Quantum superposition theory assigns complex numbers, or probabilities to every possible situation. Because probabilities can be positive or negative, when the chances of a given situation happening increases, the probability of that situation happening goes down. What this means in reference to “FlashForward” is that technically, course correction, or changing the future is possible. Essentially, the flashforward decreased the probability of the future coming true by increasing the possibility of that future coming true.

Apart from being an exceptional scientist and engineer, Bartini was a philosopher who theorized the existence of a six dimensional world, in fact, this theory became known as “Bartini’s World”.

Bartini theorized that time, just like space, has three dimensions. We can safely assume that the linear movement through time is no longer a singular vector. Movement through time and space takes on the same characteristics. Just as we would move backward or forward in space, so we can move forward and backward in time.

Right from the onset, Simon blatantly addresses the ultimate question of what caused the “FlashForward”, as if he was speaking right at the audience. While on the express train headed towards Los Angeles, Simon sparks a conversation with a woman. He goes on to explain that he is a famous quantum physicist and claims that he might know what caused the “FlashForward”. After some time of meaningless flattery and flirtation, Simon admits that in theory,  quantum physics may be responsible for the “FlashForward”, siting “quantum superpositions” and “Schrödinger’s cat” as some of the examples.

Next we find out that a secret organization “Blue Hand” is actually responsible for the attacks on the FBI agents, although their motifs aren’t completely clear. Dmitri follows the signs which are conveniently placed all over LA to a safe house. Whether or not the “Blue Hand” is somehow connected to Simon is yet to be discovered? What we do know however, is the fact that Lloyd Simcoe, the guy with the kid, is connected to Simon.

What We Know:

Here is what we know so far…

Simon is a quantum physicist who is somehow involved with what caused the “FlashForward”

Lloyd is also an academic who is Simon’s close acquaintance

Towers which may be linked with what caused the “flashforward” are built in Somalia

“Blue Hand” is somehow involved and are trying to stop the investigation

Lloyd told Simon that they are responsible for the death of 20 million people because of their experiment

Someone in the government is leaking information

Now connect the dots…

Twitter has virtually created a new medium of communication and information retrieval. For Google, Twitter updates are an interesting source of real-time information on a particular topic.

Imagine you’re planning a ski trip and would like to know weather conditions as of right now. By indexing and displaying Tweeter updates, Google can return real-time results most relevant to your query.

SEO’s should take this into consideration and treat this partnership as another opportunity to optimize webpages via inbound links. Update tweets relevant to your website and link those updates back to the relevant sections of your website to increase visibility and crawl frequency. Update tweets using relevant keywords which you wish to rank for and link it back to your website.

A somewhat pedestrian episode, “Gimme Some Truth” was an introduction to what may turn out to be a story tangled in complex interrelations. Rather than introduce new characters and plot structures, the show may follow a “closer-to-home” approach to storytelling. In other words, our conspirators and co-conspirators may be hiding in plain site.

I’m beginning to think the “flashforward” was somehow sponsored or manufactured by the government. It would make for an interesting story. Perhaps an unofficial, clandestine research organization, sponsored by the CIA, was tasked with creating a way to “peek into the future”. The Department of Homeland Security would be all over this. Can you imagine having the ability to prevent a terrorist attack six month into the future? Not a bad idea.

All they have to do is cause the “flashforward” and index or record the images on a database for some playback action. That way they can prevent something from happening in the future, similar to “Minority Report“.

For the most part, I found myself anxious to get to the end while watching this episode. The blatant tribadism and the often misplaced Sun Tzu aphorisms made this episode all the more unbearable to watch.

Geographic Area – Housing Unit Estimates – Percent Change, 2000 to 2008

1. Flagler County, FL:           48,934                       100.1

2. Sumter County, FL:           46,140                         83.1

3. Pinal County, AZ:             145,473                        79.3

4. Paulding County, GA:       52,094                        78.1

5. Kendall County, IL:            34,680                       77.6

6. Forsyth County, GA:          62,854                       72.2

7. Henry County, GA:             73,548                       70.4

8. Rockwall County, TX:        25,930                       68.9

9. Loudoun County, VA:      104,261                       67.7

10. Osceola County, FL:      120,997                        67.4

Blavatsky was born in 1831, in Russia. Her father, Peter von Hahn was of ancient German nobility, and her mother, Elena Fadeyeva was a Russian novelist.

Between the years of 1848 to 1858, Helena Blavatsky spent her time travelling the world, visiting various countries such as Egypt, Germany, India, and Tibet, where she studied Buddhism for two years.

In 1873 Blavatsky moved to New York City where she founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 together with Henry Steel Olcott and William Quan Judge.

Theosophy subscribes to the idea that all religions are attempts to help humanity evolve to greater perfection. The basic tenets of this philosophy hold that the cosmos is a conscious entity, fulfilling its own evolutionary path. The spiritual manifestations of this consciousness are known as Monads, which may appear as angels, human beings, or in other forms. Blavatsky thought of Monads as manifestations of the human soul.

Theosophist hold that human civilizations undergo seven stages of recessional development. The seven stages encompass seven Root Races, with the modern humans belonging to the fifth rootrace, the Aryans.

He asserts that all major scientific discoveries, historical events, and technological breakthroughs are “black swans”, or outliers from the normal historical distribution.

Since these events are impossible to predict, we need to learn how to exploit the positive black swan events, while avoiding or preparing for the negative ones.

The basic premise of Taleb’s Black Swan theory is that almost all high-impact, consequential historical events are unpredictable and occur at random. The humans are only able to fabricate explanations for these otherwise unexplainable events in hindsight. The theory assumes that it is basic human nature to find pattern in the patternless, to find form in the formless, and to find reason in chaos.

Perhaps the organization responsible for the “blackout” is out to prove Mr. Taleb wrong, and nullify the Black Swan theory by proving that the unexpected can be predicted, the future can be changed, that there is reason, and nothing is random.