What is Betaglot?
BETAGLOT is a language which describes the experience of athletes while they perform in sports which have no direct opposition. It can either be a solo sport or one where athletes work as a team.
Some of the sports which BETAGLOT can describe are:
- Climbing
- Skiing
- Aerial Skiing
- Freestyle Skiing
- Park Skiing
- Slalom Skiing
- Skateboarding
- Gymnastics
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Aerobic Gymnastics
- Trampoline Gymnastics
- Freestyle Kayaking
- Diving
In all of these sports, athletes must perform specific Aktions. These Aktions are known by various names among the different sports.
In Skiing and Skateboarding you would call an Aktion a "trick" or "maneuver", while in Gymnastics you'd say "element".
The similarity between all Aktions is that they are performed and judged based on the Execution, Difficulty.
For the sake of simplicity, let's focus on the sport from where BETAGLOT originated, Climbing
🙋♀️ Why does "Betaglot" sound like it's Ancient Greek?
The people who designed the Rosetta Stone were polyglots.
"Beta" comes from the
🙋♀️ What's with the weird way that Aktion is spelled?
You will notice that some of the spellings that BETAGLOT uses are not English, this is because whenever possible I have tried to use names which are composed of a hybrid between Latin and Greek. This naming convention is designed to fit together with the languages of Biology, Physics, Geology, Philosophy and Psychology, which are all based in Latin or Greek.
- Homo Sapien, Sodium Chloride, Glacier, Psychoanalysis, Bacteria, Biceps Brachii, Flexion, Pandemic, Echo
The purpose of changing the spelling is to enable people from various languages to be able use the names without translation, to make it easier to share and communicate globally. To ensure that the names are easy to pronounce BETAGLOT uses the letter "K" instead of "C" when relevant and also omits silent letters, like "H".
For example,
Christopher Duncan ---> Kristofer Dunkan
- "Ch" ---> K
- "ph" ---> f
- "Duncan" ---> "Dunkan"
Another example which you have already seen is,
Action ---> Aktion
If you speak English, French, Spanish or Portugese, then it should be possible for you to pronounce every name in BETAGLOT
What are the parts of BETAGLOT?
As you can see in the BETAGLOT logo, there are six parts. Each part has its own color and symbol associated with it
Each category represents a different component of an athlete's experience
LABOR
⭐LABOR is the goal or purpose of an experience.
In climbing LABOR is experienced as the competition, the route, the other competitors, the time limit, the tools you use, the clothes you wear and any other rules or regulations.
A simple example of an Aktion is reaching. When you reach for something there is an intrinsic goal, to actually get to and establish a grip on a hold.
A more complex element of LABOR is a route. The goal of a route is to get to the top of it, or at least get to the Zone Hold in bouldering.
Here are some more Aktions
- Going throught a Gate in Slalom Skiing, and Kayaking
- Reaching with your foot or hand or hip
- Performing a backflip
- Performing a dyno
- Heel Hook, Toe Hook
- Falling
- Rolling your kayak
- Jumping off a ski jump
- Grinding on a rail
- Performing an Ollie
- Performing a Handstand
- Gripping a Sloper
- Crimping an Edge
- Mobility
SOMA
Every person has a different body. The category 🔷SOMA (which is just greek for "body") describes the body part used to perform the Aktion and the specific properties are the body part and body in general.
Everyone is unique, the length of your arms, BMI, total body height, age, ape index etc. all affect the way that an athlete performs an Aktion.
You can perform the same Aktion with a different body part. You can Reach with your Arm or Reach with your Leg
Human Anatomy
- Age, Child, Teen, Senior
- Arm, Leg, Hand, Finger, Torso, Head, Foot
- Muscle, Limberness,Tendons, Ligaments
- Skin, Nail, Hair
Nutrition
- Food, Electrolytes, the need to breathe
Injury
Physiology
- VO2 max, Lung Capacity
EKOS
Humans can't hover, we aren't just floating in space, they are touching the Earth. 🟩EKOS (which is inspired by the concept of "Ecosystem", since the "eco" is Greek for home or environment).
