenobot-like organisms called nanobots that eventually kill one scientist after another, and even evolve to be able to infect humans.
This is of course worrying because in the future this xenobot is intended for use in the medical world by injecting it into the human body to transport drugs into the patient's body.
This scientific discovery is arguably equivalent to the controversy that arose when physicists at CERN, Europe, discovered the god particle thanks to their research in the Large Hadron Collider. At the time, even physicists like Stephen Hawkins warned that the discovery of such particles could lead to apocalyptic events that could destroy the universe. The reason is, it is feared that the discovery of divine particles could trigger the creation of black holes that could eventually eat all life on earth.
However, the risk of xenobot that is feared is too early to be discussed seriously, because xenobot itself is still in the laboratory stage and has not been mass produced. Of course, scientists will assess the pros and cons before releasing it to the public. This technological advancement also brings new hope to the development of the medical world and who knows this xenobot can be used to cure diseases that have yet to be found a cure.
Crypto Derivatives Trading
A derivative is a financial contract between two or more parties that bases its value on the asset on which it is based, in this case cryptocurrency. To clarify, derivative trading is an agreement to buy and sell an asset, be it stocks or cryptocurrency at a predetermined price and time.
Derivatives themselves have no value, based entirely on estimates of the future value of the assets selected. In general, there are three types of derivative products, namely Swaps, Futures, and Options.
Why choose Crypto Derivatives Trading?
Currently cryptocurrency is still relatively new in adapting to the derivatives market, so there are only a few options for the derivatives market that exists in that market. One that is quite popular is Bitcoin futures and options, because Bitcoin controls more than 50% of the cryptocurrency market, making BTC the largest and most traded coin.
Whereas derivative trading is quite complicated and is often only done by professional traders. There are several reasons why derivatives are better.
The first reason, with derivatives everyone can reduce risk and protect themselves from fluctuations in the price of the selected asset. Apart from being protected from price volatility with derivatives, it is also possible to determine the amount to trade in the plan to protect yourself from excessive fluctuations.
The second reason, hedging, or the ability to protect investments by offsetting potential losses that exist. Many say things like having an insurance policy for an investment portfolio. With the ability to hedge, one can still profit in either a bearish or a bullish market.
The third reason, Speculation. Many traders use derivatives to speculate on cryptocurrency prices. The goal, of course, is to profit from the price movements of the selected asset. For example, a trader can make a profit by buying a derivative contract and anticipate a decrease in the price of a selected asset by shorting it. Speculation is considered negative because it causes a high level of volatility in the market.
In traditional markets, the way to make a profit is to buy coins at a low price and then sell them at a higher price later. However, this is only possible in a bullish market or if the trend is up. Shorting is a way of getting profit when the bear market or trend is down.
Currently there are only a few cryptocurrency exchanges that can trade derivatives. Some of the big ones are Bitmex, Binance, OKEX and Tokenomy. Derivatives trading allows users to profit in every situation, bearish or bullish market. However, derivatives have a high level of complexity so they are generally carried out by professional traders or experienced technical traders.
Knowing the Types of Crypto Derivative Trading: Futures and Options
As we know in crypto derivatives trading, there are two types of products that are currently trending, namely futures and options. Many still think that these two products are the same, but in fact they have some differences. Before we discuss the level of risk, let us discuss the differences further.
**Future**
A future or futures contract is a cooperation contract that binds two or more parties to buy and sell crypto at an agreed price and at a predetermined time. This makes you obliged to buy or sell according to the contract that you agree to. This means that a large amount of capital is needed in accordance with the contract that will be paid later. You have unlimited potential profit by trading futures, but this is directly proportional to the potential risk of loss which is also unlimited.
In terms of fees, futures contracts have clear and easy to understand fee terms. The fees charged generally are transaction commissions, exchange fees, and brokerage. In futures trading using the terms buy, long and sell, short which can be said to represent buying and selling.
**Option**
Option is a cooperation contract that gives the right to sell or buy cryptocurrency at a predetermined price. However, you can buy and sell before or when the contract ends. Options are said to have lower risk than futures because in options you are required to pay a premium in advance and the loss value will not exceed the premium value.
However, options still carry risks, as the premium value will decrease over time, especially as the deadline approaches. The fluctuating premium value can be caused by many things, such as differences in product prices and strike prices, validity period and others. This causes the need for the ability to analyze the direction of the market so that the value of the premium does not shrink before the profit target is achieved.
**Futures and options** carry a high level of risk and require in-depth market analysis. This causes both products to be recommended only for more experienced traders. But now there are many alternatives that can help you get more optimal results and minimize risk, one of which is the trading algorithm.
Bitcoin Proves It To Conventional Investors
After the financial crisis that hit the world in the past, and then Bitcoin was born. However, major Wall Street investors at the time viewed it with skepticism and considered Bitcoin an obscure investment. However, many large investors are now turning to Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin has just reached an all-time high and broke through the fifty thousand dollars and that is the first time in Bitcoin history and is predicted to continue to increase. Is this a sign that cryptocurrency can finally become an acceptable asset for conventional investors?
Bitcoin will be the goal of conventional investors
As is known, many well-known large companies have now accepted cryptocurrency as a means of payment transactions. Starting from Paypal, Tesla, Mastercard, and most recently Apple. These transactions are carried out through a third party company called Bitpay. Bitpay revealed that the presence of the Apple Pay service will make it easier for users to buy various products manufactured by Apple.
Ghost Asset Cryptocurrency
Unlike fundamental investments such as gold, property and stocks, cryptocurrency is not the first choice among traditional and institutional investors. Some of the reasons why are; The stigma that still lingers in the minds of conventional investors is that Bitcoin is considered a ghost asset. This is because crypto assets are an intangible form of digital asset. Another factor is Bitcoin has a limited amount. Coupled with the price which is known to be very volatile.
Bitcoin is a big bubble
Analysts believe that Bitcoin is very risky. Bitcoin is also very volatile and raises new concerns about a big bubble. Even so, some analysts still believe that Bitcoin is a new and innovative form of finance in the future.
Being a Bitcoin Investor Previously Anti Bitcoin
Bitcoin has been around since 2009, but its popularity only started to skyrocket among institutional investors at the start of last year's pandemic. Bitcoin may be the most popular crypto asset, but not everyone likes Bitcoin. There are many doubts about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, especially among conventional investors. However, there are also some skeptics who were initially anti Bitcoin, now turning to Bitcoin investors. Here are some of the names of well-known skeptics who eventually changed their minds about Bitcoin:
**Niall Ferguson**
Niall is the author of The Ascent of Money. In 2019, Niall said that he was very wrong about Bitcoin and other crypto assets. This realization took place five years after Niall bought Bitcoin.
**Joe Weisenthal**
The former executive editor of the leading business website Business Insider once wrote that Bitcoin is a joke and a bubble. Only about a month later, he wrote I Changed Your Mind About Bitcoin, in which he retracted his initial statement about Bitcoin.
**Don Tapscott**
For those of you who like to read books about cryptocurrency, Don Tapscott's name may be familiar. Don Tapscott is the co-author of Blockchain Revolution. Before becoming the author of the book, he was skeptical about Bitcoin.
**Elon Musk**
In November 2017, Musk denied allegations by one of his former SpaceX interns that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin. Musk is actually not skeptical of Bitcoin, but at first he was not a supporter of Bitcoin. In 2018 when asked on Twitter how much Bitcoin he had, he replied that he surprisingly only had 0.25 Bitcoins sent by a friend a few years ago. And claims not to own any crypto assets.
In 2021, his company Tesla bought US $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin and said it would accept payments in cryptocurrency very soon. Musk also changed his Twitter profile to # Bitcoin, making the Bitcoin price jump in an instant! And in a recent appearance on the Clubhouse app, he said that he is a Bitcoin supporter.
Closing
As is well known, investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is a high-risk investment digital asset. And Bitcoin's value often fluctuates and is unpredictable. It is important to note that, before you invest in any company or asset, you need to be clear about it. And when it comes to cryptocurrency, then you need to be more careful and understand the risks involved in it. So, are you a skeptic, or a believer?
How to Avoid Scams in the Crypto World
If you want to start investing in Crypto assets, it's a good idea to understand the risks and modes of fraud under the guise of investing in crypto assets, so that you don't fall victim and choose the wrong crypto platform. Since cryptocurrencies became popular, scams and scams have become more common, resulting in many crypto investors, especially newbies, losing more than they invested.
As is well known, blockchain technology that allows transactions without the need for third parties and only relies on the internet feels great, which saves time and money. But not infrequently this is used as an attraction to lure victims of fraud in cryptocurrency investing. The modes also vary.
How to avoid it?
So that you don't become one of the victims of fraud and scams in the crypto world, this time I have summarized some of the modes of crypto asset fraud that often occur and how to avoid them.
Ponzi Scheme System
The first is with a ponzi scheme. This scheme is an investment fraud where clients are promised big profits without risk. For those of you who are just starting out investing, especially in cryptocurrency, you have to be careful with the lure of investing like this. It could be a cheat mode with a ponzi scheme. The ponzi scheme itself is one of the most common modes of crypto scams in the financial world. In this mode, each investor will get money in the form of a profit from the investor's next deposit, not a profit from the business being run. As a result, when no other investors enter, you will not make a profit at all. Your funds will also be lost if the containment promoter suddenly disappears.
Fake Crypto Exchange
There are many fake exchange companies circulating on the internet. Moreover, if you want to buy Crypto assets on an exchange, make sure the exchange is guaranteed. Avoid and ignore investment opportunities that do not have clear controls and systems, because these scams can be lost at any time with your assets.
Fake Give Away
Who isn't happy about a giveaway? But you have to be careful with giveaway scam modes like this one. Scammers try to take advantage by offering free Bitcoin or other crypto assets. Fraud with giveaway mode, usually done by first having to send a number of your crypto assets to the address mentioned, on the grounds that you can verify your wallet address and receive the giveaway.
Fake Crypto Wallet
Another important thing that you should pay attention to is choosing a crypto wallet. Cryptocurrency wallets are where you store your crypto assets. To avoid fake wallets, there are several important things you must do first, such as making sure the wallet application is made by a trusted developer. You can do this by checking the name of the developer if he has an official website of the company, and secondly is reading the reviews first.
Phishing
Fraud with phishing methods does not only occur in the crypto world, most industries such as finance, e-commerce, social media, and e-mail also report cases of phishing scams. Phishing will usually take your personal information such as phone numbers, bank accounts, passwords, etc. Make sure to safeguard your personal data by not giving out personal information to anyone. One of the most common phishing cases in crypto is getting a phone with an unknown number, claiming to be from a specific crypto exchange. Callers will provide attractive offers on the condition that you ask for your personal identity. If you get a call like this, it's most likely a phishing scam.
Conclusion
Investing in Crypto Assets is not a scam, and it is safe if you can avoid irresponsible people who use Crypto Assets as a scam. Make sure you choose a safe and official Crypto Asset investment platform.
Chronovisor Machine, Time Machine in the Vatican?
Before starting. Let me enter a disclaimer first. This means that the story about Time Machine, especially the one I will discuss about the Chronovisor later, is one of the rumors circulating in our world and it is not necessarily true.
However, because the story is interesting, I want to raise it as one of the topics in my article this time.
Speaking of time machines, perhaps what we imagine is a tool that allows us to go to the past or the future. But for this Time Machine case, especially the Chronovisor is different.
What is a Chronovisor Machine and how does it work?
The Chronovisor is a tool that allows its users to observe past and future events. Many believe that this device is one of the greatest secrets that mankind has ever had.
Some even believe that it is an important tool that has allowed the Vatican to retain its influence and power over the years. Yes, the chronvisor is not a means of transportation, but binoculars.
Since HG Wells wrote his novel 'The Time Machine', many people have been fascinated by the idea of time travel. Even Theoretical Physicists dream about the possibility of making it one day.
It should be noted that, Everything we know about travel in this day and age, was once based on science fiction. Like the concept of flying humans in ancient times, which is manifested by the creation of airplanes.
When did the Chronovisor start to be called?
So, on May 2, 1972, an Italian newspaper shocked the world when they published a newspaper article with a provocative headline that read something like this: **The machine that photographs the past is finally invented**.
The article explains that dozens of scientists have created artifacts that allow them to photograph the past, and even witness important historical accounts that relate directly to Jesus Christ.
This device began to be made in the 1950's by a team of scientists led by Father Pellegrino María Ernetti, an Italian physicist.
It is believed that the team received significant support from Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi Originator of Fermi's Paradox Theory and renowned scientist Wernher von Braun.
The Chronovisor machine is described as a relatively small device equipped with a series of antennas, composed entirely of a precious metal alloy, a cathode tube, several dials, and a lever.
Pastor Ernetti's report explains that anyone using this device is capable of capturing and recording specific places, important events, and following prominent people in history.
In fact, it is said that being in prime condition means that it has 100 percent energy, like a smartphone, this device offers its users the ability to anticipate what will happen in the near future which means changing history.
However, Reverend Ernetti was mostly silent and insisted that he was not allowed to reveal more details about the Timer Machine.
According to many reports, Pastor Ernetti used the Chronovisor Machine to witness important historical events, the most famous of which was the crucifixion of Christ.
According to Father François, he met Father Ernetti in the 1960s while they were traveling on the Grand Canal in Venice. Since they were both experts in the ancient language, they began to talk about the Bible and its interpretation over the years.
Pastor Brune was very interested when Pastor Ernetti revealed that there is a machine that can answer all questions related to the Bible.
When Father François asked him about the Machine in question, Father Ernetti explained a little about the Chronovisor, saying that it was a device that functioned like a television, but instead of receiving transmissions from a local station, he could watch the past and allow viewers to see and hear the Events. . that happened centuries earlier.
Ernetti tells Brune that the machine works by detecting images and sounds of energy left by humans, where images and sounds evaporate into space, possibly referring to the Law of Conservation of Energy. When people die, the energy from humans doesn't decrease but only changes shape, the rest I don't understand.
My Notes Are Private
Actually there are also those who say this machine is not 100 percent complete, and the construction project has stopped. Even so, every tool that had been assembled was not destroyed.
But of course, such a tool looks more like science fiction than reality. But, I myself have explained it above. Everything we know about today's travels is based on science fiction.
Like the concept of flying humans in ancient times, which is manifested by the creation of airplanes. How about that?
