1. Why physics? Was it one of your childhood dreams?
There were many childhood dreams. They went in various directions, overlapped each other; in some areas they positively strengthened each other while in others, they neutralized like waves on water originating from multiple sources. I dreamed of being a firefighter, a detective; I wanted to fight together with good Indians, or to be an electronics engineer like my older brother. Eventually, I became a physicist, you could say, by chance. I did so well in a national Physics Olympiad, that I was allowed to begin studies at the physics department of the university without having to take the entrance examination. Otherwise, I would probably have chosen the University of Technology.
I wrote "probably by chance," but I admit, I use the word "chance" reluctantly. We often describe events as "accidental", while at their roots lie unclear, obscure, or unknown causal chains. We are, perhaps, cutting corners this way. So maybe it was not a coincidence, maybe it was not just chance, perhaps it was 'destiny'? As a physicist, I'm a little bit of a firefighter because I am always putting out fires to uphold the truth. I am also a detective, because I follow Nature and seek to discover its secrets. I'm fighting at the side of the good Indians when I expose the scams in Science. The least thing I do is likely the work of an engineer, though even here there is a link, because as a physicist, I am interested in the world we live in, not just in a philosophical imaginary reality.
2. In 1991, you received the academic title of professor. This is a great achievement. It is said that there is no elevator to success, you have to go up the stairs. How did your academic career proceed?
Here too, chance - or destiny - helped me. I wrote a thesis on cosmology, and my supervisor was a slightly crazy mathematician, Prof. Andrzej Zięba. He taught me to have courage in my thinking and simplicity in human relationships. He hired me immediately to work at the College of Education in the city of Opole. Being still a junior teaching assistant, I was assigned to lecture on the foundations of geometry.
But I longed for physics, so a half year later I applied for doctoral studies at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the University of Wroclaw - my alma mater. I was accepted, and Prof. Jan Łopuszański became my scientific supervisor. He came to like me, and allowed me to use his office; I got my own key to the library where I could roam free among all the books at night when the only other person in the building was a receptionist.
After a time, I became Professor Łopuszanski's right-hand and when he later became the director of the Institute, for many years, I served as a deputy director. So I combined scientific work with administrative functions which was, of course, to the detriment of the first. But thanks to that I came to know, as an insider, the administration and functioning of science, so I am not as naive as many of my colleagues.
As for climbing up the stairs in my career, it was probably my international contacts that played the most important role. Wroclaw was then one of the leading and most respected centers of mathematical physics in the world. Thanks to that, I quickly established personal contacts with leading specialists abroad. I was inquiring, asking them sincere questions, and they valued honesty and gave honest answers. For me, a young scientist, to hear from first-class experts that the problems that bother me are not stupid at all and are not completely solved, was a very important incentive.
3. Why did you decide to leave Poland? Is it easier for a young physicist to succeed abroad? What are your warmest memories of your native country?
I did not "decide". It just happened. Again, you can blame it on chance or you can talk about destiny. This time too, there were many different factors. In my science history, I spent fifteen years in various research centers abroad. As a result, I felt, in some sense, like 'a citizen of the world'. So my leaving Poland was not that unexpected. Before me, many others had done it - paving the way for this kind of decision. Why have I not gone back? Perhaps the main reason is that I no longer could fit in with the Polish scientific landscape. My interests had become 'too broad' and were criticized by my Polish colleagues who gossiped about me behind my back, and some of them actively worked to try to discredit me. You can fight with something like that, but the fight takes a lot of mental energy that is better spent on serious scientific work.
4. You have been awarded many prizes. Certainly, it motivated you for further work. Does one of them have a special significance for you? What do you personally consider your greatest achievement?
Rewards certainly work as a motivating factor, but they are also a source of envy. That's how it is in the human world. When I got an award for best students' tutor - the "Golden Shovel" - three times in a row, the then-executives of the Institute considered it indecent and did away with awards voted by students. I think, this award is the one I value most. The students themselves painted the shovel in yellow and attached a gold chain to it. It was probably my greatest achievement and reward for telling the truth during my lectures. When I considered something in the textbooks to be vague, I 'called a spade a spade'. Of course, many of my colleagues did not like that; they accused me of undermining the "authority of science."
