The ancient Greek maxim Γνῶθι σεαυτόν -Know thyself is the aspiration behind developing this Blog page. However, the ‘thy' part of it is stretched beyond oneself to mankind in a collective manner, and the milieu of its existence has been emphasized.

On Earth, life -the replicating organic chemical, emerged from non-organic chemicals. In its three-and-a-half-billion years of life history, numerous life forms, with varying levels of intelligence have evolved, including the Homo Sapient. We occupy the zenith position in the known kingdom of living beings. This position is proclaimed by virtue of our brain, which is by far the most sophisticated phenomenon that we have been able to observe to date in the known universe. Now humans themself are creating artificial intelligence. So what actually is evolving on Earth- life form or intelligence? And, what is the future of it?

But before looking forward into the future, and its probable possibilities, knowing the past is of utmost importance. The full potential of human brains was not unleashed in its nomadic period. Our intelligence started to proliferate at the dawn of civilization when we started to live together, in large numbers, at permanent settlements. Civilization is the core context of our life. It shaped our way of living in the past, and will continue to do so into the future, as well. It is the foundation of our current state of emotional intelligence, and to some extent, our physical attributes. While discussing it, another inseparable concept of the human mind popped in –religion. It is the oldest and strongest binding perception of humanity that emerged with the cognitive revolution. It is the fabric of human civilizations.

In the quest to know the human-self, we also extend exploring the natural world, within which we exist and have strived. Because, for our existence, the context of existence is equally important, if not more. The fundamental forces of nature are- gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak forces. Although we do not feel all of their existence in our daily lives, they fundamentally affect all things around us. In sharp contrast to the fundamental forces that we feel the effect of, our physical world is- the Earth, we can touch it, we see the sun and the solar system, and we also see lights from distant stars and galaxies. The universe, with its sub-atomic particles and strings, is our physical world that we live in. It is the bigger context of our existence.

This blog heavily emphasizes on science, however, the philosophical origin of scientific discoveries cannot be, and must not be, ignored. Throughout history, scientific advancements were preceded by the accumulation of thoughts of earlier people. The inquisitiveness of our mind did not stop in the absence of factual knowledge, in its quest to understand the natural world. Philosophical thoughts always filled the gap of factual knowledge of understating. Later generations improvised those ideas with observations to reveal the facts. Science is a revelation, restlessly widening our understating of the natural world, and embedded into our existence. The other facet of philosophical thought is religion, which is deep-rooted in our minds. It is a belief system of the human mind and is driven by emotional traits. The both sides of the philosophical coin, science as purely factual and religion as sheer belief, control how we have lived our lives for thousands of years, and years to come.

Finally, in this Blog page- time, the most rudimentary context we live in. Everything in our life, our existence, pivots around our concept of time. So what actually time is, or does it really exist? If it exists, is it in the form, as we perceive it, truly a dimension? Or, it is another fundamental force of nature (it is a vector, moving in a direction) that ripped apart the universe from the point of its singularity and still pushing the universe into the future. Understanding the truth about time is paramount of importance, because- physics is a tone of string at the sub-atomic level that makes a melody in chemistry, orchestrating the biological life on the stage of the universe in the fabric of space-time.

While discussing these wide spectra of topics, it is very likely, and expected that one would find concepts that differ from others, posted under different 'Categories; of the Blog.

In this Blog, besides discussing various topics, in a simplified way, attempts will be made to resolve the arisen contradiction of concepts from different 'Categories' of the Blog. However, the attempts of unification are not conclusive, rather are only thought-provoking propositions for open-minded people. They are mere food for thought. So what's on the menu?