{splayed finger} Motif: Splayed Index or Pinkie, vs. 3 Fingers Held Together

Michael Hoffman, mobile initial post, Feb. 27, 2026, expanded Feb. 28, 2026

Crop and rotation by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 28, 2026

Contents:

links work on desktop Edge/Chrome:

f134 Aiming-Lines, Targets of Psalter Room: v3, All 3 Sword Aiming Lines

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
“f134 targets of psalter room.jpg” 1.4 MB [6:46 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28, 2026]
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f134.item.zoom
todo: copy to f134 page

f134 Aiming-Lines, Targets of Psalter Room: v2, Failed to Ask Cybercide’s Sword Target

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
“f134 targets of psalter room.jpg” 1.4 MB [6:25 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28, 2026]
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f134.item.zoom
todo: copy to f134 page maybe – omits Cybercide’s sword line

wastes 1.4 MB space on WordPress gallery – todo: delete. same filename locally used for v3 .jpg.

v2: neglected to realize that Cybercide’s sword aims at God’s Right hand.

Errata/nits:

  • Should be a red box, not white, around Psalter Viewer’s feet, since red line on finger-heights.
  • MAJOR OVERSIGHT: Cybercide sword aim at God hand

Too Many Breakthroughs, 1:40 pm – 3:30 pm Feb 28 2026

f134 Correction of Looking Lines

b/c Each Eye Points a Different Direction, at Key Targets,

eg row 2 Sword Points at Angel Splay Hand Row 1 right

Good Voice Recording About Hand-Shape Theory: VOX_TK_6620.wav

But it’s becoming outdated by the minute, because making such fast progress to develop and revise my model of hand-shape theory.

Strategy: EXTREME CLOSE-UP, Set General Angle of Looking-Lines; Afterwards, Connect to Reasonable Appropriate Targets, Adjusting Angles of Looking-Lines

eg, I’m Making a Crop that ONLY Circles “Good Targets”

It doesn’t greatly matter if some sources & sinks get crossed.

“Every eye is looking at every major significant target” gets the comprehension-job done well enough to get top scores on the test.

Image: “f134 psalter viewer eyes.jpg”

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
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Looking-line angles are approximate.

These looking-line angles in these 4 crops were set during extreme zoom-in.

Next, connect to appropriate, reasonable targets; adjust looking-line angles.

Image: “f134 women eyes.jpg”

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
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Tentative looking-line angles.

Image: “f134 threateners eyes.jpg”

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
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Tentative looking-line angles.

Image: v1 of Aiming Lines: “f134 archers fingers target feet.jpg”

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 28, 2026
“f134 archers fingers target feet.jpg” 1.4 MB (LARGE) [4:56 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28, 2026]
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v1 tentative looking-line angles. Possible errata:

  • Psalter Viewer is not looking so steep; more shallow angle, eg target: hand of angel on the Pulled-from-Banquet guy.

v2, improved targets of looking-lines:

Did I mention in Nov. 2020? Cybercide guy’s blade cuts his LEFT (branching possibilism) side.

I came close to putting a line from sit-in-tree’s fist to Break-Bowman. But, fist needs more consideration; compare row 3 oxen guy grabbing and pointing to God’s blessing-pointing line.

v3, includes all 3 sword targets:

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman
“f134 targets of psalter room.jpg” 1.4 MB [6:46 p.m. Sat., Feb. 28, 2026]
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/f134.item.zoom
todo: copy to f134 page

Computer Drive Full, Across the Finish Line…

I have TWO straightedges, large protractor to measure angles, super zoom close up [mockumentary group movie Spinal Tap]

Sources and Sinks

Principle: Details or Minor Errors Don’t Matter, About Which Arrow Aims at Which Target

The Student Gets Credit on Exam if Identify “Best Targets” that Makes Sense to Point At.

Damn, Now I Am Burdened with Examining Every Hand AND Every Eye in Great Canterbury Psalter – OVERLOAD!

Query: What do you call a room that contains a psalter?

AI ans:

“A room or space in a monastery designed to store books like a psalter is historically called an armarium.

“These were small, secure storage areas or niches, often found within the cloister, where monks kept their books and sacred texts.

“Alternatively, in a general church setting, the sacristy or a library would house such volumes.

  • Armarium: Traditionally used in medieval monasteries as a book niche.
  • Sacristy/Ambry: A room or cupboard for storing sacred vessels, books, and vestments.
  • Library/Scriptorium: A room dedicated to storing or copying manuscripts.

/ end ai ans

Items that Point to Something in f134, re: Psalterty of Ego Death

Aiming via:

  • Left Eye
  • Right eye
  • Sword-aim row 1
  • Sword aim row 2
  • God’s Blessing-Fingers
  • Archer’s Bow-Pulling Fingers
  • Head-Tilt of a 3-Legged Woman (point via eye 1, eye 2, & face-angle)
  • Clutching fist of guy in tree like clutching fist of oxen guy holding other end of God’s blessing/pointing/ THREATENING line w/ midpoint at {balance scale} pivot.

Items that Are Pointed At

Primary Targets:

  • Psalter Viewer feet;
  • blade of UPSIDE DOWN Cybercide guy
  • Psalter Viewer fingers-height
  • {balance scale} pivot
  • white light
  • touch blade of sword in tree
  • angel’s splayed finger
  • God’s pointing hand
  • Eadwine’s leg-hanging mushroom tree image in the Great Canterbury Psalter
  • leg-hanging guy: hand touch blade.

Decoded: {cutting branches} = mental model transformation from possibilism to eternalism

To move from possibilism to eternalism = to cut branching.

See my good voice recording.

EXTREME CLOSE-UP!!

