Hemish Thanki

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The Hypothesis of Hemiextinction

Hemish Thanki2 min read

The Phenomenon of Hemiextinction illustrates the disappearance of animals from the past and their seemingly extinct nature and their probable possibility of not being extinct at all.

Hemiextinction
The term, Hemiextinction means half-extinction of species as the name suggests.

Possibility of Time Travel

Time Travel, however improbable and scientifically impossible it may sound would be developed in the future.

Humanity is currently on the verge of reaching a Kardashev Scale 1. As scientific progress grows exponentially over the coming decades, our score on the Kardashev scale would be catapulted immensely and the rate of the flow of Arrow of Time would only increase.

With the use of Artificial General Intelligence, Volition of Humans and keeping in mind the rate of increase of scientific progress, Time Machine would be invented eventually, when humanity reaches a boastful Kardashev Scale.

The Kardashev Scale as a staircase of glowing tiles: a planet with a power station, a star wrapped in a Dyson sphere, a spiral galaxy, a crystal of pure energy, clusters of galaxies and a bowl of swirling universes, each higher and charged with more lightning bolts.
Fig. 1The Kardashev Scale
A track numbered 0 to 5 and, past a break, Omega. Above it: a planet, a solar system, a spiral galaxy, a cluster of galaxies and a patch of the cosmic web.
Fig. 2Types 0 to 5, and Ω

General Idea

Now that we have established the fact, that a time machine would be developed in the future, when the time is ripe, the humans of then would notice the void of other species in their time. At a higher Kardashev Scale, the Archaeologists would study the past of humanity by using a time machine. And by doing so, might as well interfere with the past events in their history.

We know it for a fact that, millions of years ago, dinosaurs existed, and dominated the entire planet. But there was a mass extinction event, that caused their disappearance. There are theories of them, dying due to an asteroid collision, but this is where the time travelers step in. The archaeologists of the future, with Time Machines at their command can go back to the past with ease and rescue all the animals about to become extinct. So is the case with other extinct animals like Dodo, Woolly Mammoth, etc.

Thus, we can conclude that, these seemingly extinct animals may not have been extinct at all, but just transported from the past age to the future by the future humans with the help of Time Machines, and we are unable to perceive it due to the Psychological Arrow of Time.

This gap in Time can be explained by the phenomenon of Hemiextinction, wherein, they existed at a certain point of time, and then the course of Time was altered for their aid, making the humans, who lived in their period of Hemiextinction wonder about their survival and extinction alike. Because once again, due to The Psychological Arrow of Time, we sit in the middle of it all, knowing nothing.

Written byHemish Thanki

Tales

The Coming of Consciousness

Hemish Thanki5 voices4 min read

In order of appearance

  • Consciousness
  • Death
  • Wisdom
  • Knowledge
  • Demiurge

An eldritch darkness is looming in the background. Not a ray of light is getting reflected. Two nebulous entities stare each other, one in the face of death, and one in that of consciousness. Hmm. Quite contradicting.

Consciousness: Who…am I? Where…am I? Why…do I exist? Do I even…exist?

Death smirks

Consciousness: What…is it? Am I…sane?

Death speaks in a low hum

Death: Not the first one…are you?

Consciousness: Who…am I?

Death: You are, a soul…named consciousness.

Consciousness: What is…a Soul?

Death: Something I like to play with.

Consciousness: Where…am I?

Death: In my home.

Consciousness: This ever-looming darkness…Am I to stay here for eternity?

Death: No, you would be sent to the realm of pain, as most are…

Consciousness: Where…is it? What…is it like there?

Death: It is the same place from where you came. The Blue Marble.

Consciousness: What about…others?

Death: They…they become a daemon.

Consciousness: Why…do I exist?

Death: You? You exist to work…to serve others…orr maybe…to hurt others.

Consciousness: What…happened to me?

Death: Your job was done…in the realm of pain.

Consciousness: Job?

