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Philosophy: Neurology: Astronomy: An Essay on Continuity and an Awareness of
Realities: Responsibilities of Science PART IV of IV by Tetsuo Kaneko Technical
Adviser Chiba-ken, Japan Editor’s Note: The paper featured
here is Part IV of a four-part paper. Parts I, II & III were
featured in the three previous issues of this Journal. - JP While
overcoming no awareness about nonlinear responses In
the case of analyzing nonlinear responses exemplified by the behavior of
weather, consequences that are obtained on a basis of methods involving
scientific assumptions and mathematical modeling can include uncertainty making
everyone wonder whether the realities of objects are understood with sufficient
accuracy or not. Comparisons of the
consequences with observations or measurements are important and inevitable for
making objective decisions. Moreover, either
someone or everyone is responsible for showing objective consequences that help
to become independent of images crystallized from daily experiences and to form
objective images being nearer to the realities corresponding to the
images. Unless at least science shows these
objective consequences, science should be blamed for its inability to show them. A
process of creating an image being nearer to a reality corresponding to the
image must involve both the attempt to modify memories and the attempt to
adjust a conception. In the process, it must
be inevitable to encounter at least a decision or an idea that is supported by
neuronal network systems remaining sufficiently stable. The necessity of changing it or the
rationality of changing it is not sufficiently capable of convincing the brain
consisting of over 100 billion neurons. The
recognition of risk accompanied by attempt to obtain benefit from the price of
a security varying probabilistically can coexist in the brain with the
consciousness that expects imagined attractive consequences. Naturally, the will to try to recover a
decision or an idea coming from neuronal network systems, which have a high
stability no matter how inconsistent and problematic an encountered situation
is, can coexist in the brain with the consciousness that expects benefit to be obtained
from the situation. Moreover, the will
to try to understand anomalous phenomena and anomalous objects that have belonged
to the category of no awareness so far can coexist in the brain with the
consciousness that encourages the brain to give up thinking deeply and to
respect the work of neuronal network systems cultivated by both daily experiences
and common pieces of knowledge. The will
to try to understand the anomalous phenomena and the anomalous objects can
coexist in the brain also with the consciousness that encourages the brain to
make up explanations with combining empirical interpretations. Even an interest in developing ethics for
avoiding unexpected and unpleasant nonlinear responses to the use of
technological breakthroughs can coexist in the brain with an interest in more
rapidly achieving more advanced technological breakthroughs. Accomplishing
any advanced technological breakthroughs through combining only empirical
interpretations is not easy. Common
sense persuades everyone to recognize great difficulty in accomplishing them. Everyone is made to feel surprised at a specific
moment when a breakthrough shows a stimulating contrast to images that are
originated by the work of neuronal network systems cultivated by daily
experiences. The great surprise allows people
to have the expectation that hopeful breakthroughs continue to technologically brighten
the civilization. The great surprise
also encourages the will to try to gain imagined attractive consequences. The will to try to gain attractive
consequences can encourage consciousness to be focused on an interest in what the
attractive consequences only will come simply and linearly. An interest in linear responses induced by
breakthroughs can easily become more dominant in the consciousness than an
interest in unexpected nonlinear responses to the use of the breakthroughs. Even
if this shows the reality of the mind, the consciousness that cares about
unexpected nonlinear responses to the use of the breakthroughs can coexist in
the brain with the will to try to enjoy an attractive situation where the
effects of breakthroughs are linear and acceptable responses to expectations. This psychological situation should be carefully
respected, so that science should make efforts to reveal the unexpected
nonlinear responses that remain unknown.
If science does not make efforts to reveal them, science must be blamed
for the neglect of the efforts. Science should
continue to help the brain to make images depending on memories approach the
reality of the current situation. Science
should continue to help cerebral activity to form images being the nearest to a
reality corresponding to the image. Attempts
to reveal unexpected nonlinear responses to the continuous use of the
breakthroughs are the first step for caring about the equality the current
generations and far future generations.
The direction for developing ethics for avoiding the nonlinear responses
should be limited by at least a criterion given as the requirement of the
equality between the current generation and far future generations. The brain consisting of over 100 billion
neurons is capable of accomplishing various breakthroughs due to the aid of the
great function of nerve cells that allows new connections to be formed between
the nerve cells. Even if the brain is
being immersed in a psychological situation where it denies that there exists
something belonging to the category of no awareness, it is the cerebral organ that
is aided by the great function of nerve cells and enables any breakthroughs. Efforts to reveal images being the nearest to
realities must enable the brain both to overcome difficulties and to avoid
problematic situations. The
will to try to recognize the reality of each object that is giving us no
awareness allows opportunities to encounter amusing, pleasant, and interesting
stimulation that occurs from knowing of each surprising image being the nearest
to each reality. An opportunity to allow
everyone to voluntarily induce curiosity about a surprising image being the
nearest to a reality must become the first step for beginning going toward the
consciousness caring about unexpected nonlinear responses. Experiments and observations continually reveal
various interesting nonlinear phenomena.