Video: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – Official Trailer | SDCC 2025

Relevance: To assess which eye is aimed at which PRIMARY TARGET (eg {balance scale} pivot; angel hand splay, God’s blessing pointing fingers, archer’s pulling/pointing fingers,

Video title:
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – Official Trailer | SDCC 2025
YouTube channel: IGN
Jul. 24, 2025

Desc:
“Forty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the now estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer) are forced to reunite for one final concert.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues also marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty Di Bergi (Rob Reiner), who once again tries to capture his favorite metal gods as they contemplate mortality—and the hope that their 12th drummer doesn’t join them in The Great Beyond.

Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a concert that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll.

Directed by Rob Reiner, the film stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fran Drescher, Paul Shaffer, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Questlove, and Chris Addison.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens in theaters September 12, 2025.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70DDf9OXsFA —

Query-Template to Find All Four YI Hand Shapes in a Given Hand

  • Y
    • _
  • Y’
    • _
  • I
    • _
  • I’
    • _

Demo:

Crop by Michael Hoffman
  • Y
    • upper hand: Middle/Ring/Pinkie group splayed (curled a little, but not enough to signal “rebut” or “cut”)
  • Y’
    • lower hand: 4 cut/bent fingers, no thumb
  • I
    • upper hand: Index finger fully shown 3 segments – all 4 segments of Index finger are shown
  • I’
    • upper hand: Index finger bent; as if 3 segments (extra mid segment) + tip is bent, negating the finger.

I Bet My Whole Theory on Dancing Man’s Index Finger (Elongated & Bent)

Crop by Michael Hoffman

Decoded: Dancing Man’s Index Finger, Elongated & Bent

Crop by Michael Hoffman

Image:”f134 look at angel hand splayed finger rotated.jpg”

Crop and rotation by Michael Hoffman
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the Pulled-from-Banquet guy looks at YI or Y’I form of angel hand using splayed finger to separate 3 grouped branching fingers from 1 separate non-branching finger.

If we say it’s a Y’I hand, that is not consistent; we’d be forced to say it’s a Y’I’ hand.

Crop and rotation by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 28, 2026, fullscreen

Image: Pulled-from-Banquet guy, Angel Finger Splayed, Maiden Finger Splayed, Mapped to Basic IY Hand

Decoded: Elongated & Sharply Bent Index Finger of Dancing Man

[Noon Saturday, February 28, 2026]

todo: create new page purely to taunt POS PHONY, Ronald Huggins the academic 304, reaches whatever pre-set “conclusion” corrupt anything-but-drugs academia pays him to reach. title:

Dancing Man: W, Ronald Huggins: L

possible content:

  • the 4 text msgs just sent to RL [1 p.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026]
  • Huggins says f11 day 3 plant 2 right branch is a tree branch – look exact mushroom
  • Huggins says f11 day 4 plant 3 is a tree – look exact mushroom
  • Huggins would say f134 is a wheat farm, not Cubensis grow-op.
  • re-analysis of Dancing Man hand-shape pair

Re-analysis of Dancing Man hand-shape pair

SHOWS ALL 4 YI FORMS!

That EXPLAINS TOTALLY THE WEIRD INDEX FINGER!

The same index finger expresses both I and I’, no wonder it’s so f’d up!

The Index finger I shape is both asserting I and rebutting I, no wonder so bent and long.

Ronald Huggins the academic 304, reaches whatever pre-set “conclusion” corrupt anything-but-drugs academia pays him to reach [RH304]

Ronald Huggins the academic 304, reaches whatever pre-set “conclusion” corrupt anything-but-drugs academia pays him to reach

Micro Bio of Michael Hoffman


Michael Hoffman – Egodeath.com; the Egodeath Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy – a STEM-based model of how the mind transforms in the altered state

todo: add to new “names of theory” page

the Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy [TPEMA]

the Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy

the Egodeath Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy [ETPEMA] [EPM]

16 Combinations of Y, Y’, I, I’ Can Be Expressed by a Hand or Tree Image

  • Has 0 of the 4 shapes: (1)
    • Y’I
  • Has 1 of the 4 shapes: (4)
    • Y
    • Y’
    • I
    • I’
  • Has 2 of the 4 shapes: (6)
    • Y I
    • Y’ I
    • Y I’
    • Y’ I’
    • Y Y’
    • I I’
  • Has 3 of the 4 shapes: (4)
    • Y Y’ I
    • Y Y’ I’
    • Y I I’
    • Y’ I I’
  • Has 4 of the 4 shapes: (1)
    • Y Y’ I I’

Terminology of the 4 Shapes

  • Y – branching
  • Y’ – cut branching

keyboard shortcut

cut branching
cbr

cut non-branching
cnb

test of 4 keyboard shortcut:

branching
br

cut branching
cbr

non-branching
nb

cut non-branching
cnb

branching [BR]

branching

cut branching [CBR]

cut branching

non-branching [NB]

non-branching

cut non-branching [CNB]

cut non-branching

Cyberdisciple [CB]

Cyberdisciple

Max Freakout [MF]

Max Freakout

Dancing Man: Re-Assessment of YI hand-shape pair

of Dancing Man in the salamander bestiary image including a mushroom-tree

new meaning of bent index finger: I’ !

  • How to read Y in this image:
  • Upper hand: 3 fingers splayed as a group.
  • How to read Y’ in this image:
  • Strong: lower hand: fingers bent.
    DO NOT ANY LONGER SAY PINKIE SHOWS 3 SEG THEREFORE ADDS AN I!
  • Weak: upper hand: The grouped 3 fingers are bent.
  • How to read I in this image:
  • Upper hand: Index finger 3 seg shown.
  • How to read I’ in this image:
  • Upper hand: Index finger bent. OMG THIS ENABLES READING DMS AS carrying expressing conveying signally all 4 SHAPES: Y Y’ I I’

Dancing Man in the salamander bestiary image including a mushroom-tree [DML]

Dancing Man in the salamander bestiary image including a mushroom-tree

Dancing Man [DM]

Dancing Man

Crop by Michael Hoffman

The 16 Basic Hand-Shapes (or Tree-Shapes?)

