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memory_character [2025-05-06 07:31] – [Historic spread of humanoids] theunkarelsememory_character [2025-05-16 19:38] (current) – [Timeline of development of the universe embedded in story of Alice in Wonderland] nik
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 ==== Memory Character ==== ==== Memory Character ====
 +documentation for developing mnemonic characters, cast, pseudo pantheon\\
 +see also: [[monster_code]]
  
  
-==== Historic spread of humanoids ====+==== Animal body as map of historic spread of humanoids ====
  
   * Reworking a map (1) into a heatmap (2) applying that heatmap to an animal body   * Reworking a map (1) into a heatmap (2) applying that heatmap to an animal body
 +see [[https://fo.am/blog/2025/05/06/reinaerd-mapping-early-hominid-dispersal/|blogpost]]
  
  
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 ===== Timeline of development of the universe ===== ===== Timeline of development of the universe =====
  
 +Generated by Google Gemini.
  
-==== The body of an insect (hoverfly): ====+==== Timeline of development of the universe embodied by an insect (hoverfly): ====
 **The Unfertilized Egg (The Planck Epoch - < 10^-43 seconds):** **The Unfertilized Egg (The Planck Epoch - < 10^-43 seconds):**
   * Metaphor: The single, undifferentiated egg of the hoverfly.   * Metaphor: The single, undifferentiated egg of the hoverfly.
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   * Correspondence: Parallels the ongoing formation and evolution of galaxies, star formation, and the emergence of complex systems within the universe. The hoverfly's dynamic interaction with its world mirrors the activity and interconnectedness of the cosmos.   * Correspondence: Parallels the ongoing formation and evolution of galaxies, star formation, and the emergence of complex systems within the universe. The hoverfly's dynamic interaction with its world mirrors the activity and interconnectedness of the cosmos.
  
-==== Timeline embedded in story of Alice in Wonderland ====+==== Timeline of development of the universe embedded in story of Alice in Wonderland ====
  