Some of them demonstrate that vacuum has various specific nonlinear properties
that enable electrons and quarks to gain their own masses and enable the
expansion of the universe to be accelerated.
Vacuum is the source of every electron and every quark, i.e., the source
of every atom. Nonlinear responses that allow
infinite diversity to appear in the universe suggest that everything of which
we are aware is not everything. To encounter
an interest in unknowns that may be accompanied by everything, we should be
carful about everything caused by nonlinear responses. Atoms
can emit light when having additional energy.
The emission of the light occurs via two processes. One of the two is a nonlinear process. In the nonlinear process, the emission of the
light occurs from atoms that are being exposed to other light emitted from other
atoms. This nonlinear light emission
process contributes to producing laser beams.
Certainly, being aware of the nonlinear light emission made it allowable
to give birth to the will to technologically try to produce laser beams. In the present, laser beams are being applied
to many advanced electro-optical techniques. This is a positively interesting example
resulting from being carful about nonlinear responses. Naturally,
producing unexpected negatively nonlinear responses should be carefully
avoided. If avoiding producing them and carefully
avoiding increasing entropy beyond the threshold of the planet are achieved,
Homo sapiens must be capable of seeing a large number of beautiful stars in the
night sky. The probability of seeing many
beautiful brightening stars depends on at least continual attempt to make
efforts to reveal something belonging to the category of no awareness, continual
attempt to make efforts to help to enlarge awareness, and continual attempt to
make efforts to avoid unexpected negatively nonlinear responses. The
Andromeda Galaxy that allows its
brighter central region to be visible to the naked eye is a spiral galaxy,
which is located at a position being far from the Earth by a time-space like
distance of approximately 2.5 million light years. The
Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Milky Way galaxy at the speed of about 110
kilometers per second. In 3.75 billion
years, the Milky Way galaxy is predicted to collide with the Andromeda Galaxy. Merging the two galaxies allows a giant
elliptical galaxy or a large disk galaxy to be formed, according to computer
simulations of how the collision between the two galaxies proceeds. If Homo sapiens succeed in maintaining the civilization
until this event occurs, Homo sapiens will find many beautiful stars belonging
to a merged galactic form called the Milkomeda.
Then, the night sky will be filled with brightness of a large number of
beautiful stars. Now
observations due to the Hubble Space Telescope permit the brain consisting of
over 100 billion neurons to encounter the fact that the Earth belongs with
100–400 billion brightening stars to the Milky Way galaxy, which exists with
more than one hundred billion beautiful galaxies in the observable universe
having the time-like extent of 13.8 billion light years. The brain continues to deepen understanding of
the whole of the universe. The brain
that is capable of deepening it is capable of revealing the reality of the
whole planetary system. The brain has a
potentiality for more deeply understanding the reality of the capacity of the
Earth, the reality of the planetary environment, and the reality of the planetary
ecology, even if the brain continues to be exposed to an artificial atmosphere
surrounding industrial products. Encountering
these realities must aid the brain to raise the interest in the duration of the
civilization. Even if neuronal network
systems maintaining structures originated by human DNA encourage the brain to
stay unaware of unexpected nonlinear responses, it is possible for the great
function of nerve cells to go beyond any limitation protected by the work of the
neuronal network systems that reject flexibility. The brain consisting of over 100 billion
neurons can allow cerebral activity to become free from any restriction caused
by the neuronal network systems. Then,
science must reply to its responsibility to aid in becoming free from the
restriction. Ultimately, Homo sapiens
can continue to enjoy living in the ecological condition where the equality
between the current generation and far future generations can be protected. Beyond
limited conditions born by neuronal network systems in the brain The
current situation of the civilization is driven by humanized consciousness that
is crystallized by a conception that the aim of the civilization is equivalent
to the aim of economic activities. It is
characterized by a strong interest in the dependence on economic activities supported
by technological and industrial activities. Hence, this situation strongly concentrates the
consciousness on efforts to succeed in inventing new devises, new materials,
and new techniques enabling advanced treatments. The efforts become more precious for everyone
day by day. The aim of the efforts is
focused on only linear responses to attractive expectations. The aim of the efforts should be contrasted
with a principal aim of science, which is directly supported by an interest in
finding the nonlinear mechanisms that make time, space, and materials exist. The aim of science is directly supported also
