What Are The Laws Of Events and What Do They Imply?
The Laws of Events are not new, their derivation happened in 2008, but they didn’t see the light of day until 2012 when they appeared in a little-known manuscript titled The Grand Perspective and the Laws of Events. But none of that matters because now, you too will know about them. Buckle up because your worldview is about to change forever.
I don’t need to define an event except to say that an event is anything that has more than one participant. Going by this definition, everything is an event, including the universe, which happens to be the most significant event in existence. The nature of the universe will be a matter of serious consideration in this presentation, so keep in mind that the universe is the one event that stands out above them all.
Let’s get right into it.
The First Law of Events states as follows:
For any event of the participants, we can say it is the space they have to share which determines how they settle but with regard to their sizes (what each amounts to)
As you can probably deduce, the first law is an allocation mechanism. It describes how everything in the universe is arranged or precisely how participants in an event share the space available to them. Space is shared with regards to what each is, and participants get what’s called a settlement. Settlements are like the various pieces of a pizza, and because they comprise the whole, they reflect what is available to everyone else. In other words, settlements have relations — they determine one another.
In my book, The Winds of Laikipia, where I describe the journey to discovery, you will often find the following analogies; a master implies a subordinate, a thief implies a victim, and so on. Ways of settlements — as the collective is known — point to each other. Our universe is one giant collection of things that share existence this way.
The First Law of Events is a theory of evolution as it describes a progression from you to the next person up to the number of things. As such, it cuts across every sphere of knowledge known to humanity. It is a political theory, an economic theory, a theory of history, a theory of physics, etc.
When I stated the first law back in 08, the immediate realization was that it is an improved version of Darwin’s Natural Selection. After all, the first law describes a contesting ground where everything is judged based on what each is, and the greater the size — variation — the larger the settlement. If you don’t believe there can ever be an improvement to the wonderful and excellent formulation, Natural Selection, by Charles Darwin, I suggest that you read the Winds of Laikipia. It will only cost you $7.99.
Interestingly, the the first law also implies that if you can observe anything, there was never a time when there really was nothing. Because if we assume that the law is valid, anything that has ever or will ever exist will do so as part of an event. In other words, it is a law on the means to become.
The law also implies a special geometry for the universe, which leads to an equation that forms the foundations of a theory of everything. A theory that is also discussed as part of the book.
Here is a quote on the matter, I think you will find it fascinating:
“An important distinction is to be made. My theory, The Grand Perspective and The Laws of Events was not a theory of everything because it was a theory of physics rather, it was also a theory of physics because it was a theory of everything.”
The point is, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the First Law of Events, but it is best to leave it at that at this moment.
For more, I challenge you to read the book.
The Second Law of Events states as follows:
Events happen as they must for there is no means for a participant outside of them to intervene
When I first derived this law, I was in a car on my way to the university that's when I saw a man on the roadside. I asked myself: “Is it right to suppose that whether I had boarded the car or not, the man would still have been there?”
The answer was, of course, yes because if you think about it, only participating causes can influence an event. For instance, you can do nothing about a wedding taking place in Mexico given you are not present at the venue.
If you define the universe as the one event in which all causes are exhausted, the universe becomes the event in which everything happens as it must.
The fact that events happen as they must for there is no means for a participant outside of them to intervene is potent for several reasons.
First, it implies that time is an illusion and that the present, the past, and the future are happening simultaneously. I can argue convincingly that this claim is valid because there is no sense in considering the past as irreversible and not the future. Why? Because each one of us, and as an extension every other cause in the universe, is isolated from an event somewhere, the question then becomes why should we consider time to be the greater restriction?
As I’m writing this, I have no influence over any of the things happening in, say, the White House, and if I had such influence, it would mean my influence would be divorced from somewhere else, like from a quarrel at cattle dip in Zimbabwe.
The point is, we are permanently restricted to the event we are part of. We can even boldly claim that the past is irreversible because the future has already happened. How is this true? Simply because the same natural principle that prevents you from messing with the past is the same that works to prevent you from messing with the future — events happen as they must for there is no means for a participant outside of them to intervene.
Einstein said that time is but a stubborn illusion and the Second Law of Events seems to confirm that.
The other thing you need to know about the second law is that it also points to the existence of the powerful equation alluded to earlier. The only difference is that, unlike the first law, the second law makes it more clear what the nature of the equation is. It is the equation of things as they must happen — the particular equation is called the Equation of the Case.
The Equation of the Case is the ultimate prize in physics or what some would call the literal theory of everything. To find out more about this equation, I suggest that you read the book.
The Third Law of Events states as follows:
There is a natural and mutual relationship between the participants of an event. These could as well be each other
This particular law is very controversial, especially when it is used to formulate a theory of politics. In essence, it says, there is no need for hard feelings between, say, the peasants and the wealthy landowners who oppress them or between a colony and the occupying force. Why? Because they could as well be each other.
Recall that according to the first law, settlements are mirror images of each other? Well, it doesn’t just apply to fundamental particles it applies to everything else, including our interactions as humans.
Here is another quote that you might find fascinating:
“You cannot be you and also be the next person. This truth is binding even to the next person. Each is thus only sharing in space.”
There is a mutual and natural relationship between you and the next person, given that you must always be different from each other. It dictates that you and the next person cannot happen otherwise. Any change in one implies a change in the other.”
If you assume that the above statements are true and they explain a mechanism for evolution, with some cleverness, you can formulate a theory of history, society, and politics the likes of which the world has never seen.
To get an idea of how extensive such a theory is, I suggest that you read the Winds of Laikipia.
The Fourth Law of Events
The Fourth Law of Events is the most insane of them all. If you read my book, you will understand why I instantly developed an existential crisis after realizing what the fourth law suggests. Your worldview will be shaken to the core. I promise you will never be the same.
You can buy the Winds of Laikipia here and learn the extraordinary story of how some fellow from Africa conceived the theory of everything. Good luck.