Hydrosphere
- Water
- Rain
- Snow
- Ice
Atmosphere
- Air Temperature
- Humidty
- Wind
Lithosphere
- Sand
- Rock
Fire
Wildfire
Lightning
Biosphere
Things that are alive.
Plants
- Tree
- Bush
- Moss
- Grass
Animals
Fungi
Mixture of Plants, Animals and Fungi
- Organic Layers of Soil
- Forest
- Grassland
- Biome
Artificial EKOS
Other EKONS formed into Features
- A ski jump
Public Infrastructure
Climbing Wall
- Holds
- Volumes (Features, Boxes)
- TNut
- Screw
- Plywood Wall
- Textured Paint
- Crashmat
Architecture
- Stairs
- Building
- Door
- Doorknob
Furniture
- Chair
- Sofa
- Table
- Desk
Tools are part of LABOR, they extend an athlete's body to perform Aktions on EKOS.
- Hammer
- Clothing
- Spade
- Car
- Carabiner
- Rope
- Harness
- Helmet
- Skateboard
- Belay Device
- Spoon
Elements of EKOS include:
, Trees, Plants
Air, Wind
Mountain, Valley
The ground
A crack in the rock
VIA
Say you're skiing down a slope and there is an obstacle in your path, you can go left or right around it. The part of your experience which deals with the particular way that you perform an Aktion is 🔻VIA.
- Tron Ares https://youtu.be/YShVEXb7-ic?t=73
Constraints
Affordance
enables, can, allows for, offers
The core component of VIA is Affordance. You must perceive that your path, method, location is possible.
- Grippable
- Can be Gripped
- Crimpable
- Can be Crimped
- Climbable
- Can be climbed
- Matchable
- There is enough space to
We can see that, generally, words that end in "-able" are Affordances
Probability
likely, possible, impossible
Position
AbsolutePosition
northern, southern, upper, lower, beside, western, eastern
Body Position
RelativePosition
between, above, below, under
Direction
up, down, in, out, across, over ...
Path
Geometry
Shape, Form
Logic
If-then, Causality
MOTOR
To actually move through time and space you require 🟠MOTOR. This category represents your experience of motion in Time. MOTOR includes all of Kinematic Physics (motion, speed, acceleration, time) and Dynamics Physics (force, velocity, momentum, inertia). The person who's work best represents what MOTOR is all about is Isaac Newton.
ANIMA
The most fundamental of all the categories is 💜ANIMA (which was named "Psyche" for about a year during earlier development, but it seemed too difficult for kids to pronounce and it's unfortunatley common for people to have a negative association with words like "Psychology", "Psychiatrists").
ANIMA can be translated as "soul". Unlike the other categories ANIMA is mostly not visible from a third person point of view. The foundation of ANIMA and all other categories is Awareness, also called consciousness . Awareness is where "you" are, it's where your thoughts and sensations occur. ANIMA is not logical, it is emotional, inuitive, can be instinctual and is usually non-verbal. ANIMA is anything that occurs in your nervous system.
Although your eyes are part of your body, BETAGLOT categorizes them as ANIMA, given that your retina is literally part of your brain.
ANIMA, also known as Consciousness
Elements of ANIMA include:
- Attention
- Touch, Sight, Hearing, Taste, Proprioception
- Emotions, Moods
- Understanding, Intuition, Recognition
- Sense of Balance
- Metacognition
- Any thought
How do the categories go together?
You've probably noticed that elements just exist by themselves, everything is connected as a combinatory system. The unit of combination is called a 🌈BETUM. The rainbow icon has all the colors of BETAGLOT.
Betums must include at least two elements and are surrounded by square brackets
[LABOR, SOMA, EKOS, VIA MOTOR, ANIMA]
or represented digitally as these boxes
The order in which the elements of each category is listed is fixed
- ⭐ LABOR
- 🔷 SOMA
- 🟩 EKOS
- 🔻 VIA
- 🟠 MOTOR
- 💜 ANIMA
Examples of BETOMs
🙋♀️ I'm not a computer, how is BETAGLOT useful for people?