In addition to my teaching, there was my pure scientific work, research, of course, and in this field, the most important for me was probably the Humboldt Prize and the accompanying year-long stay in Bielefeld. This award meant that I could openly talk about my interests and, for example, invite to Bielefeld a physicist involved in parapsychology, even though I myself never undertook such studies seriously.
5. You were born in 1943. Before your eyes occurred the great technological progress of the 20th century. Computer, TV, Internet, are all now so common that they don't impress anyone anymore. What was a miracle of yesterday is not one of today. Do you think there is anything that is absolutely not possible?
Interesting question. It seems to me that what is absolutely impossible is only what is logically contradictory. What is not logically contradictory is within reach. And the same is true for and about every one of us. Very often we ourselves limit, quite unnecessarily, the range of what is still possible for us. We lack imagination, we lack courage of thought. It is said that "there are more things in heaven and earth than philosophers ever dreamed of." I'd go further and say "there are things and aims and goals available to us, that we do not dream of even in our most courageous dreams." I mean personal goals here. Often we are afraid to set an aim for ourselves because, in the moment, we cannot imagine a way to reach it. I think that is a mistake. Let us set goals for ourselves, and no matter how ambitious they are, let us trust that sooner or later, if we persevere, the path itself will emerge.
6. How do you envision the world in a hundred years? Holidays on the moon, robots smarter than humans, or perhaps time travel? Our ignorance is still decreasing. Does this, however, have a negative side? What should we be afraid of?
We should not spend our time worrying. Instead, we should spend our energy on acting consistently and continuously to prevent possible evils, as much as it is in our power. For such action to be possible, however, it is necessary to pursue the truth and to share what we discover with others. Yes, there are risks, there are many of them. But one just has to consider them soberly, and not be full of fear or anxiety. As for the knowledge that 'increases': with the increase of our knowledge, we realize better and better the immensity of our ignorance. The worst threat is the possibility of humanity forgetting that it is all about the pursuit of Truth.
7. Science and religion do not always go hand in hand. Is it hard for a researcher to be a believer? How far does the boundary go between what can be examined and what has to/will remain a mystery?
Science has many roots in religion. Unfortunately, it has inherited from religion an excessive respect for 'authority'. In the Greek myths (catalogued by Hesiod) about the creation of the world, there is the story of how Gaia (Earth) begot Uranus (Heaven) and wedded him. They begot the Titans, the youngest of them was Cronus. Cronus castrated his father for his cruelty to Gaia, but certainly he himself was not that good: he devoured his own children. I compare religion to Uranus, and Science to Cronus. Science also devours its own children - many brave scientists are persecuted by it, their work goes unrecognized for generations, and sometimes it takes centuries to break down a paradigm and open up to something new.
8. You are interested in the paranormal. Does modern physics have an explanation for this kind of thing? Did you personally work on a logical, scientific understanding of such phenomena?
I'm interested in the paranormal as a hobby. I read a lot, correspond with others who are interested, talk to interested colleagues, but in my published work there is only pure science. Of course, my interests have some influence on my selection of scientific topics. For example, I co-authored a monograph on multi-dimensional worlds. You can easily infer that my interest in the paranormal overlaps the physics and geometry of extra unseen dimensions. But it is not surprising, because many of my fellow physicists have confided in me that they are passionate about science fiction - it stimulates their imagination and influences their choices of one or another subject of research.
Of course I'd like to understand at some point whether or not the phenomena now called 'paranormal' actually occur, and how. For that they occur - there is evidence of that and the evidence is no less convincing that the evidence of many facts accepted by mainstream science. It is just harder to dig to it. We have no explanation of these phenomena today. I have working hypotheses, but the road from a hypothesis to an explanation is long and difficult.
9. If you could go back and withdraw only one physical finding that has had negative consequences for humanity, what would be your decision/choice?
I think that humanity entered a very bad and dangerous path by starting working on nuclear energy. In my opinion this line should have been closed, as the line of the philosophy of Nazism has been closed.
10. Do you recognize someone as your personal authority in the field of physics?
In science, there should be no authority at all. However, there were - and are - wise men. But even a wise man can talk nonsense from time to time. On the other hand, a so-called fool can happen to say something very clever. The only authority in science should be Truth. From time to time one manages to get its phone number from the telephone information service, but it is not listed in the phone book; and then, you can talk to it! This is quite an experience!
