Just before my last two naps, as I was falling asleep on the couch, a visualization arose. There were two rectangles, like dominos on their sides, each with 2 symbols and they were transparent and rotating. I had to mentally match the symbols in order to pass and reach dream state. Cool, but what if it happens again and I can't solve the puzzle?
After this last experience (which includes the nap) I oddly feel...better!
Fascinating.
out of control
ultra alert
having different routines
existing in different places.
Things don't look the same either. My living room is not mine. My kitchen is not mine. My backyard is not mine. My shoes are not mine. My plants are not mine. My food is not mine. My containers are not mine. The air I can't breathe is not mine.
My clothes are, sadly, mine.
I am reluctantly floating.
Belonging nowhere.
A magnetar is a dead star with a magnetic field so powerful it can tear atoms apart and fry electronics from thousands of miles away—if it were that close. It's the twisted corpse of a massive star, spinning slowly, and sometimes unleashing violent bursts of X-rays and gamma rays that can outshine entire galaxies for a split second.
Luckily, the nearest one is 9,000 light-years away. For now.
I was thinking about the Big Bang. Bangs have force and sound. Can a bang have an immense force without a sound? In space there is no medium in which to carry the sound. Does it? I remember the line in Event Horizon, one of my favorite movies: "In space no one can hear you scream."
So. Let's get at this:
"Sound waves are mechanical waves that need a medium like air, water or a solid to travel. Sound waves are slow (approx 343 m/s in the air). Surprisingly, they travel faster in denser materials like water and steel (~1480 m/s and ~960 m/s respectively.)
Light waves are electromagnetic waves that do not need a medium and can travel through space. These waves travel as transverse waves, meaning the electric and magnetic fields oscillate perpendicular to the direction of travel, like in radio waves, sunlight and X-rays. These waves travel at 299,792,458 m/s in a vacuum, but slow down through materials like glass and water
3. How They Move
Sound: Moves by compressing and expanding particles in a medium (compression and rarefaction).
Light: Moves as oscillating electric and magnetic fields (electromagnetic radiation).
4. Frequency & Perception
Sound Waves → Frequency = Pitch
Measured in Hertz (Hz).
Humans hear from 20 Hz (low bass) to 20,000 Hz (high treble).
Light Waves → Frequency = Color
Measured in Terahertz (THz) or nanometers (nm).
Visible light ranges from red (low frequency) to violet (high frequency).
5. Can They Travel in Space? 🚀
Sound ❌ No, space is a vacuum, so there are no particles to carry the wave.
Light ✅ Yes! That’s why we can see stars from millions of light-years away.
Summary Table
Feature Sound Waves Light Waves
Type of Wave Mechanical (needs medium) Electromagnetic (no medium needed)
Motion Longitudinal (parallel to wave direction) Transverse (perpendicular to wave direction)
Speed ~343 m/s in air ~300,000,000 m/s in vacuum
Can travel in space? ❌ No ✅ Yes
Frequency Affects Pitch (low = bass, high = treble) Color (low = red, high = violet)
Both are crucial for how we experience the world—sound for communication and music, and light for vision and energy." ChatGPT
Did the Big Bang make a sound? Does that mean anything?