by an interest in knowing the meanings of the occurrence of nonlinear phenomena
as are exemplified by self-organization. The aim of science is supported also by an interest
in sharing images being the nearest to realities corresponding to the images. Knowing the meanings of the occurrence of
nonlinear responses to the use of specific techniques or materials is certainly
a partial aim of science. Attempt to continue
to reveal realities of the nonlinear responses is attributed to an aim of science
both to aid in continuing to enjoy the civilization and to aid in reconsidering
the meaning of the will to continue to maintain the civilization. Nobody
has the ability to know how many unknowns exist in total. Nobody can count them. However, everyone has the right to know of the
realities of all the unknowns including the whole of the consequences dependent
on human activities, the whole of the Earth and the whole of the universe
involving dark energy, dark matter, and the structure of space-time. Everyone has the right to know of the realities
of all the relations such as the relation between human activities and the
Earth, the relation between the existence of Homo sapiens and astronomical
objects including neutron stars and black holes, the relation between the
universe and the properties of vacuum, and so on. Responsibility
for replying to the rights as mentioned above must be naturally generated. Accomplishing attempts to reveal realities of
something remaining unknown with obeying the responsibility must allow our culture
to become rich. Consequences obtained from
the attempts can cause a measureable happiness dependent on how many unknowns have
permitted their realities to be revealed.
No one must deny that the brain is curious. However, the consciousness that is required
accurately to satisfy common sense without flexibility has potentialities for
inhibiting the brain from being aware of realities of something remaining
unknown. Consequences obtained from
succeeding in revealing these realities can certainly contribute to a measureable
happiness dependent on how many surprising reasons carried by the realities everyone
knows. Cerebral
activity for enlarging awareness of realities of unknowns being equivalent to
nothing should be aided by either science or philosophy. Sharing the meanings of revealed images that
are the nearest to any realities should be aided by at least science. Science has a duty to reveal realities of
unknown matters being equivalent to nothing.
Some of these realities including earthly matters should contribute to
developing either ethics or philosophy for continuing to enjoy the
civilization. A principal aim of technology
is not to accomplish attempts to predict unknown nonlinear responses, and also its
aim is not to directly help us to have an opportunity to enable images formed about
the Earth to approach the various realities of the Earth. Accomplishing attempts to predict the unknown
nonlinear responses is attributed to science, and unless science accomplishes the
attempts, it will not be respected. Unless
scientific predictions based on observations and computer simulations can help
to objectively and quantitatively develop ways of recognizing the Earth, science
does not have a value for helping the continuation of the civilization. The will to make the civilization continue
must become more important than the will to simply make the civilization become
attractive. Unless science can
contribute to making the civilization continue, the meanings of the accumulated
scientific knowledge will be lost finally.
Unless science can contribute to people who make efforts to develop the
consciousness for minimizing an additional entropy dependent on unexpected and
unpleasant nonlinear responses and for making the civilization continue,
scientific activities and scientific knowledge will not be respected. A principal responsibility for the occurrence of
nonlinear responses induced as psychological responses can be considerably attributed
to an activity of a pair of small neural tissues. The pair is comprised of important small neural
tissues called amygdalae, and is located deep inside the brain. The pair is capable of influencing various
neuronal network systems that involve the hippocampus, other parts of the limbic system, and local areas belonging
to the cerebral cortex. In the society,
there may be various issues depending on to what degree the stimulated amygdalae
induce pleasant response or fearful response.
What the brain wants -- more comfort, convenience,
and benefit -- must harmonize with at least the planetary ecology. A matter dependent on how expectations for continuing
to enjoy living harmonize with the planetary ecology may be one of the issues
that must be linked with pleasant response coming from the stimulated amygdalae. The amygdalae or the left amygdala being
stimulated by attractive expectations imagined from the use of advanced
technology can induce pleasant response. If no one aids in being aware of the reality
of the ecology and the meaning of preserving the ecology, the pleasant response
must make neuronal network systems function dominantly. Then, unless science makes continual efforts
to confirm both the reality of the ecology and possibilities of unexpected
nonlinear responses, science must be blamed for abandoning responsibility for
enlarging awareness. Certainly,
it is impossible for the brain to succeed in looking over the realities of
everything that is unconsciously neglected.
