😵‍💫 Dizzying Circular Thoughts

^{Why targets have concentric "circles"?}

Circles. Loops. Spirals. Cycles.

Fascinating concepts and patterns...

I have been scratching my head ever since I came across this unique prompt - not because I can't think of what to write but what not to write. I mean wherever we look there are circular patterns or cycles.

Day and night - days of week - months - seasons...

The shape of Earth, its revolutions and spins...and that of other celestial bodies.

Whatever you can think of is circulating, orbiting, or revolving around something. There's always a focus point.

Which makes me wonder if the universe is circular instead of infinite. What about the years? Will they start over at some point? Will there be another 2024? Was there another 2024?

Is the time concentric and not linear?

It's kind of creepy to even think of the possibilities.

I watched A Trip to Infinity on Netflix, in which the mathematicians discussed - a circle has no corners or infinite corners? They demonstrated by increasing corners of a polygon which looked rounder with each new corner.

So, maybe 2024 is just a corner of a circle that has infinite corners, if one lives for eternity, one might witness the year 2024 again.

By now you must be wondering if I'm insane. I blame @soulfuldreamer for making me think circular. 😵‍💫 This emoji is a true depiction of "thinking-circular-makes-you-look-insane."

I can recall another example from the show which is based on a theorem Poincare Recurrence. I had to agree with Sheldon Cooper on how cool Theoretical Physics is by watching an example (theoretical) of the aforementioned phenomenon.

I will put it in my own words here...

Place an apple in a box. Nothing can come in or out of the box. After some time, the apple will start decaying. It will then turn into dust. Years later, the remaining chemicals will start getting hot. A lot more years later, there will be nuclear fusion. Then there will be photons and ion nuclei. Then they will decay into protons. There will be fundamental particles. Years and years later, all the particles in the apple have gone through every possible state. Then what? Those states will be revisited and Apple will reappear in its original state.

Unsettling, isn't it?

It's a well-reasoned theory but unfortunately, no one can live that long to confirm it.

This makes me think of us - humans.

I believe in Resurrection and this theory gives reasoning to my faith.

Everything is circular and recurring...

I can think of countless more circular phenomena - cyclones, eddy currents, whirlpools, vortex rings...

There are intriguing circular impressions
like fingerprints and water ripples...

Then there are certain circular behaviours like addiction, rumination, co-dependency, and obsessive-compulsive disorders...

I'm still missing a hundred more examples. But I can't name all and I should stop trying.

^{Why recreational rides are round or go round or in a loop/circuit? Nobody would want a one-way ride, no matter how much recreational.😄}

Ok, last one...

Having an educational background in Computer Science and Programming, this prompt also reminds me of Recursive functions and the fact that the only loops I knew for a good part of my life were: for, while, do-while. 😄

(If you know, you know)

Recursive function solves a problem by solving smaller instances of the same problem, repeatedly calling itself until the base case is solved.

Better related to spirals...?

Whereas, for, while, do-while loops are not functions but sets of instructions that repeat some instructions until specific conditions are met.

Urgh...

I'm stuck in this circular prompt...

Infinite recursion?

No problem.

Forcefully terminate.

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^{I might have used these pictures in another blog but in entirely different context.}