- +Generated by Google Gemini.\\ 
-Alice's Initial, Unfathomable Fall (The Planck Epoch < 10^-43 seconds):+\\ 
 +**Alice's Initial, Unfathomable Fall (The Planck Epoch  $< 10^{-43}$ seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice's very first, disorienting moment of falling down the rabbit hole, before she can perceive any distinct objects or have any sense of scale or direction. It's a state of pure potential and unknowability.   * Metaphor: Alice's very first, disorienting moment of falling down the rabbit hole, before she can perceive any distinct objects or have any sense of scale or direction. It's a state of pure potential and unknowability.
   * Correspondence: Represents the singularity of the Planck Epoch, where the laws of physics as we know them didn't apply, and all forces were unified in an incredibly dense and hot state.   * Correspondence: Represents the singularity of the Planck Epoch, where the laws of physics as we know them didn't apply, and all forces were unified in an incredibly dense and hot state.
-The Brief Glimpse of Unified, Indistinguishable Colors (The Grand Unification Epoch - 10^-43 to 10^-36 seconds):+ 
 +**The Brief Glimpse of Unified, Indistinguishable Colors (The Grand Unification Epoch - $10^{-43}$ to $10^{-36}$ seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: As Alice falls, for a fleeting instant, she perceives everything around her as a swirling, unified field of intense, indistinguishable colors before they begin to separate into distinct hues.   * Metaphor: As Alice falls, for a fleeting instant, she perceives everything around her as a swirling, unified field of intense, indistinguishable colors before they begin to separate into distinct hues.
   * Correspondence: Symbolizes the breaking of the initial symmetry and the separation of gravity from the other fundamental forces. The unified colors represent the single force before differentiation.   * Correspondence: Symbolizes the breaking of the initial symmetry and the separation of gravity from the other fundamental forces. The unified colors represent the single force before differentiation.
-The Rapidly Expanding Tunnel with Blurring Objects (The Inflationary Epoch - 10^-36 to 10^-32 seconds):+ 
 +**The Rapidly Expanding Tunnel with Blurring Objects (The Inflationary Epoch - $10^{-36}$ to $10^{-32}$ seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: The rabbit hole suddenly widens at an impossible rate, with objects flashing by in a blur, too fast for Alice to focus on any detail. She feels an overwhelming sense of expansion.   * Metaphor: The rabbit hole suddenly widens at an impossible rate, with objects flashing by in a blur, too fast for Alice to focus on any detail. She feels an overwhelming sense of expansion.
   * Correspondence: Mirrors the universe's incredibly rapid and exponential expansion during inflation, where the size of the universe increased by many orders of magnitude in a tiny fraction of a second.   * Correspondence: Mirrors the universe's incredibly rapid and exponential expansion during inflation, where the size of the universe increased by many orders of magnitude in a tiny fraction of a second.
-Objects Beginning to Distinguish Themselves – Teacups, Books, Maps (The Electroweak Epoch - 10^-32 to 10^-12 seconds):+ 
 +**Objects Beginning to Distinguish Themselves – Teacups, Books, Maps (The Electroweak Epoch - $10^{-32}$ to $10^{-12}$ seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: As the expansion slightly slows, Alice can briefly make out indistinct shapes within the blur – perhaps the vague outlines of teacups, books, and maps floating by. They are not yet fully formed but are becoming distinct entities.   * Metaphor: As the expansion slightly slows, Alice can briefly make out indistinct shapes within the blur – perhaps the vague outlines of teacups, books, and maps floating by. They are not yet fully formed but are becoming distinct entities.
   * Correspondence: Represents the further breaking of symmetry and the separation of the strong nuclear force from the electroweak force. These hazy shapes are the precursors to more defined particles.   * Correspondence: Represents the further breaking of symmetry and the separation of the strong nuclear force from the electroweak force. These hazy shapes are the precursors to more defined particles.
-A Swirling Soup of Fundamental "Quirks" (The Quark Epoch - 10^-12 to 10^-6 seconds):+ 
 +**A Swirling Soup of Fundamental "Quirks" (The Quark Epoch - $10^{-12}$ to $10^{-6}$ seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice finds herself in a region where everything seems to be made of small, rapidly moving, and strangely interacting "quirks" – tiny, colorful, and fleeting entities that don't yet form stable objects.   * Metaphor: Alice finds herself in a region where everything seems to be made of small, rapidly moving, and strangely interacting "quirks" – tiny, colorful, and fleeting entities that don't yet form stable objects.
   * Correspondence: Corresponds to the era where quarks and leptons existed freely in a hot, dense plasma. These "quirks" are the fundamental building blocks before they combine.   * Correspondence: Corresponds to the era where quarks and leptons existed freely in a hot, dense plasma. These "quirks" are the fundamental building blocks before they combine.
-The "Jabberwocky Nursery Rhyme" Suddenly Making Sense (The Hadron Epoch - 10^-6 to 1 second):+ 
 +**The "Jabberwocky Nursery Rhyme" Suddenly Making Sense (The Hadron Epoch -  $10^{-6}$ to 1 second):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice briefly hears nonsensical words and phrases that suddenly coalesce into a rudimentary, almost understandable nursery rhyme, like a primitive form of language taking shape.   * Metaphor: Alice briefly hears nonsensical words and phrases that suddenly coalesce into a rudimentary, almost understandable nursery rhyme, like a primitive form of language taking shape.
   * Correspondence: Represents the confinement of quarks into hadrons (protons and neutrons). The nonsensical sounds forming a basic structure of language mirror the fundamental particles combining to form more stable units.   * Correspondence: Represents the confinement of quarks into hadrons (protons and neutrons). The nonsensical sounds forming a basic structure of language mirror the fundamental particles combining to form more stable units.
-A Stream of Light, Fast-Moving "Glimmers" (The Lepton Epoch - 1 to 10 seconds):+ 
 +**A Stream of Light, Fast-Moving "Glimmers" (The Lepton Epoch - 1 to 10 seconds):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice passes through a region filled with fast-moving, ephemeral glimmers of light or tiny, almost weightless particles flitting around her.   * Metaphor: Alice passes through a region filled with fast-moving, ephemeral glimmers of light or tiny, almost weightless particles flitting around her.
   * Correspondence: Mirrors the dominance of leptons and the annihilation of most leptons and antileptons, leaving a small surplus. These "glimmers" represent the remaining leptons.   * Correspondence: Mirrors the dominance of leptons and the annihilation of most leptons and antileptons, leaving a small surplus. These "glimmers" represent the remaining leptons.
-The Rabbit Hole Walls Briefly Showing Faint Patterns (Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - 10 seconds to 20 minutes):+ 
 +**The Rabbit Hole Walls Briefly Showing Faint Patterns (Big Bang Nucleosynthesis - 10 seconds to 20 minutes):**
  