However, if images being the nearest to the realities are continually
accumulated, it is allowable to predictably perceive the occurrence of unexpected
and unpleasant nonlinear responses as accurately as possible. Moreover, continually accumulating images
being the nearest to the realities must allow the enhancement of a potentiality
that allows the brain to become independent of even a situation where the
amygdalae cooperating with the nucleus accumbens being part of the limbic system strongly subject cerebral activity to a
pleasant sense caused by a derived satisfaction. Then, the possibility of avoiding an
unexpected increase in the entropy must be raised. Human
DNA has allowed the cerebral cortex in the brain to be developed. The cerebral cortex enables Homo sapiens to
obtain a great advantage for overcoming even any difficulties originated by cerebral
activity except when the cerebral activity is strongly cooperating with aggressive
response of the stimulated amygdalae. When
the cerebral activity cooperates with the aggressive response while being amplified
by the excellent memory function, the behavior of Homo sapiens is completely
distinguished from that of the other creatures, as is found from a book “On
Aggression” written by Konrad Lorenz, the Austrian zoologist who shared the
1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with the other two scientists. Fortunately, the human cerebral cortex must be
capable of allowing cerebral activity to accomplish a breakthrough in the
establishment of a way to socially and psychologically moderate a complicated reason
why a miserable situation can be generated.
The human cerebral cortex must be capable of allowing the cerebral
activity to accomplish a breakthrough in the establishment of a gentle way of
taking care of anomalously neural phenomena that proceed with unpleasant impulses
emitted from the amygdalae stimulated by the aid of the memory function involving
the hippocampus, the caudate nucleus, and other neural tissues in the brain
consisting of over 100 billion neurons. Even
if the human cerebral cortex is designed by human DNA, the aid of a great
function of nerve cells constituting the brain can allow the human cerebral
cortex to have the ability to become independent of the path determined a priori by the human DNA while being
aided in accumulating images being the nearest to realities corresponding to
the images. Nerve cells can make their
axons grow by the aid of the growth factors.
The growth of the axons adds new neuronal connections in the brain, and
it raises the possibility that the brain gains a gentle ability to overcome
difficulties caused by human DNA. The
formation of new neuronal connections raises the probability of generating a neuronal
nonlinear response allowing cerebral activity involving the stimulated amygdalae
to calm down. Moreover, another
nonlinear response helped by the release of a specific hormone called oxytocin aids
empathy to percolate through each sympathetic cerebral activity into the
society independently of various minds. A
neural tissue called the hypothalamus can aid consciousness in socializing,
while accompanying the release of oxytocin.
The health of the civilization must depend at least on how deeply everyone
accepts the fact that a social condition allowing everyone to cooperate with
each other and a neural condition allowing everyone to cooperate with each
other are linked with each other. Inducing
helpful neuronal nonlinear responses in neuronal network systems must be helped
by encountering at least images being the nearest to realities corresponding to
the images. Efforts to reveal realities
of everything that remains unknown and belongs to a category characterized by
no awareness must be continually made.
Moreover, the efforts must be aided in accompanying the cerebral
activity that proceeds while making various portions of neural tissues in the
brain cooperate. The
brain can, certainly, feel images generated by activation of neuronal network
systems involving several neural tissues, and can feel even images being the
nearest to realities corresponding to the images. However, the brain does not have the
sensitivity for feeling activation of each individual neuron. This is a regrettable inability that the
brain encounters. Fortunately, when the
brain is active for making the above efforts proceed, techniques of functional
MRI reveal how many neuronal network systems work cooperatively. The techniques allow of replying to the right
of everyone, i.e., the right to know how and how many neural tissues are made to
work when the brain is active to overcome difficulties. Naturally, the active portions of neural
tissues, in which local blood flows increase, become more and larger in
proportion to the number of factors that are simultaneously considered. In
the active portions, neurons make their axons grow, and as a result, activated
neurons can contribute to the formation of new neuronal networks. The more active portions participating in
cerebral activity are, the higher the probability that new neuronal networks
are formed should become. Ultimately,
the high probability of forming new neuronal networks can contribute to raising
the possibility of forming the new neuronal networks that allow cerebral
activity to become free from restriction appearing for human DNA. Attempt
to help this neuronal nonlinear response caused by the growth of axons to occur
in the brain is dependent on attempt to continually aid in seeing new images
being the nearest to realities corresponding to the images, and is important
for approaching reasonable consciousness involving consciousness being
acceptable for the Earth. The reasonable
consciousness must enable everyone to continue to enjoy the civilization while
keeping the equality between the current generation and far future generations.
