Da Vinci was far more important an intellectual than Einstein. And Da Vinci was also a master artist. Einstein proposed the theory of relativity; what did Da Vinci do? Well, Da Vinci -unlike Einstein and his devotion to the sole field of physics- was a polymath, who made groundbreaking contributions to numerous fields of expertise.
I personally think that it is wrong that Einstein’s name has become synonymous with the trait of “genius”. Genius is much, much more common than you think, by the way. Einstein’s vision was extremely potent,indeed. It has propelled activity within physics ever since he himself was active; he lived from 1879 to 1955. But the premise on which he took this path was mistaken.
The very choice of subject of Einstein’s theory of relativity shows up a fundamental weakness in his intellectual perspective. The universe is infinite, some still say. The general notion of relativity is therefore technically an illusion of sorts created by the human mind. Things are only ever really strictly relative in the context of human thought. The universe does not work in relative terms: the universe is pretty much infinite, of infinite scope as far as we will ever be able to see. The universe works in infinite i.e. anti-relative terms. Einstein was biased as a human being. The human brain is the most complex known object in the universe – making its scope, the realm of mentality let’s say, more major than the universe itself. Although the brain is made up of physical matter, yes. But Einstein fell in this trap before he even started: believing himself over the actual physics.
His famous equation E = mc2 is also wrong. Einstein asserts that there is a direct equivalence between mass and energy, that mass is energy, and energy is mass, and they can be changed into each other. He was wrong. Energy in physics is the capacity for doing work. On Earth, it is true that all mass has energy and has the capacity to do work and have function thanks to the force of gravity. In outer space, or more specifically in the context of zero gravity, where there is no gravity to create potential, all mass does not equate to energy. Heat is the most fundamental form of energy, technically called thermal energy. And energy is the most fundamental thing – not matter, not space, or whatever. Energy. Thermal energy. Thermal energy is the phenomenon and fundamental catalyst that was dispersed in the Big Bang explosion that ultimately triggered the chain of reactivity that gave rise to everything else as it now manifests, including the universe itself and whatever else surely exists beyond the #legacy of the Big Bang. Beyond spacetime there may well be more – more being infinite nothing, but still. Perhaps black holes are portals to the original realm(s). Or its remnants, lying as they supposedly do at the centre of most galaxies. In the absence of gravity and potential, mass must have contact with thermal energy in order to give rise to the other types of energy. Thermal energy is Mama. The force of gravity is technically the result of a form of mega-magnetism between the metallic cores of celestial bodies. All celestial bodies with gravitational capacity are at least metallicised. Making metal the most fundamental type of mass. The gaseous particles proposed to have coalesced in the Big Bang surely had metallic chemical properties or similarities, even. Thermal energy, Proto-metal, and a s**ttonne of antimatter… Bang. The thermal energy was the facilitator, the Proto-metal the base and the antimatter the reactor – and then we had matter. The concept of physical form didn’t really exist beyond the Big Bang, and was created thereafter, as the matter that resulted from the explosion coalesced according to the electromagnetic waves that were also emitted. So really this antimatter was like free highly dense plasma of potential negative Proto-charge. The thermal energy increased, causing the conductive Proto-metal to react with the antimatter. The excess thermal energy gave rise to what we know as electromagnetism, the original force – and therefore to light, magnetism, electricity and radiation. The reactive Proto-metal gave rise to matter, overturning the original dynamic by which the antimatter was dominant over the Proto-metal. The explosive antimatter plasma became spacetime. And so what is the universe? The universe is simply the realm in which matter dominates over antimatter, a dynamic made possible in the explosion of the Big Bang. Overall, beyond the fathomable universe, dimensionality is actually infinite. There are infinite dimensions. Perspective? Relativity? Illusions we unwittingly created, useful at first, but less valid in the context of infinite dimensions. In the fathomable universe there is strictly matter including mass, electromagnetism i.e. force, and spacetime, and they are strictly distinct phenomena. When they do successfully combine, you get a celestial body.
And that is my theory about the universe and infinite dimensions. Einstein who? At the end of the day, Einstein garnered his status by making very specific proposals and contributions; the substance of my preferred model Da Vinci’s legacy and contribution lies in the excellency of his vision itself, meanwhile.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci lived from 1452 to 1519 – centuries before our beloved Einstein. He was born in Tuscany, Italy – supposedly in a town called Vinci in what was then the Republic of Florence. It is worth noting that the name Vinci was probably ultimately derived from the Latin vincere ‘to conquer’. A striking parallel, anyway.
The four layers of Italian:
- Passione, passion
- Raffinatezza, refinement/sophistication
- Italianità
- Serendipità, serendipity
Da Vinci was born into it, streamlined for it from birth, even though he was born out of wedlock. Fate took care of much of this for him, and what he knew indeed was how to harness fate in a way that would always facilitate those special reactions inside his brain that engendered his aptitudes.
Most people know Da Vinci for his art, as a foremost Renaissance master. The Mona Lisa is the best known piece of art in the world. There is something about his sense of perspective, isn’t there? It really just touches you so intimately and profoundly. His sensory awareness transcends the very conventional human laws of perception. His artistry, however, is notably indivisible from his intellectual perspective. Of course, Da Vinci was also famously active as an engineer, scientist, theorist, and architect. You honestly have to be able to understand his intellectual output to appreciate his aesthetic properly, and vice versa. Which came first to him? HIS art or HIS science? A question to consider. Regardless, his perspective on both sides was totally unique: scientifically ideated art, and creatively flavoured/seasoned theories. All underpinned by a distinguished Renaissance context. Complete interdisciplinary synthesis was largely impossible, but he did nonetheless valiantly experiment, attempt, and duly manage it with spectacular effect to say the least. Artists are furthermore stereotypically known for being creative, free-spirited, unpredictable characters. Often pathologically so, creating instability. So his strikingly, refreshingly pragmatic attitude towards executing and producing art -his art which is so contradictorily transcendent in its intricate beauty- is what sets his creative output apart. This is also the precise concrete aspect that ultimately made him arguably the foremost legendary master artist in history. The sobriety of his aesthetic is ironically what makes it so enrapturing; failure to own this irony being literally exactly all he did wrong. That’s how close he was to universal objective perfection.
In his art, intellectual endeavours, and legacy, Leonardo da Vinci painstakingly redefined things like perspective and logic itself, as well as the human experience. His legacy is vast and convoluted, mostly too abstract to grapple with for what it actually is. Full access being obstructed by the mighty Da Vinci curse, by which we are *mathematically* limited by our own contribution and work up against Da Vinci’s universe. You have to earn your pass to this ride.
Indeed, an understanding of the versatility of perspective is one fundamental thing I have taken away from the Buzz-Concept Project. And, groundbreaking as the BCP is -opening up the perspectives of previously tragically stifled cultures across the world- I seek to do everything I can to restore the versatile omnipotence of the human mind in a 21st century context. In seeking to fit into modern society, I really feel that we have lost touch with some defining trappings of our own specific supremacy. Imagine the world we could be living in if we were to figure out how to successfully balance it all! This. Is. The. Greatest. Achievement. Of. All. Time. No?
The universe is supposedly infinite, but for us it can only ever all be relative to our own point of view. Where do you fit in?
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