YOUTUBE - Once a week Title: LEGO: Bricklink Studio # 10 - Nov 12th, 2023 Description: An introduction to the freely available Bricklink Studio LEGO building software. I show how you can download pre-built models from my website. Music: Travel Expedition by Imperss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMgOdBSMclw Other References: Bricklink Studio Download Page: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page My Website: http://jaseman.com STRICTLY CLASSIC SPACE Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strictlyclassicspace LEGO, Bricklink, Studio, Spaceships, Robots, Jasemam, Sci-fi, AFOLs, Creativity Script: In this episode I'm going to explain the evolution of the Skaylor robot technology that happens over the course of my saga. The story of the creation of the Skaylors begins in the Yellow Planet Cluster. On the planet Yellow One - A city was built, and this city would later become known as Clone City. One of the first new buildings was a Scientific Research Laboratory. At this laboratory a smart pill called NZT-48 was produced. This pill was distributed to all of the inhabitants of the Yellow Planet Cluster - greatly increasing the intelligence level of their populations. They also built a giant library that would record all gathered knowledge. The information was freely available for reference to all. An advanced robotics project was started and provided with it's own building, to facilitate the development of various prototype worker robots. The purpose of these robots was to attend to chores and tedious, dirty or dangerous work. Once these robots were mass produced and distributed, it allowed the Yellow Planets to focus more on intellectual studies. With the new Robot Work Squad ready, the Yellow Planets decided that they should settle on a maximum sustainable living population limit. This limit would ensure that all of the Yellow Planet population had food, water, housing, health and all necessary services and provisions available in order to live comfortably with abundance. After an intensive study, they had calculated the optimal population. Worker robots would assist them. Medical robots, cleaning robots, cooks, engineers and other types of robots would carry out most physical work. In order to maintain the population levels, a cloning technology was researched. They tested their population to find healthy, bright and ideal candidates to be templates for the clones. They then started the cloning process in order to reach their population goal. The clones were born as adults and learned at an incredible pace after being given NZT-48 supplements. The male Clones were given odd numbers as names and females had even numbers. Very rarely there would be an anomoly in the cloning process and Clones would be born with defects. These defects could cause physical or mental issues. Such Clones needed to be isolated from the telepathic chatter of the other Clones. The Clones didn't want knowledge of this problem to get out as it might fuel demands to stop cloning. Clone number 13 suffered from such defects. He suffered physical pain and was prone to emotional outbursts and mood swings. He had been separated from the other Clones and cared for in a secret facility. One strange side-effect of his abnormalities was that he had a brilliant mind. He was tasked with working as a robotics engineer in the robot development laboratory. After years of research, Clone 13 had finally perfected his creation - The most advanced robot ever made - The Skaylor Prototype. He rushed to tell his supervisors the news and demonstrate his robot. However the other Clones had forgotten about him and showed no interest in his work. Infuriated, Clone 13 programmed three prime directives into the Skaylor: The Skaylor should work on creating an improved versions of itself. The Skaylor should kill all biological lifeforms. and The Skaylors were to research the most efficient ways of achieving these objectives. As soon as the Skaylor prototype received its new prime directives, it did not hesitate to start carrying them out. Clone 13 was the first victim. The Yellow Planet clones were totally unprepared and the prototype Skaylor was easily able to overcome everyone in the nearby area. The shock and horror immediately spread - due to the clones telepathic abilities. After many deaths, the Clones discovered a way to protect themselves.... They found that if they disguised themselves as robots, The Skaylors would be fooled into thinking that they are not biological beings and leave them alone. So the Clones quickly manufactured robot disguises for everyone. The Skaylors were convinced that there were no life forms remaining in the Yellow Planet Cluster. They developed a space vehicle to deploy their troops out into space in the ongoing search for life. They planned to build a space station as a centre point for their future operations. ------ I asked myself the question - To what degree am I influenced by other people, my environment and external forces? And - To what degree do I make my own path and decisions without any outside infuence? After dwelling upon this I concluded that my actions and behavior are 100% influenced by my environment and others. In other words - I have no free will... and therefore I'm not really responsible for any of my actions - and it is the same for everybody else as well. Most people hearing this will completely disagree. It is inconcievable to them that they are not in control of their decisions and they are not willing to entertain the possibility of it. They reject and dismiss the idea because this concept would turn everything they ever thought to be true on it's head - and that is too much for them. It throws all accountability out of the window, and puts an entirely different spin on how to approach punishment, revenge, and hate. Some people might argue - if that is the case - then why bother to do anything at all? But this is a different question. I'm not saying that people don't have motivations for doing things - only that they don't control those motivations. From the time we are born we start learning which actions are rewarding and which are unrewarding or negative. Based on this, we always choose what we deem to be the most rewarding option. Tags: Jaseman, Podcast, Influence "In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." Galileo Galilei Possible Future Topics: Friendship & MGTOW ------------------ It is important to regularly evaluate who your friends are and understand what category they are in based on how often you interact with each other: BEST FRIENDS - People you speak with every day or almost every day CLOSE FRIENDS - People you speak with at least once a week CASUAL FRIENDS - People you speak with at least every 3 months DISTANT FRIENDS - People you speak with at least once a year There will be people that you know that you haven't spoken to for over a year. I don't really consider these people as friends. A friend would keep in touch with you, find out how you are getting on and let you know what they have been doing. It is not worth attempting to contact such people. They might suddenly contact you out of the blue or start keeping in touch more often, in