   * Metaphor: For a short duration, the walls of the rabbit hole seem to display faint, blurry patterns of light and shadow, like the very first, simple images forming.   * Metaphor: For a short duration, the walls of the rabbit hole seem to display faint, blurry patterns of light and shadow, like the very first, simple images forming.
   * Correspondence: Represents the fusion of protons and neutrons to form light atomic nuclei like deuterium, helium, and lithium. These faint patterns are the first "elements" of visual information.   * Correspondence: Represents the fusion of protons and neutrons to form light atomic nuclei like deuterium, helium, and lithium. These faint patterns are the first "elements" of visual information.
-A Long, Bright Corridor (The Photon Epoch - 20 minutes to 380,000 years):+ 
 +**A Long, Bright Corridor (The Photon Epoch - 20 minutes to 380,000 years):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice enters a long corridor filled with a bright, almost blinding light, making it difficult to see distinct objects. Energy and light are the dominant features.   * Metaphor: Alice enters a long corridor filled with a bright, almost blinding light, making it difficult to see distinct objects. Energy and light are the dominant features.
   * Correspondence: Mirrors the universe dominated by photons, where light interacted frequently with the plasma of nuclei and electrons. The intense light represents this energetic era.   * Correspondence: Mirrors the universe dominated by photons, where light interacted frequently with the plasma of nuclei and electrons. The intense light represents this energetic era.
-The Light Gradually Dimming, Revealing a Murky Landscape (Recombination and Decoupling - around 380,000 years):+ 
 +**The Light Gradually Dimming, Revealing a Murky Landscape (Recombination and Decoupling - around 380,000 years):**
  
   * Metaphor: The intense light begins to fade, and Alice can now make out the vague shapes of a still-misty and indistinct landscape around her. The "fog" of the early universe is starting to clear.   * Metaphor: The intense light begins to fade, and Alice can now make out the vague shapes of a still-misty and indistinct landscape around her. The "fog" of the early universe is starting to clear.
   * Correspondence: Represents the cooling of the universe to a point where electrons and nuclei could combine to form neutral atoms, making the universe transparent to light. The dimming light and emerging shapes signify this transition.   * Correspondence: Represents the cooling of the universe to a point where electrons and nuclei could combine to form neutral atoms, making the universe transparent to light. The dimming light and emerging shapes signify this transition.
-A Vast, Empty Plain with Only the Faintest Whispers (The Dark Ages - 380,000 years to a few hundred million years):+ 
 +**A Vast, Empty Plain with Only the Faintest Whispers (The Dark Ages - 380,000 years to a few hundred million years):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice finds herself in a vast, silent plain, seemingly devoid of light or distinct objects. She might hear the faintest of whispers or feel subtle shifts in the air, hinting at unseen activity.   * Metaphor: Alice finds herself in a vast, silent plain, seemingly devoid of light or distinct objects. She might hear the faintest of whispers or feel subtle shifts in the air, hinting at unseen activity.
   * Correspondence: Reflects the period after recombination but before the formation of the first stars, where the universe was largely filled with neutral hydrogen and helium, and there was no significant light being emitted. The whispers represent the subtle gravitational interactions.   * Correspondence: Reflects the period after recombination but before the formation of the first stars, where the universe was largely filled with neutral hydrogen and helium, and there was no significant light being emitted. The whispers represent the subtle gravitational interactions.
-Faint Sparks of Light Appearing in the Distance (Reionization - a few hundred million years to 1 billion years):+ 
 +**Faint Sparks of Light Appearing in the Distance (Reionization - a few hundred million years to 1 billion years):**
  
   * Metaphor: In the distance, Alice begins to see faint, flickering sparks of light appearing in the darkness, gradually growing brighter.   * Metaphor: In the distance, Alice begins to see faint, flickering sparks of light appearing in the darkness, gradually growing brighter.
   * Correspondence: Represents the era when the first stars and galaxies formed, emitting radiation that reionized the neutral hydrogen in the universe, making it transparent again to higher-energy photons. These sparks are the first "lights" turning on.   * Correspondence: Represents the era when the first stars and galaxies formed, emitting radiation that reionized the neutral hydrogen in the universe, making it transparent again to higher-energy photons. These sparks are the first "lights" turning on.
-The Emergence of Distinct, Whimsical Regions and Characters (Galaxy Formation and Evolution - 1 billion years to present):+ 
 +**The Emergence of Distinct, Whimsical Regions and Characters (Galaxy Formation and Evolution - 1 billion years to present):**
  
   * Metaphor: Alice finally enters the Wonderland we know – with its distinct regions (the Mad Hatter's tea party, the Queen of Hearts' croquet ground), populated by unique and interacting characters. Each region could represent a galaxy or cluster of galaxies, and the characters the stars, planets, and other cosmic phenomena within them. Their interactions and evolving situations mirror the ongoing processes of the universe.   * Metaphor: Alice finally enters the Wonderland we know – with its distinct regions (the Mad Hatter's tea party, the Queen of Hearts' croquet ground), populated by unique and interacting characters. Each region could represent a galaxy or cluster of galaxies, and the characters the stars, planets, and other cosmic phenomena within them. Their interactions and evolving situations mirror the ongoing processes of the universe.