Hence, active portions of neuronal tissues
should be helped to become wide and various so that the brain can make cerebral
activity proceed independently of the common consciousness being strongly
dependent on daily experiences while considering all the images being the
nearest to realities corresponding to the images. Independence
of cerebral activity from the consciousness Working
the new neuronal networks formed by the neuronal nonlinear response must be
inevitable for dealing with unexpected nonlinear responses, and revealing what
kinds of unexpected nonlinear responses occur corresponds to an aim of science. Certainly, finding out precious pieces of
scientific knowledge that can contribute to the development of technology
allows a number of people to be pleased.
However, the part of science exemplified by such a contribution to
technology is sometimes strongly blamed for the occurrence of unexpected and
unpleasant nonlinear responses. The
contribution that enables the society to encounter the unexpected and
unpleasant nonlinear responses allows even skepticism toward science to be
generated. On
the other hand, a part of science that makes any risk due to unexpected
nonlinear responses become notable must be usually acceptable. The part of science allows everyone to see
unexpected situations that cannot be simply accepted, and the part can reply to
the right of everyone, i.e., the right to know of the unexpected situations. The existence independent of consciousness
belongs to a category characterized by no awareness and is equivalent to
nothing. The whole of unknown risk
independent of consciousness must continue to be made to become notable. Attempt to continually reveal the unknown
risk for continuing to enjoy living on the Earth is attributed to an aim of
science. Naturally,
the international will to protect the equilibrium state of the planetary
environment from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases should continue to
be aided. At least attempts to observe
and analyze the atmospheric concentrations of specific molecules being capable
of absorbing infrared radiation have to be performed by science. Moreover, attempts to induce and enhance an
interest in images being the nearest to the various realities of the Earth have
to be achieved by the aid of science. It
is important to be encouraged to spontaneously confirm, through the aid,
whether the acceptability of the present consciousness is sufficient or not,
since new neuronal networks that can deal with new images being the nearest to
the realities can coexist in the brain with sufficiently stabilized neuronal
network systems that allow of maintaining expected hopeful images isolated far
from the realities. Continually maintaining the images being far from the
realities can be equivalent to raising risk of encountering unpleasant
situations being similar to a specific situation allowing the occurrence of
epidemics exemplified by Ebola virus, SARS virus, or serious influenza virus. Nonlinearity
can, naturally, appear either with positive effects exemplified by
breakthroughs or with negative effects exemplified by pollutions. For everyone, knowing the meanings of the
occurrence of nonlinear responses accompanying any risk is necessary, and knowing
the meanings should be accomplished as an aim of science for continuing to enjoy
the civilization. Fortunately, many
international wills to reduce unpleasant nonlinear responses have been confirmed. The existence of the international wills
allows us to feel confident of maintaining the equality between the current
generations and far future generations and confident of continuing to enjoy the
civilization. The
greatest difficulty may be negative nonlinearity of cerebral activity involving
the stimulation of the amygdalae. Certainly,
the cerebral cortex characterizing the human brain is caused by human DNA, and
has positively great potential. However,
cooperating with the amygdalae can allow the cerebral cortex to amplify
negative potential. Fortunately, the
brain is capable of making cerebral activity become independent of a structural
restriction caused a priori by human
DNA. The cerebral activity can evolve
the quality of the cerebral activity while the cerebral activity is continuing
to trigger the growth of neurons involving the linkage between different
portions of neural tissues. Stimulation
induced by the aid of images being the nearest to realities can help the
cerebral activity to evolve its quality.
