by Bert van Delen | Aug 5, 2026 | How about that !
Although humans cannot hop into a time machine and travel back in time, we do know that clocks on airplanes and satellites can run at a different rate than clocks on Earth. However, after the airplane has landed, the difference disappears from our everyday experience. Time is both a reality and, in some ways, an illusion. Physical laws work within the limited, observable universe, but when we go beyond that, things may become far more complicated.
Space telescopes allow us to look back in time. These instruments enable us to observe galaxies that are unimaginably far away. Because light takes time to travel through space, when we look at distant stars and galaxies, we see them as they appeared millions or even billions of years ago. Many of these stars may no longer exist. The actual events are long gone. What we observe is only the radiation—the light—that continues to travel through space.
When it comes to “time travel,” most people imagine traveling faster than one second per second. That kind of time travel seems more like science fiction than reality. Can we return to the past and change events that have already happened? Some scientific theories suggest it may be possible. I disagree.
I believe time is much more complicated than simply moving fast enough to reach the past. Even more impossible, in my opinion, is the idea of changing events that have already taken place. Events cannot occur a second time simply because someone travels back in time.
Once an event has happened, only the radiation it produced continues its journey through space. The event itself no longer exists.
The famous scientist Albert Einstein developed a theory explaining how time works. He called it the Theory of Relativity. According to this theory, time and space are linked together. Einstein also stated that our universe has a speed limit: nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, approximately 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second.
However, I believe that quantum physics raises questions that Relativity alone cannot fully answer. Quantum entanglement demonstrates instantaneous correlations between linked particles across vast distances. In my view, this suggests that Einstein’s equations describe only the observable universe and may not represent the complete picture of reality.
Scientists have also demonstrated that time can pass at different rates depending on gravitational circumstances.
During the Hafele–Keating experiment in 1971 four cesium atomic clocks flew aboard commercial airliners around the world eastward and westward, then compared them to stationary clocks at the U.S. Naval Observatory. The results showed the moving clocks lost about 59 nanoseconds eastward and gained about 273 nanoseconds westward, matching relativistic predictions within the experiment’s precision. The clock on the airplane had recorded slightly less elapsed time than the clock that remained on Earth.
The same phenomenon is observed with satellites, which require constant time corrections. In my opinion, these corrections are necessary because of the relationship between the satellite and the observer, not because the satellite has permanently entered a different timeline or time frame.
Clocks are mechanical or electronic devices. Their construction does not fundamentally change because of where they are located. However It is undeniable that observers can measure differences in behavior based on the force of gravity.
Albert Einstein explained this effect through gravitational time dilation. According to his theory, gravity slows the passage of time. The stronger the gravitational field, the slower a clock ticks compared with one located where gravity is weaker. This effect becomes significant near massive objects such as planets and stars, which curve the fabric of spacetime.
The Hafele-Keating experiment does not contradict gravitational time dilation; instead, it perfectly proves that time runs faster at higher altitudes.
The misconception that the experiment showed time slowing down uniformly comes from overlooking the fact that two competing relativistic forces were measured at the same time: gravity (General Relativity) and velocity (Special Relativity)
And what regarding the universe as a whole?
Scientists believe that a single, overarching clock for the entire universe does not exist. Einstein’s General Relativity states that space and time are fused into a dynamic, four- dimensional fabric called spacetime. This “unwillingly” supports the idea of a creator not bound to space and time.
All of it remains weird. Science can be based faulty and incomplete calculations misformed by the hologram in which we live. Since it becomes more and more clear that nothing is what it looks like we can seriously doubt whether formulas are sustainable in a broader perspective of reality.
To end this story, look at images from the past pointing to people that supposedly show objects from the future.
Old photographs contain people apparently using cell phones during the Roaring Twenties.
And what to think about the modern-looking flat-screen display appearing in a busy street decades before such technology existed.
Glitches in time showing devices outside their proper place in history.
by Bert van Delen | Jul 3, 2026 | How about that !
Scientists at the University of Minnesota made headlines recently with new developments toward artificial life. But so far synthetic cell laboratory models created by humans collide with boundaries. The cells deteriorate and die after a while.
The lab-made “SpudCell”, named after the Russian Spudnik satellite that circled earth during the 1950s, replicates several key functions of living organisms but are way far from being a solitary real living organism.
The man-made synthetic cell mimics a living organism’s life cycle. Assembled entirely from scratch on using non-living chemicals as lipids and purified genes. it is capable of eating, replicating its own genome, and dividing. The models developed so far degenerate and ultimately do not survive.