Maybe if I myself say, too great a tool for man to have, it would be better not to know the truth at all. For the rest, everything about the time machine remains a mystery.
Let's Get to Know the Types of Delusions
Before starting, I want to say that it is wrong to think that delusions are associated with mystical things. Or just about the invisible.
Many social conflicts stem from this mental disorder. My article will explain the types of delusions and phenomena that occur in social life.
In fact, you live among millions of people. Connect in social life. Both in real life, and through information technology on social media. There is a lot of madness masquerading as ignorance. Interplay!
Most people with delusions can carry out normal activities. Live and interact naturally. However, for certain things they can change their attitude drastically.
They may suddenly become angry, sad, offended, hysterical, or behave in an extreme manner. Many things happen, usually when they come into contact with something that's on their mind. The sensation he was sure of.
**The following types of delusions are related to the sensations that are usually felt:**
**Erotomatic**
This is a delusional type of feeling loved. Sufferers feel and believe being loved by someone. This condition is followed by real behavior. Like obsessed, protective, trailing people in delusions.
**Grandiose**
This type of delusion is similar to cases of megalomania. Conditions for feeling important. With regard to self-esteem. Sufferers feel they have influence, are gifted, and they feel they have done important things. Believe in finding, creating, or succeeding in making something extraordinarily important.
**Jealous**
A type of delusion in which the sufferer believes in the betrayal of a loved one. Feeling that their partner is not loyal. This is especially dangerous in committed family relationships.
**Persecutory**
This type of delusion involves a social life. Sufferers experience a kind of belief about injustice. Sufferers believe that he and or the people around him experience injustice. Such as the feeling of feeling persecuted, discriminated against, and believing that there is something wrong with the sufferer.
**Somatic**
this is a type of delusion in which the sufferer feels like he or she has a disability or has a medical problem.
**Mixed**
This type of delusion is a sensation combination of the two or more delusional symptoms above that I have written and listed.
**Several Factors That Cause Delusions**
Delusions are mental disorders. Sufferers can be called mental illness. Apart from the risk of affecting the condition of the sufferer, it also affects social relationships. It is very dangerous if it is not immediately handled or received special treatment.
**Some of the main causes of delusions are as follows:**
**Genetic**
Just like schizophrenia, delusional symptoms can potentially be experienced by people who are genetically from family members with the same disease. Usually passed down by parents.
**Biological**
Delusional symptoms can also form when the brain functions in the process of thinking and perception are disturbed. Like because there is a certain disease.
**Environmental and psychological**
Delusional symptoms can be triggered due to environmental factors. Excessive stress from social conditions causes high stress. Potential changes in behavior such as excessive drug consumption. People who are lonely, isolated because of hearing and vision problems can also experience delusions.
*In essence, my friends, excessive stress on the mentality risks triggering delusional symptoms.*
Desktop or computer screen genre movies
Anti-mainstream movie genre with a tense sensation. It's like playing in a movie with adrenaline nuances that spur your heart fast as you are carried away by the atmosphere that flows along the storyline.
Computer screen genre movies or desktop films are subgenres of movies in which the storyline that occurs is entirely on the computer screen or smartphone screen.
This genre became popular in the 2010s along with the growing influence of the internet in everyday life. This technique is often ascribed to the genre footage found, but it is different.
**Definition**
The computer screen-themed movie takes place on one particular screen, which never leaves that screen, the performance of the camera must resemble the behavior of the camera on that device, all actions in the storyline must be done in real time, with no other transitions visible and all sound must come from within a computer or smartphone only.
After the computer screen horror-themed movie 'Unfriended' which was released in 2014, it became the first film with the longest duration to use a computer screen storyline.
After that it officially became a sub genre known as 'Screen Life', the main term for movies created using a desktop interface.
**The beginning**
'Desktop Documentary', a sub-genre of desktop movies, was created by Kevin B. Lee and his colleagues at the School at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. They defined desktop documentary as a form of filmmaking that uses screen capture technology to interact in front of the computer screen as a camera and canvas lens.
Desktop documentaries attempt to describe and question the way we navigate the world through computer screens.
Desktop documentaries can be thought of as part of a computer screen movie that deals with real-life material rather than a fictional narrative world.
Here's a recommended playlist Movies using a desktop computer or smartphone display method Sub genre computer screen:
**(2002)** The Collingswood Story
**(2013)** The Den
**(2013)** Noah
**(2014)** Unfriended
**(2014)** Open Windows
**(2015)** Connection Lost
**(2016)** Face 2 Face
**(2016)** Sick House
**(2018)** Unfriended 'Dark Web'
**(2018)** Searching
**(2018)** Profile
**(2019)** Creep Nation
**(2019)** Live
**(2020)** Host
**(2020)** Followed
About The Purge Day
Do you know? In a fictional movie The Purge Day is inspired by a true event, the Saturnalia festival in ancient Rome where everyone was allowed to do whatever they wanted, from December 17 to 25, without fear of arrest or punishment.
So, many people committed violence, murder, rape and a series of other crimes.
The Purge Day. In this case, it means as a symbol of the day of one's forgiveness, redemption and deliverance.
What would happen if the world on The Purge Day happened in the real world.
What would you do?
Will you choose to hide or take action?
If the government legalizes the one night sentence in a year, wherever we are, we have the right and can freely commit criminal acts in any case without limitation and without exception, from minor crimes to mere retaliation from ex and the like.
Stealing, seizing, bullying or suppressing acts of vandalism, public destruction, looting, major robbery, anarchist, to rape to cruel murder as desired, regardless of social status without the mercy of whoever the person However, all kinds of despicable and sinful things can be done as usual and legal.
However, the action was only given twelve hours and without any operational security services including police officers as well as medical assistance and emergency services.
This time I will discuss the possibility of what would happen if The Purge Day really existed and happened in the real world in our lives today.
However, I will describe in simple theoretical terms the possible effects of and after The Purge Day.
**Elimination**
Conflict or personal grudges and domestic violence are increasing, factors of divorce and power struggles over property and inheritance rights are becoming more frequent and the use of oppression of the poor to abuse the powerful for certain purposes and interests.
**President is the most deadly profession as well as heated political competition**
Yes, of course in the world of politics there are always pros and cons behind the drama of the presidential candidates and their respective supporting camps, it is not uncommon for the presidential candidates they support to not pass.
The bad advice from the literal nation of the people wants the elected candidate to die, as soon as possible.
On the other hand, a political seat will become a fierce space in the struggle for power rights by free parties, be it the general public or people in their fields.
**The uncontrolled fall of the country's currency and stock exchange rate**
Perhaps on a large scale the day of criminal freedom will be exploited by most to carry out bank looting, robbery and looting of gold and jewelry stores in large numbers so that in just one night the state finances will become difficult to normalize again.
**Racism**
The occurrence of social discrimination, segregation and racial violence between blacks and whites, etc. Includes genocide.
Which covers the issue of politicians on racial issues to win votes. And the idea of identifying racist groups to re-colonize their territory and power.
**The emergence of a global elite ruling organization**
The creation of an organization of interests on a small scale and even a large scale such as religion, social communities to groups of powerful people such as oligarchs who control wealth or political power in society with the aim of wanting to have a higher position.
Than ordinary people and have greater rights than the class of society below him.
**Capitalism on a large scale**
The government cannot intervene in the market to gain mutual benefits, but government intervention is carried out on a large scale for private interests.
Weakening intervention from the government where the economic system in which trade, industry and means of production will be difficult to control and will tend to be controlled by private owners with the aim of gaining profits in the market economy, so that there are many owners of capital. in running his business, he tries to get maximum profit for personal gain.
**Critical mindset system for future generations in terms of education**
If The Purge day becomes an annual tradition, children's mindset will develop because it is related to what information they know and learn so that their minds will run wild and tend to be aggressive in being active about what plans and goals they will do when they grow up.
**Tax hikes and economic paralysis**
Even though it only happened in one night for twelve hours, the impact of the crime on freedom of expression would of course be detrimental to several sectors of facilities and infrastructure, from individuals, communities to public relations, resulting in confusion over material values.
Because the value of the damage is postponed through taxes with high burdens, which in the end results in a declining and even weakening economic system for certain parties.
**The Birth of Classical Liberalism**
The rise of individual existence and freedom will be greatly exalted, each of which will give birth to new ideas as free as in democracy (politics) and capitalism (economy), which means that the freedom that individuals have is absolute freedom and cannot be accounted.
**The fall of inequality and social strata of society**
The emergence of a stratification classification between status and social concepts through differentiation or grouping of members of society vertically (stratified) or differentiation in society with the aim of the concept of power, that is, there is a group of people who do rule over other groups.
**Low Profile**
People who initially crave popularity and fame may feel insecure if they are in the public spotlight, whether they are an artist, influencer or social activist or just an Instagram celebrity.
So that according to them it would be better to close yourself from all the busyness of social networks and other media in order to avoid competition, jealousy of one another and in the end choosing to be quiet with a normal status.
**A very free legalized weapon**
With the existence of the day of freedom to act criminal, of course, the suppliers of the availability of sharp weapons and firearms are freely traded and traded transparently for anyone regardless of age and status with the aim of participating on The Purge Day.
However, this will have a negative impact on the suggestions of human behavior that fall into the spread of criminal acts everywhere, wherever the day is, because the mindset that has changed is centered on The Purge Day.
**Becoming a bad influence at an early age**
In some unstable children, there will be suggestions that have fatal consequences in expressing themselves by acting like hurting to immoral towards their peers.
**The Purge Day Being a hobby and a regular job**
In one particular group, not a few people will create criminal gangs that they have prepared carefully to achieve certain goals such as making money but with careful execution that has been prepared for a year.
**High unemployment and mass duping**
In connection with the previous indications and factors, of course if The Purge Day occurs it will cause a desire for a human mindset that changes to become lazy, arrogant and tends to be wild about the purpose of life, because according to him it is easy to achieve unlimited enjoyment on that day, free whatever he wants. without having to assume that you have to continue your education and find a job.
**Don't take it seriously, huh!**
****This is Just the Fiction Writing Segment.****
You can add arguments regarding the impact and possible harm that will occur in the schematic above. Thank you.
Horror Games As Psychological Phobia Detector
Are you a fan of horror games? Then what game do you think is the most creepy and scary?
Playing horror games is fun, if you don't dare, you can invite friends or family, maybe you usually use them for the opportunity to chat or hang out.
Usually if you play the game, you and your friends or family will at least be shocked to the point that it looks like a shocked reaction on YouTube.
In fact, the moments of playing horror games can be very funny and you can record them for jokes.
**In general, the outline of a horror genre game is closely related to ghosts and blood, right?**
Yes, of course those who play horror-themed games don't always refer to ghosts, of course there are those who take advantage of psychological, criminal and magical supernatural horror which is of course equally tense.
Even though it is not liked by many people, not a few also consider this genre game as a virtual routine that creates a fear that is addicting because it has its own charm.
*Yes, the feeling of horror is one of the attractions of the players who experience it themselves, which sometimes can lead to continuous addiction and constant curiosity so that it can finish until the end.*
Well, a desire like wanting to be able to solve a mystery solved.
In general, the classification of horror video games, especially games today, mostly does not refer to the main pattern, the plot is thick with elements of fear in general, it can be said that it tends to the narrative theme itself.
For example, a horror game with a science fiction theme or a fantasy game that prioritizes a system based on its game style that takes elements of horror, which we also often encounter on PC platforms and playstation consoles.
Horror games are the only narrative-based classifications that generally don't follow the mainstream pattern, with the game's narrative genre label widely used for games designed to scare off players.
The horror aspect in this game is very broad, let's call it the literary aspect of the game. In any case, there are some particular zones inside the horror game order that have been distinguished as novel subgenres of horror.
**This horror game itself consists of various classifications such as the following:**
Survival horror
Action Horror
Psychological Horror
Jump Scare Horror
Reverse Horror
**You have to know in advance about the effects and risks you feel when playing the game.**
**Horror games can find out your psychological side!**
Sometimes the phobia of darkness and ghosts is a little different.
By playing horror games, you will gradually find out what phobia you really have.
Is it because of an invisible creature or a dark atmosphere.
You should only be afraid of some things and not all things, that's right, but sometimes you just don't know it.
By playing horror games often, you will find out what you are afraid of.
Maybe you are afraid of the dark, but not afraid of insects. Maybe the opposite.
From horror games, you can find out your fears.
One of the great things about horror video games is the general overuse of jump scare tactics.
**Measure your level of fear**
By combining psychological fear, this method is quite effective in surprising the player, with the desire generated by the player when surprised, of course we can analyze the extent to which their reaction in capturing the unexpected threat they feel in their instinct to interact with it.
What he considered scary, as a measure of the stability of the heart rhythm. Maybe we think of it as a virtual media device to monitor the player's heart rate in measuring fear levels.
**Cardiac mediation**
Research says pumping your heart faster than usual is very healthy, just like jogging. For Horror Gamers, his heart must be beating fast because of the jumpscare.
But also be careful if your heart is beating too fast due to fear (overdose anxietism), the story may not be getting better, heart failure and you will end up.
In addition to how the fear and threat of anxiety that you feel gradually and increase, you can burn about 200-300 grams of calories which is certainly a significant habit.
Given the traumatic effect, it moisturizes the cells of your white blood vessels, which will result in a weight loss effect as well.
Think of it as the traumatic effect of the stress you receive in playing a horror game.
**Might improve health**
Apart from activating white blood cells, the immune system also increases. That means you are not susceptible to disease.
In conclusion, playing more horror games makes you healthier and playing less makes you weaker.
**Can manage anxiety in overcoming fear**
But on the other hand, you will also be able to find out the level of your fear and in the end you may be able to train yourself to avoid things that you think are scary.
For example, if you are in a dark location. Because you are accustomed to the dark atmosphere in the game, then you will be bolder in the dark in real activities, yes, although not many people get carried away by suggestions because of horror games, this game can sometimes also be a manipulative medium, for certain people who have an impact on personality, psychological changes in certain aspects, especially anxiety and the nervous system.
In conclusion, you can exercise courage and confidence.
**Accustomed to seeing absurd and disgusting things**
The intensity of horror games may always be inseparable from things that smell of violence (think of it as something bloody) such as blood, human remains, corpses, etc.