You're probably thinking that BETAGLOT is making climbing too complicated, more than it needs to be.
Feel free to skip to the section where we'll see how BETAGLOT can help you to think about climbing WITHOUT using any electronic devices. 📴
What is the overall structure of BETAGLOT?
BETAGLOT, just like every language you've ever spoken, is a system.
Languages are composed of words which are fitted into sentences.
For a sentence to make sense the words must be fitted together following grammatical rules
🙋♀️ I don't like math, this looks like math, is BETAGLOT just math?
🧮📏📐📈
You're probably thinking that BETAGLOT is making climbing too complicated, more than it needs to be.
BETAGLOT allows you to be more creative in the way that you climb and the way that you can compete.
Feel free to skip to the section where we'll see how BETAGLOT allows you to express yourself artistically. 💃
BETAGLOT's Elements are connected as a Graph
Seeing BETA
- Watching someone else climb
- Watching yourself climb
- You can experience more BETA, since you can remember what you were thinking
Seeing BETA in Images
People have been wanting to analyze how athletes move for a long time
Seeing BETA in Gifs
Feeling BETA
Thinking about BETA
How is BETAGLOT useful?
BETAGLOT can help you to win competitions, complete your projects, mimic athletes you see on social media,
What is Effectiveness?
the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result; success.
Knowing your options
Given an element
- Alternative Elements
- Alternative Elements to try out if your current BETA isn't working
- Given a specific StartPosition and FinishPosition, what Aktions can you use to go between them.
- Is your BETA even possible?
BETA Transcription
Get a full transcript of any BETA.
Given that a BETOM's storage capacity can be unlimitedly be extended like the Hermione's magical purse and BETAGLOT's six element groups can describe any experience which happens as a climber, BETAGLOT is able to transcribe any BETA which is given.
transcribed live in the moment,
from a video,
from a picture,
from a painting,
from a sculpture
Using VScode for Stenography
- Courtroom Stenographer
- Gymnastics Stenographer
- Freestyle Skiing Stenographer
Communication
Communicate BETA to other people and to your future self.
Recording
Do you want to forget the key piece of BETA that you just figured out in the route that you've been projecting?
Transcribe
Teamwork
- Sharing BETA
- Working on a project together
Coaching
PanBeta
Given that BETAGLOT can describe many different sports, it can also help you to transfer your knowledge between sports.
BetaComps
Currently in Climbing there are three types of competitions:
- Speed Climbing
- Lead Climbing
- Bouldering
The goal of all these competitions is to put both hands on the FinishHold while under control.
Climbing, unlike Skateboarding, Gymnastics, Freestyle Skiing and other sports describable by BETAGLOT, currently has no competitions where the athlete is scored on the Difficulty and Execution of their Aktions. The competitions are solely based on how far the athlete achieves along a route and in as little time as possible.
BETAGLOT enables judges to record in writing what the climber is performing on the wall.
In gymnastics, before you start performing your routine, you must give the panel of judges a list of all the Aktions that you will perform.
In gymnastics, they have a rulebook, called a Code Of Points which contains all the
- Betakromed CodeOfPoints
Beta Redundancy allows for Creative solutions for blending BetaSamples together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NufY29IeTQ8
- Captions
Why did I create BETAGLOT?
Although "Beta" comes from climbing the idea for BETAGLOT originated in the summer of 2015, while planting thousands of trees a day in British Columbia. It started as papers posted to my motel room wall.
I had already planted trees for two seasons in the flat swampy land of eastern Canada. When I arrived in the mountains of British Columbia, my roommate had been planting for 15 years and was known as the fastest planter in the company. The faster you plant the more money you make, so effectiveness was on my mind all the time 🤑.
Objectively, what was the difference between me and this master planter?
- How was he planting more trees than me?
- How was he physically moving differently than me?
- What techniques did he know that I didn't?
- What did he think about while planting?
PlantaBeta
Unlike in sports, where the goal is to perform the most difficult Aktions, when planting trees using PlantaBeta, the goal is to use the easiest Aktions.