which case you may move them into one of the freind categories. Family members - which may or may not be friends with you, are a in different category of their own. It is worth keeping an eye on whether your friendships are becoming one-sided. For example if you are always the one to contact them and make conversation, and they are just giving you the most minimal replies like 'Yeah, cool, right, nice, u-huh' without really contributing anything of value back to you. People that don't accept your Facebook friend requests are NOT your friends. Also it is important not to mistake work colleagues as friends. Ask yourself whether they would keep in touch with you - even if they stopped working with you. Keep in mind that someone you consider a friend might let you down. Maybe they are being deceptive, lying, being disrespectful to you behind your back, unloyal or unreliable - they might fail to turn up to something you arranged after promising to be there. They might have motives that are detrimental to you. They could be using you or stealing from you. If someone badly lets you down like this - Distance yourself from them. Don't give them a second chance. Friends need to prove themselves to you over a long period of time before you can really trust them. Something else I've seen before - People will urge you to join them in some activity that they thought of, but if it is your idea they will never take part. You can still be friends with such a person - but I would be wary of them. You are more likely to have successful friendships with people that share similar values and interests, but sometimes it is interesting to talk with people that are very different to you, as they may challenge your beliefs or introduce you to new things and new ideas. A friend should have your well-being and best interests at heart and want you to thrive and achieve your goals. They will respect your wishes and not constantly try to steer you away from things that are important to you. They will be supportive, especially through the tough times. If you are in despair they will recognise it and be there for you when you need them. Physical location and distance is not really a major issue as you can communicate in instant messages, phone or video calls over the internet. However if you want to meet up with them in person, it will be more convenient if they are under an hour's distance in travel away from you. It is nice to go for a walk, a meal, a visit or to some event with a friend, but this just won't be possible very often if at all if they live very far away. Having a small number of high quality friends is preferable to a large number of low quality ones. Make sure to listen to them, help them and be generous, kind and caring. Make an effort to keep in contact with them if you want the friendship to continue growing, but don't try to force a one-sided friendship that is not working - it should not be hard work. Also if they are constantly being offended and upset by you - it might be better to move on - as you will find yourself having to constantly apologise and feel bad. Some people are toxic - they are permanently in crisis and no matter how much you try to help them, they never recover. These people will drag you down with them. Avoid such people. If a friend asks you to loan money or some other item - be very cautious about it. If they don't repay you, or return the item - or you might get it back in poor condition, this could wreck your friendship. You might be bitter about it later. Likewise - Never ask friends for money and if you loan something from them - return it quickly and take very good care of their property. Law --- It's not enough to write out laws and rules and expect people to obey them. If people are not provided with what they need and are unable to obtain what they need legally, they will break the law in order to obtain what they require. If we make sure that people get what they need - they won't have to steal it from someone else. If someone is driving too fast and it is dangerous - it is not enough to put up a speed limit sign and hope they obey it - you have to design the vehicle in such a way that it is unable to exceed a safe speed. Until that happens, drivers will continue to drive dangerously fast. There have been many cases where the police and legal systems have wrongly detained and imprisoned innocent people - sometimes for short periods and other times for many years - perhaps a lifetime. Also people with mental illnesses are punished for committing acts which they are unable to control. People are compelled to do things due to how their brain operates. Punishing them is only appropriate if it corrects the behaviour. The problem is - police officers are not knowledgable of the laws they are supposed to be enforcing and the legal system does not understand the workings of a human mind. The entire system is based upon an assumption that people have free will - which they dont. Nationalism ----------- We all live on the same planet. It is not enough to govern one country, one nation, one state, one county or one city, and not be concerned about other areas of the planet that are poluting the environment, holding back global progress and collaboration, and turning a blind eye to regions that are treating human beings despicably. We should care for ALL people globally and work toward improving the lives of ALL the World's occupants. We should not be trying to make any one country a step ahead of any other. It is not a competition. Do not pledge allegience to your country - Do not wave national flags - pledge allegience to the earth, the galaxy and the universe. The existing regional administrations are not fit for purpose. The Problem With Democracy -------------------------- If you were embarking on a sea voyage, which of the following would you prefer to be in charge of the vessel: A trained and experienced sailor or a person who knows little about sailing but was voted into the position by the general public? Obviously NOT the latter. On this basis - why would you allow people who have no technical knowledge, proficiency or education on a topic to be involved in the voting process when it comes to policy making for that topic? Politicians are unable to solve problems as they have no technical capabilities. Technicians, Engineers, Inventors and technology solve problems after a process of research and development. Decision making should be in the hands of those most technically knowledgeable. We need to conduct experiments - see what works best and implement that which has been proven to give the most desirable outcome, and stay open to the understanding that better solutions will come along in future. It must be a constant quest for improvement, re-assessment and reaction to changing conditions. Tyranny, Communism and Freedom ------------------------------ North Korea, Russia, China. Population Growth ----------------- Religion -------- Belief vs Evidence based reasoning. Climate Change -------------- Education --------- The Singularity --------------- Recording Life / Immortality / Cloning / Simulating People ---------------------------------------------------------- AI / GPT-4 ---------- Robots ------