11. Physics is a fascinating and beautiful discipline, but many students do not see it. Across Europe, the interest in it decreases. How would you convince young people that physics is something you can like and enjoy?
The decline of interest in physics has its source in politics and excessive control and occurred due to a morbid interest in money. It's not exactly the same everywhere in the world, though. I would not convince anyone by force that physics can be liked. Instead, I would persuade them that without truth humanity is doomed. The paths to truth are many and at any point in time one should choose the most effective one.
12. How do you like to relax?
I rest best by working. Could there be anything better than doing, without any obstacles, what attracts us deeply?!
13. I read about your soon-to-be-published book. 'It was cold in Paris'. That's a great subtitle. When will it be released?
Will my book be released? I'm not so sure. Although I signed a contract with the publisher, the content of my book, may not correspond exactly to what the publisher expected. It may turn out that the publisher considers the contents of my book too controversial. For example, there is a lot in there about the history of ignored, or even persecuted, researchers of the paranormal and about the corruption of mainstream science. I also criticize - naming names - some other physicists and authors of popular books. I have written about how science devours its own children callously and cruelly.
These topics may not be in the 'publisher's profile'. But, two and a half months of working on this book - from early morning to late at night - was a great rest for me. Now, I'll continue resting while finishing my new paper on multi-dimensional worlds as soon as possible, as my work on that was paused in the middle to write the book.
14. You have achieved so much. Are you an accomplished man in the field of science? Is there anything more you would like to achieve? What are you working on, what are you dreaming of, as a physicist?
Nowadays, I work more than ever before. I can now devote myself to my beloved work nearly 100% of my time. And my dreams have not changed; they are still the same: to control gravity; to communicate with superluminal speed; to travel in time; to understand quantum physics; to understand consciousness. I can say that this is what I am working on, though it is nowhere explicitly stated in my scientific publications. I think I'm closer to the fulfillment of my dreams today than I was ever before - because I have bigger and broader knowledge and much more experience too.[Added during the translation: I would say that, at almost 70 years old, as far as I can tell - my intellectual powers have not diminished (perhaps due to the brain enhancing diet my wife feeds me), and I have no expectation of slowing down.]
(Original text in Polish)
Arkadiusz Jadczyk is a theoretical physicist, and the husband of SOTT founder Laura Knight-Jadczyk.
Professor Jadczyk is fascinated by the problems of the foundations of quantum theory, and its relation to the philosophy of science and theories of knowledge, consciousness and mind. In the past he has worked on algebraic methods and the foundations of quantum theory, differential geometric methods of field theory, theories of gravitation, Kaluza-Klein theories of hidden dimensions, and supersymmetry, non-commutative geometry, fractals.
The interested reader can have a look at his Home Site and the Research Gate entry.
Reader Comments
Yes the guy is great, and we need more scientists (maybe not so strict scientists without incorporating 'paranormal' in their works, but still) but this is like Arek is putting a statue of himself on a pedestal. I mean, come on, the questions were interesting? And to say that probably even more than answers? COME ON!
A crisis maybe? Do you need world to honour you in some way or for some reasons? Do you feel like there's not enough people admiring what you do?
And on top of it...
Arkadiuszu, you should not put this interview here nor should you comment on it. It should be Dominika's job to put it wherever she wants to put it and comment on it if she feels like it.
In the decade I've being studying Laura's work I have learned very little about Ark even though I've read almost everything he has written here, sometimes twice or three times, and exchanged e-mails on two or three topics over the years . . .
I find this piece both informative and heartwarming.
Publishing the interview on SOTT is a little gift to Domenika.
Talk about the Grinch that stole Christmas!
No, it was not her job. I asked her first about her wishes.
EUREKA!
Guys I admire you both for your work but let's make a gift of exposing us directly to both's work instead of pointless and bit lame 'interview'.
...but you omitted to ask 'hewasjustamuffin' for permission first -
this guy just knows better -
_US_ ?...
hewasjustamuffin, don't exaggerate; write in your own name -
Your average youtube user might see hewasjustamuffin coming from the rank of what they refer to as haters which as I read recently in a comment stands for, Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success.
My response to hewasjustamuffin is to stop "hating" on other people and just concentrate on doing your own thing...
