Think Fourth-Dimensionally

This very well may end up in a completely different place than I intend, but I had a lot of time to think and a lot of fun conversations with my dad when I was out in Montana and this is one of the things he and I discussed briefly on my last morning there…

The night before, we were watching one of those ancient aliens shows on the History Channel, which I won’t even get started on here because that’s just a totally different subject, and they were talking about worm holes and intergalactic travel and a bunch of other totally normal everyday stuff that we all discuss and totally understand…anyway, one of the things they mentioned was the potential of worm holes actually existing on our planet and potentially being able to be used on a planetary level, basically being able to go from place to place on our planet in an instant. They talked about aliens and the number 3 and a handful of other stuff. So the next morning my dad and I were eating breakfast and he couldn’t finish his, and because he’s had a couple experiences with food poisoning, and it was only about a half of a pancake, he went to toss it in the trash. For whatever reason all the stuff from the night before about instantaneous travel around the globe smacked me in the face…what if we actually had that technology, and what if it were technology and not just the universe doing crazy scientific stuff that nobody can even begin to explain? What if we could download an app or something, it’d be similar to the replicator thing from Star Trek and instead of sponsoring one child for the price of a cup of coffee a day, you could actually sponsor a family or a tribe or something and at the end of every meal, or at least most of them, you could just worm hole your leftover food to them. I know that this might sound somewhat insensitive or whatever, and don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying JUST send your leftovers and unwanted foods, you could obviously do whatever you want, but much like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, where we’re dumping perfectly drinkable water on our heads collectively as a nation, we’re also getting rid of perfectly edible food every day that people in other countries would be super grateful for. Obviously the tech could be used for a million other things, including sending doctors and whatever else to these same people and countries; but the idea is that everyone with a smart phone could make their own individual impact and contribution and actually know where their donation is going. I have no idea how this sort of technology would work and I’m sure that it would have to start out huge, like computers did, and then shrink down and then become wireless and all that before we can even begin having real conversations about this, but if by the time all of that is feasible, there are still hungry people in other places on the planet, someone should make that app. Get on it science.

Oh and I totally ate the rest of his pancake, for all those of you waiting for the end of that portion of the story. It wasn’t wasted, it was enjoyed by this guy…oh and it was a gluten-free huckleberry pancake, made with freshly picked Montana huckleberries, cuz I’m painting you a pretty word picture.