The Jumping Jesus Phenomenon is a humorous theory mentioned (and likely invented) by Robert Anton Wilson to describe the increasingly rapid doubling of human knowledge since the year 1 C.E. to the present. He mentions the phenomenon in a number of his philosophical stand-up comedy lectures, most notably in an hour and a half long seminar given in 1986 titled "The Acceleration of Knowledge". He also wrote down a version of the lecture in his book "Right Where You Are Sitting Now".
Wilson proposed a new unit of measurement, a "jesus", which comprises the sum of known scientific facts in the year 1 C.E., named after the "celebrated philosopher born that year". Note that like like "watt" and other units named after proper names, a "jesus" is not capitalized.
Wilson further proposed, based on rather subjective data sampling, that to arrive upon one jesus took the estimated age of homo sapiens, which he took as 40,000 to 100,000 years.
Each doubling of accumulated information appears to take a shorter period of time to occur. According to Wilson, to reach 2j required 1500 years (1500 C.E.); we subsequently reached 4j in 250 years in 1750, 8j in 150 years in 1900, 16j in 50 years in 1950, 32j in 10 years in 1960, 64j in 7 years in 1967, and 128j in 6 years in 1973. Wilson believed there was no reason to imagine that the acceleration would stop, and further postulated that we reached 256j around 1978-79 and 512j in 1982.
The whimsical and slightly blasphemous name for the phenomenon probably derives from the mild curse "jumping Jesus on a pogo stick".
The "Jumping Jesus Phenomenon" exists as a footnote to several considerably larger works on novelty theory, mostly notably Ray Kurzweil and Terrence McKenna.
Wilson proposed a new unit of measurement, a "jesus", which comprises the sum of known scientific facts in the year 1 C.E., named after the "celebrated philosopher born that year". Note that like like "watt" and other units named after proper names, a "jesus" is not capitalized.
Wilson further proposed, based on rather subjective data sampling, that to arrive upon one jesus took the estimated age of homo sapiens, which he took as 40,000 to 100,000 years.
Each doubling of accumulated information appears to take a shorter period of time to occur. According to Wilson, to reach 2j required 1500 years (1500 C.E.); we subsequently reached 4j in 250 years in 1750, 8j in 150 years in 1900, 16j in 50 years in 1950, 32j in 10 years in 1960, 64j in 7 years in 1967, and 128j in 6 years in 1973. Wilson believed there was no reason to imagine that the acceleration would stop, and further postulated that we reached 256j around 1978-79 and 512j in 1982.
The whimsical and slightly blasphemous name for the phenomenon probably derives from the mild curse "jumping Jesus on a pogo stick".
The "Jumping Jesus Phenomenon" exists as a footnote to several considerably larger works on novelty theory, mostly notably Ray Kurzweil and Terrence McKenna.
In the Star Trek fictional universe, Jupiter Station is a space station orbiting Jupiter, and home of holo-programmer scientist, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, who spearheaded the creation of the Emergency Medical Hologram in the 2370s.
In 2376, Lieutenant Reginald Barclay visited the station with the EMH Mark One from the .
Jupiter Station has existed in some form since the 2150s, known for the repair of starships and scientific research.
In 2376, Lieutenant Reginald Barclay visited the station with the EMH Mark One from the .
Jupiter Station has existed in some form since the 2150s, known for the repair of starships and scientific research.
A dordle is a type of doodle that is made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Generally, a dordle is more polished and elaborate than a doodle. They are typically created using a combination of traditional and digital tools.
Etymology
The word dordle first appeared in 2006 as a combination of the words "doodle" and "drawing."
Etymology
The word dordle first appeared in 2006 as a combination of the words "doodle" and "drawing."
Rocky Joseph Costanzo (born May 26, 1973 in Newport Beach, California) is an American cinema director. Costanzo's childhood consisted mostly of filming home movies with friends. At the age of 14, he was hired through a talent agent by New World Entertainment as an on-call actor for the popular ABC television series, "The Wonder Years." It was during these three years that he learned the craft of filmmaking and grew an interest in directing. In 1998, Costanzo attended the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood (basic courses) to learn the technical and business side of filmmaking.
Costanzo's 2000 feature-length film, "Return to Innocence" film has to be daring, controversial or disturbing. Return to Innocence was all of those and more. The story involved a man on trial for the accusation of sexually abusing a young boy. The film was shot in black & white so that the audience would focus on the theme and graphic dialog. Costanzo's follow-up to Return to Innocence, a coming-of-age film called "11:11" began shooting in the summer of 2004. This was Costanzo's segue into unionized film productions. His company became an affiliate to the Screen Actors Guild and Costanzo's cast consisted of young SAG actors Noah Fleiss, Myles Jeffrey, Rachel Thorp and Darian Weiss. Production suffered a blow when the producers ran away. The film was shelved. It's been mentioned that the film will now come out in 2009.
Next on Costanzo's slate was what he called his return to horror. Most of the home movies Costanzo made as a child were slasher films. He took the idea from one of those movies and created "Hallowed" in 2005. This low budget film involved the mentally-disturbed character Gabriel and his killing spree of young vulnerable teens. As a fan of slasher films like Halloween and Friday The 13th, Costanzo used Hallowed as a tribute film to the classic slashers he grew up watching. He honors director John Carpenter in Hallowed by studying and researching the original Halloween. He took a visit to the exact shooting locations Carpenter used 25 years prior and created the introduction of Gabriel in a music montage.
More to come...
Costanzo's 2000 feature-length film, "Return to Innocence" film has to be daring, controversial or disturbing. Return to Innocence was all of those and more. The story involved a man on trial for the accusation of sexually abusing a young boy. The film was shot in black & white so that the audience would focus on the theme and graphic dialog. Costanzo's follow-up to Return to Innocence, a coming-of-age film called "11:11" began shooting in the summer of 2004. This was Costanzo's segue into unionized film productions. His company became an affiliate to the Screen Actors Guild and Costanzo's cast consisted of young SAG actors Noah Fleiss, Myles Jeffrey, Rachel Thorp and Darian Weiss. Production suffered a blow when the producers ran away. The film was shelved. It's been mentioned that the film will now come out in 2009.
Next on Costanzo's slate was what he called his return to horror. Most of the home movies Costanzo made as a child were slasher films. He took the idea from one of those movies and created "Hallowed" in 2005. This low budget film involved the mentally-disturbed character Gabriel and his killing spree of young vulnerable teens. As a fan of slasher films like Halloween and Friday The 13th, Costanzo used Hallowed as a tribute film to the classic slashers he grew up watching. He honors director John Carpenter in Hallowed by studying and researching the original Halloween. He took a visit to the exact shooting locations Carpenter used 25 years prior and created the introduction of Gabriel in a music montage.
More to come...