With horror games as a tool to hone your courage, maybe you will make it a psychological routine in getting used to seeing these sadistic and terrible things so that you don't get shocked anymore, if they are presented in real before your eyes which can minimize post-trauma.
**The brain can compete critically in analyzing problems**
In addition, horror games usually come with puzzles that you have to solve quickly.
Those of you who play horror games will usually think more quickly and systematically, because you don't want bad things to happen to the characters in the game.
It also makes you more agile in acting, so your brain will tend to get used to being alert in response to active logical thinking.
So that you can get used to answering problems, be able to think critically and be more active in understanding a thought so that you can solve main problems to synchronize towards idealistic balance.
*****Here are some examples of creepy horror games in various narratives:*****
**Silent Hill Game**
https://youtu.be/Ay_RAkE7bUY
A game produced by Konami, Japan. The game is quite in demand. Despite reaping a lot of criticism, it offers survival intrigue, puzzles, a riveting storyline, depiction of tense and unpredictable situations, and an ending that the players can decide on their own, making Silent Hill the most popular horror game. This game even produced up to five series.
This game tries to present a really dark story, which forces the audience to be carried away with fear and depression of the characters in it.
**Blair Witch Game**
https://youtu.be/LFqVXEfv-xw
A game adapted from a horror film of the same name (with the word project in it).
In this game, you will play as a former cop named Ellis who is investigating the mystery of the disappearance of a child in the forest of Burkittsvile.
Arriving there, he seems not aware that in the forest there is a supernatural terror that is very dangerous for his life.
**Granny Game**
https://youtu.be/C6Jue28FspE
Is a survival horror game, where players control themselves via the touch screen in first-person view.
The player's task is to leave the house or run away from the house within five days without being caught by the grandmother.
If the player is caught, then grandma will beat you and you pass out for a day.
So in essence, five days is the number of lives you have, and if you are still caught on the fifth day, be prepared to be killed by grandma.
***I personally not a gamer or someone who likes to play games. But I try to play games as a place of relaxation in my spare time so I can analyze myself and understand aspects of my personal psychological condition.*** **Thank you for reading my long article.**
Talking About Logical Fallacy
Logical Fallacy? What is that? Is it important? Perhaps a question like that which first comes to our minds, When you hear about Logical Fallacy or what is often called heretical thinking.
In everyday social life there are many examples of logical fallacies that we encounter, but because we do not know this logical fallacy, we do not realize it.
The word Fallacy comes from the Latin word fallacia, which means deception or trickery.
So why is this called a logical fallacy and called a hoax?
This is because logical fallacy is wrong argument in the law of logical reasoning, and is able to trick people who hear the proposition of the communicator.
In his or her argument, however, there may be features of logical fallacy.
**First**, there is no real relationship between the conclusion and the premise in the argument.
**Second**, there is an induction technique that is wrong in the argument.
**Third**, there is language ambiguity in the argument.
**And lastly**, argumentation is an assumption that is absolutely true, without concrete evidence.
*Is it important to understand logical fallacy?*
If we do not understand or at least know about logical fallacy, we can easily be fooled by people who want to try to manipulate us with wrong arguments, their thinking is clearly wrong in logical thinking.
Whether it's from among ordinary people who become con artists, big figures, or even politicians.
**Next we will discuss six common types of misconceptions.**
**Argumentum ad Populum**
The first type of logical fallacy is argumentum ad populum. This misunderstanding occurs when one standardizes the truth of a proposition on the ideal of the masses, and removes other truths that are even more substantial.
For example a proposition like 'You're not a man if you don't smoke,' most men smoke, but if you don't smoke doesn't mean you're not a man.
This proposition is not substantive, because it removes more basic male characteristics such as having an Adam's apple, beard, mustache, and so on.
**Argumentum ad Hominem**
Ad Hominem is when an argument is not aimed at opposing the argument of another person, but attacks the personal characteristics of the interlocutor.
This is what causes this argument to be included in the fallacy of logic, and of the many logical fallacies, this argument is the most common.
For example, there are poor people who say something like 'Being rich and having a lot of possessions does not guarantee that that person will be happy and calm.'
Then someone replied by saying "What do you know about being rich and having a lot of wealth? you are a poor person."
Instead of arguing, or asking the basic assumptions of the poor man's argument, he attacked the person personally.
Even though it could be that the argument conveyed from the poor man's logic of thinking is not wrong.
**Overgeneralization**
Another form of logical fallacy is overgeneralization. This fallacy occurs when someone makes an argument based on an example of a small incident into a large or broad generalization.
For example, there is a girl who has just started a date, but ends up breaking up because her boyfriend cheats on her.
In the end, the girl cursed with the words "All men are the same jerks".
This kind of argument is certainly unacceptable, because it generalizes that the character of all men is the same, that is, all men like to cheat based solely on their first experience of dating.
**Argumentum Non Causa Pro Causa**
This type of logical fallacy occurs when things that are not causes are treated as causes and effects, simply because an event is imminent or because it has an associated character.
So the cause-and-effect relationship must be tested strictly, so that we avoid mistakes like this.
For example, someone told a friend that his body was sick because of "trance" after yesterday he "defecated" from a horror toilet in a lonely, lonely work place where only the sound of water droplets in it.
However, after a closer examination by his friend, the cause of his illness was because he stayed up late last night, then woke up late at night and when he left for work he was caught in the rain on an empty stomach, which caused him pain.
**Circular Reasoning**
As the name implies, circular reasoning is the use of circular arguments and does not include evidence of what it says, like a car tire that always rotates.
For a simple example like this: Mr. X said 'fat people must be rich' then Mr. Y asked 'why is that?' Mr.X replied again 'because rich people must be fat' Mr. Y asked again 'How do you know that rich people must be fat? Mr.X said again "yes because when I see a rich man he is fat."
**Strawman Fallacy**
Strawman means scarecrow. So why is it logical fallacy it's called a Strawman?
This is because one makes himself a new target in the form of a false argument, and this method is completely identical to that of a scarecrow.
The strawman argument is actually a false argument that is not presented by the opponent, but we create ourselves to be attacked and broken again.
This argument will deceive those who listen because it is as if we have completely refuted the opponent's argument.
Let's take an example, for example: Mr. X and Mr. Y chat on a talk show. Mr. X asked like this 'women can cook, do you think it's important or not?' Mr. Y answered 'it's not important for me to be able to cook' and Mr. X immediately told the audience, that for Mr. Y a woman being able to cook is not important, Mr. Y doesn't appreciate the efforts of women who practice cooking until their fingers hurt to become a wife reliable.
In fact, the focus of Mr. Y's argument is that he doesn't care whether women can cook or not, he is ready to accept women for who they are.
But then this argument was deflected by Mr. X by saying that a woman who can cook is not important, even though Mr. Y never said bad intentions like that.
Thank you so much for reading.
The Anarchism Dilemma, Violence or Freedom?
The Anarchism Dilemma, Violence or Freedom? When we hear from the mass media or see firsthand phenomena that publicize violence, destruction, rebellion, chaos, and other things related to an action that has relevance to the above example, our minds must be stuck and conclude that all these actions are Anarchist.
This was added to and strengthened by the stigmatization carried out by the mass media which seemed to justify the increasingly severe labeling of Anarchism.
In fact, if defined definitively, destruction, rebellion, chaos, etc. are acts of Vandalism which mean destruction.
Whereas anarchism itself is a thought or principle that aspires to abolish the hierarchy that is thought to classify individuals against other individuals which has the potential to lead to a desire to control between humans and other humans which ultimately forms a hierarchical order of individual excellence categories.
Then, have there been individuals or groups who adhered to the ideology of Anarchism ever committed Vandalism?
Yes, but if Anarchists are sometimes violent, does that mean Anarchism is violent?
However, aren't there various countries in the name of Communism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Religion, and others that have also committed acts of violence, even claiming many lives?
However, why does Vandalism only emphasize and be pinned on groups acting in the name of Anarchism?
Listen carefully. The analogy is like this, when a civilian is in army uniform, he can use the power or authority contained in an army uniform by using violence against individuals or groups that try to tarnish national stability or state security in the name of nationalism.
Should we assume that these civilians are advocating violence? Of course not.
We will surely be angry at the accusation. I mean, to put it simply, in certain situations and conditions, a person may have to resort to force accidentally or voluntarily.
This person can be a Nationalist, Socialist, Liberal, Humanist, or even Anarchist.
However, it must be remembered that I do not condone vandalism in the name of a particular ideology in less threatening circumstances of urgency.
And, yes, as I said that in certain situations and conditions a person will inevitably use violence.
Anarchism is not a religious, state, or material system but a system that respects and inspires common justice, frees one's mind from the entanglement of the dogma concerned, works together to create mutual prosperity, does not want to dominate each other, then shares the benefits they have with others. for weeks.
All of that will be realized if there is an individual consciousness which will become a shared awareness.
Moreover, the fundamental view of Anarchism is to give mutual trust.
If common consciousness is realized, there will be no more historical record of the revolution which resulted in bloodshed.
The ruler will become powerless by himself, because in reality the number of rulers is a minority or less in a power hierarchy.
Often humans see themselves only as themselves, while whatever is out there is not themselves.
Whereas in the beginning all came from the same entity, such as a unitary organ.
If one person is injured in a group and is not given help, naturally everyone in the group will get sick.
And, if in a country there are people who are injured and not treated, then naturally that country will fall sick.
*My freedom is a freedom that functions for the freedom of all people. Oppression for some people is slavery for others. I can only break free if I acknowledge the freedom and humanity of others.*
The Story of a Boy Who Bought Bitcoin at Age 12, and Became a Millionaire
Hi friends, this time I will share a true story and it has actually been quite a while, but I will tell you again because by chance I am also trying the bitcoin asset money business and have seen a few weeks the price of bitcoin has passed the price of more than $ 14,000.
Now I want to tell the story of a boy who became a millionaire because he bought bitcoins at the age of 12, who is known as Erik Finman.
So the story is that he started from himself being forced to go to college by his parents, yes like parents in general, going to school as high as possible for an established, high-paying job but unexpectedly Erik rejected it immediately, and made a challenge to his parents that if he became a millionaire before the age of 18, he was free to choose his way of life and not go to college, Erik told his parents.
And miraculously, Erik at the age of not yet 18 years old, he managed to prove to his parents that he had become a millionaire at that age.
At the age of 12, Erick bought bitcoins with his grandmother's money for $ 1,000.
Long story short, bitcoin at the time was worth $ 0.14 to $ 1 (the ups and downs) and the surprise price of bitcoin in 2017 was $ 14,000.
Instantly Erik immediately sold all the bitcoins he had with a total of millions.
At that age, Erik was already independent financially, not because of a rich person's son or an inheritance from his parents.
That's Erik's story, now he is an angel investor who is the first person to capitalize on a startup with a lot of money and until now his bitcoin money never runs out, but even more so because he also knows all investment instruments.
Now that we have a little chat, what makes the price of bitcoin so high?
The first bitcoin is like gold which is in limited supply, the second uses bitcoin, so it cannot be denied that most bitcoin users are independent anonymous users or users who frequently use the deep web.
That's when bitcoin is a future money innovation that will replace traditional money into a digital form.
Who is the creator of bitcoin? Its creator is still anonymous, but many associate it with the name Asian Nakamoto Satoshi, where in Satoshi's wallet alone there are more than one million bitcoins, that's enough to make the world hit by an acute monetary crisis if you play with his bitcoins.
Many people also speculate that bitcoin in the 2031s will reach $ 70,000 to $ 350,000.
That's why I also bought some bitcoins to sell in my old age, limited stock, only millions of bitcoins, which are now almost 72% owned by people.
And there are also many people who are interested in the technology behind bitcoin, so behind bitcoin there is blockchain, where the system is like a traditional bank, like Elon Musk also plays a role in Dogecoin assets, Mark creates an asset called Libra, the CEO of twitter, Every week to buy bitcoin $ 10,000.
And the world business family is also taking part in bitcoin ownership, and many world leaders believe that bitcoin will become the currency of the future.
So are you interested in, or even have experience with, bitcoin?
Quantum Mind : Where does our consciousness come from?
We already know the position of celestial bodies, measure them, and even predict the fate of this universe. But we haven't been able to answer the most basic questions about ourselves. Where does that consciousness come from?
It is ironic that we venture into outer space to investigate the universe, yet we cannot answer simple questions about ourselves here on Earth. As humans we have consciousness. But where does that consciousness come from?
Researchers have long known that the concept of consciousness is different from thought. Our brains can obviously think, but where does that consciousness come from? Of course a surgeon can easily answer that, namely consciousness emanating from the brain. Just try to do the head surgery and have the brain removed, do you think you can still be conscious? Of course not. But it's not that simple. We know how the mind works, that is, with the complex interactions of nerve cells present in our brains. We can even imitate the workings of the mind and apply it, for example in computers and artificial intelligence (AI). We can even make them have memories to solve problems, just like the human brain.
However, can we imitate consciousness? Until now we couldn't do it, because we still didn't know how consciousness worked and where it came from. Uniquely, this question can be answered with the theory of Quantum Mechanics.
What if consciousness is not actually biological (like thoughts that come from the brain which is a living cell), but comes from something physical (physics)? You may think, how come these particles imitate humans, how come they have consciousness? But what if the opposite. What if we could have consciousness, because of the quantum particles that have consciousness in our brain?
The concept of consciousness has long been explored by physicists, particularly quantum mechanics. Eugene Wigner (recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics) had suspected that quantum mechanics had something to do with how the brain worked. Freeman Dyson, a physicist, also believed that the electrons in our brains determine our decisions. David Bohm, who is said to be one of the best theoretical physicists of the 20th century, believed that one day we would be able to discover the connection between matter (physical particles) and our consciousness. The concept that links our human consciousness with the behavior of particles in Quantum Mechanics is called Quantum Mind.
But is it possible for us to combine physics and biology through this research on quantum consciousness? A veteran physicist from Oxford named Sir Roger Penrose and a professor of anesthesia from the University of Arizona named Stuart Hameroff collaborated to come up with a theory called Orchestrated Objective Reduction.
Roger in his book entitled Emperor's New Mind in 1989 suggested that deep in the brain, there are cells that contain quantum particles that give awareness to the brain. Stuart, a biologist, theorized that the particle's location was located in one of the organelles (organs in the cell) called microtubules. Microtubules consist of a protein called tubulin and in this tubulin there is a pair of electrons that are bound. This pair of electrons then gives us consciousness.