16 Combinations of Which of the 4 general branching shapes permutations Y, Y’, I, I’ Are Expressed by a Hand Image

Tree Forms Analyzed & Described/ Classified in Terms of the Same System

todo

These are which of the 4 general branching shapes permutations (ie, [Y, Y’, I, I’]) are conveyed or embodied by a hand image.

This isn’t really hand shapes.

These are which of the 4 hand-shapes – or rather, general branching shapes permutations (ie, [Y, Y’, I, I’]) – are conveyed or embodied by a hand image.

Decoded Raised IY Hand of the Pulled-from-Banquet Guy

Meaning of the raised IY hand of the Pulled-from-Banquet guy in f134 Great Canterbury Psalter

My first instinct during voice rec’g was correct, broke through to comprehending the hand – as Eadwine’s special meaning? No.

As a generic universal indicator of generally und the 4 shapes what they assert and how they are implemented, along with quirk conventions and solutions of this specialty the medieval art genre of {mushroom-trees}.

The meaning of his IY hand includes the distinct body of art/phil knowledge: hand-shape theory.

The angel instructs you of what?

  • branching vs. non-branching;
  • the 4 shapes;
  • possibilism vs. eternalism;
  • integrated possibilism/eternalism thinking.

“integrated possibilism/eternalism thinking” was my answer like a week ago, but since then, 1-2 days before today which is [ a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026] , i ONLY said the IY hand means integrated possibilism/eternalism thinking.

That’s true, in broad sense of that phrase.

But I deepened my grasp of the meaning of the scene: angel teaches end-goal und’g of integrated possibilism/eternalism thinking but also, intermediate, teaches 4 shapes mapped to that.

the Pulled-from-Banquet guy [PFB]

the Pulled-from-Banquet guy

The Medieval Art Genre of {mushroom-trees} Incorporates Distinct hand-shape theory

What does an angel teach? The

  • The 4 shapes
  • possibilism vs. eternalism
  • qualified possibilism-thinking
  • integrated possibilism/eternalism thinking
  • Possibilism vs. Eternalism = Y vs. I; {branching} vs. {non-branching}; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers vs. thumb, index, or pinkie}; many worlds vs. single block-universe

[5:50 a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026] f134 r2 bowman aims at feet. now drawing lines from his fingers to the feet of Psalter Viewer

Error: Say “archer” not “bowman”

  • bowman – a boatman, oarsman, or paddler stationed in the front of a boat
  • archer –

web search:
define bowman
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+bowman

web search:
define archer
https://www.google.com/search?q=define+archer

Psalter Viewer in GCP folio image f134 row 2 middle [PV]

Psalter Viewer

Psalter Viewer in GCP folio image f134 row 2 middle [PVL]

Psalter Viewer in GCP folio image f134 row 2 middle

Break-Bowman [BBM]

Break-Bowman

Break-Bowman in Great Canterbury Psalter folio image f134 row 2 middle [BBML]

Break-Bowman in Great Canterbury Psalter folio image f134 row 2 middle

Woman holding {balance scale} [WBS]

Woman holding {balance scale}

keyboard shortcut [KS]

keyboard shortcut/ acronym/ concept-label/ concept/ lexicon term [KSL]

Against Italics in Keyboard Shortcuts

This keyboard shortcut expansion system doesn’t accept italics, bullet list format, bold, etc. – strictly plain-text strings.

It is NICE and PREFERABLE to ital, but, as much extra work as applying Init Caps – extra difficult on mobile.

So, decree:

{tree} vs. {snake} = {tree} vs. {snake}; Italics within Braces Is Understood, Not Required

Ronald Huggins invades the forest is an mere invader of the forest of Great Canterbury Psalter – you want to see non mushroom mushroom-trees? See vine-leaf trees

{hand mushroom-tree} [HMT]

Square-brackets notation is per April 1987 explosion of new technique: when I started doing theory explicitly as such. When the Egodeath theory began as a conscious Theory.

Conscious Theorizing the the Egodeath theory Started Explosively April 1987 When Father Died in Middle of EE Studies; Started Oct. 1985 without a Clear Concept Yet of Theorizing

Still, bc of my mentality and context in self-help human potential movement, naturally, in Oct. 1985, I started by theorizing, but not a clear explicit concept of “I am constructing and marketing and branding a new Theory & explanatory model of how the mind transforms in the altered-state”. Latter is not how it was experienced; I did NOT have that idea, like history of using altered-state psychedelics psilocybin, to effect a standard transformation. It w My thinking was only informed by

  • STEM format of read/write/think/express/communicate.
  • Eastern mystics SUCK at writing about ego transcendence. They are degenerate and perverse and crude and inept, they are the problem, their mode of thinking/ communicating absolutely SUCKs, worst case. I agreed with Eastern Mystics that ego transcendence is a real thing, but I immediately trashed and disrespected their mindset; everything about their explantory construction and communication of ego transcendence.

Oct. 1985: Started Replacing How Ppl Talk about ego transcendence

Apr. 1987: Started Explicitly Constructing a Brand-Name Theory of Ego Transcendence to Replace How People Talk about Ego Transcendence

May 1987: Started Writing My Ego Transcendence Book Explaining Repairing How to Think about Personal Control

confused, i think “toward the end of the year 1987, I started writing about my book explaining repairing how we think about personal control.”
Translation: end of the academic year.