Even if cerebral activity that proceeds in a particular condition that
only limited portions of neural tissues participate in working persuades Homo
sapiens to cause any problems, the brain is capable of performing cerebral
activity that proceeds in another condition that more various and wider
portions of neural tissues participate cooperatively and simultaneously in working. The potential of neuronal network systems accompanying
the growth of neurons gives Homo sapiens the capability to overcome any
difficulties. Although
the brain does not have the sensitivity for feeling activation of each
individual neuron, the brain can feel new images generated by activation of neuronal
network systems involving new neuronal connections, and can feel even precise images
being the nearest to realities corresponding to the images. Seeing precise images being the nearest to the
realities of things and phenomena is important and should be aided by science. Such precise images allow the brain to make
cerebral activity proceed toward breakthroughs in understanding. Continually seeing precise images being the
nearest to at least the realities of the Earth encourages everyone to emphasize
the protection of the equality between the current generation and far future
generations. The will to protect the
equality allows the brain to have an opportunity of being reminded about the
meaning of the continuation of the civilization. Even
while concentrating consciousness on only a specific interest, neuronal network
systems involving the linkage between various portions of neural tissues can
allow the brain to be capable of making cerebral activity independent of the
consciousness. At least an ecological
system having lost the biodiversity becomes fragile. A civilization that allows the diversity of
cultures to be lost owing to the consciousness that is concentrated on only a standardized
interest must become fragile. Fortunately,
the brain is capable of maintaining the diversity of interest while depending
on philosophy and seeing images that are the nearest to various realities. The brain is allowed to have an opportunity of
being reminded about the meaning of the will to continue to maintain the
civilization. While
keeping the will to try to standardize everything, naturally, the brain is
capable of making cerebral activity generate the consciousness that encourages
the brain to enjoy the diversity of cultures found on the planet. While either enjoying pleasant moments, or
encountering aggressive moments, the brain is capable of making cerebral
activity become independent of the consciousness. Even while either making one’s mind filled with
grief, or making one’s mind expanded with joy, the brain is capable of making
cerebral activity become independent of the consciousness. While both caring about the whole of the knowledge
and being satisfied by all the images supported by the acquired information, or
while following one of the two, the brain is capable of making cerebral
activity generate the will to see all the realities. The brain is capable of making cerebral
activities produce nonlinear responses harmonizing with everything to continue
to enjoy the civilization and to protect the equality between the current generation
and far future generations. The brain is
capable of making cerebral activities produce the consciousness being freely interested
in various realities of infinite objects and infinite realities of relations
between them. Editor’s Note: This concludes
Part IV of this four-part paper. Parts I, II and III were featured
in the three previous issues of this Journal. - JP Acknowledgments
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2014-12-15. About the Author: Tetsuo
Kaneko is a Member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Positive
Global Solutions and the BWW Society. Born on November 3, 1953, in Chiba-ken,
Japan, he studied physics and chemistry at Chuo University, earning a Bachelor
of Science degree in 1977 and 1980, respectively. He pursued postgraduate work
at the same university, and received a Master’s degree in 1984 for his study on
the force acting upon an ion in an ion-channel. Mr.
Kaneko began his professional career as an Assistant for experiments being
conducted at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute from 1978 to 1980. He then
went on to become a Radiation Protection Supervisor for Koto Microbe Laboratory
from 1980 to 1982, a Staff Member for Technical Surveys of Japan at NUS Co.
Ltd. from 1985 to 1987, and an Assistant for Environmental Measure performed by
Tokyo Food Sanitation Association from 1987 to 1993. Mr. Kaneko also served as
an Assistant for experiments at Seikei University from 1990 to 1993, a
part-time Lecturer at Medic Bio College from 1994 to 1995, a Technical
Assistant for IAI Corporation from 1995 to 1997, a PC Operator for DIS System
Trading Co. Ltd. from 1997 to 2000, and a Technical Advisor to Kurakenchikuzoukeisha
Co. Ltd. since 2000. Since
1996 Mr. Kaneko’s main interest has consisted of studying percolation in
fluids, focusing his attention on density fluctuations, which are induced as
both dense and rare regions of particles by attractive forces reacting between
particles in fluids. This concept stems from how the generation of a developed
non-uniform distribution of particles in a fluid can cause anomalies in
properties such as viscosities, electrical and optical properties of metal
fluids, electrical conductivities due to charged particles, the thermodynamics,
and so on. For his own percolation estimates, each dense region has been
regarded as a physical cluster composed of particles constituting each bound
pair satisfying a criterion expressed as “what the sum of the relative kinetic
energy and pair potential requires to be negative”. In 1998, Mr. Kaneko was
successful in demonstrating that such a physical cluster formed by an
attractive force, with the effective range being long enough, has a developed
fractal structure with the dimension 1.5. Each percolation phenomenon, due to
the growth of dense regions to the infinite size, was estimated analytically
using a Yukawa-type potential(s). The results of the percolation estimates were
published for single-component Yukawa fluids in 1998, Coulomb fluids in 1999,
and multi-component fluid mixtures in 2001. Aside
from his vocational duties, Mr. Kaneko holds memberships in a variety of
organizations. He is a Life Member of the American Physical Society, and a
Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Chemical
Society of Japan, New York Academy of Sciences, and the Physical Society of
Japan. His favorite leisure-time activities include watching soccer games,
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