This theory is very controversial. Of course it is inconvenient for us to admit that our consciousness which makes humans a superior being is actually endowed with inanimate objects that already have consciousness. But this theory, if true, would be the missing link between Physics (represented by Quantum Mechanics) and Biology, (especially neuroscience or the study of nerves).
But of course there are many physicists whose opinions contradict the physicist's metaphysical views. One of them is Victor Stenger, who calls quantum consciousness a myth with no real scientific basis, aka nonsense.
Returning to our discussion of the stars. If a star has consciousness, does it have the same abilities as that of a "conscious" human. For example, we have emotions such as anger, sadness, happiness, fear. Do the stars feel it too?
In addition, if you have read about John Archibald Wheeler's Cosmic Interferometer experiment, you may recall that stars millions of light years away know that we will observe their light through a double slit experiment, millions of years before that experiment was carried out. That means, if they want, they can see far into our future.
So if you see stars in the sky someday, think about it. Our destiny is not written among the stars, but please know that they may know our destiny.
The Anunnaki
The cosmological controversy regarding the translation of various ancient languages, including ancient Sumerian, which states that the Anunnaki gods are ancient aliens or more commonly referred to as ancient astronauts from outer space that have existed since time immemorial.
Of the many artifacts in the area where they came and landed which is called the Mesopotamia area (now the Persian Gulf or Iraq), the Anunnaki have lived on earth since 6000 years BC. Even crazy there are some researchers who estimate it lived since 350,000 years ago.
The Anunnaki which are also transcribed as: Anunaki, Anunna, Anunnaku (singular), Ananaki, and other variations, are a group of gods in ancient Mesopotamian culture.
Mesopotamia included Sumer, Akkadian, Assyria, and Babylon, and in the past formed a similar empire called the Anunnaki Empire.
The name Mesopotamia has been used by ancient Greek and Latin writers, such as Polybius (2nd century BC) and Strabo (60 BC-20 AD). The name Mesopotamia (now the territory of Iraq) comes from Ancient Greek which means land between rivers, because the area is located between two major rivers.
The two rivers are the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, so this area is very fertile. With a long and narrow area of fertile land shaped like a crescent moon, this area is also known as the Fertile Crescent.
This fertile land gave birth to many great ancient civilizations, collectively known as the Mesopotamian civilizations. It is the earliest civilization in West Asia and one of the oldest in the world.
**The quest for Monatomic Gold on Earth by the Anunnaki and other aliens**
Ancient astronauts named Anunnaki landed in the Mesopotamia area because the area has a lot of gold deposits known as monatomic gold, where the wealth of mines is in the waters of the area.
Currently, monatomic gold is also known to exist in the waters of Hawaii, Pacific. The metal that is still mixed with water is believed to delay aging in the human body or other living things.
In addition, monatomic gold is known as the best semi-conductor metal material, meaning that when this metal is flowed with an electric current it does not produce the slightest heat, or in other words, this metal is able to conduct electricity very well, aka it does not inhibit energy and electric current at all.
In the human body there is also a flow of electricity, such as in brain cells, internal organs, and nerve networks in the body. This means that if this monatomic gold is in the human body, then the human organs will be able to circulate natural electricity in the body very, very optimally, as if being upgraded.
Besides being optimal, the work of the brain and all body tissues can also be much better at circulating electricity in the body, therefore it will make the organs more durable and can live long. And besides, the brain can remember better. That way, humans can understand problems and solve problems better.
So, monatomic gold can make memory better and make intuition even telepathic better. Manuis will be able to detect crime and evil in a certain condition, can detect lies in others, and can perform telepathic powers more sharply, can even time travel in the mind.
In the past, monatomic gold was not only fought over by the Anunnaki, but also by the Saurian aliens who were often called Reptioids because of their reptilian appearance.
Also the Agharians aliens or what is often called the Nordic because they resemble Caucasians with blonde and whitish hair, as well as The Gray aliens from the Zeta-Reticula constellation which is famous to this day with large eyes, gray bodies and short stature.
All of these extra-terrestrial creatures came to earth in the past with the same goal, namely to find the monatomic gold which is considered very, very valuable to them.
Monatomic gold cannot just be obtained from the waters in the sea, but must be extracted or separated from water in some way to become pure monatomic gold, because the monatomic gold used only has a single particle as the name suggests monatomic which means: mono-atomic which means single weight. Whereas there are sister atoms consisting of more than one atom, they must be separated.
After becoming pure, then monatomic gold will be obtained. Usually still in the form of white to brownish white powder, which can then be used as needed. Meanwhile, sister atoms that are grouped or more than one atom, become Uranium-235.
**Mining workers were needed by the Anunnaki**
To carry out mining on Earth, the Anunnaki needed a lot of workers, or roughly slaves to help facilitate monatomic gold mining work on Earth.
Faced with this problem, the Anunnaki created a new species. The only way is to carry out genetic engineering with the help of genes and the DNA of the ancestors of humans homo erectus at that time, where the DNA is manipulated and modified, which is now often referred to as genetic engineering.
Modern human engineering was carried out, the Anunnaki took DNA from the rib of one of the Homo Erectus, because the rib is an organ that is easily removed and will not cause much damage, and is rich in DNA content.
In this way, the Anunnaki then extracted and manipulated the DNA from the male Homo Erectus rib, which they later named Adamsky. Then the DNA from the modified male Homo Erectus was then implanted in the female Homo Erectus which they named Mulva.
After Mulva had children or offspring, his children became Homo Erectus which was much more civilized, intelligent, and unpretentious, or what was known as Homo Sapiens. Because of their intelligence, they were able to assist the Anunnaki in mining monatomic gold.
The Anunnaki mined this monatomic gold for several years. After finishing mining the monatomic gold which the Anunnaki thought was very, very valuable, they then returned, flew into space, and the workers or slaves they had raised, they just left on planet earth until they had children.
Since then, the Anunnaki have been considered the gods of early civilization in the Mesopotamian region, especially the Sumerians and beyond. Then they wrote and drew the events of that era in inscriptions called tablets which numbered in the thousands. However, most of the artifacts had been stolen, and most were damaged and destroyed over time.
**The research was conducted by a person named Zecharia Sitchin**
One well-known researcher is Zecharia Sitchin, the author of a Russian-American book that explains the origins of humans involving ancient astronauts.
Zecharia Sitchin, an ancient linguist who has given a different view in the scientific world about the interpretation of ancient writing. Not only a prominent archaeologist, Sitchin was also a great, maybe even the best, analyst of ancient culture.
Sitchin attributes the creation of ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki or Nephilim, according to which he was a race of extraterrestrials or extra-terrestrial beings, from a planet that now has an orbital line far beyond Neptune, which is called the planet Nibiru. He asserts that Sumerian mythology shows that the hypothetical planet Nibiru is in a long elliptical orbit about the sun that is 3,600 years around the sun.
Many scientists, historians and archaeologists find his speculations strange, questioning the translation of ancient texts and his understanding of physics.
Zecharia Sitchin has received a lot of criticism and sharp questions about his belief that humans are part of alien research (Anunnaki). A concept that implies that the Anunnaki are human creators, this is very contrary to religious beliefs on earth.
Sitchin's books have sold a large number of duplicates worldwide and have been converted into in excess of 25 dialects. In 1976, Sitchin released his first book entitled The Twelfth Planet which made a big question mark in historical records. This book links the complex calendar of Stonehenge and the ruins of Tiahuanaco in Peru to the ancient culture of the Sumerians, which are directly related to the Anunnaki.
**Zecharia Sitchin's opinion on the Sumerians**
The Sumerians or Sumers were an ancient civilization and one of the earliest in southern Mesopotamia, in present-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic (copper age) and early bronze ages.
Although the earliest specimens in this area are no more than around 2500 BC, modern historians argue that Sumer was permanently inhabited from about 5500 to 4000 BC by pre-Semitic or non-Semitic people who communicated in the Sumerian language.
These prehistoric people are now referred to as the proto-Euphrates or Ubaid People, who are thought to have evolved from the Samarra culture in Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria). They are used to farming and already have an irrigation system. Their buildings are made of mud. They adhere to polytheism.
The Sumerians were the first to inhabit the Mesopotamian region, so the Sumerians deserve to be called the natives of Mesopotamia. The Sumerians originated from Asia Minor around 3,500 years BC.
Initially, these cities were independent cities, so they were called city states. Then there was a war between these cities and the losers would become the subordinates of the victorious city which over time gave rise to the royal government system.
The Sumerians, which are believed to have existed since 350 thousand years ago, reached their heyday when led by King Ur-Nammu. However, around 2,300 BC, the Sumerians were conquered by Akkadia under King Sargon
Sumer has 140 kings, this is evidenced by the discovery of an artifact bearing the Cuneiform tablet containing a list of Sumerian kings (whom they call gods), circa 2400 BC. Crazy, among the kings of Sumer there were kings that were up to 36000 years old.
There are many artifacts found around this Sumerian civilization. One type of artifact is referred to as a clay cylinder. Sitchin has broken more than 2,000 clay cylinders from ancient earth that remained in the Persian Gulf since 6,000 years ago.
Some of the fragments date back to 4,000 BC, one of the fragments in Germany indicating that Earth is the seventh planet. And the time frame here is very ancient, four thousand years before modern astronomy acknowledged the existence of the planet Pluto.
Sitchin said that early humans did not come from Earth, but from a planet called Nibiru. The division or conflict that occurred caused Annunaki to finally leave planet Earth, leaving humans to fend for themselves.
Early humans would never have the ability to travel between the stars like their creators, nor would they have an eternal creation.
Sitchin's investigations suggest that there may be evidence in orbit around Mars that humans may have been there. The reasons Sitchin was motivated to read the Cuneiform Tablet included the word Nephilim, which is mentioned as a mysterious group in the Old Testament. The Nephilim are translated as those who came down.
Sitchin concluded that the placement of the pyramids indicated that the pyramids were in the direction of the Annunaki after entering Earth's atmosphere from outer space. Sitchin also confirmed that the early pyramids were not designed by the Egyptians. The Sphinx is known to be 2,000 years older than previously thought. This corroborates Sitchin's finding that other creatures designed the Egyptian pyramids.
**The god of the ancient Sumerians, Anunnaki**
It is thought that the Anunnaki were the gods of the Sumerians, and were considered to be Android Creatures who helped them. At the same time today, UFOs and aliens are thought to have a bearing on the Anunnaki's description of the Android creature.
In 1927 a British archaeologist, Leonard Woolley found the tomb of Queen Puabi who has a large skull size in an ancient city called Ur which was also in the Mesotopamia region at that time.
In the past, there have been discoveries of large skulls in ancient graves, which are identical to and similar to Queen Puabi from Mesopotamia, such as the Pharaoh king in Ancient Egypt to the mummified skull in Peru which is also bigger than the skull of an ordinary human.
This could be one proof, and it could be indicated that they come from the same sibling, not purely human genetics, but from the result of interbreeding or a hybrid of Anunnaki descent, or maybe they are pure descendants of the Anunnaki themselves. Findings across the archaeological world can make the clear assumption that they didn't look like humans, more like the Anunnaki.
It is as if they are depicted as ancient human figures, similar in the majority of cases of abductions by aliens who have similar stories. The aliens are kidnapping, and they will carry out medical experiments, and sometimes experiments related to human reproduction.
Sumerian culture has existed since 6000 BC, is the oldest culture on earth. Even today humans still use the same mathematical system, the same calendar and time.
Where at that time was older than recorded history. Evidence dating back 6,000 B.C. leaves a similar historical record of what they had back then, and what we have today.
**Anunnaki Live on Planet Nibiru?**
The Sumerians described Planet Nibiru, which the Babylonians called Planet Marduk as the 10th planet so far from Earth, about 30,000,000,000 miles (about 30 billion miles) that made it difficult for scientists and astronomers to search in space.
The Sumerians already had extraordinary knowledge of the solar system, and considered their Gods descending to Earth. They also say another being that is described in terms of an Android being.
The Sumerians said that the Anunnaki had helpers who often performed various tasks with flying saucers (spacecraft), or were assisted with other necessities. The Sumerians immediately explained that our Maid is not alive, but that they are acting.
The Sumerians wrote in Cuneiform text on stone what happened during the encounter with the Android Creature. They tell about God's messengers who help in various ways, maybe they (humans on Earth) were created by the Anunnaki to supervise the experiments they did on earth.
In short, the Anunnaki made a hybrid human race (Race Cross) between the Anunnaki race and the human race through DNA and genetic engineering, to be used as slaves or subordinates to the Anunnaki as workers on Earth.
If the Anunnaki are the Sumerian gods spoken of in all ancient texts, thousands of artifacts and even modern Bibles, then there is a possibility that apart from creating humans, they could also create aliens from the Android Race type which is also theirs. maid, who was known at this time. as the Gray Alien as his slave.
In defending the opinion that the Anunnaki actually existed on the planet Nibiru (which is now called planet X, because it is thought to have no name), they would have created humans using thousands of genetically engineered results from kidnapping, it makes sense that they would be attracted to mankind. which might be one of their experiments.
The alien analysis and description of people who claim to have been kidnapped, some aliens are described as small gray creatures with large eyes, round heads, and behave almost like Sumerian Androids. Namely aliens of the Gray type.
There is an opinion from researchers stating that the Anunnaki went to earth to mine the planet's natural products, one of which is gold as the best semiconductor material for electronics.
After the Anunnaki mission and objectives on Earth were completed, the human hybrid was abandoned by them. Then the Anunnaki were designated as gods who came down from the sky.
Sitchin actually gave all the secrets of this research. Nearly all ancient languages have been translated, and 22 Hebrew letters contain information that produces a light-based system.
An understanding of the torodial force field, the Fibonacci sequence, fractals and vector topology, has been expressed in the language of mathematics. For those who believe in the legends of Atlantis and Lemuria, they are no longer in fantasy, but believe in the efforts of other races to survive on planet Earth.
Earth takes one year to orbit the sun and according to Sitchin, the planet Nibiru takes 3,600 years. So, one Annunaki year is equal to 3,600 Earth years.
