I know: this will seem like going out on a limb. This parallel between how things operate in Hilbert Space draws a straight line to how “news” operates.
What it is, Homey
Hilbert space is basically math’s way of describing an insanely vast, abstract “room” that can have not just the usual three dimensions like height, width, and depth, but an infinite number of them. Picture a regular graph where you plot points using x and y coordinates; now imagine you could keep adding brand-new, completely independent directions forever—each one representing a totally different aspect of something complex, like a sound wave, a quantum particle’s possible states, or any wiggly mathematical function. So, is Hilbert the stuff of science fiction or social media, or the public relations industry?
In Hilbert, the simple vector stuff—add things together, measure angles between them, or find how much they overlap—still works. But, it also works for wildly complicated stuff that wouldn’t fit in ordinary 4D space.
Hilbert is the backstage where quantum physics does its magic, letting scientists calculate probabilities of where a particle might show up or how waves interfere. Now, hold on tight…
Today’s news flows are a perfect real-world Hilbert space because every breaking story now lives in an infinite-dimensional mess of angles: one dimension for the raw facts, another for left-wing spin, another for right-wing outrage, while still more dimensions become TikTok memes, conspiracy threads, AI-generated deepfakes, foreign influence ops, and the emotional “vibe” each platform pushes.
The actual event is like a single vector in that endless space—only ever revealing a tiny projection (possibly only harmonics) onto the few dimensions you already like. Dimensional choices collapse the Big Picture into “thought-sized” bits.
Here in Hilbert World, everyone has an axe to grind. PR firms, politicians, and financial giants all present false dimensions seeking to collapse reality to fit their agendas.
Using those dimensions – making that choice – clicking on a headline or sharing a post – collapses the whole mess into your personalized reality. Orthogonal dimensions (measurements that contradict your view) stay invisible and never interfere. Or you’ll rage-post against them. See how the puppet strings work?
That’s why the same story often feels like completely different truths depending on who’s watching: we’re all measuring the same infinite news-space from wildly different bases. The “black hole” in education is that “dimensioning choices” collapse reality.
Understanding how Hilbert works – or POSSIBLY how totally crazy Ures truly is – allows us to accurately analyze daily event streams. Lest we become even more “spaced out.”
The Orthogonal Be-Bop War
The Washington Post offers a start for today’s news-physics lesson: Trump’s statements on Iran increasingly contradict each other – The Washington Post.
Given on the one hand that Trump says Iran talks will conclude ‘and everybody’s going to be happy’ While on the other No Iranian delegation traveled to Pakistan so far for 2nd round of US talks, Iran state TV says, we don’t see how the WaPo could possibly be any more confused than any of the rest of us.,
What’s clear at the white board, sniffing the marker pen? The TIME dimension rules: US, Iran exchange threats as fragile ceasefire set to expire | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera.
See why we love science?
It applies to everything. And it even provides us with an HR dimension: Why Chavez-DeRemer’s departure surprised few.
Financial Dimensions
Now that we’ve warmed up, let’s turn to money matters. Specifically Retail Sales.
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $752.1 billion, up 1.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 4.0 percent (±0.5 percent) from March 2025. Total sales for the January 2026 through March 2026 period were up 3.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The January 2026 to February 2026 percent change was revised from up 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent) to up 0.7 percent (±0.2 percent).
And like so many “good dimensions”, we can make happy-talk charts easily!
Now to Advanced Hilbert
A decade back, we advised Peoplenomics readers that crypto was just this economic cycle’s replay of Charles Ponzi’s pyramiding scheme. Of course, whales were made and people pointed at us, sending wheelbarrows full of derision. For us? Story Physics wins in the end.
Here’s war at the end of a line? RAVE Token Crash: ZachXBT Exposes $5B Market Manipulation. Down 90 percent. Not the end, but going, going…
Even now, here in Hilbert reality, made up numbers have no utility value except for a cadre of True Believers. Which might be fine, but it has been a terrible waste of resources the rest of us might have used. But with BTC edging $77,000 True Believers will keep taunting us.
One other “Finbert” space mention: How does Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh view the Fed’s inflation target. You may need your ViseGrips to read this one: The Fed’s 2 percent target is like asking for an endorsement of Unicorns.
Meanwhile, the question is Who will run the Federal Reserve if the Senate doesn’t confirm Trump pick Kevin Warsh? – CBS News.
Around the Ranch: Cloudy Electroculture
Off to work in the greenhouse (the lean-to/garden room) next. That’s where our electroculture experiments are running. More on those in tomorrow’s Peoplenomics report.
But the main thing now is watching tomatoes and light. See, the weather through the end of the month around here will be most cloudy. Maybe sun Thursday and next Tuesday. Which means what for our “science project” that’s using electrical waveforms to pump plant growth?
Cloudy weather influences how well plants perform through a mix of reduced sunlight for photosynthesis (the process turning light, CO2, and water into sugars). There are a few beneficial side effects like cooler temps, higher humidity, and less evaporation stress. Clouds are good? To an extent: less direct sun can slow growth and lower yields in sun-hungry crops by cutting photosynthetically active radiation, but the softer, diffuse light that filters through clouds often reaches deeper into leaves and canopies more evenly.
This has been measured to boost total plant productivity by 10-20% in dense vegetation—while also curbing heat damage and water loss. Solves my greenhouse cooling issues, but plays hell with fruiting of tomatoes and peppers.
In the persistently gray Pacific Northwest (our Seattle roots, as it were), frequent clouds fuel lush forests, ferns, and berry farms by keeping soils moist without scorching summers. Not big flower rep, though, except Portland pretending it’s the Rose City while the absolute grower truth is Tyler, Texas down here.
In contrast, “arid extra dry” spots like Arizona’s Sonoran Desert see rare cloudy days as a lifeline for saguaros and mesquite, easing drought stress that clear skies would worsen; and in sunny Mediterranean zones such as California’s Central Valley or southern Spain, extra spring cloud cover can actually help young grapevines and olive trees avoid early heat waves, though prolonged overcast later on risks poorer fruit ripening.
The current forecast is calling for less than an additional inch of rain for the month. Which will put 2026 year to date around (or just under) 10-inches. Last year at the end of April? 18.86 inches while 2024 recorded 27.81 inches!
If you live the “rented life” – or if you are buying a box to live in – it’s not the same as living out here and building your own Earthship.
In at least a few Hilbert dimensions, being average matters. But not everyone sees Drought coming or the need for radiation-safe growing space as high priorities.
But yes – average matters.
Write when you get rich,
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