The Southwest dorm, 3rd floor: June 1986-May 1987, is the “year” referred to.

Toward the end of academic year June 1986-May 1987, I started writing about my book containing my theory explaining repairing how we think about personal control. Let’s say that was May 1987.

That sounds right: Pretty soon after I found awesome powerful idea development technique, concept of writing a book explaining what I found.

The “end of the year” feeling (academic year) does not mean the different feeling, end of calendar year.

  • May 1987 “end of the year” feeling: academic year (for me).
    I found a good idea development technique to write book about ego transcendence for purpose of repair cross-time self-control.
  • Dec. 1987 “end of the year” feeling: calendar year. the Way of Zen by Alan Watts, on the very cusp… i started thinking about “determinism” Oct-Dec 1987 and criticizing Watts Dec. 1987: wtf didn’t you
    Why the f didn’t Watts just say, “determinism?” (ie Minkowski block-universe eternalism)

1988: the Cybernetic Theory of Ego Transcendence

vs. the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology/ Integral Theory’s Concept of Ego Transcendence as Popular Neo-Advaita: Actual Egodeath Is via Block-Universe Mysticism, not Through Popular Neo-Advaita

Feb. 2026: The Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy

The Egodeath Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism & Mytheme Analogy

What acronym is latest name of my damn theory?

Cross-linked:

April 1987 Explosion of Technique for Idea Development, and Concept of Constructing, Articulating, and Publishing a Theory

Apr. 1987 notation technique: wide-ruled (grade-school) binder sheets instead of 10×8″ blank books. With Pentel P205 mechanical pencil.

  • Pentel P205 mechanical pencil – since maybe Sep. 1982; the standard pencil for Electronics Engineering tech school, that many students used, and that was favored and max avail’y in the supp Supply Room store; same at Uni bkstore Aug 1983.
  • Wide-ruled (grade-school) binder sheets instead of 10×8″ blank books
  • phrase, and then acronym in square brackets
  • left hand
  • Allcaps

IN THE 1980S ALLCAPS RULED THE EARTH 🦖🦕

1978-1991: Fortran, COBOL, BASIC

Query: When did C programming become popular? 1980s.

AI Answer:

C programming began to gain significant popularity in the 1980s, driven largely by its association with the Unix operating system and the publication of its first definitive book.

Key Milestones in C’s Popularity

  • Early 1970s: Creation and Initial Use
    C was created by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs between 1972 and 1973 primarily as a system implementation language for developing the Unix operating system. The Unix kernel was largely rewritten in C by 1973, which demonstrated the language’s power and efficiency for system-level programming.
  • 1978: The K&R Book
    The publication of the book The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie served as the first widely available and informal standard (known as “K&R C”) for the language. This book helped popularize C beyond Bell Labs and the Unix environment.
  • The 1980s: Widespread Adoption
    During this decade, C’s use spread rapidly as compilers became available on nearly every machine architecture and operating system, including early personal computers. C began to displace other languages like Basic as a leading choice for microcomputer programming. This widespread availability and the language’s portability contributed to its massive surge in popularity.
  • 1989: Formal Standardization
    The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published the first official standard for C (ANSI C or C89) in 1989. This standardization addressed compatibility issues that arose from slightly different versions of the language, promoting portability and solidifying its use in commercial and government projects.
    Wikipedia
    Wikipedia
    +9
    C has remained one of the most widely used programming languages since, consistently ranking high in popularity indexes, due to its efficiency, low-level memory access, and portability. It has also influenced the syntax and features of many other prominent languages like C++, Java, Python, and C#

/ end robot

Query: Is the BASIC programming language case-sensitive?

AI Ans:

No, the BASIC programming language is generally case-insensitive. This means that keywords and user-defined identifiers (like variable names) that differ only in their capitalization are treated as the same by the interpreter or compiler.

Key Points

  • Identifiers are the same: In most BASIC dialects, variable and VARIABLE and Variable all refer to the same entity.
  • Historical reasons: Case insensitivity was a common feature in many early programming languages (including Fortran and COBOL) because the keyboards and display terminals on early computers often only supported uppercase letters.
  • Modern dialects: Most modern dialects, such as Visual Basic (VB) and VBA are also case-insensitive, although some specific versions like BBC BASIC might have exceptions.
  • IDE behavior: Many modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) for BASIC-derived languages will automatically adjust the casing of your code to match the first time an identifier or keyword was defined, which helps enforce consistent style, but doesn’t change the underlying case-insensitivity of the language itsel

/ end robot

1980s was peak allcaps era; used everywhere for everything: programming, students…

Probably because allcaps was used for programming in the first 1978 personal computers, 1978 marks the beginning of the allcaps era.

For me, that era ended with C programming classes in 1991. Case-sensitive programming language.

1978-1991 was my home computer allcaps era.

query: Is the C programming language case-sensitive?

Ai ans:

Yes, the C programming language is case-sensitive. This means that the C compiler treats uppercase and lowercase letters as distinct characters. Scaler +1

For example:

  • Variables count and Count are treated as two separate variables.
  • Function names main() and Main() are different, with main() being the correct entry point for a standard C program.
  • Keywords in C must be written in lowercase. Writing int is correct, but Int or INT will result in a compilation error because the compiler does not recognize them as valid keywords.