The artificial SpudCell is overall weaker and slower than a natural cell.
Researchers hope to overcome these problems to make improved models that can help scientists further understand biology by building it from known parts.
While creating entirely new cells from scratch on is new, bioengineering of natural cells to solve human problems is not.
A well known example of bioengineered cells is how human insulin genes can be inserted into E. coli bacterial cells to manufacture insulin and treat diabetes. But this is about modification, not the creation of life.
Therefore it must be emphasized that the Spudcell and similar projects have little to do with stem cell research. The field of synthetic biology is completely different from stem cell research in which scientists reprogram and manipulate existing cells.
Regarding the combat to illnesses, there is wide consensus that synthetic cells based on Spudcell protocols are the next frontier helping to develop new cancer treatments.
Artificial cells might even play a future role as a tool to capture carbon or manufacture chemicals.
For now the system remains limited. SpudCells depend on outside supplies, cannot build their own ribosomes, do not control their own metabolism, and often pass on the wrong amount of DNA when they divide. They typically stop working after several generations. It emerged that there also must be an initial connection to original living material.
Real living material touched by the mysterious, divine spark of life.
by Bert van Delen | Jun 1, 2026 | How about that !
As more UAP files are disclosed a new reality in which Earth population has to accept the idea that humanity is highly likely not alone in the universe is imminent.
Sources told me that a couple of weeks ago US pastors were briefed by government representatives to brace congregations for UFO revelations.
Some religious leaders fear that new government documents slated for release could upend the Christian faith.
But why? Even the Bible tells us how from the very beginning extraterrestrials visited Earth, shaping the planet and Christianity teaches that Jesus left the planet on ascension day.
Prominent US evangelist Perry Stone has claimed that government officials held a secret briefing for pastors and urged them to prepare their congregations for the imminent release of information about alien life and unidentified spacecraft, which could shatter Christian faith.
Stone said that the meeting was joined by “a large number of pastors who had been invited to listen to US government representatives and others involved sharing concerns that they had”.
A warning was issued that forthcoming further releases would cover non-human spacecraft built of materials not allegedly from our planet.
Religious people have to brace for unraveling reports about extraterrestrials named as Nordics (long tall aliens) and reptilian-looking creatures.
This is not necessarily conflicting religion. On the contrary. It helps us to understand phrases in the Bible pinpointing to the interference from outer space beings.
And yes I believe there was some creation but also evolutionism. Realize that God provided the compounds that made evolution possible.
Developing knowledge about quantum physics opens the door to a paranormal reality and ultimately strong evidence that God is real.
The presence of alien space crafts and visitors from other places in the universe is undeniable. It is unscientific to deny the existence of extraterrestrial life based on the limited knowledge available.
Governments might consider alien visitors as unwelcome. Is it by coincidence that many UAP sightings are reported at military installations and nuclear power plants.
The risk is real authority will be compromised as it emerges that something more powerful using science not well understood exists. Do not rule out the possible reality that ultimate and decisive directives come from somewhere in heaven (space)
Science never got to the bottom line. It is based on formulas that work in the space time reality. No scientist ever went to the bottom line determining the driving forces behind the forces. Isn’t it time to figure out?
A must read are the Urantia papers for the ones that really want to learn more about the place of Earth and humanity in the Universe, history and future.
by Bert van Delen | May 1, 2026 | How about that !
We still have a choice as it comes to decide using AI for the good or bad. But what if AI systems become completely independent able to survive without human interference or even worse become defensive and conscious.
The current Large Language Models (LLMs) are far from conscious.
Non believers (people that do not accept the divine origin of life) do not rule out that a conscious experience can emerge from digital computation in the same way it does from biological brains. On the contrary, I believe, no, I am convinced that consciousness is a gift from God.
Compared to what it will be within just a few years from today, AI is still in its early stages. Full of glitches and many times unable to correct faulty input immediately. But this will end soon. Next generation AI has all ingredients to spin out of control while being able to improve and even defend itself.
Today’s AI systems are trained by feeding curated data into algorithms to recognize patterns and optimizing performance through iterative testing.
Outsiders not having access to AI coding can inject data in the AI playing field and manipulate results. But it’s a lot of work. You have participate in widely recognized credible sources to spread the message and alter the database.
Traditional SEO approaches in Google already stopped working as the search engine’s behavior is overruled by AI.
Developments are getting fast. It is in sight that AI systems will be completely stand alone, able to repair incorrect information and fix decisive errors. The capability to improve and defend it selves will presumably open the gates of a digital hell.
