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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2006) | Gene Ray (born Otis Eugene Ray, 2 July 1927) is an author, electrician and theoretical physicists, best known for his Time Cube website, an attempt to describe the ineffable truth of the universe. Ray is known for making antisemitic, racist, nonsensical and ungrammatical statements on his websites, accusing various groups of engaging in a conspiracy theory to prevent the recognition of his ideas. Often referring to himself as the "Greatest Thinker" and "Wisest Human", Ray has awarded himself a "Doctorate of Cubicism", and titles himself "Dr. Gene Ray, Cubic". Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
Gene Anthony Ray (May 24, 1962 – November 14, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, who is best known for his portrayal of the street smart dancer Leroy in the 1980 motion picture Fame and the television spin-off which aired from 1982-1987. ...
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Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Theoretical physics employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics in an attempt to explain experimental data taken of the natural world. ...
Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
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Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism, also known as judeophobia) is prejudice and hostility toward Jews as a religious, racial, or ethnic group. ...
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Pre-cube period
Ray worked as a master electrician in Florida for several decades and was also the inventor of several patented devices (see external links, below). He actively promoted the game of marbles, publishing a book entitled "Mr Marbles: Marbles for Everyone", and planning a world marbles tournament. TVA electricians, Tennessee, 1942. ...
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Hand-made marbles from West Africa Different glass marbles from a glass-mill For other uses, see Marbles (disambiguation). ...
In 1987, the St. Petersburg Times of Florida reported that "Mr. Marbles has become a philosopher." Ray developed a system of thought centered on the symbols of the pyramid and the circle. The pyramid, large at the base but narrow at the top, represents the unsustainably increasing growth rate of modern civilization. In contrast to the pyramid, Ray felt that the circle, or cycle, was natural, mobile, and self-sustaining. He claimed that: Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Money is pyramiding. Religion is pyramiding. Education is pyramiding. The environment is pyramiding. The pyramid of progress has destroyed the marbles circle, it's destroyed the family circle. Ray's proposed solution to the problem of "pyramiding" was a million-dollar marbles tournament. The million-dollar prize would attract people concerned about the long-term implications of society's "pyramiding", or disillusioned with its current state—these people would then be convinced of Ray's views, through the experience of playing marbles inside a giant sphere. The 1987 St. Petersburg Times article reports that Ray was planning to form an "Order of the Sphere" to promote his philosophy.
Unfortunately, Gene Ray's marble career came to a close when he lost his marbles.
Critics of Ray like to draw attention to his "marbles period" because they consider it inconsistent with his later Time Cube theory. Under the Time Cube theory, the circle is considered a "zero value", and "circle measure is slop bucket". Supporters of Ray, however, see his circle-based philosophy as a natural precursor to the Time Cube. Ray first recognized the significance of the circle-cycle, and only later discovered the fourfold division of the circle into the four corner quadrants of the Time Cube. Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
Eternal return or sometimes eternal recurrence is a concept originating from ancient Egypt and developed in the teachings of Pythagoras. ...
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Gene Ray created his well-known "Time Cube" website in August 1997, after being banned from several Internet message boards; since then, he has updated it with new writings every few weeks for several years, resulting in several massively extended pages. Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
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Elaborating upon the Cubic geometry, Ray has emphasized the importance of opposing forces in the universe. He firmly believes that all things have an opposite number, and that this is responsible for the creation of the universe and its continued existence. The idea of a universal dialectic is related to the Taoist concept of taiji or supreme ultimate. European dialecticians (Hegel especially) explored themes that some see as remarkably similar. ...
Ray has stated that his main reason for publicizing what he claims to be the "Greatest Social and Scientific Discovery of Humanity" is to induce a research group to evaluate the Time Cube and control its release upon the public. Ray also offers $10,000 to any academic institution or professor who disproves Time Cube, and $1,000 to anybody else who can disprove Time Cube. Few take this offer seriously, as Ray has been thus far unable to describe his theory in a manner most would consider cohesive and sensical. Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
Other controversies Ray has made anti-Semitic or racist comments on his sites, such as "Jew owners of religious/ academic Christianity -- have enslaved your ass",[1] "Interracial marriage is stupid and evil",[2] and "Integration is a racial slop, destroying all of the races";[3] however, Ray denies any such sentiments. He does, however, oppose the cultural expression of homosexuality. Elaborating on this in an October 2005 Free Talk Live radio interview,[4] he illustrated his point by citing a hypothetical law that would ban the use of the word "gay" in connection to homosexuality. When asked how he would feel about a similar law preventing use of the term "Time Cube", he replied: "I've been expecting one any time". Ray also says that "Bible's and Science's 1-day Earth rotation are evil scams." Free Talk Live is a radio show that broadcasts live six days a week in the United States. ...