/ end of AI answer

acronym [ACRO]

block-universe eternalism [BUE]

block-universe eternalism

Minkowski’s block-universe eternalism [MBUE]

Minkowski’s block-universe eternalism

But Petkov’s main name of Minkowski’s theory is absolute four-dimensional spacetime​, thus:

Minkowski’s absolute four-dimensional spacetime​ [MAFDS]

Minkowski’s absolute four-dimensional spacetime

in lexicon design for the Egodeath theory, I decided that

  • 4D spacetime is “technical lang”
  • block universe is relatively “everyday lang”

{snake in rock} = block-universe worldline [SRBUW]

dammit stop saying block universe without saying “worldline”. solution: keyboard shortcut.

block universe

block-universe worldline

{snake} = block-universe worldline

{rock} = block universe

{snake in rock} = block-universe worldline
srbuw

block-universe world [B-UW]

block-universe world

block-universe worldline [BUW]

block-universe worldline

worldline frozen in the block universe ({snake frozen in rock}) [WBU] (worldline block universe)

format of above heading:

worldline frozen in the block universe ({snake frozen in rock}) [WBU] (worldline block universe)

  1. phrase; referent of analogy
  2. ({analogy})
  3. acronym (keyboard shortcut)
  4. what the keyboard shortcut stands for, key words used

inter That suggests interesting new notation:

referent ({analogy})

eg:

worldline frozen in the block universe ({snake frozen in rock})

Notation: referent ({analogy})

Notation: referent ({analogy}) [ACRONYM] (acronym key words)

block universe [BU]

block universe

Pentel P205 mechanical pencil [p205]

Pentel P205 mechanical pencil

vine-leaf tree [VLT]

vine-leaf tree

mushroom-tree [MT]

mushroom-tree

the Mytheme theory [TMT]

the Mytheme theory

Woman holding {balance scale} in Great Canterbury Psalter folio image f134 row 2 middle [WBSL]

Woman holding {balance scale} in Great Canterbury Psalter folio image f134 row 2 middle

Break Bowman

[ a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026] [DTS]

a.m. Feb. 28, 2026 [DTSM] (Medium)

Feb. 28, 2026 [DTSS] (Short)

Titles of this Page

{slightly splayed finger} Motif: Splayed Index or Pinkie, vs. 3 Fingers Held Together

{subtly splayed finger} Motif: 3 Fingers Held Together vs. Splayed Index or Pinkie; Equivalent to {fingers vs. thumb}

Decoded {subtly splayed finger}: 3 Fingers Held Together vs. Splayed Index or Pinkie, Equivalent to {fingers vs. thumb}

Subtle Splayed Index Finger or Pinkie Finger Contrasted Against Other Three Fingers Held Together, Equivalent to Thumb vs. Fingers

Includes fresh mobile crops from full-res lib site in Paris, Great Canterbury Psalter.

The {slight splay} Secret Artists’ Motif

txt msg 1 to sacred plants community church artists members

the {slight splay} sekrit artists motif

psilo artists’s initiation guild psilo lockbox

{hand mushroom-tree}

hand is like YI tree

Possibilism vs. Eternalism =
{branching} vs. {non-branching}
{tree} vs. {snake}
{fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index OR PINKIE finger}
Y vs. I
many worlds vs. single block-universe

Artists’ Initiation Guild Psilocybin Mushroom Lockbox (txt msg 2)

Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026

{balance scale}, {mushroom lockbox bin}, and {mushroom sack} Motifs in Canterbury Psalter

my Psilo Lockbox Bins page needs better crops of {artists initiation guild psilo lockbox bins}

mind the medieval YI hand-shape language:

Y Y’ I I’

Keep Your Eyes Peeled to Spot YI Hand-Shapes: Y, Y’, I, I’

Especially Notice YI Hand-Shapes: Y, Y’, I, I’

Especially Take Notice of the YI Hand-Shapes: Y, Y’, I, & I’ Shapes: Branching, Cut Branching, Non-branching, & Cut non-branching Depict possibilism vs. eternalism World Models

ordinary-state, branching Possibilism vs. altered-state, non-branching Eternalism
obvan

I initially wrote:

mind the medieval YI hand-shape language:
Y Y’ I I'(rarer)

The I’ Hand Shape Is Relatively Infrequent, but Not Uncommon

The I’ hand-shape is not so rare.

I accidentally gave you TWO cut thumb motif = I’.

Angel’s Splayed Index Finger = Maiden’s Splayed Pinkie Finger (txt msg)

The angel’s (transcendent messenger’s) Index finger splayed, like a serpent vs a tree (3 fingers).

The maiden’s Pinkie finger in the mushroom bowl is splayed.

The angel turns red guy upside down, makes him display an IY hand contrast-shape, like God, via {thumb vs fingers).

Only a member of the artists initiation guild recognizes this subtle finger-splay, of the “non-branching” Index or Pinkie vs the 3 grouped “branching” fingers.

List of Contrasts of Branching vs. Non-Branching [LCBN]

Compare the two acronyms: in terms of which contrast analogy? in terms of “branching vs. non-branching”, or in terms of “possibilism vs. eternalism”:

  • LCBN = list of contrasts of branching vs. non-branching
  • LCPE = Possibilism vs. Eternalism = {branching} vs. {non-branching}; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index finger}; Y vs. I; many worlds vs. single block-universe
  • LCPE = list of contrasts of possibilism vs. eternalism: possibilism vs. eternalism; branching vs. non-branching; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers vs. thumb, index, or pinkie}; Y vs. I; many worlds vs. single block-universe

I need a longer expansion to get the one as the lead-in for the other.

list of contrasts of branching vs. non-branching analogies: Possibilism vs. Eternalism; {branching} vs. {non-branching}; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index finger}; Y vs. I; many worlds vs. single block-universe
lcbna

List of Contrasts of Branching vs. Non-branching Analogies: Possibilism vs. Eternalism; Y vs. I; {branching} vs. {non-branching}; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers vs. thumb, index, or pinkie}; many worlds vs. single block-universe; multiple vs. singular [LCBNA]

{fingers vs. thumb, index, or pinkie}
fvtip

Next, repair similar keyboard shortcuts to change “thumb or index” to “thumb, index, or pinkie”.

