Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The nested systems

2012, Jan 11th, Human date on Earth:
On some other dimension, a discussion starts among two very important figures running the system called universe.
Brahma: "Narada, the coefficient in the N896 is changing and I am not liking it"
Narada: "Yes my lord. I saw that. Even I don't like it"
Brahma: "Do you think it will matter? It pertains to only one species"
Narada: "The coefficient row is for humans my lord, the most important species on that planet"
Brahma: "Shall we act or wait for some more time"
Narada: "I don't know my lord, it is unprecedented, the coefficient relates to stability aspects, currently second order differential with a zeta less than one, but I suspect that there is danger of oscillations increasing beyond control with a positive feedback in each cycle"
Brahma: "Yes, but it has just started, I still feel it would dampen out, I think I should wait and watch. Can you tell me the effects as it has played out on the species recently"
Narada: "Sure my lord. The species has grown intelligent, but behaves mean with co-species on the planet to the extent of wiping out some of them,  but I think due to high level of activities on the planet, the species feels secure in an artificial environment that it has created as it has forgotten that any movement in planet coefficients can destroy it altogether. Meanwhile, it seems to have a great time. Interestingly, it has discovered some of the coefficients that actually replicate our systems. They are playing with building blocks of life and intelligence coefficients"
Brahma: "Interesting. Let me observe them for a moment before we take a call"
Narada: "Sure"
Narada and Brahma watch.
Jan 12 starts. Nothing has changed. European crisis continues, people squabble, inflation remains high, and RBI wonders if it should hike the policy rate or not. The coefficients do not look good in the monetary model. Someone running the monetary system, asks a similar question: "Shall we act or wait for some more time"

And somewhere a chuckle is heard, "Yes Narada, you are right, they seem to have developed intelligence, they are playing with systems. I am liking it, don't change other coefficients, let it run for a while. Let them think they are running the show"

And in some other dimension, a deep throat rumbles "This Brahma idiot has discovered systems, I think I am not liking it"





1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Such a nice depiction of current situation. I am just liking the way you have presented your observation of it. I read the title of write up last, such an apt one!
Mechanical engineering blood still running thick my friend!
I missed out on N896 but :(
-Jeevan