Honestly this just was not of a best taste for a man of such knowledge - but that's just in my eyes and I totally understand it.
...to 'stop "hating" ' - is a very hard work, I'd reccomend to
hewasjustamuffin a great relaxation technique, of which:
..."Regular application and practice will help detoxify your mind, body and spirit"...
"Ridicule is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius"
"Oh thanks faux philosopher" (Was the reply)
"QED" (apparently came back for the last word)
I am sure, hewasjustamuffin, that you are in vast company amongst those who are secretly jealous of those who through hard work in the steadfast perseverance of principled truth attempt to characterise Ark's (not Arek, btw), article as self glorification. I find quite the opposite considering the man's vast accomplishments during his lifetime and am honored by capturing a glimpse into his motivations and dedications.
Thank you Ark. You never need to apologize for being who you are. You and Laura are such wonderful inspiration in a world otherwise fraught with such mendacity and meaninglessness. I do hope you gift us one day with that book, but regardless, we continue to be blessed by all that you have done and continue to do for this generation and all those to come.
in that case all is in place, especially me, according to you, deleven.
What else would have caused such a stir and such amount of positive comments, but in Arek's place I would be fed up with it by now.
Now I think you are a sect, unable to face (very mild) critics not even relating to subject or quality of one of your gurus work.
woOow!:)
... come on hewasjustamuffin - don't be silly !...
_yes_ hewasjustamuffin; that's correct...
you're pretty much allone in that state of mind...
I am happy to read this interview and to get to know a highly intellectual, open minded person, dedicated to the pursuit of science and knowledge who enjoys sharing his time with his pups and respects his wife's cooking!
My thanks to Domenika for asking questions that reach to the heart of a person, that give a glimpse of their humanity and offer the reader an opportunity to feel a connection with someone who they might otherwise feel intimidated by.
And speaking of intimidation....
I prefer the words of 'he's just a Physicist' to the completely baked crap coming from 'he's just a muffin'. I mean really... "He's Just a Muffin".
Apparently, the world needs one Ark Jadczyk, one redrock12.
Whenever I read something by Ark, I always think: There's something great about this guy, but I can never quite figure out what it is,
Thanks to Dominika and Ark for this interview. The book should be published, better if it is controversial. Can't Red Pill Press publish it ?
Also,
this line from your interview spoke very deeply to me.
"Often we are afraid to set an aim for ourselves because, in the moment, we cannot imagine a way to reach it. I think that is a mistake. Let us set goals for ourselves, and no matter how ambitious they are, let us trust that sooner or later, if we persevere, the path itself will emerge."
I'm going through something similar with my own goals.. and feeling that in the moment there is no way i can reach it... but your quote uplifted me and gave me strength to go for it. Thank you for that.
Regarding trolls, I find it best to ignore them instead of engaging them because that is what I think they want the most. It goes something like this I think: first the fishing for attention through rude comments and opinions (the bait) that make you just go wow (as in "I can't believe he just said that") and then the attempt of 'hooking" the' energy of the respondants leading to further comments by the troll and in some instances their backups/friends. It's just a waste of time and energy in my opinion but I can think of some cases were just ignoring a troll(s) is not the best solution. However, such situations usually happen because the troll's are given more attention and energy.then need be, or so I think. Peace.
How great is it that a high school student interested in physics and involved in a national physics competition would be able to ask her questions and have them so graciously answered!
No apologies necessary Ark. I think it was wonderful to give Dominika's interview a wide audience. Its good to see.
I smell a predator. You know, the kind that is capable of only feeding off of others' efforts, and is completely incapable of creating anything themselves.
Nice to see he's been exposed.
Now, hewasjustamuffin, run along and close the door on your way out. We're all really really tired of your kind dumping your garbage in our yard.
Go play in traffic.
The world does need more people who care about the truth like Ark and Laura and less people who do nothing but criticize just to be noticed! Thank you for sharing your story and fighting those dark forces of evil.
so enjoyable and enlightening to read, listen, or watch, anything by Ark or Laura?
I have never before had contact with two people whose innate kindness and love of humanity and their desire to share their wisdom and knowledge shines through as much as it does with these two.
In this time of transition they need our collective and individual support
as much as we need their wisdom and knowledge.
