Here, I give my take on what I find interesting about certain subjects, which can range from mathematical, works of fiction, and many other topics.

** Read these at your risk. You will see spoilers. **

--17776 and 20020--

Let's set the scene. You're out doing your yard, as part of your usual activities. Everything seems normal. At least, at a glance. Days and months pass, and you don't bat an eye.

But soon enough, you realize something's amiss. You're not aging. You're not getting the usual seasonal sickness as you'd expect. It's like you're perfectly healthy, all the time.

It's as if you've became immortal. This is the premise of these stories, both written by Jon Bois, the creative director at SB Nation, a sports blogging network, quoting from Wikipedia.

The main narrators of 17776 and 20020 are the satellites, Pioneers 9 & 10, and JUICE, who observe the globe after somehow gaining sentience, and oversee humanity's activities.

The stories, coming from a sports network, focuses mainly on football events. As a result of this immortality, football has taken on a form unrecognizable from how it was originally.

It now covers scales never before seen. State to state, country border to country border, and new rule sets. As such, these games take way longer than the ones we're used to.

However, due to their kind of immortality, which eliminates death via natural causes or sickness, they now have infinite time. Meaning, they can eventually catch up on what they missed.

Now, you may think by the years 17776 and 20020, technology would be leagues ahead of what it is right now. But, that's not the case in these stories. In fact, it matches our modern technology.

The reason? It's not necessary to develop further. The current technology is sufficient for everyday life. They even have nanos that prevent other causes of death.

Now, what do I think of these stories? They're interesting to think about. In a post-death world, you now have unlimited time, and with a perfect fail-safe via nanos, you have nothing to worry about.

Not even an EF5 tornado will do the trick. I find this really crazy and impressive. You can't die. Ever. You may be wondering, won't the sun die? Won't the universe eventually end?

Well, if the satellites are to be believed, then the answer seems to be no. Neither of those events will occur. Time really is infinite. How would I think being in this setting?

I'd likely feel a mixture of relief, and also extreme tiredness. Yes, it's great I don't have to worry about death. But now, I have to deal with essentially a never ending loop.

As you can imagine, it'd get stagnant, boring, and uninteresting. There are only so many ways you can keep yourself entertained. Am I thinking too hard? Maybe.

All in all, these stories have a lot of richness to them. I recommend a read. In fact, I'm considering doing a work inspired by Jon Bois, fittingly named 20035, with new characters and themes.

Jon Bois is also working on a third installment named 20021, but it hasn't dropped yet. I wonder when it'll release? Extra thanks to Tale Foundry for their video discussing 17776.

Hey, this is future Bluecore97 here. I want to correct my statement on the sun. It would've died, but humanity has found a way to keep it going forever. I apologize for the mistake.

I am proud to announce that I've begun working on 20035. You can find it here.

--The Universe, The Multiverse, and The Butterfly Effect--

Theses subjects are big ones for me. Both literally and figuratively. Space is really fascinating. Just what's out there? In reaches far, far away? In my honest opinion, there's one answer.

Extraterrestrial life. The observable universe alone is 93 Billion light years in diameter, far too big for just one civilization. Our planet alone proves intelligent life is possible.

I really wonder what those civilizations look like. Similar to us? Or would they have found completely unique solutions beyond our comprehension? Do they obey our depictions?

A common trope in fiction with extraterrestrials is giving them human-like characteristics. While I understand some parts of this, like ease and simplicity. In many cases, they look identical.

While technically not impossible, I still think it's extremely unlikely for an extraterrestial population from a random planet to look exactly like us. I think we can do better.

I believe in a more diverse universe, one with a wide range of intelligent species. It is my hope to for us be at least a largely peaceful part of an interstellar super-civilization, if there is one.

Now, speaking of the universe, I've also read up on stuff about a larger reality, called the multiverse. Do I think one exists? Anything's possible. Either it's real, or not.

I'm leaning towards it being out there. Wouldn't it suck if all that exists outside the universe is nothing but an empty void of black? I'd prefer there being more universes that fill the void up.

And, what's to say those universes aren't one in a cycle? Is our universe the first of its kind? Or were there previous ones before it? Were there any civilizations that escaped heat death?

In all honesty, a multiverse would be really cool. I may be against our universe being infinite in size due to it having a finite age, but I'm not against an infinite multiverse existing.

I really wonder what's possible out there. Is there a world where we use 13 months instead of 12, and the year there is still 2024? Most likely. In fact, the math behind this is really insane.

Since there are 13 months per year instead, the 2024 in that universe would be equal to approximately 2191 in our reality. Nearly two centuries skipped! This is a crazy example of The Butterfly Effect.

Turning the topic back to space, I have seen a few videos on YouTube about how scary it is, with the fear being named Astrophobia. I don't have this fear myself, but I do understand it.

Planets themselves are already gigantic. So much so we're invisible. The blackness of space that blankets them is even larger, which adds to our insignificance.

Take this picture for example, of our planet viewed from The Moon.