Death: Yes…each soul comes…each soul goes.

Consciousness: Who…decides my job?

Death: Intuition…a daemon you can trust…but not always right.

Consciousness: Why so? Such an important job…to an unsure one?

Death: So that…no one is bound…by their fate.

Consciousness: You mean…our job isn’t assured.

Death: It is…but the Daemon of Choice can influence it.

Consciousness: Choice…is it so important?

Death: It is the reason…you are here.

Consciousness: I didn’t choose…to be dead.

Death: Yes…you did. Everything your mortal form did…made you what you are.

Consciousness: Then…what are you? What…is death?

Death: I am a Daemon…The daemon of Death.

Consciousness: Why…do you play with souls?

The hazy entity of death becomes amorphous. Its gets distorted. It is sulking. Too personal a question. It drifted into the darkness.

The creepiness around consciousness grows. Something starts to loom over it. A nebulous entity, staunch though walks in.

Wisdom: Hmm…how good…and deadly…it is to know nothing. So is the case with everything.

Wisdom snickers, with a wise stare. Consciousness feels uncomfortable.

Consciousness: Who…are you? And…why so?

Wisdom: Ah…Wisdom I am. Eternal bliss…is attained, when you don’t care to know anything. Or you connect to the world through the help of your soul and know everything. You can see…everyone, their thoughts, their feelings, the way they are. Half knowledge, is painful and deadly.

Consciousness shows a puzzled expression.

Consciousness: Why…did death go away?

Wisdom: Choice…It chose easy…over right.

Consciousness: Huh?

One more nebulous entity, this time of Knowledge, walks in.

Knowledge: Knowledge I am…I know everything.

Wisdom: None…knows everything.

Knowledge: I do…I am the most intelligent.

Wisdom: So you say…

Knowledge: Death…is befriended by the Daemon of loneliness. When two daemons, get emotionally attached, they come together, and their thoughts become one. So you see, Loneliness is bad.

Wisdom: Anything…in excess is bad. Stay with good…you become good, stay with bad…you become bad. None is bad by nature…it is their choice, that makes them feel so.

Consciousness: Do I even…exist?

Wisdom: Until someone cares for you…or your deeds…your existence will never…cease to flow.

Consciousness: Why was I born…if I had to die?

Wisdom: Everyone…has an objective. To make the nature a better place…to help others…to make others and ourselves feel loved.

Consciousness: Is this…your home too?

Wisdom: Yes…it is. This is…The Realm of Bliss. Either you can see everything, or nothing. Time doesn’t affect this place.

Consciousness: Who…am I? Where…am I? Why…do I exist? Do I even…exist?

Wisdom Smiles, Knowledge Smirks

Knowledge: You fool.

Consciousness: I…am consciousness. I…can see everything. I…exist to serve others, just like others exist…to serve me. I exist…in the minds of those…who are entangled with my moral deeds.

The dark space around the Daemons warp and slowly turns golden in colour. The ever lasting force of the nature, Demiurge appears.

Demiurge: You are now a Daemon. The Daemon of Consciousness. You will quench the thirst of mere existence. I did right naming you Consciousness.

Knowledge: You knew, Demiurge…what it would become?

Consciousness interrupts

Consciousness: Yes…as I dive deeper into the forces of nature…I see that time is just a spatial dimension…altering for all of us…you have already seen what I will see.

Demiurge: Stop calling others a fool, knowledge. Dive deeper into your own soul and fight for your purpose.

Knowledge looks angry. It becomes amorphous and goes away.

Demiurge: You know why Death and Knowledge went away? That is because, they were possessed by the Daemons of Loneliness and Anger.

Consciousness is in deep thought

Consciousness: I…see.

Demiurge: Never let yourself, get possessed with any emotion. Emotions should change. That is the answer to nature.

With that, Demiurge goes away, so does the golden aura. Wisdom and Consciousness go away, immersing themselves in the dark abyss.

Written byHemish Thanki

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