An unanswered cosmological question, is it true that Sitchin's belief through his translation is to prove that the Anunnaki were really ancient aliens or ancient astronauts who later became gods for the Sumerians?
The results of this study are still subject to radical controversy, but there is clear evidence of these artifacts, and there are thousands of them in what was once known as Mesopotamia and beyond. Many other researchers consider it only pseudo science and also pseudo history.
The history of the Anunnaki may be a myth in the past. However, as proof, when viewed from the artifacts of past civilizations from various parts of the world, it is stated that flying creatures that came down to earth did exist.
Not only in Sumeria or Mesopotamia, the existence of flying creatures also existed in various other ancient civilizations, such as the ancient Greek civilizations, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, ancient Maya civilization and other civilizations stated that these creatures were like descending from heaven. So, along with the discovery of many artifacts in various parts of the world and the sophistication of technology, maybe now is not a myth anymore, but has happened in the past.
Since Zecharia Sitchin as a researcher who has been an expert in this field for decades died in 2012, this conspiracy has continued to this day.
History : Hashashin the myth and figure of the Assassin
There is a story about an old man in the mountains who trains and leads an elite army of assassins who obey his orders. When an official visited, the old man demonstrated the quality of his troops by having one of them walk towards the ravine. The killer walked to the end of the cliff, fell and died. without screaming or jumping, just walk as instructed.
They get the term hashash from opium or the drugs they consume as cigarettes. they were trained in the influence of drugs and were very obedient to the orders of their masters. their specialty is using various poisons and exotic weapons. their ability is to hide in the dark and kill their victims without being seen. But it is mostly a myth that is exaggerated rather than truth.
The real Hashashin is a fairly radical religious sect. when facing conflicts with political opponents, they choose to silence or finish off the opponent's leader. uniquely the sect as much as possible to avoid open confrontation. For them, eliminating the opponent's leader is more effective than open conflict that can cause large casualties between followers, clans, or camps.
As a result of this thinking, the Hashashin's minimum targets were sect leaders, regents, governors or generals who opposed their influence. unlike in movies or novels, they never attack the public or the army. because for them ordinary people are considered to have no effect on their problems. therefore Hashashin attacked kings and sultans more frequently than his opponent's military members.
The Hashashin's favorite weapon was a small, dagger-like blade that was sometimes coated with poison. not to be deadly but to give maximum psychological effect to the opponent. Not only were daggers very common and possessed by many people, they also liked the use of harmless objects such as food. instead they did not use the cataract-like weapons used exclusively by Indian culture.
Even their main weapon is a cake smeared with poison blatantly. the intention was not to trap the opponent to death from eating the poisoned cake, but to frighten the target. usually the cake is hidden along with the threat letter. if daggers, cakes and threats don't scare them then they are forced to attack. Uniquely, unlike in movies or games, the Hashashin does not attack in the dark.
On the other hand, the Hashashin is guided by always carrying out attacks openly as much as possible in the middle of the day or broad daylight and in the middle of a crowd to get the maximum psychological effect on his opponent and the wider community. Their ability to finish off figures who were heavily guarded and in a crowd made their sect so feared.
Over time the Hashashin sect became an influential political force in the government around ancient Syria. Although they are known as murderers, they are actually very rarely killed. their leader argued that using threats with daggers and pies was much more effective in making opponents obey. other than that the risk is much smaller for the members.
The way to use the dagger and the cake itself is as follows: People who are considered to be against or endanger the existence of their sect will usually find a keris stuck in the pillow, mattress or bedroom area. accompanied by a threatening letter that reads, "It would be very sad if the dagger stuck in my lord's soft pillow also stuck to my lord's soft chest."
The most famous incident was when Saladin woke up one afternoon from his rest to find a piece of cake that was clearly poisoned on his chest along with a threatening letter. He was asked to be careful in his military expansion which began to graze in the sect's territory. Saladin chose to make peace with his parents in the mountains rather than having to deal with European crusaders and radical sects all at once.
The Hashashin sect fortress itself is an unmanned fortress in the Syrian mountains that has been abandoned since the Persian-Byzantine war hundreds of years ago. if their sect was attacked then they could flee from one mountain fortress to another. In this fort, they also hold special training and education for their followers or agents.
Unlike many imagined, his training focused on the art of disguise. Not a ninja-style technique in movies or games, but combining skills by mastering several professions and dialects of the opposing tribe. With this capital, a Hashashin agent could enter the opponent's city and then get the job and trust of the target family. he then becomes a passive agent that can be used at any time.
Attempted assassination is only made after a failed threat attempt. this in itself was undesirable as it ran the risk of death of a highly trained spy agent regardless of the dignity of the chief and the dignity of the sect. but sometimes there was no other way for the order to attack given.
The hashashin attacked undercover. The agent who had infiltrated before could become the sole executor or act as vanguard for other assassins sent. In one of the recorded attacks, a vizier or governor who was watching a dance in a city crowd was stabbed to death by one of the dancers. It turned out that the dancer was a Hashashin in disguise.
The deadly dance was witnessed by thousands of people in the middle of the town square and caused a commotion for everyone. At first the Hashashin dancers danced very well like professional dancers along with other dancers so that the security forces did not suspect anything. After the incident even though the bodyguards were so shocked that they were unable to react to catch the culprit who fled quickly.
As a sect, the Hashashin existed before the arrival of the first crusaders. they continued to develop before and during the conflict caused by the arrival of the crusaders in Syria. their reputation as assassins was widespread in the area and later used by European aristocrats. are the nobles who will later spread stories about assassins in the western world.
One famous story involves a ruler of Jerusalem. being under the fully armed knight escort of the ruler unsuspectingly greeted the group of Christian monks who passed by. Unexpectedly it was a hashashin in disguise who suddenly stabbed him twice to death. It is said that this work was an order from European rulers who wanted to seize power over the city.
The Hashashin's influence and sect collapsed when they broke the promise of peace by the Ilkhanate Mongols who began to rule the region. they wretched some of the Mongol trust officials and caused chaos in the city. The Mongol general also hated a lot when he was sent cakes and daggers to his men. therefore the Mongols were ordered to destroy all defenses held by the Hashashin.
After the Mongol rule retreated, the remaining sects were unable to revive themselves as competition with other powers in the region grew tighter. the only survivors were assassins employed by the sultan, amir, shah or other ruler who was always fighting. Finally, before disappearing from history, they were recorded as complaining about labor wages, which turned out that their wages were equalized by the sultan even though the level of difficulty of each target was different.
History: Human, Time, And Gilgamesh
Five thousand years somewhere in ancient mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers there is a place called Uruk or what we know today as Iraq. Now this place is considered as the beginning of civilization in the world.
Why is Uruk called the first city of world civilization when there are many old places that have been inhabited by humans besides Uruk?
The answer is because it is in this place that humans first knew and divided time into minutes, hours, days, months, and years. All of these time divisions are based on observing the moon and stars in the sky. (In short, the time sharing system we know today is Uruk's cultural heritage).
It is also in this place that humans for the first time won against time where in this place humans for the first time also found the name of writing.
Maybe someone asks what is the importance of the invention of writing? writing itself can make human thought and civilization can penetrate a very long time and be read by tens of generations afterward. and it is man's victory against time, because our bodies are not immortal but are limited by age, but our writings and thoughts can still be read long after we die.
One of the oldest writings known to mankind comes from this Uruk, is the poem of an Akkadian princess named Enheduanna which is entitled a woman with a big heart, the writing of this Enheduanna poem is much older than all the scriptures we know in human civilization.
But the most famous of Uruk is the appearance of the first superhero story in human history named Gilgamesh. For many historians, Gilgamesh is considered a figure who inspired the many religious mythologies that follow.
Even in the story of Gilgamesh's quest to become immortal, he will later meet the name Utnapishtim which tells how the world in ancient times was drowned by a giant flood by the gods and Utnapishtim also tells how he survived because he was helped by the god Enki who ordered him to make a giant ark and enter his family. and every pair of living things on earth into his boat because soon other gods will drown the earth.
And finally in that story the Earth was drowned by the gods of ancient Mesopotamia because the gods were fed up with humans and in the end only Utnapishtim with his family and the animals paired on his boat survived.
In addition to the story of the great flood epic Gilgamesh itself contains many other mythologies that have been adapted by various religions afterwards such as the giant wall of Uruk which is not penetrated by anything, as well as Gilgamesh's battle with various monsters and other mythological creatures. To the end of the world (at that time the world was still considered straight and had an end).
That is why historians agree that the culture of ancient Mesopotamia and Sumeria, especially Uruk, was a source of inspiration that influenced the cultures and beliefs after it even today.
But even though Gilgamesh's story did not get the immortality he wanted, what is clear is that the story of ancient Mesopotamia and Sumeria has been preserved in writings that are nearly 4,000 years old and we can still trace it to this day, even the time system they created in the past is still used. to this day. So humans do manage to conquer time by writing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk_period
http://www.ancient.eu/uruk/
http://classicalarthistory.weebly.com/library/enheduanna-poems
http://www.ancient.eu/Enheduanna/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enheduanna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh
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http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/
Things That Make Us Always Endure Even in Unhealthy Relationships
Everyone will definitely need a relationship in his or her life. We too, we need friends, we need other people in our lives. Likewise, I need parents, friends, family, a partner who loves me. You also definitely need someone in your life, whoever it is, we all have valuable people in our relationships.
We need other people, we need friends, We need a partner who loves us, that's why we maintain our relationship with them, we maintain closeness with them. However, even so, not all relationships in our life are okay. There are relationships that really hurt us, there are relationships we are better off leaving. Relationships that we try to keep, but our partners in relationships don't do the same, they might even ignore us, they don't care and look down on us.
There is a partner who is continuously abused by their partner but persists, or a child who is continually asked for money, is employed and bullied by their peers but is still friends with them, or a man who is dating a woman, and he is only used to deliver the pick up, but that woman has another love affair behind her. Incidents like this are not far from our lives, events like this are around us, maybe even we or the closest people around us have experienced it.
The question is, why does someone stay in such a relationship? What causes a person to remain in a relationship that is not in their favor ?, or to put it in slightly better words, why do they remain in a relationship that is not good for him or her?
On this issue, I learned that psychotherapists believe that our relationships with other people reflect what we think about ourselves. For example, if we don't respect ourselves, our friends won't respect us either. They will not want to defend us, often suddenly cancel their promises, or even forget our whereabouts. They won't consider our feelings and needs, because we don't either.
After I examined this issue, it turned out that there are three things that can cause us to continue to be in unhealthy relationships, in relationships that are not very good for us. These three things are:
**Low self-esteem**
A person who feels insecure will assume that the bad behavior his partner has committed against him is because he deserves it. Suppose you are hired by your friend who was ordered and used, you feel uncomfortable but you tell yourself it's okay, who am I? I am stupid, poor, etc. These are the things that get you used, and the things that make you disrespected.
The bottom line is we have to remember that everyone deserves good treatment from others. You have to be kind to the people around you, as well as them. Believe that you deserve better treatment from those around you, everyone has the same rights, so don't get yourself treated badly by those around you. If not you, then who else will stand up for themselves.
**Fear of being lonely**
The fear of being lonely can also get you caught up in an unhealthy relationship. Because we tend to fear being ignored and ostracized by our friends, it makes us accept and allow their bad behavior to us. We know that we are used and hurt, but because we are afraid to feel lonely we ignore it, and what's worse is that we accept their treatment of us.
Don't be afraid to feel lonely, when we feel that our relationship is getting unhealthy, that's when we have to move on from the relationship, we have to move on. There is no need to be afraid of not making friends, trust and believe in yourself, that you can get more valuable friends, friends who care and want to defend you.
**Become a caregiver**
The last thing that keeps us in bad relationships is that we ignore our needs by being attentive to the needs of others, this is when we only feel valuable when we care for others when we give others. We ignore our own needs because we are too kind to others so that we are taken advantage of by others.
For this last reason, it doesn't mean we shouldn't be nice to others. I feel that goodness is in a different dimension, we have to be kind to others, and we have to help those in need. However, not because we feel good about doing it, or because other people think we are good, but because we really have to. That's when our kindness doesn't become the thing that worsens our relationship.
If we do good just to be accepted by others, it will tire us out. It will make us used by others. Doing good for that purpose will get us stuck in unhealthy relationships. Do good because you have to do good, help because that's what you have to do, and don't expect anything in return from them, **do good to make the world a better place.**
**In conclusion**, ask yourself to evaluate your relationship. Do you feel more comfortable, feel more courageous, and feel valued? When that happened to him. If you answered all of these questions with a "yes," then the relationship is worth maintaining.
The bottom line is that our best friends also have bad days too sometimes, sometimes you may feel disrespected or feel uncomfortable with them, you can forgive that if only once or twice. However, if you continue to feel this way when dealing with him, this is a signal for you to move on.
That's all my writing today, hopefully this is useful.
Some of the most poisonous plants that look beautiful
From the outside, it looks beautiful, cute, romantic, and innocent. But who would have thought, these plants actually contain poison that can kill humans. Anyone can be killed, anyone who is nosy eats it. But some are already poisonous even though we only touch them or even see them. Wow!
Here are some of the most poisonous plants in the world, but with a cute and innocent look :
**Castor Plant ( Ricinus communis )**
This plant is indeed a lot around us. But you know, this is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. One seed can kill an adult in one minute! No wonder no one dares to snack on castor beans, huh?
**Rhododendrons and Azaleas**
Who is not amazed by the beauty of these two closely related types of flowers? But don't be fooled by its external beauty, this plant contains toxins in it that can cause paralysis, coma, and death. The name of the poison is quite cool, namely Andromedatoxin.
**Nightshade ( Solanum )**
Also known as the death cherry, this plant is not only poisonous, but from top to bottom, it is all poisonous. Even eating a small portion of this plant will cause the first symptom: loss of voice. The problem is, this berry tastes sweet, so it tempts anyone to eat it.
**Buttercup ( Ranunculus )**
Even though it looks pretty and cute, this flower is also known as a killer flower. There is no need to eat it, just touching it will cause a burning sensation accompanied by redness marks. Eating it would result in a very painful death.
**Gympie Gympie ( Dendrocnide moroides )**
Perhaps this seemingly ordinary plant was not deadly, but its poison was very painful. Witnesses who survived said it felt like being scalded. Are they alive? You say it's dangerous? Yes, it is not uncommon for victims of this plant to commit suicide due to unimaginable pain.