Ray generated much controversial publicity in 2002 when he elaborated on a politically incorrect implication of Time Cube, writing on his Time Cube website that "Tis Time to kill any educator who does not teach Cubicism above cubelessness. To save humanity from extinction, like prior civilizations perished, youth must redirect self teachers, or destroy them. ... It is not immoral for students to kill all educators who ignore Nature's Harmonic Time Cube or suppress free speech rights to debate Time Cube Creation Principle." He has since replaced some of the more confrontational words in these statements with euphemistic terms. Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ...
Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray where he sets out his proposed description of the nature of the universe. ...
However, in an interview with Internet Radio Station Radio KoL on April 9th, 2005 (shortly before his big Georgia Tech interview, mentioned below), Ray expressed the opinion that it was not immoral to kill Christians, because they believe that they will go to heaven, a better world. He, on the other hand, believes that heaven is to be found in this world, as reflected in the following quote: "Earth life is heaven and hell." Kingdom of Loathing (KoL) is a humorous, browser-based, multiplayer role playing game designed and operated by Asymmetric Publications, including creator Zack Jick Johnson and writer Josh Mr. ...
In that same interview, Ray also stated that he believes in reincarnation (Mr. Ray in fact stated that he will return as a black man and "hate all of you honkies"), that NASA is plotting his death, and in some form of magic, but that it is not to be confused with mere illusory magic tricks. He said: "I believe in magic, and there's a lot of good magic, and a lot of bad magic." Not to be confused with Magic (illusion). ...
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As of mid-2007, the Time Cube website includes more exhortations to violence against non-believers (including the following phrase: "It's not immoral to kill Americans who IGNORE their OPPOSITE sex parents who Created them,"). It also includes a diatribe in red text wherein it is implied that the suffering caused by the Iraq War is a result of the scientific community's rejection of "Cubic Creation."
Developments In January, 2002, Gene Ray lectured and debated Time Cube with students at MIT. The event was organized exclusively by students and was the first highly publicized presentation of the Time Cube within an academic institution, filling one of MIT's largest lecture halls. Advance advertising for the event included posters with quotations from the Time Cube website, declaring the Time Cube to be "the Holy Grail of Physics" and stating that "−1 times −1 = +1 is stupid and evil". Ray proclaimed himself a "Doctor of Cubicism" in December 2002, explaining that universities are too evil to bestow upon him such a prestigious honor of wisdom. Also see: 2002 (number). ...
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Also, for several years Ray has been planning to write a book explaining the Time Cube. He says that this book "will contradict and condemn every religious and scientific book written."
In March of 2005, Ray updated the web site to announce that he would speak at another academic lecture, this time at Georgia Tech, in an appearance organized by one of the college's university. According to a later update of the site, the "Mother of all Lectures" took on April 14 2005. The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Metz, France, Shanghai, China, and Singapore. ...
As of 2007, Ray continues to produce writings on the Time Cube web site. When discussing some of his relatively more mundane beliefs, specifically his views on the loss of individuality in the education system, the importance of community, and the dangers of corporations and genetic tampering with crops, Ray usually ties them back to the Time Cube principle. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ray is the subject of the award-winning documentary Above God from director Brett Hanover.[5] Ray disapproves of this documentary, claiming that parts of it portrayed him in a negative light and showed distasteful footage obtained by the film's creator.[citation needed]
Recent problems within the site In late September 2007, Gene Ray denounced the Cubic Awareness Online website,[6] and has made the following comment: "Cubicao.tk Trashes My Site, With My Data and His Erroneous Prophecy Crap. I Denounce Cubicao.tk as Harmful To "Time Cube" And C/R Infringement." Gene Ray has also accused others of "destroying" his website. Whether this refers to the hacking, or widespread rejection of his website is not yet known.[citation needed] Look up hacking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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- Gene Ray's appearance on TechTV
- Time Cube web controversy from the website of Cameron Marlow in Cambridge, MA
- Phoenix interview of Gene Ray from Swarthmore College
- April 9th, 2005 recording of interview with Gene Ray from Radio KoL, from Coldfront in St. Bruno, Quebec (Sound file consists of approximately 1.5 hours of interview with Gene Ray, including half an hour of questions from listeners, followed by approximately 2.5 hours of fairly unrelated talk between DJs of the radio station.)
- Hour-long interview on Free Talk Live (link goes to mp3 file) from Freetalk in Sarasota, FL
US patents held by Gene Ray: Harvard Square, May 2000 Cambridge is a city in the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, United States. ...
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,450 students. ...
Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County, Florida. ...
- U.S. Patent 3,974,591 Chum dispensing attachment for fishing rigs, granted 1976.
- U.S. Patent 4,095,365 Bait bucket, granted 1978.
- U.S. Patent 4,095,793 Marble game resembling golf, granted 1978.
- U.S. Patent 4,707,869 Swim through safety division line for pools, granted 1987.
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