Possibilism vs. Eternalism = {branching} vs. {non-branching}; {tree} vs. {snake}; {fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index finger}; Y vs. I; many worlds vs. single block-universe

update: a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026 –

Conceptual Revolutions (Paul Thagard, 1992) [PT92]

Conceptual Revolutions (Paul Thagard, 1992) https://egodeaththeory.org/2020/11/15/conceptual-revolutions/

Which Thagard transform-type is this, for “theory modification & replacement”?

Breakthrough: Resolved: Curled Finger Shown Means Negated, Not Asserted! A Thagard “Inversion”

Breakthrough resolving this puzzling:

Try FOR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE READING:

Read {curled finger} = {bent finger} = NEGATED, NOT ASSERTED!! As if purpose of showing finger is TO SHOW THAT IT IS BENT; not to counter the bending! Proof of correct reading: it’s a more productive reading, EXACTLY what i was puzzling and looking for last night. / end of update for a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026]; find “curl” entries in this page entered today, Saturday, February 28, 2026.

/ end update a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2026

older writeup from way back in yesterday like Friday, February 27, 2026:

Puzzling Over Curled Side Finger

added 2/28: Which Contradicts the Main Form of the Hand “Cut Fingers”, would be IY’ But Seems Wrong because Mainly Y’ and the Length of Curled Finger Varies; the Instances Are Not Adding Up WTF Can’t Be Right to Read 3-Segment Curled Finger as Same as Extended Finger

2/27 con’t:

… side curled side finger of Y’ hand-shape is NOT MEANINGUL; IT’S SIMPLY CUT FINGERS VIEWED FROM SIDE that HAPPENS to show entire — not cut – finger. doesn’t coun’t. count side finger AS IF viewing from straight-on, where 0 segments would then be visible.

Read curled side finger as follows:

“He is hiding his mid & tip finger segments, even though, if viewed from the side instead of straight-on, you can still see all 3 segments of his curled-to-hide, side finger.”

The mushroom-tree artists debated this. I’m in sync with them, by debating this AND I MAKE MY AUTHORITATIVE OFFICIAL RULE

Rule: In a Y’ Hand, a Visible Curled Side Finger Doesn’t Count as an I Shape, Even if All 3 Segments Are Shown

Rule/Policy Convention, that must be officially established, in order for Consistency:

In a Y’ hand achieved via curling a group of fingers, do not count the curled side finger as an I shape, even if all 3 segments are Shown.

Consider that visibility to be merely side-effect of viewing angle; a mere incidental implementation detail.

Principle: More Clarity Results from Avoiding Excessively Detailed Finger-Segment Analysis; CHARACTERIZE the OVERALL hand-shape

Do Not Lose that Message by Excessive Detail about Implementation via All 14 Finger Segments

Don’t Miss the Hand-Shape Forest for the Finger-Segments Trees Implementation.

Principle of General Hand-Shape, More than Detailed Finger-Segments Scale of Inventory: Zooming into Detail Serves the Purpose of Designating a Simplified Standard Shape, ie one of: Y, I, YI, Y’I, YI’, Y’I’

Principle: Every Hand Shape Can Be Simplified Characterized as One of: Y, I, YI, Y’I, YI’, Y’I’, YY’I, or YY’II’

List of Basic General Hand-Shapes

Each letter of the 4, occurs 0 or 1 time:

  • Y Y’ I I’ is the “biggest” shape possible.
  • Y
  • Y’
  • I
  • I’
  • YI
  • YI’
  • Y’I
  • Y’I’
  • 0000 – hand hidden
  • 0001 – I’
  • 0010 – I
  • 0011 – I I’
  • 0100 – Y’
  • 0101 – Y’ I’
  • 0110 – Y’ I
  • 0111 – Y’ I I’
  • 1000 – Y
  • 1001 – Y I’
  • 1010 – Y I
  • 1011 – Y I I’
  • 1100 – Y Y’
  • 1101 – Y Y’ I’
  • 1110 – Y Y’ I
  • 1111 – Y Y’ I I’

That’s not listed in my order, of Y, Y’, I, I’. Drop the binary and put in nat. order: put single letter items first.

I am re-discoing old tradition of doing this analysis. All mushroom-tree artists did this analysis as initiation training in the

The Art of YI Art

First sort, then del (in new copy) binary:

This list establishes a standard order of all possible basic hand-shape designations:

Principle: A Hand That’s Hidden by Cloth = Y’I; Asserts Revealed Truth: Y’ & I

purpose: hide branching fingers pollution; Y’

we sure aren’t hiding I shape, which is the holy shape of revelation.
eg cloth-covered hand holds open book.

via cloth, we are hiding Y and hiding I’, to express Y’ and express I.

branching fingers are {pollution}.

Phallic cloth over a hand that’s holding an open book:

  • Can’t mean Y
  • Can’t mean I’
  • Can mean Y’
  • Can mean I

Can mean I, the image is sometimes comparable to I eg Good Student in f134 row 1 L: phallus ~= I shape.