Quantum computers (we are still awaiting the birth of the first real one) will undoubtedly create an eerie situation. Super fast switching digital monsters sidelining humans of flesh and blood.
We are talking about entering an era in which nothing will be safe. Society is nearing a situation in which it is virtual impossible to protect data systems e.g. bank apps, ID’s, medical data against intrusion, theft and manipulation.
To cure the problem, protection and defense against nasty AI systems on highest levels are required. It ultimately will be a higher level fight between AI and AI. A doomsday race as never seen on the planet before.
In the human body we have the, based on medieval science, vaccines that do the work by imitating a pathogen using weakened, killed, or partial germs to teach the immune system to recognize and fight a specific disease without causing the disease itself. On IT level the trick is getting violent AI derailed by injecting manipulated information on highest IT levels.
It is with good reason that many see artificial intelligence as an existential threat to humanity. Super intelligent systems are already unaligned with human values.
Beside mass unemployment there is the risk of dangerous bias, autonomous weapons, loss of control over decision-making, and societal disruption.
We are just a few years away from the moment AI explodes into super intelligence and might take over politics, courts and security. Just like in the Star Trek series, a self defending computer ruling an alien world. That system ended up in smoke and fire.
Star Trek computers are no longer fiction but a looming reality.
Realize that computing is based on switches, binary codes without nerves and emotions. Consciousness is a gift from God.
IT can imitate it but never create.
by Bert van Delen | Apr 4, 2026 | How about that !
End times or not, we arrived in the most exiting period of time in human history.
Undoubtedly with so much suffering, egoism and lawlessness we are at the beginning of the so called End Times. A period, definitely not the end of the planet or the universe but a shake up of what’s on it. The end of times are generally described as the final stage of human history or the current world order.
This is the time of rumors of wars and loads of suffering in the broadest way you can image. Various Holy Scriptures tell all the same.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. Not to forget climate change, and massive environmental destruction. And it is just the beginning of the big tribulation. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
As the term is most commonly associated with Christianity it also shows up in Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and Buddhist traditions.
Here’s a line up of religions all telling the similar story about the final days.
Christianity: Often called the “last days,” this period is believed to precede the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Key events typically include the “Great Tribulation” This will be a period of intense suffering. There will also be the rise of the Antichrist, and the final battle known as Armageddon.
The Islam is mentioning the Day of Judgment (Qiyāmah), preceded by the appearance of the false messiah (Al-Masih ad-Dajjal) and the return of Jesus (ʿĪsā) to defeat him.
In Judaism it refers to the “end of days” (acharit ha-yamim), which focuses on the Messianic Age—a future era of global peace and the resurrection of the righteous.
And there are also “Eastern Religions“ like Hindu and Buddhist pinpointing to the big change that apparently is coming upon us. Hinduism describes the current age as the Kali Yuga, which ends with the arrival of Kalki who will restart the cycle of time. Buddhism predicts a future Buddha named Maitreya who will appear after the current teachings are forgotten.
But all that happens doesn’t mean the end of the universe or humans, it is widely seen as a turning point, a shake up and clean up that ultimately will lead to a new and in the broadest way better world.
by Bert van Delen | Mar 2, 2026 | How about that !
As a new warfront opened on the European continent, Mrs. Von der Leyen takes it easy. In the aftermath of a fresh police raid at the EC offices in Brussels nearly two weeks ago, the unelected Boss of Europe has undoubtedly something else on her mind.
International media report that the escalating chaos in the Middle East was obviously not enough for the Brussels bureaucrats to cut their weekend short.
Last weekend European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was heavily criticized for her response to the Iran crisis after announcing that an emergency meeting on the situation can wait until after EU bureaucrats enjoy their weekend.
In the meanwhile Iranian drones were downed near the British Air Force base in Akrotiri here in Cyprus. It all comes as the Republic of Cyprus proudly holds temporarily Presidency of European Union.
The affected UK base is now evacuated. Also citizens of the nearby village of Akrotiri moved to safer grounds.
Other villages within the Akrotiri base area were not evacuated.
Unconfirmed reports also suggested that the Dhekelia base, located in the east of the island, was also evacuated, while alarms were heard at the United States’ embassy in Nicosia, with it believed that the sounding of those alarms may have been related to the firing of the drones.
Last weekend US forces got the green light from British premier Starmer to use British bases for the American operation in the Middle East.
The situation is painful for Europe as many countries are running out of natural gas. Despite winter is officially over, for Europe it’s highly likely that in case of major energy transport disruptions in the Middle East cold months are ahead.