The flight of helicopters. They know the gyroscopic motion of the blade effects the lift in some way, but no numbers can calculate the lift generated by a helicopter unless they hook it to a spring or some bs.
If you want to be caught up in numbers at least recognize something important please, Leonardo De Vinci knew about this "Divine Proportion" why don't you? [Link]
TO ASSUME THAT I AM USELESS IS SIMPLY STUPID. WHO ARE YOU EVEN TO SET THE VARIABLES?. YOU PEOPLE MAKE JUDGMENTS BEYOND YOUR KNOWLEDGE. AFTER 'POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA' I ATTENDED PRIVATE SHOOL OF 'PSYCHOTRONIKA' IN CRACOW, J.OCHOROWICZ' SO MY GUESS IS ALL IN ALL YOU ARE WASTE OF SPACE, NOT ME. IT IS YOU PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO IMAGINATION!!!
AND TO BAN ME FROM POSTING COMMENTS ON WHOLE SOTT.NET??????????????? FOR WHAT????? WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF AREK AND LAURA? I'M NOT SWEARING! I'M NOT MAKING ANY JUDGMENTS BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE! YOU ARE INSANE!!!!!!!!!
TO REMOVE MY RIGHT FROM EXPRESSING MY OPINION (VERY PEACEFULLY!) IS JUST WHAT PTB ARE DOING TO US GLOBALLY. YOU GUYS ARE FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOH I BET THE EXPLANATION IS THAT NEITHER OF YOU REMOVED MY RIGHT TO PUT COMMENTS ON. SOME OTHER EDITOR.. YEAH... WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE..
I AM ALSO POLISH (JUST LIKE AREK AND LAURA - JUST IN CASE SOME OF YOU GENIUSES DIDN'T KNOW), AND NOW I AM DISGUSTED BEYOND YOUR (DOUBTFUL) IMAGINATION. THE INTERVIEW WAS CRAP, YOU PEOPLE ARE RETARDED IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT WAS NOT EVEN FULL 3 ON A 1-10 SCALE OF INTERVIEWS (COMMON SENSE RANKING).
AND NOW COMES SOMETHING YOU COULD BAN ME FOR:
I WISH YOU DON'T SUCCEED, I WISH YOUR HOME WILL BE SOLD AND YOU WILL HAVE TO MOVE FAR, FAR AWAY, AND I WISH YOU LOOSE HALF OF YOUR MATERIALS IN THE PROCESS. I WISH THEY WILL CHARGE YOU AND WITH SUCCESS, I WISH YOU NEVER RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO DEAL WITH YOU PROBLEMS. I WISH YOU LAURA DIE OF OBESITY (AND SOON) WHICH YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH FOR SOME UNKNOWN TO ME REASONS. BECAUSE HAVING ALL THE KNOWLEDGE FROM ARTICLES HERE IT'S UNIMAGINABLE FOR ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT. OOOH, BUT I BET THERE'S AN EXPLANATION LIKE DIABETES OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I HEAR IT FROM EVERY SINGLE FAT MAN.
YOU REMOVE THIS ARTICLE AND I WILL FLOOD THIS PAGE WITH THIS POST. THEN I WILL ASK MY FRIENDS TO HELP MY FLOODING. THIS WILL HAPPEN, YOU HAVE MY WORD, UNLESS YOU TURN OFF COMMENTS FOR ALL USERS.
Your Body is Your Temple, not a church downtown. Please remember this!
You have a SERIOUS problem (JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW!) in fact an INCURABLE one...
Forget the technique I did recommend you yesterday; loss of time...
Still you can prove your 'peaceful intentions' - make a nice donation to SOTT https://www.sott.net/page/3-Support-Sott-net - this will be highly appreciated - and then... shut up!
You have friends? Do you threaten them also when they don't cower at your feeble intimidation and insults? It must really suck to be you. So much bile and hate narcissistically displayed is a textbook example of psychopathy... which, thanks to the work of Laura, is now quite easily identified for what it is.
If you spent as much time working in favor of your own destiny, as opposed to against that of another, you might amount to something. What a sick puppy.
If for a variety of reasons this infantile grandiose state of narcissism is prevented from maturing into healthy self-esteem we meet with what looks like an adult but really is a very shakily put together oversensitive and shame-prone narcissist.