**Larkspur ( Delphinium )**
Beautiful blue flowers attract our hearts to plant them in our garden. But be careful, touching it will irritate the skin. Eating it, moreover it can cause the body to go into convulsions and then experience paralysis.
**Fairy Bells ( Digitalis purpurea )**
From its pretty pink shape and color, it's no wonder this flower has a pretty name. But don't be fooled, this plant contains Digitoxin poison which causes heart attacks that lead to death.
**Windflower ( Anemone nemorosa )**
Seeing the tiny white flowers, maybe these flowers look suitable as a bouquet for your loved one. But there, you will be slapped. The problem is touching it will cause a burning sensation. Especially if it is used for fresh vegetables. You will end.
**Manchineel ( Hippomane mancinella )**
This plant is also called the little apple that brings death because of its apple-like shape. Since many mistake this tree for an apple tree, there are often warnings around this tree like the words "Do not approach". Well, it means that trees are given the prohibition "No approaching", you can only imagine how poisonous this plant is.
If you take shelter under this tree when it rains, your body will burn because the mixture of the sap of this plant hits you with rainwater. Even if you burn any part of the tree, the smoke alone can blind you. Especially if you are tempted to eat this delicious looking fruit, you are just waiting for the time to rest forever.
**Golden Chain ( Laburnum anagyroides )**
I think these are the most beautiful plants on this list. With their attractive yellow color, they certainly look like golden cherry blossoms. However, this plant contains lupine which is very dangerous. The fruit is also very similar to nuts so you have to be careful not to eat the wrong thing.
**Oleander ( Nerium oleander )**
This plant is widely grown as an ornamental plant because of the beauty of its flowers. But make no mistake, all parts of this plant are very poisonous. Even one leaf is enough to kill an adult human if eaten. Because it is so poisonous, suicide perpetrators often use it as a way to end their life by consuming tea made from this plant extract.
**that is**, a plant that appears defenseless but is very deadly. We have to be careful, because some are already around us. So we have to respect all forms of life. Don't eat obscure leaves in the garden. hahaha.
536 AD, The Worst Year In Human History
We have experienced a lot of disasters in 2020, but all of them are not comparable to the year which historians call the worst year in human history, namely 536 AD There were indeed deadly disaster years in human history. Just look at the year 1349 when the plague "Black Death" wiped out half the population of Europe, or 1918 where the "Spanish Flu" epidemic killed about 100 million people in the world.
But the situation in 536 was very different. From famine, war, to plague, they all emerged together, tormenting the people living at that time with unbearable suffering. Surprisingly, all of this was thought to have been caused by a natural disaster, most likely a volcanic eruption.
In 536 AD, the world experienced what is called extreme weather. Maybe in today's terms, when we hear extreme weather, we will imagine very heavy rain or even a storm. But what the world's population was experiencing at that time was far more deadly than that. In 536 AD, people in various parts of the world, from Europe, Asia, to America experienced various strange phenomena.
Mysterious fog appears in various parts of the world. Historical records state that fog is not like the fog that appears in the morning when the weather is cold, because the fog is due to water vapor that should feel wet. But the strange fog that enveloped their city at that time was dry fog. No one knows where the fog comes from, but what is clear is the fog doesn't just block our vision. But the fog also blocks out the sun. Surprisingly, that event lasted 18 months.
The existence of this fog has a very devastating impact on the world of agriculture. Without sufficient sunlight, plants will not be able to photosynthesize and as a result, many food plants die and crop failures. Famine struck. Ancient historical records in England and Ireland show that in 536 AD there was famine due to crop failure and wheat bread (the staple food of Europeans at that time) became very scarce.
Not only that, dim sunlight also causes world temperatures to drop and in subtropical areas snow starts to fall, even in the middle of summer. Not only Europe reported this, the ancient Chinese Empire in China also experienced crop failure. In other parts of Asia, the Gupta Empire in India and the Sassanid Empire in Iran also collapsed as a result of this prolonged catastrophe.
The impact was even felt on the American continent. There was a drought in the territory of the ancient kingdom of Moche in Peru until the dynasty became extinct. The giant city of Teotihuacan in ancient Mexico is also experiencing war and riots due to climate change causing drought and famine.
However, hardest hit were the Europeans, who were still under the rule of the Roman Empire. At that time, the Romans were still fighting against the barbarians called the German Vandals (from their name for "vandalism") who destroyed the city of Rome. But as if their current suffering wasn't enough, the enemy, whom they couldn't see, reappeared. The bubonic plague.
The so-called Justinian Plague (as happened during the reign of Emperor Justinus) is said to have killed 5,000 people a day in the city of Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium and wiped out about 40% of the city. population. The number of casualties due to the rage of this virus outbreak has never been clearly recorded, allegedly between 25-100 million. But the moderate figure accepted by most historians is 50 million, which is still a very large number.
But what actually happened? Scientists seem to agree on one thing: volcanic winters. As the name suggests, the great disaster that hit the year 536 AD was caused by a volcanic eruption. Of course historical records at that time are so unreliable that we don't know which volcano erupted, but there are various conjectures.
In 1984, a scientist named R. B. Stothers postulated that the 536 AD catastrophe was caused by the eruption of Mount Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.
In 1999, David Keys theorized that the eruption of Mount Krakatau in the Sunda Strait was responsible for the horrors that swept the world in 536.
In 2009, a group of researchers from the observatory in New York proposed a completely different theory. From the results of their investigation of the ice in Greenland, they thought that the cause of the disaster was precisely a meteor that fell to earth.
In 2010, Robert Dull, John Southon, and colleagues presented evidence that the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption in El Salvador, Central America erupted violently in 536 AD, creating a caldera lake called Ilopango. Seeing this coincidence, it is certainly not wrong if they think this volcano is responsible for climate change at that time.
In 2018, researchers from the prestigious Harvard University campus put forward the theory that a volcanic eruption in Iceland in 536 AD was the cause of this global catastrophe.
There are so many explanations about the causes of this tragedy that befell 536, so which one is correct? What if we thought like this: what if everything was right? What if in that one year, 536 AD, there was a volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea, the Sunda Strait, America and Iceland (plus all meteors could fall) almost simultaneously in one year? And all of that causes disasters in the form of war, famine, to epidemics that destroy tens of millions of human lives? Of course that proves that the year 536 AD is indeed the worst year in human history.
What is clear is that the effects of the prolonged catastrophe in 536 AD caused legendary traumatic effects on Europe's most suffering population. Allegedly due to the dark years of 536 AD due to various disasters, the Roman Empire finally collapsed and became the beginning of the Dark Age that gripped Europe for centuries.
In the Dark Ages, European understanding of knowledge and science declined dramatically and their lives were filled with primitiveness and superstition. Europeans never reached their prime until more than a millennium later, when in the 17th century there was a Renaissance period that illuminated European culture.
Even the legend of Ragnarok in Scandinavian mythology is said to have been inspired by the terrible suffering in AD 536, which is not surprising, because of the scale of horror, they thought it was the end of the world.
Imagine If You Live In Rain For 2 Million Years
Do you enjoy the rainy season? Maybe there are those who like rain (usually for those of you who are romantic) or there are those who really hate the rainy season (especially those who use motorbikes). During this season, it can rain every day, sometimes from early morning to late afternoon. But if the rainy season that has only been 6 months annoys you, what about the 2 million years of rain?
Can that happen Sis? Yes Can and I'll explain. The rainy period of 2 million years occurred in ancient times (when humans were absent) and was called the "Carnian Pluvial Event", about 230 million years ago. Uniquely, this event caused dinosaurs to rule the next period, namely the Jurassic Era.
Geologically, this Earth since its formation (about 4.6 billion years ago) until now, is divided into several epochs. The first period is called "Precambrian" (meaning "Before the Cambrian") in which in the middle of this period (according to the Theory of Evolution) life began to appear. This is evidenced by the appearance of the first fossils in the form of bacteria that are 3 billion years old. The second period, called the "Paleozoic", is divided into several eras, of which the most important is the "Cambrian", where simple life suddenly "exploded" into a multitude of very complex types of living things.
The next period is called the "Mesozoic" period, during which life on land began to develop and the most famous creatures from the past emerged, namely the dinosaurs. The last era is the era we live in today, namely "Cenozoic" which began with the extinction of the dinosaurs and life on land was dominated by mammals (including us).
The Mesozoic era that we are talking about today is divided into 3 eras, namely the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. It was during the Triassic period that the "Carnian Pluvial Event" took place. In the early Triassic period, Earth was not what we know today. There aren't 5 continents till now. All continents and landmasses merge into one super large continent called "Pangaea" (derived from the word "Pan" which means "all" and "Gaia" which is the name of the Goddess of Earth in Greek mythology. The ocean is not divided into 4 oceans as it is now, but there is only one ocean called Ocean Tethys (named after the wife of the god Poseidon).
Since there is only one super large landmass, winds from the oceans carrying wet air can never enter the super continent Pangaea. As a result, the climate on the super continent is very dry. The landscape is dominated by hot deserts and inhabited by strange animals, one of which is the Kannemeyeriiform dicynodonts and the Hyperodapedon rhynchosaurus, both of which are herbivores (please googling for the oddity of these creatures). There are also types of dinosaurs that lived at that time but were still small, such as Eoraptor.
But suddenly the hot climate of the Carnian period was replaced by a wet and humid climate characterized by years of rain. This period is called the "Carnian Pluvial Event" or CPE. What caused it? Ancient climate change was triggered by a volcanic eruption called "Wrangellia" (now Canada and Alaska) which triggered the release of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and SO2.
Like our modern times, these gases trigger "global warming" which in turn will accelerate the water cycle, as a result, rain will fall continuously. If that wasn't enough, in what is now eastern Europe, new mountains called "Cimmerian Orogeny" have appeared which created the monsoon climate of Pangaea.
But how has life on Pangea adjusted to sudden climate changes? Unfortunately, the CPE event caused the mass extinction of creatures that inhabit Pangaea that have adapted to dry climates. Not only on land, many sea creatures are also experiencing extinction. How can? Only rain, what's the connection? It turns out that ancient "global warming" also spurred "acidification" or sea water turned to acid, which eventually triggered the mass extinction of marine inhabitants at that time.
But this CPE event is actually good news for the dinosaurs.Dinosaurs were warm-blooded, which meant they could regulate their own body temperature. The opponents were" poikilothermic "or cold blooded animals. Warm blooded animals survived better when dealing with changes in temperature from hot to cold Due to continuous rain, rain which continuously also makes the plants thrive and the forest is dominated by giant ferns.
It is not clear how the CPE ended, it may have something to do with the Continent of Pangaea which was split in two into Gondwana (South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia and India) and Laurasia (Europe, Asia and North America). But what is clear is that the 2 million years of rain, apart from destroying many lives, also caused other kinds of life to prevail and emerge victorious.
As a result of this CPE event, in the Jurassic period (the period after the Triassic ended), the world was colonized by giant dinosaurs. The oceans were ruled by Icthyosaurs (which exist in Jurassic World) and Plesiosaurs (if you have ever known the Loch Ness monster, now the Loch Ness monster is considered Pleisosaurus). While the land is controlled by Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus. The biggest predator at that time was Allosaurus.
But well-known dinosaurs like the Pterosaurs, Triceratops, Velociraptor, and T-rex didn't appear until the next period, Cretaceous (so it actually got a movie wrongly called "Jurassic Park" but T-rex came up, if you want to be more accurate the name. "Cretaceous Park") .
Of course it's complicated, if we live in the CPE era, we have to be on guard with an umbrella every day, not to mention that floods will definitely make us stressed (plus we are still being chased by dinosaurs). But it also serves as a reminder to us, how climate change can trigger such a catastrophe. If CPE in the Triassic period was triggered by natural causes, then climate change is currently man-made. So get ready, because what we sow we will definitely reap.
Dark Case: Goiania Nuclear Accident Another Chernobyl
When it comes to nuclear accidents, surely what comes to your mind is the Chernobyl and Fukushima cases. The two nuclear power plants experienced accidents that caused the surrounding residents to be exposed to deadly nuclear radiation. But in September 1987, residents of a small town called Goiania in Brazil were haunted by a terrible incident, in which more than 100,000 residents admitted to being sick from radiation. How can a nuclear disaster befall civilians in a city far from a nuclear power plant?
The answer is hospital. Every hospital, whether we realize it or not, must have radioactive material that is used for chemotherapy or CT-scans. If hazardous materials fall into the wrong hands, the consequences can be very dangerous.
**On the evening of September 13, 1987,** two men sneaked into the former hospital building that had almost collapsed. The old building was once the Instituto Goiano de Radioterapia (IGR), a private hospital that specializes in radiotherapy. A few years earlier, in 1985, the hospital moved to a new location, leaving an abandoned building that is now in ruins.
The two men are Roberto dos Santos Alves and Wagner Mota Pereira, two local scavengers who intend to find junk they might be able to sell. They arrive at the therapy room and see a mysterious metal capsule. Intrigued because they had never seen it, let alone because it was made of metal they could sell, they finally took it.
They were completely unaware that they were taking capsules containing cesium chloride, a very dangerous radioactive material. The capsules give off 4.56 gray per hour, of which 2 gray is enough to harm the body if exposed for several hours.
At that time they were still safe, because the cesium was still neatly wrapped in a capsule made of tin and steel. But not for long. After taking the capsule to Roberto's residence, the two of them began to take it apart; a move that resulted in successive disasters and deaths.
With makeshift equipment, they tried to open it. Immediately, the two men began to feel the effects. They started feeling dizzy and vomited. But without realizing that the reaction was being produced by a radioactive substance before their eyes, they continued. The next day, Wagner's pain got worse, even the hands he used to hold the capsule now began to swell from the burns. Later, the finger he used to hold the capsule had to be amputated.
Wagner tried to come to the hospital and complained of feeling in his body. But doctors, not realizing that the symptoms were due to radioactivity, thought it was due to a food allergy and sent him home. Meanwhile, Roberto continued his efforts to open the capsule. His attempts would later result in amputation of his hand, like his counterpart.
This time Roberto's attempt was successful. He managed to put a screwdriver into the capsule and saw blue light come out of it. He even took a bit of the burning material and was amazed by its beauty. He was completely unaware that this dazzling beam was called Cherenkov Radiation and was only produced by extremely dangerous radioactive emissions. In fact, you could say, not many people could see these rays and were still alive.
