Geometry, Physics, Philosophy and Politics With Dianna and Elizabeth And Friends

This is dense. It looks grim at the beginning, but it gets better, ... I promise!



At around 6:09 I got strong sense of deja-vu watching this. You would think one would have a strong sense of deja-vu all the time whilst one watched a video of oneself, but think again!
















Somebody with some photo-editing software might enjoy pasting those into a panorama, ...

There is more to this story, however. I distinctly recall making a video in which I explained why I was going to try and find the line which goes counter-clockwise (mapwise!) up the hill. I thought I had said I would think about physics and the meaning of the word "orient" and that this was as a result of a conversation I had had with "an intelligent man", and some thoughts about negative charge anti-symmetry. Was it because I insulted Benjamin Franklin earlier today? Maybe! Listen to this:

So did that video I made somehow get erased, or was it a false-memory that I invented myself, or am I schizophrenic? I don't know! I would need to speak to other people who know other things, ... Another part of the story involves the arrest of a man by the Guardia Nacional. I've never seen so many men with such big guns arresting a single person. It was remarkable!

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