The fanaticism of the need for revenge and the unending compulsion of having to square the account after an offense are therefore not the attributes of an aggressivity that is integrated with the mature purposes of the ego - on the contrary, such bedevilment indicates that the aggression was mobilized in the service of an archaic grandiose self and that it is deployed within the framework of an archaic perception of reality.
The shame-prone individual who is ready to experience setbacks as narcissistic injuries and to respond to them with insatiable rage does not recognize his opponent as a center of independent initiative with whom he happens to be at cross-purposes. Aggression, when employed in the pursuit of maturely experienced causes, is not limitless. However vigorously this aggression is mobilized, its aim is limited and definite: the defeat of the enemy who blocks the way to a cherished goal. As soon as the aim is reached, the rage is gone.
The narcissistically injured on the other hand, cannot rest until he has blotted out a vaguely experienced offender who dared to oppose him, to disagree with him, or to outshine him. It can never find rest because it can never wipe out the evidence that has contradicted its conviction it is unique and perfect. This archaic rage goes on and on and on. Furthermore, the enemy who calls forth the archaic rage of the narcissistically vulnerable is seen by him not as an autonomous source of impulsions, but as a flaw in a narcissistically perceived reality. The enemy is experienced as a recalcitrant part of an expanded self over which the narcissistically vulnerable person had expected to exercise full control. The mere fact, in other words, that the other person is independent or different is experienced as offensive by those with intense narcissistic needs.
Thus, not being in full control over self and over a narcissistically experienced world gives the afflicted individual an experience of utter powerlessness. Such powerlessness and the sense of helplessness via-a-vis the world are unbearably traumatic experiences that must be ended by any means whatsoever. The offending other must be wiped out.
Narcissistic rage occurs in many forms. They all share, however, a specific psychological flavor which gives them a distinct position within the wide realm of human aggressions. The need for revenge, for righting a wrong, for undoing a hurt by whatever means, and a deeply anchored, unrelenting compulsion in the pursuit of all these aims, which gives no rest to those who have suffered a narcissistic injury - these are the characteristic features of narcissistic rage in all its forms and which set it apart from other kinds of aggression.
Although everybody tends to react to narcissistic injuries with embarrassment and anger, the most intense experiences of shame and the most violent forms of narcissistic rage arise in those individuals for whom a sense of absolute control over an archaic environment is indispensable because the maintenance of self-esteem - and indeed of the self - depends on the unconditional availability of the approving-mirroring selfobject or of the merger-permitting idealized one." (Search for the Self, vol.2, pp.643 etc.)
http://www.sott.net/article/154258-A-Structural-Theory-of-Narcissism-and-Psychopathy
I would be interested in seing your list of publications. Maybe there is something there for me to learn. Lerning new things is what I really love.
"Paranoid character disorders: It is characteristic of paranoid behavior for people to be capable of relatively correct reasoning and discussion as long as the conversation involves minor differences of opinion. This stops abruptly when the partner’s arguments begin to undermine their overvalued ideas, crush their long-held stereotypes of reasoning, or force them to accept a conclusion they had subconsciously rejected before. Such a stimulus unleashes upon the partner a torrent of pseudo-logical, largely paramoralistic, often insulting utterances which always contain some degree of suggestion."
I think we can check all the boxes for Muffin!
R. W. Reiber, psychologist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice classifies psychopaths in the same general categories that Lobaczewski used and writes about the Paranoid Psychopath:
"Paranoid Psychopath. These individuals are characterized by the persistent feeling of being constantly discriminated against by everyone. They are tense in their manner and continually on the alert for adverse reaction toward themselves, and much of their energy is aimed at righting fancied wrongs or improving the unhappy situation in which they constantly imagine themselves. A distinction must be made between the psychotic individual whose judgment is so distorted by delusions of persecution as to being mentally ill and the psychopath whose feelings of being prevailed upon do not pass beyond a paranoid attitude. In both cases the criminal acts in which such individuals become involved are usually of an assaultive nature. However, the paranoid psychopath in whom persecutory attitudes are not channeled into delusions often becomes involved in crimes such as blackmail and extortion which entail verbal rather than physical aggression. The psychology of the paranoid individual is marked primarily by a feeling of grandiosity and second by a tendency to react aggressively toward others."