Roberto then sold the capsule to a junkyard owner named Devair Alves Ferreira. Hypnotized by the blue light emitted by the capsule, Devair thinks the capsule smells supernatural and invites his family and friends to witness it.
Devair then managed to get cesium chloride granules out of the tube and distributed them to his family and friends, spreading the disaster. That same day, Devair's wife, Gabriela, began to feel sick. Ivo, Devair's brother who was also fascinated by the blue glowing substance, asked for a little and took it home. There, his 6 year old daughter Leide played with him, even eating a little.
Gabriela was the first to notice the effects of the blue glowing substance when she realized that she and those around her had been sick since the substance appeared in the house. Her hair began to fall out for no reason and out of fear she took the capsules to the hospital on September 28 (15 days after Roberto and Wagner took them). There, everything was finally revealed. The city government and all the authorities immediately realized that a terrible disaster was hitting their small town.
But it's too late. Everyone who saw the blue light was sick and dying. One by one they finally met their end. Starting with Admilson Alves de Souza, a worker at the Devair junkyard who suffers from lung damage, internal bleeding, and heart failure. He died October 18 of that year.
His death was followed tragically by two members of the Ferreira family, namely little Leide and Gabriela, Devair's wife. They receive a dose of about 6 grays (2 grays is enough radiation to harm human life). Leide suffered damage to almost all of his organs. She is being treated in isolation, where no doctors and nurses in the small town have dared to approach her.
After finally breathing his last breath on October 23, Leide was buried in a special fiberglass box and covered with thick lead to prevent radiation from her body from spreading. Even the funeral process was opposed by local residents for fear that her body would pollute the environment.
The next victim was Gabriela who died on the same day as Leide. Mild initial symptoms such as hair loss due to radiation which is eventually followed by more serious symptoms, such as internal bleeding, kidney failure, to mental effects such as senility, even though she is only 37 years old, proves that radiation has attacked the brain. Blood came out of her eyes and her digestive tract was completely destroyed. After a month of suffering, she finally developed blood poisoning after suffering from infections all over her body.
Another victim was Israel Baptista dos Santos, a 24-year-old young man who also worked at a junkyard. His respiratory tract and spleen were so badly damaged that he died on October 27.
The last victims were Devair and his younger brother, Ivo, who got the highest dose, 7 grays. The two actually survived for several years, but Devair died in 1994, followed by Ivo in 2003. Depression also contributed to the deaths of both of them, which is not surprising as both must have felt guilty for the death of their family.
News of an immediate radioactive incident shocked the entire country. About 130 thousand residents of the small town immediately stormed the hospital and it turned out that it was true, a geiger counter was used to measure the radiation that was burning non-stop. About 250 people were found to be exposed to alarming levels of radiation. Luckily, they all received intensive care to minimize the adverse effects of radiation on their bodies.
Then who is ultimately responsible for this tragedy? Roberto and Wagner who first stole the radioactive tube are presumed innocent, not knowing what they were doing. The responsibility fell on the hospital which deliberately left the hazardous materials neglected so that the court obliged them to pay compensation to the victims.
Then what about the radiation source itself? The radioactive capsule is secured by the military and the cleanup process begins. To illustrate how rigorous the radiation removal process is, the entire topsoil in the contaminated area has to be excavated and removed. Several houses had to be torn down and those who were still allowed to stand had to peel off all the paint on the walls, the floors were poured with acid, and the roof had to be removed. Even so, so that victims do not transmit radiation to the environment, their urine must first be treated with ion exchange resin so that it can be disposed of safely. Unfortunately, the half-life of cesium alone is 35 years, which means it will take 35 years for cesium radiation levels to drop by half.
Happy reading.
Time traveler: The Philadelphia Experiment
This story begins when in 1955, a letter was sent to an astronomer and writer named Morris K. Jessup. Morris The letter was signed by Carlos Miguel Allende (disguised as Carl M. Allen) who claimed to have witnessed a deadly experiment during World War II in Philadelphia that ended horribly secret by the US Navy. But what experiment is that?
In the story told by Carlos, he tells that the US government began to use the theory coined by Albert Einstein to make an electric generator that can bend light so that it can be used to make objects invisible. This of course greatly benefited the US military, which was then involved in World War II against Germany and Japan. Just imagine if they had an invisible battleship so that the enemy could not anticipate their arrival, then they could win the battle easily.
That said, the technology was tested on one of their warships, USS Eldrigde, which then anchored in the city of Philadelphia. In the first trial in the middle of the summer of 1943, the experiment was said to be successful, although it smelled of some quite disturbing side effects. SS Eldrigde managed to disappear, leaving behind what witnesses described as a greenish mist. However once they returned, the crew started reporting strange things. Many of them feel the side effects of nausea. But not only that, not a few sailors on the ship claimed to have entered another dimension, met the occupants, and even went crazy because of the trauma they saw.
Despite knowing this very disturbing side effect, the US military was determined to carry out this experiment for the second time, namely October 28, 1943, of course because of the precarious situation at that time. In this second attempt, not only did SS Eldrigde's ship become invisible, but a mysterious blue flash appeared before disappearing. Even stranger, the ship suddenly appeared or was teleported to Norfolk, Virginia, which is 320 kilometers from Philadelphia, where the experiment was carried out. In fact, the crew of the SS Andrew Furuseth, who at that time was anchored in Norfolk, claimed to have witnessed the ship before it disappeared again.
SS Eldridge suddenly appeared again in Philadelphia, but herein lies the oddity. This ship appeared 10 minutes before the crew in Norfolk saw it disappear. In other words, the ship was running in time, going back 10 minutes in time.
There are many rumors about the fate of the crew's unlucky ones. Many say their bodies suddenly joined the metal hull. Many of those who disappeared and the rest who survived, ended up going crazy.
So delicious is this conspiracy theory, of course, it stole the public's attention. Many books have been published on this conspiracy theory. Even a film called The Philadelphia Experiment was released by Hollywood in 1984. Uniquely, after the appearance of the film, a man named Alfred Bielek suddenly appeared and claimed to be one of the survivors of the Philadelphia Experiment. He also claims that the film accurately depicts what happened to him and his friends aboard SS Eldridge.
**Logical Explanation? Does the Philadelphia Experiment involve time travel, is there a logical explanation behind it?**
But did the Philadelphia Experiment really take place or was it just a rumor? Historians, of course, completely reject the claim that the time-travel experiment in Philadelphia ever took place. Many of them claim that the fantastic story in Philadelphia was inspired by the installation of a degaussing device on a US warship docked in a city harbor. What is degaussing?
When World War II raged, Germany developed sea mine technology that exploded when it detected a magnetic field generated by Allied warships passing overhead. To outsmart the ship, the scientists invented degaussing technology, which coils an electromagnetic coil around the ship to disguise the ship's magnetic field. However, this technology, even though it makes ships untraceable by sea mines, doesn't necessarily make ships disappear, aka invisible. Even the ship can still be tracked on radar. SS Eldrigde, who is the subject of this conspiracy theory, is also noted to be equipped with this degaussing technology.
Another reason why many people doubt the veracity of the Philadelphia Experiment is that at that time, in 1943, SS Eldridge was never in town. The ship is currently docked in New York. But of course those claims are flatly rejected by conspiracy theorists, as the US government could easily falsify port records that state the ship was in New York, not in Philadelphia, at the time.
There is another logical explanation that could explain why, if indeed the Eldridge SS was involved in a secret mission, suddenly appeared from Philadelphia to Norfolk which was hundreds of kilometers away. At that time, in the middle of the war, the US military built a canal called the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal on the Chesapeake Bay that could shorten the journey from Philadelphia to Norfolk in just a day. The existence of the channel was kept secret by the US military at that time, of course with the aim of not being overheard by the enemy.
What is clear, whether this conspiracy theory is true or not, we may never be able to confirm it, both to Morris Jessup and Carlos Allende who first spread the theory. Carlos's identity has never been identified (some say he was actually a mental hospital patient) while Morris Jessup was mysteriously found to have committed suicide on April 30, 1959. Perhaps also due to depression as a result of his writing career. refused or whether someone deliberately silenced him so he wouldn't continue to divulge their secrets.
The Butterfly Effect : the man whose death changed the history of the whole world
This time we will discuss a name that lived in the 19th century named Charles Lennox Richardson. Never heard of that name? Well, you have to know him because the death of a British merchant in Japan on September 14, 1862 would have an unimaginable domino effect. What happened to him is an example of the butterfly effect where a small, seemingly insignificant event will have a chain effect that can have an enormous final impact, even affecting the fate of the entire world.
Charles Lennox Richardson was born in 1834 in London. In 1853, he moved to Shanghai, China to try his luck there. He became a successful trader until finally after accumulating an abundant coffers of wealth, he decided to retire and return to England. On his way, he decided to stop by Yokohama, Japan, to meet an old friend named Woodthorpe Charles Clarke. Together with their friend, William Marshal and his sister-in-law, Margaret Watson Borradaile, they both decide to travel to the Kanagawa region to have a look at the Kawasaki Daishi shrine. And that's where the disaster will begin.
But instead of saluting, Charles was determined to continue riding his horse through the royal motorcade. Charles himself was stubborn, arrogant, even a little racist. He thought that the natives should respect Western immigrants. Margaret tried to warn Charles, but she should have answered arrogantly: Don't worry, I know how to deal with these people.
The results were inevitable. The samurai who was guarding the prince immediately slashed Charles. As if that wasn't enough, they then stabbed him with the swords and spears they were carrying. In total, his body suffered 10 stab wounds and finally died. Two of Charles's friends were also attacked at the time, but the samurai code of ethics forbade them to injure a woman named Margaret.
Charles's body was later buried in Yokohama, but the incident sparked the anger of European expats living in Japan. They are protesting against their country's consulate to demand justice. The British then demanded $ 25,000 in compensation from the House of Satsuma and execution for the samurai who killed Charles. However, of course Prince Shimazu refused.
The tensions between Britain and Japan at that time finally triggered the Anglo-Satsuma War in which on August 15-17, 1863, the British navy bombarded the city of Kagoshima, the center of daimyo power. The seven warships led by Sir Augustus Kuper as British commander at that time automatically won and defeated Japan. However, it turned out that, like a plot twist, it actually triggered Japan to forge a friendship with England, instead of being hostile to them.
Since that incident, Japan saw the superiority of the British navy and the superiority of technology and weaponry possessed by Western countries. They realized that if they wanted to win wars in the future, they had to learn and take advantage of this technology. The Japanese also sent one of the officers in the Anglo-Satsuma War, a young man named Togolese Heihachiro to study in the British navy in London. Upon his return, he became known as the Father of the Japanese Navy. One of his greatest achievements as an admiral was presiding over a Japanese naval victory over Russia in the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. There, the Russian navy could not stand up to a Japanese naval force which had been reformed and modernized thanks to the lessons they learned in it. previous battle.
This is the first time that an Asian nation has won a battle against a Western nation since Genghis Khan's era seven hundred years ago. This victory brought the Japanese nation to the pinnacle of self-confidence. The sense of nationalism sparked by this victory eventually led them to become one of the main actors in one of the bloodiest events in world history since its creation.
Isoroku Yamamoto, one of the sailors who fought at the Battle of Tsushima, was later recorded leading the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and officially starting World War II. The battlefield ultimately killed 85 million people and ended with the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Charles is indeed not a blue-blooded prince with the throne of a superpower like Franz Ferdinand. But always remember that name, Charles Lennox Richardson, the man whose death changed the history of the whole world.
Mysteries in Biology : Tardigrade Are Aliens?
Do you remember the scene in Ant Man and Wasp where Ant Man shrinks his body into the Quantum Realm and is nearly eaten by strange microscopic creatures? The creature is called the Tardigrade or also known as the water bear. Tardigrade is a strange creature, I will explain why.
Do you know the classification system for living things that is taught in the School? Well, the Animal Kingdom is divided into many phyla. For example, all insects, spiders, shrimp, crabs, scorpions and centipedes belong to the Phylum Arthropoda because they are segments. Snails, squids and octopuses belong to the Phylum Mollusca because of their delicate nature. Humans, fish, bears, lizards, and birds belong to the Phylum Chordata because of their vertebrae. In essence, each animal phylum has many members that have almost the same characteristics.
Well, here's the problem. The water bear is categorized into the Phylum Tardigrade of which he is the only member. No other animal in the world has the same characteristics as the Tardigrade, so scientists have questioned its origin.
The little water bear is a very small animal and lives in water. Can be found anywhere, even in puddles. Because they are herbivores, water bears prefer to hang out in damp moss. Although it does not rule out, if you meet a smaller creature, Tardigrade can eat it. Tardigrades can also reproduce sexually and asexually, generally by laying eggs.
Well, after reading the description above, maybe you haven't seen the oddity yet, but be prepared! Tardigrade oddities begin at hatching, appear immediately as adults (not through the childhood phase or the first metamorphosis stage). For the size of tiny microscopic objects, Tardigrade also has a complete digestive system like animals with a more advanced evolutionary level. In fact, microscopic animals usually have a simple digestive system.
But the water bear's biggest oddity lies in its staying power. At first glance, Tardigrade can't die. It can survive in extreme conditions, such as without eating at all, exposed to deadly nuclear radiation, and even being in outer space. Yep, even though it is placed in a vacuum environment (without air), Tardigrade will still survive. Tardigrade's body will turn to dry paper when faced with these extreme conditions. This property is called cryptobiosis. Placed in boiling water, frozen, put under X-rays, and subjected to air pressure 6 times the air pressure on Earth, Tardigrade remains safe. Whereas any creature, if it is in such an extreme condition, will definitely perish.
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Because of its uniqueness, which is that it can live in space even when it is asleep, there has been wild speculation that Tardigrade did not actually come from Earth. As I mentioned earlier, not a single Earth creature has the same characteristics and traits as the Tardigrade. Not surprisingly, some think that Tardigrade is an alien from another planet who came to Earth after hitching a ride on a comet or meteor, then accidentally fell to Earth.
The theory that life on Earth may have originated (or spread) from life on other planets is called Panspermia. Is it true that speculation? Well, maybe only this little water bear can answer that.