  • 0-term shapes (qty: 1)
  • 0000 – hand hidden = Y’I = 0110
  • 1-term shapes (qty: 4):
  • 1000 – Y
  • 0100 – Y’
  • 0010 – I
  • 0001 – I’
  • 2-term shapes (qty: 6):
  • 1010 – Y I
  • 0110 – Y’ I
  • 1001 – Y I’
  • 0101 – Y’ I’
  • 1100 – Y Y’
  • 0011 – I I’
  • 3-term shapes (qty: 4):
  • 1110 – Y Y’ I – missing term 4, I’
  • 1101 – Y Y’ I’ – missing term 3, I
  • 1011 – Y I I’ – missing term 2, Y’
  • 0111 – Y’ I I’ – missing term 1, Y
  • 4-term shapes (qty: 1):
  • 1111 – Y Y’ I I’

List of All Basic Hand-Shapes, With Added Notes

Convention: Y First, Then I. for permutation purpose.

  • Has 0 of the 4 shapes: (hand hidden by cloth)
    • Y’I
  • Has 1 of the 4 shapes:
    • Y
    • Y’
    • I
    • I’
  • Has 2 of the 4 shapes:
    • Y I
    • Y’ I
    • Y I’
    • Y’ I’
    • Y Y’
    • I I’
  • Has 3 of the 4 shapes:
    • Y Y’ I – blessing: Index+Middle = Y; Ring+Pinkie = Y’; Thumb = I. This is the set of the 3 popular/common/ stragithforward shapes (omits the oddball, double-negative I’ shape; “cut non-branching”. Cut the serpent monster.
    • Y Y’ I’
    • Y I I’
    • Y’ I I’
  • Has 4 of the 4 shapes:
    • Y Y’ I I’

Debate About Standardizing on Listing I First vs. Y First

Dispute: to truly characterize a hand-shape instance, it might be better to designate it as IY’, not Y’I.

Classification (“Y’I”) vs. Characterization (“IY'”)

A normalized classification system might need Y first, even though

The Mushroom King’s double-pointing emphasizes I, not Y’. It is an IY’ hand-shape, NOT a Y’I hand-shape, re: characterizing the message.

Test: king mushroom f145:

Inventory finger segments shown, gives: IIIY’
Remove dups, gives: IY’
Normal order, gives: Y’I
dispute: poor char’zn; better is: IY’.

Proof of Blessing-Gesture’s Extended Index & Middle Fingers Meaning Y – Yet Proof of Martin Church > Entry into Jerusalem: Same Fingers Meaning I, not Y

Y Y’ I – blessing: Index+Middle = Y; Ring+Pinkie = Y’; Thumb = I

You can form a LITERAL Y shape w hand: extend Index & Middle – REGARDLESS of whether you

  • splay greatly (peace sign),
  • splay the Index & Middle slightly, or
  • press the two fingers together

The Index & Middle physically , morphology, form a literal, physical Y shape.

Consider context: If the Index & Middle are extended & held toegehr w/o splay, AND that hand is part of a hand-shape pair, and the other hand is splaying, in that case, in that context, forms “non-branching” – oops, new termy usage set of terms:

“non-branching” — reserve for I. don’t describe Y’ that way.

  • Y – branching
  • Y’ – cut branching
  • I – non-branching
  • I’ – cut non-branching

I’ (cut non-branching) is uncommon for multiple reasons.

The hand can form a physical literal I shape by extend the Index finger only.

… Martin: In that case, the extended Index & Middle form “non-branching”.

In the context of the 1-hand blessing gesture, the extended Index & Middle form “branching”, and the “non-branching” is represented by folded Ring & Pinkie.

Interpreting Finger Shapes Depends on Context: Entry into Jerusalem (Saint-Martin Church), vs. the Blessing Gesture

eg as Part of a hand-shape pair, vs. 1-hand:

  • Extended Index & Middle Mean Y (branching), in the 1-hand, blessing gesture.
  • Extended Index & Middle Mean I (non-branching), in the 2-hand, hand-shape pair in Entry into Jerusalem (Saint Martin Church).
Photo: Julie M. Brown. Crop by Michael Hoffman.

Jesus there does NOT display the standard Blessing gesture w/ R hand.

Principle: Ignore Viewing Angle

With your hand, repro the hand image:

Decoded {hidden hand} by Applying Permutations of All Basic Hand-Shapes; = Y’I = 0110

Total: 16 unique basic hand-shape designations.

No matter which of the 14 finger segments of a hand are shown, it is highly useful to simplify and fit all hands into this inventory of which of the 4 shapes are shown: Never repeat an I, or an I’, or a Y, or a Y’; each occurs one time max.

eg:

Supopose that a YY’I hand-shape is implemented with redundancy as: YYY’Y’III

Delete dups of any of the 4 basic shapes:
YYY’Y’III
or random order of that:
IY’YIYIY’
is reduced to:
YY’I
in this order: Y, Y’, I, I’
Don’t write order:
IY’Y
Write the order:
YY’I

Because first, the mind has Y model; then, after add psilocybin, the mind adds the I model.

Characterize the Overall Hand Shape, Not the Finger Segments Details

Consider thumb not shown, 4 fingers curled (the tip & mid segments, not curl the base segements), viewed from side: or, king mushroom pointing:

Suppose an overdetailed nal analysis gives shape I I I Y’. visible shown are

  • thumb (2)
  • index (3)
  • middle (3)

Notation: thumb (2) means thumb (2 segments shown).

Principle of Details Reducibility of Details of a Hand-shape: I I I Y’ = IY’ = Y’I

Principle of Reversibility of YI Order: IY’ = Y’I

Principle of Normalized Order: Write Y’I, not IY’

{fingers vs. thumb, index, or pinkie} [FVTIP]

redo the below ’cause found error, lacked pinkie:

After using that keyboard shortcut, manually format as:

List of Contrasts of Branching vs. Non-branching Analogies:

  • Possibilism vs. Eternalism
  • {branching} vs. {non-branching}
  • {tree} vs. {snake}
  • {fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index finger ERROR! PINKIE TOO}; Y vs. I; many worlds vs. single block-universe

To recall the keyboard shortcut: list, contrasts, possibilism, eternalism;
[LCPE]:

A keyboard shortcut/ acronym/ concept-label/ concept/ lexicon term.