Again, I think we can check all the boxes for Muffin right down to "blackmail and extortion."
Why are you playing the role of villain?
I have a story for you, I don't know if you have read about what happened to socrates,
When he was arrested and sentenced to die by his accusers, he had a period when he could escape and leave athens... He refused despite his close friend trying to convince him otherwise...
"In the Crito, shortly before his death, Socrates finally understands that morals are what people agree that they are. How is it that they agree? People don't sign any agreement or express their consent, do they? Socrates sees that all Athenians have, if not an actual meeting of minds, an implied contract among themselves about their rights and obligations to one another.
An implied contract is a contract that arises solely from the actions of the parties, although no written or oral promises have been expressed.
Some years before Socrates' case, the trial of the philosopher Anaxagoras (the first to teach that the sun is a stone) apparently ended with such an escape. In any event, Anaxagoras cleared out of Athens, and he continued his teaching elsewhere, even though he had been tried and found guilty at Athens. Trials in absentia of defendants who had fled from the city's legal jurisdiction seem to have been commonplace in Socrates' Athens. The city teetered on the brink of anarchy. Yet Socrates did not run away, in spite of all who ran before him and notwithstanding the arguments of his friends. "
I don't know if this is how events transpired but a good point it makes is that, in whatever social system you find yourself in, there are ideals within that system (not fixed in stone as they change over time depending on various reasons but they always set on what people agree implicitly) that over-ride your own personal ideals but it doesn't mean you should sell yourself out or change how you are. In this case your own personal view about whether you liked the interview or not -- you are entitled to say, I liked it or I didn't like it the same way others can say, I agree with you or I don't... but what followed next, the animosity is something you should look at. That goes against the implied social contract of people here, it is like someone coming to your house, ordering you about and saying if you throw them out they'll call there friends and destroy it...
Who is the villain? Maybe this is who you want to be, a villain, a tormentor of others...
I dunno if you noticed but your CAPS lock button is stuck. Probably caused by all the banging with your fists and the mouth foam.
Dominika in question 11 asks: "Physics is a fascinating and beautiful discipline, but many students do not see it. Across Europe, the interest in it decreases. How would you convince young people that physics is something you can like and enjoy?"
Ark answered: "The decline of interest in physics has its source in politics and excessive control and occurred due to a morbid interest in money."
I think this is true, also since many top students dream of and become economists and managers, because they are attracted by the good salaries rather than by the search for truth. In addition the many side-effects of money driven applied natural science help to turn off some others.
To question 9 Ark answers: "I think that humanity entered a very bad and dangerous path by starting working on nuclear energy. In my opinion this line should have been closed, as the line of the philosophy of Nazism has been closed."
It is interesting to wonder how the world would have developed, if the nuclear energy track had been closed after World War 2. Would there have been no Cold War? Would our economy and technology look VERY different? In any case there would not have been more than 2000 nuclear explosions, none of the 440 nuclear power stations would have been built, including Tjernobyl and Fukushima.
Muffin appears to be associated with gazeta.pl - an old communist rag. That explains a lot. (Though he's posting from Glasgow.)
Thanks for sharing it. Dominika asked great questions and Ark gave sincere and profound answers. I enjoy reading it.
And yeah, there's always a familiar dynamic and flavor whenever one of these characters drops their "Mask of Sanity." Talk about pathological rage and persistence!
was written by and for a young high school student, not as scholarly article but as a project for a national physics convention. Thus, it is not as "professional" an article as hewasjustamuffin might wish. However, I do not think that detracts from the charm of the questions themselves nor the honesty and simplicity of Ark's answers. If you hadn't shown your ass, hewasjustamuffin, you might have had the ability to submit a list of your own questions to Arkadiuz and have him answer them for you, since you didn't like the ones posed here. Ark was _asked_ to do the interview; it wasn't like he sought the author out herself in order to "boost his street cred" (make himself look good) and I personally see no reason why this interview should not be posted here. Many of us do not know much more about Ark other than what Laura wrote in her book _ Amazing Grace_, so we were all thrilled at the opportunity to hear his thoughts on matters dear to his heart in his own words. Ever heard the phrase, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"? I really think it applies in this case, hewasjustamuffin, for your comments were unnecessarily catty and defensive over a young girl's attempt at an interview. I also believe the acronym STFU also applies in this case, but it is strictly MY opinion and not the opinion of the editors and owners of this website.