Dark Case : Fritzl
As one of the most prosperous countries in Europe, you might imagine Austria as a peaceful place with very minimal crime rates. Perhaps there is a point too, because when this case came to light in 2008, the people there were shaken by the horror of this case. No one can imagine a father raping and locking up his biological daughter for years without anyone knowing. Since the case was revealed, his father's name is Josef Fritzl.
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How did this shocking case start? The Fritzl family living in Amstetten, Austria is known to be an inconspicuous family. Josef, the head of the family, has a wife named Rosemarie and has two sons and five daughters. But behind the tightly closed door, their household keeps a dark secret. Josef, as a father, has been abusing one of his daughters, Elisabeth, since he was 11 years old.
At the age of 15, after completing her basic education, Elisabeth ran away from home. She hid at a friend's house in Vienna and worked as a waitress. Unfortunately, the police found her and returned her to the father. On August 28, 1984, Josef asked his daughter (then 18 years old) to install a door in the basement. She had no idea that the door she had installed was actually the last part of the prison her father had designed for her.
It was the last time Elisabeth smelled the air of freedom and she had to wait more than two decades before she finally saw the outside world again.
For the next 24 years, Josef visited his daughter who was locked in the basement almost every day to rape her. During that time, she gave birth to seven children. She also gave birth to twins, but unfortunately one of them died after birth. Cruelly, Josef burned the bodies of his children / grandchildren in the fireplace to destroy evidence.
The three children born from this illicit relationship were later taken care of by Josef and his wife. How to? It turned out that Josef had planned this well by pretending to find the three babies at his door accompanied by a letter written by Elisabeth containing a message that they should take care of him. In this way, Rosemarie, as Elisabeth's mother, was not at all suspicious and looked after her three grandchildren.
Unfortunately, the other kids weren't that lucky. The other three children, remain locked in the basement with their mother. Now that her three children have to stay, Elisabeth begs her father to widen her cage which only measures 35 cubic meters. Josef certainly agreed, but by forcing Elisabeth and her children to dig a dungeon with their own hands for years. In a small room, Elisabeth patiently taught her children to read and write. However, the existence of these children was not always a blessing for her. Not infrequently, Josef raped Elisabeth in front of her own children.
Most tragically, the house that the Fritzl family lived in was actually an apartment rented out to an outsider. Over the past 24 years, more than 100 people have occupied rooms on family-owned land. Often, tenants in the house hear voices from the basement. However, Josef argues that the noise only came from a broken pipe.
Finally, the moment he had been waiting for arrived. All of Josef's crimes were exposed when on April 19, 2008, the man was forced to take one of his daughters / grandchildren to the hospital after she collapsed due to kidney failure. Elisabeth helped him carry her daughter upstairs and it was then, for the first time in 24 years, that she saw the light return. Her son was taken by ambulance to the hospital where there, doctors treating her were suspicious. Hospital staff then contacted the police and suspicion led to the reopening of Elisabeth Fritzl's disappearance. They brought a letter Elisabeth wrote to an expert, in which she stated that it was strange and that it seemed the author was forced to write the letter.
The climax was when the police met Josef, who was in the hospital at that time and lucky, this time Elisabeth went with him to the hospital.
The police also interrogated Elisabeth, but like the case of Jaycee Dugard, who was held captive for years, she didn't confess right away. Of course the reason is because she is afraid of his father and there are still two children in the ground. However, after being promised by the police that from then on Elisabeth would never see her father again, she opened her voice. Her confession began with the words: No one will believe my story.
And during the next two hours, Elisabeth explained in detail what suffering she had experienced during those 24 years. That same night, Josef, now 73 years old, was arrested by the authorities. Rosemarie, the mother, admits that for more than two decades, she never knew that her child was being held under her feet.
When the police investigated the Fritzl family underground, they found that there were 8 locked steel doors (some weighing 300-500 kg) that had to be passed to reach the room where Elisabeth and her children were being held. This is the reason why for more than 20 years, Elisabeth and her children have never been able to escape. When rescued, Elisabeth's three children who were locked up on the ground were adults. Some are 20 years old, some are 18 years old, and the smallest is still 6 years old. Three children who had never seen the outside world, even during those decades, must have experienced deep trauma. Even the boy, unable to stand up straight and walk normally because he was locked up on the ground as high as 1.6 meters, even though he was 1.7 meters high. The three children who are more fortunate are cared for by their grandparents upstairs and their grandmother does not escape the trauma of knowing their mother and siblings have been locked up and suffering under their feet.
But what is the reason Josef Fritz has the heart to behave so cruelly, even to his own flesh and blood? Judging from his past, it turns out that this behavior is not the first. In 1967 he raped a nurse after breaking into his home and threatening him with a knife. He also tried to rape another woman aged 21 years. He also spent a year in prison for his actions.
Surprisingly, Josef did not regret his actions at all, even denying that what he had done to his daughter was based on "consensual". Even Josef also argued that he was kind enough to feed them every day, bring gifts of flowers and toys, and equip their prison with small kitchen, fridge, television, radio and cassette player. However, Josef seemed to have forgotten to mention that when he was angry with them, he would often turn off the lights in the basement and leave them starving for days without food or light.
When asked what Josef's reasons were for kidnapping and detaining his own daughter, Josef replied that he felt that Elisabeth was no longer following all his rules when she was growing up and that she just wanted to protect her daughter from the bad influences of the outside world.
Returning to the original question, what prompted Josef to go beyond the limits of humanity like that? The answer may lie in his past. When a psychiatrist examines his mental state, he states that all of Josef's evil sides stem from past trauma due to his mother's strict upbringing. Josef always described his mother as a demon and claimed that her mother used to torture him, humiliate him, and beat him until he lies in a pool of his own blood on the floor. His mother also never showed the slightest affection for little Josef because he only considered Josef as an alibi.
What is an alibi child? It turns out that Josef's mother only gave birth to him as proof to her husband that she wasn't barren, but in her heart, she never really wanted children. Even when World War II broke out, the mother purposely left little Josef helpless when their town was bombed to escape to a safe bunker. For this reason, psychiatrists diagnosed adult Josef as having severe combined personality disorders, including borderline, schizotypal, and schizoid personalities and of course sexual disorders because he had sex with his own daughter.
Then how did the story of this beautiful woman end? Elisabeth is now living with her children and trying to start a new, peaceful life. Elisabeth also started to feel her true love when she finally wanted to open her heart and feel in love with Thomas, the man who had been her bodyguard after she was released.
What about the father? Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life and this time it was his turn to be locked up in a prison in Austria. There, he was forced to change his name because his reputation as an immoral father got him beaten by several inmates there. And when I read his last interview that said he didn't want to live anymore because of his life in prison.
Dark Case : Jaycee Dugard's Tragic Kidnapping Case
Jaycee Dugard is a little girl who grew up in California, United States. She loves pink and went through her childhood for 10 years happily. The only problem she faced was her dislike for her stepfather when her mother decided to remarry. However, all of that changes drastically when she is kidnapped. On the morning of June 10, 1991, the 11 year old girl was walking towards the bus stop to go to school. But who would have thought, a car suddenly stopped nearby and since then, Jaycee Dugard has disappeared, as if she has vanished to earth.
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Tragically, the kidnapping case happened right before the eyes of her family. Her stepfather, Carl saw the kidnapping from his home and tried to stop it, but to no avail. Throughout his life, no one believed Carl's confession, not even a few accused him of being the mastermind responsible for the disappearance of his stepson. As a stepfather Jaycee never liked, of course he was the main suspect in the kidnapping.
But what really happened that morning?
We have to go back in time to really understand this case and how painful it would be to investigate further. This kidnapping case is not just a case of the disappearance of an ordinary little girl. This case proves that the responsibility of a criminal act does not only lie with the perpetrator, but also everyone around him. To all the people who could have stopped suffering and saved the little girl, but in fact they were silent.
We have to go back almost 20 years before little Jaycee disappeared when he went to school. We go back to 1972, where a man named Phillip Garrido was arrested for allegedly abusing a 14 year old girl. However, the case failed to go to court because the victim was too afraid to testify. Phillip is free. But not long after 4 years, a rape case occurred again in Lake Tahoe, California. A 25 year old girl named Katherine Callaway was kidnapped and raped. Luckily, the evidence this time was enough to bring the culprit, the same Phillip Garrido, to prison with a 50-year sentence. Since Phillip was sentenced in 1977, he should not be free in 2027 if the sentence was carried out.
But the reality is different, in 1988, after serving only 11 years of his sentence, he was parole (in American legal terms, received "parole"). He even married a woman named Nancy whom he met in prison. As a person serving this "parole" sentence, according to applicable law, he wears a wristband equipped with a GPS and is also regularly visited by the authorities, such as "parole" supervisors, sheriffs and FBI agents. All of this was meant to keep Phillip, even though he had been released from prison, not to commit another crime.
But still, on the morning of June 10, 1991, a car stopped in front of a little girl named Jaycee Dugard, then the driver lowered the girl's windshield, shocked her with a stun gun until she passed out, put it down. in the car, and run. The driver is Phillip Garrido.
After three hours of traveling, the man took her to a shack behind her house and immediately took her virginity away. The 11 year old girl did not dare to run away, because in addition to having her hut locked tight, Phillip also threatened that there would be a doberman ready to tear her apart if she dared to run.
A week later, Phillip finally took the little girl to a larger room, but was still handcuffed to the bed until she was raped repeatedly. This is where little Jaycee begins to understand why this man is doing this heinous thing. Because he's mentally ill.
Phillip said he could hear "voices" from the walls, a symptom of schizophrenia. If that wasn't bad enough, he also took amphetamines. Going back to his past, Phillip was actually a normal young man, but then after having an accident, he became addicted to painkillers. These two combinations made Phillip's soul very unstable. To Jaycee, Phillip occasionally regretted and tearfully apologized for kidnapping her. However, the mood quickly turned to a violent side that didn't hesitate to threaten the little girl.
Seven months passed and finally Phillip introduced the girl he was living with his wife, Nancy. But despite the sympathy and motherhood she received, Nancy was no less cruel than Phillip. Even though they were both women, Nancy did not defend her, instead blaming Jaycee for her husband's unusual behavior. Nancy's cruel treatment was said to be driven by jealousy of the little girl.
After 34 months after Jaycee was held captive, the Garrido family finally gave her freedom by removing the handcuffs that had been trapping his wrists. However, Jaycee who is now 14 years old is still locked in a locked room. In 1994, after three years of rape, Jaycee became pregnant and gave birth to her first child. Three years later, when she was 16 in 1997, she gave birth to her second child. The two children were daughters and the more violent, Nancy wanted the two girls to call themselves their mothers and Jaycee only to be introduced as their older sisters.
To divert her attention from the suffering that has befallen him for years, Jaycee is now allowed to take a walk to Garrido's yard for gardening. On one occasion, a neighbor saw her even chatting with her, but quickly Phillip put her back in the house.
To their surprise, the Garrido family then opened a printing house where Jaycee occasionally helped out as an employee and met many people as customers. Jaycee even got telephone and internet access at the office. As a conditional criminal, Phillip is also visited by the authorities, but no one checks his house for a spot in the backyard where Phillip is holding Jaycee. Even neighbors often see Jaycee opening the door when guests visit.
This is why I got so angry when I read the details about this case. There were lots of people, LOTS OF PEOPLE, who could save Jaycee at that moment. But no one did anything.
First, the authorities must be able to link the kidnapping of the rape of Katherine Callaway in 1976 (the case that led to Phillip being thrown in prison) with the kidnapping that happened to Jaycee because they were both in the same place, namely South Lake. Tahoe. However, no one realized the similarities of the cases.
In 2002, firefighters came because of an incident at the Garrido family home and saw Jaycee and the kids there.
In 2006, a neighbor reported suspicion of Jaycee's presence there and identified Phillip as a sex predator. However, this report was only taken lightly by a sheriff who visited the Garrido family home for 30 minutes and did not enter the house at all.
One parole officer who visited even saw Jaycee, but when asked about the identity of the little girl, Phillip only replied that she was the son of his brother. But if the officer wanted to investigate her further and confirm the truth, she would find out that Phillip's brother had no children at all.
All these opportunities finally passed until finally in 2009, Phillip, who was too sure that his crimes would never be exposed, took Jaycee and her two daughters to the University of California at San Francisco. A manager named Lisa Campbell was suspicious. She then investigates the name Phillip Garrido and gets information that he is a former convict who was arrested for kidnapping and rape. In addition, it was stated that the Garrido family could not have daughters. This information was eventually passed on to the authorities.
The parole officers then interrogated Jaycee, who at that time claimed to be Alissa. However, when asked about her real identity, Jaycee became angry and defensive. When Garrido confessed to officers that he kidnapped Jaycee, the girl confessed to the authorities that she was Jaycee Gudard, a girl who was kidnapped at age 11 who was raped repeatedly to give birth to two children and she has been in detention for 18 years.
When his case was revealed to the media, of course the American public was very angry at that time. How could a girl be held captive for 18 years by a man who was an obvious criminal who had to receive regular visits to her home by the authorities? There have been many occasions where Jaycee actually came close to being saved, but that rescue only came nearly two decades after he was imprisoned.
But you may also ask, why didn't Jaycee herself during that period of time try to save herself? Why, despite meeting so many people, some of them even law enforcement, never tried to ask for help?
The answer is because that poor girl has Stockholm Syndrome. Remember that Jaycee was kidnapped when she was 11 and since then she has been constantly threatened with more horrific treatment than raping her if she dared mess around, let alone run away. She learns that the only way he can get through his days safely is to cooperate with her captors. Not to mention that she now has two children who are now in Garrido's hands. She worries more about the fate of her two children than her life. Because of that, he chose to submit.
Luckily, the story of Jaycee Gudard, despite the unbearable suffering for 18 years and having to live her days full of fear, finally ended happily. She is reunited with his parents and family. The State of California, then governed by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, acknowledged the negligence of the authorities who on various occasions should have succeeded in rescuing Jaycee earlier. The California government has also provided compensation of 20 million dollars. Jaycee later became an author and published the book "A Stolen Life" which is a memoir of his dark past. She is also active as a volunteer to help victims of sexual harassment and violence.
What about the culprit? Nancy Garrido, his wife, was considered a co-conspirator and was sentenced to 36 years in prison. Meanwhile, Phillip Garrido spent up to 431 years in prison.
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