List of contrasts between ordinary-state, branching Possibilism vs. altered-state, non-branching Eternalism:

Possibilism vs. Eternalism =

{branching} vs. {non-branching}

{tree} vs. {snake}

{fingers} vs. {thumb} or {index finger} (OR PINKIE finger!)

Y vs. I

many worlds vs. single block-universe

txt msg

one more, glad to share this revelation with community in realtime

OMG the Pulled-from-Banquet Guy Is Looking at the Slight Finger-Splay of Angel’s Hand!

~~ images move to here

Crop by Michael Hoffman

f134 Mushroom Tree & pink key tree

Crop by Michael Hoffman
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026

Principle: A Hand Might Be Shown One Particular Way, to Construct a Given Scene, but Particulars Are Not Necessarily Significant: The General Shape Might Be What’s Signficant

How shall we classify the angel’s hand? Several options:

  • YI
  • I Y’ I’ –
  • I because Pinkie (3)
  • Y’ because Ring (2) & Middle (2).
  • I’ because Index (2)

That is probably a misreading that misses the forest for the trees, misses the hand-shape for the finger-shapes at the segment fractal level of analysis.

Principle: Classify the Hand Shape, NOT the Finger Segments

Given a virtual hand-shape pair:

  • Angel L hand – Argument from equating form of two hands that have diff’t impl’n: The angel’s hand-shape is equated with PFB’s hand-shape.
  • pulled-from-banquet L hand – definite strong YI via I thumb, extended 4 fingers.

Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
  • Y – ok
  • Y’ – ok
  • I – yes, via Index, EVEN THOUGH CUT
  • I’ – possible; “relenting of non-branching” is a fair message.

GIVEN C Given the context, I’d say, simply, YI. to match PFB’s simple IY.

Or, reasonable, would be: Y’I.

Certainly a bad assessment would be: I’ Y’ I’ (= Y’I’) . Missing forest for trees.

  • I Y’ I – per above expl’n. Bad analysis. Mistaking impl’n detail at finger segments level, for overall hand-shape. FAVOR OVERALL HAND-SHAPE O

First, consider that PFB’s L hand is plain IY shape via thumb = I (bog-standard).

Thus Angel hand is ALSO IY. “But but but , …. fingers show 2 not 3 seg’s. So, Y’.” WRONG. the artist does NOT mean Y’.

eg a string cuts across an arm: not the same as a thick black line, which means “cut” or “Prime” or “Qualified X”.

(a text msg)

angel finger splay = thumb

LOOK he looks at angel splay vs non splay! 🏆🎉🥇

thx to mobile edit pic ui, i easily flipped the crop, and THEN (a couple minutes ago) it became clear FOR the FIRST time since started looking at this image, in Nov 2020: 5+ years ago

Red guy at Cubensis Banquet is looking at the angel’s {subtly splayed finger}

which makes Red guy display, like God, an IY hand-shape formed by thumb vs. fingers

Folio image f134 row 1, Great Canterbury Psalter

Verdict on [Fully Shown Edge Finger] of Group of Fingers where Overall the group expresses [cut branches / Y’ shape]: Usually Ignore; the hand expresses MORE the Y’ shape than the I shape

Do NOT need to get out your magnifying glass.

It is 100% fair to call her L hand IY’, but I’d go with simply Y’ – unless super long pinkie.

A simple folding of all 4 fingers – regardless of whether the curled side finger is entirely visible (all 3 segments) or not – in most cases can simply be designated as a Y’ shape.

Don’t need to go into Special Detail Inspection mode.

We can be lazy/ efficient and forego the additional I-shape that could be obtained by choosing to read the side finger as an I shape.

That would be conflating the main message with a tiny detail.

Trying too hard, making it unnecessarily complicated.

Only do a “moderate-only analysis”:

Do not overanalyze L hand’s 3-segment pinkie.

Zoom out to the appropriate, sufficient context.

Suffices.

A weak I shape, not strongly needed.

Don’t designate that hand as IY’ (where the I shape is from the fully shown pinkie).

That I is not needed; that I is superfluous, bc the maiden’s hand-shape pair already has an I, via splayed pinkie.

her bowl hand’s {subtly splayed pinkie finger} is a “Strong I shape“.

her L hand has only a “Weak I” shape.

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026
Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026

Bad Readings of Hand-Shape

“Upper hand shows Pinkie (3) so that’s I, + 3 fingers that are Y'”

Better reading IMO: Ignore [side of pinkie is fully shown]. that hand i NOT sending a strong I message.

We already have a strong I in the hand-shape pair, via R hand Index slight splay.

Avoiding overanalysis, his hand-shape pair is: [IY, Y’] –

Principle: Analyze Hand-shape pair Just Enough to Get 1 Each of the 4 Shapes

Upper hand can be:

  • I Y’ I’ – overliteral.
Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 23, 2026

{hand mushroom-tree} in f109 Great Canterbury Psalter

Crop by Michael Hoffman

{hand mushroom-tree}, Lower Y Hand : Upper YI Hand = Mushroom-Tree’s Lower Cut Trunks : Upper YI Branching, f107 Great Canterbury Psalter

Crop & annotations by Michael Hoffman, Jan. 24, 2026

hand = tree; {hand mushroom-tree} 

Crop by Michael Hoffman, Feb. 27, 2026 — an I’ cut thumb at hold wrist, and at hold mushroom sack
Photo: Michael Hoffman, a.m. Feb. 27, 2026

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