A half baked muffin kneaded attention, so it tried to get a rise out of Ark by making a pesto itself.
......for such a heart felt and sincere interview. It was a joy to read. The questions were so unique, incredibly well thought out and insightful. I certainly benefitted from the beautiful and very thoughtful replies that Ark gave - and like others appreciated such a positive glimpse into Ark's world at a time when everything is anything but positive for the team. After reading the appeal and the total audacity and insaneness of the retards in this world it was so refreshing and incredibly inspiring for me.
Do you think there is anything that is absolutely not possible?
Interesting question. It seems to me that what is absolutely impossible is only what is logically contradictory. What is not logically contradictory is within reach. And the same is true for and about every one of us. Very often we ourselves limit, quite unnecessarily, the range of what is still possible for us. We lack imagination, we lack courage of thought. It is said that "there are more things in heaven and earth than philosophers ever dreamed of." I'd go further and say "there are things and aims and goals available to us, that we do not dream of even in our most courageous dreams." I mean personal goals here. Often we are afraid to set an aim for ourselves because, in the moment, we cannot imagine a way to reach it. I think that is a mistake. Let us set goals for ourselves, and no matter how ambitious they are, let us trust that sooner or later, if we persevere, the path itself will emerge.
The above section was particularly timely for me - this was just my dilemma today. Now I have the answer. Never have I read it put so truthfully and succintly. The sky is the limit (well nothing is actually) only what is logically contradictory. I was talking myserlf out of a very ambitious but long/hard project and nrearly opting for the lesser option today before flying back home tomorrow. Now I won't chicken out - I will find a way - cos ultimately the goal is if/when successful in this new venture to not only fulfil my pledge but continual 'paying back the universe/gift was the underlying motivating factor!
This whole section on 'achievement' will now be stuck on my fridge as a permanent daily reminder to get out of the way of myself and meticulously plan HOW.
I, both mentally and physically and truthfully owe so much to the team. Also the C's told us why you are here and also why you and your 'school' are the hope for humanity. We cannot let 'ourselves in the future' down. There is no greater cause in OUR universe that I am aware of.
Well put happyliza. Ark and Laura are a gift to the universe.
It's not just that it supports SOTT as a website, but that it supports RESEARCH that we PUBLISH for free. And we have a whole load of material that is being put together for publication that will NOT get out there in time if we are not able to concentrate on it. This material has to do with fundamental science, physics, cosmology, medicine, origins of life, and how the whole picture fits together. This information is EMPOWERING because it will demonstrate - with facts backing it up - how important Frequency Resonance Vibration WITHIN THE HUMAN SYSTEM is to every level of existence, from the individual, his relationships with others, his place in society, the place of society in the global scheme of things, and how humanity, in the global sense, affects the planet we live on, the solar system our planet is part of, and our Cosmic Future. Some of this material is explosive and if you read the last paragraph of Ark's interview above where he reveals what he is working on, you'll have a small idea of the kinds of things I'm talking about.
SOTT is more than just a news website, and you are supporting a lot more than just getting your news fix!
Where does there exist another group of fully trained researchers who are devoting their time, intellects, energy, SOLELY to helping humanity, and are NOT controlled by power politics? Nowhere. Period.
Thank you for such an interesting and for me inspiring interview. Ark is so human and delightful in his answers that it inspires hope. It is good to know that such people are among us, in a world where one is otherwise assaulted with half-wittedness on a daily basis.
I have always been doing intellectual work on the ground in the exact same pose and my parents have always made strange remarks about me sitting like that or working in an owling pose. Interesting, what's the true subconscious reason for that?
I hope you get your book published, if not by this publisher, then by another. If Lobaczewski can do it, then so can you. It's a really good way to get things done.
Thank you for this little window into your world, and motivations.
PLEASE publish the book, independently if necessary. If the financial considerations of self publishing is a problem, maybe you could do a first edition "subscription" type thing, like in the old days. I for one would be willing to contribute to helping your truth reach a wider audience.
PS: I too had, for 13 yrs, a Sheltie "life research assistant"...they're the BEST!