Raymond,

If given the time and the wits to evaluate over 120 more entries, I have a month to try. My seemingly whimsical title, "It's good to be the king," is serious about our subject.

Jim

    Raymond,

    As well as touching a harmonic resonance with a proposition emergent from my own thesis your essay was a pleasure to read for all other reasons too. Clarity and brevity are included as a boon when tiring of wading through incomprehensible complexity.

    I too derived a recycling cosmos at multiple scales based on the AGN's at galaxy centres (SMBH's) and as an astronomer I can confirm real findings and data back up the concept. Perhaps not continual feeding on a day to day basis but certainly continuous in cosmic time. My 2011 Essay discusses the concept, 2020 Vision also published in more detail here; Helical CMBR Asymmetry.. I certainly then agree your intuition is excellent.

    But I hope you'll also read my essay this year "The Intelligent Bit" (not least because I hope you may score it well!) though you may perhaps find me guilty of cramming too many components into the ontological construction. Indeed the full complex power of Bell's Theorem itself is a little beyond most. I'd be interested how much you can glean from my ontology.

    Well done for yours. I think it's worth a higher spot and will help there. And the very best of luck in the competition.

    Peter

    5 days later

    Dear Raymond,

    Interest idea. Enjoyable essay to read. I like that there is a recycling aspect to galaxies here. Black Holes particularly, as I look at these in a similar way, so I hope you get chance to look at my essay.

    I think your approach is very refreshing and it is nice to see something so original.

    Best wishes,

    Antony

      Hi, Hai,

      Acknowledged with thanks !

      Best wishes,

      Raymond

      Hi, Antony,

      Thanks ! I have and I did !

      Best wishes,

      Raymond

      Jim,

      Have you got around to take a look at the " Yin and Yang " theory ? You might find some directions in that theory.

      Good luck and best wishes,

      Raymond

      13 days later

      Raymond,

      I found your essay truly original and imaginative. A most noteworthy effort. You made me think 'what if?'

      I would like to run some questions by you via email if I may? You can email me at msm@physicsofdestiny.com at your earliest convenience.

      Regards,

      Manuel

        Manuel,

        Thanks for your comments and I shall be writing to you soon.

        Regards,

        Raymond

        7 days later

        Hi, Akinbo,

        Thanks for your comment and I shall take up your suggestion !

        Best regards,

        Raymond

        Dear Raymond,

        We are at the end of this essay contest.

        In conclusion, at the question to know if Information is more fundamental than Matter, there is a good reason to answer that Matter is made of an amazing mixture of eInfo and eEnergy, at the same time.

        Matter is thus eInfo made with eEnergy rather than answer it is made with eEnergy and eInfo ; because eInfo is eEnergy, and the one does not go without the other one.

        eEnergy and eInfo are the two basic Principles of the eUniverse. Nothing can exist if it is not eEnergy, and any object is eInfo, and therefore eEnergy.

        And consequently our eReality is eInfo made with eEnergy. And the final verdict is : eReality is virtual, and virtuality is our fundamental eReality.

        Good luck to the winners,

        And see you soon, with good news on this topic, and the Theory of Everything.

        Amazigh H.

        I rated your essay.

        Please visit My essay.

          Raymond,

          You didn't respond to my post above but I hoped you may get the time to read my essay before the deadline. Some were put off by the dense Abstract but please don't be, Georgina was but commented how readable the essay was.

          The critics reviews in the blogs include the superlatives; "groundbreaking", "clearly significant", "astonishing", "fantastic job", "wonderful", "remarkable!", "deeply impressed", etc. Now in it's last few days! I'd love your view on my radical and almost infinite recursive 'ying-yang' universe.

          Very best wishes.

          Peter

          Raymond,

          Apologies, now suffering information overload, I see you did do so! A quick search function on block posts would be a brilliant time saving tool!

          Very best of luck for a late charge.

          Peter

          Raymond,

          Apologies, now suffering information overload, I see you did do so! A quick search function on block posts would be a brilliant time saving tool!

          Very best of luck for a late charge.

          Peter

          Amazigh,

          Thanks for your heads-up and I shall read your essay ASAP !

          Good luck,

          Raymond

          Peter,

          Thanks to all 3 postings. Messages are acknowledged and wishing you good luck and every success in all your endeavours !

          Raymond

          Raymond,

          Nice essay. Not the run of the mill stuff. Deserves a higher place. So does mine perhaps, but really only a bit of fantasy.

          Regards.

          Richard

            Dear Raymond,

            I have now finished reviewing all 180 essays for the contest and appreciate your contribution to this competition.

            I have been thoroughly impressed at the breadth, depth and quality of the ideas represented in this contest. In true academic spirit, if you have not yet reviewed my essay, I invite you to do so and leave your comments.

            You can find the latest version of my essay here:

            http://fqxi.org/data/forum-attachments/Borrill-TimeOne-V1.1a.pdf

            (sorry if the fqxi web site splits this url up, I haven't figured out a way to not make it do that).

            May the best essays win!

            Kind regards,

            Paul Borrill

            paul at borrill dot com