1. Ordered Chaos: Even in chaos, I think there are patterns that exist. Personally, sometimes my apartment can get very chaotic, but it's generally chaotic in the same way (dog stuff everywhere, books on all surfaces, etc). And even when we clean, it often falls back into chaos, seemingly naturally.
2. It's hard to predict how small perturbations affect us, but since all of us and everything in our universe seems to be interconnected, there undoubtedly are impacts to even small disturbances in the world. For example, even a tiny change in the earth's axis will impact the climate of our planet, and therefore the health of many ecosystems.
3. I personally can't connect consciousness with the idea of "mystical themes of wholeness". I don't can't equate consciousness with wholeness - the two concepts don't resonate for me together. I think there are objects that I view as "whole" in an aesthetic sense but that are not conscious.
4. I did a couple of the computer experiments listed for this week. Trippy!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Week #6 Assignment
1. I don't think I can put a judgement on vibrations as "good" or "bad". I don't think they are either - they exist as they are, waves, etc. However, there are vibrations that can cause great damage such as earthquakes.
2. Resonance in my life. Since I'm pregnant, the resonance I feel the most in my life right now is that of another being who depends on me for survival but has its own heartbeat (twice as fast as mine) and its own sleep cycle. I often feel like I no longer have much control over my body as the baby determines when I'm hungry and what I want to eat. Its resonance is very strong!
3. I think Qi is both more broad and more narrow than the concept of energy. Everything that moves and transforms is the result of Qi, and when beings die, the Qi is gone. Energy, I think of as ATP produced by humans or carbon and natural movements that produces fuel.
2. Resonance in my life. Since I'm pregnant, the resonance I feel the most in my life right now is that of another being who depends on me for survival but has its own heartbeat (twice as fast as mine) and its own sleep cycle. I often feel like I no longer have much control over my body as the baby determines when I'm hungry and what I want to eat. Its resonance is very strong!
3. I think Qi is both more broad and more narrow than the concept of energy. Everything that moves and transforms is the result of Qi, and when beings die, the Qi is gone. Energy, I think of as ATP produced by humans or carbon and natural movements that produces fuel.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
WEEK #5 Assignment
First I want to share this link to an animated explanation of the Higgs Boson which I found to be hugely entertaining and educational.
http://vimeo.com/41038445
CP violation is when the assumption that all particles decay at the same rate whether time ran forward or backward, is violated. This happened when researchers experimented with the decay rate of the kaon particle.
There seems to be connections between sacred geometry and physics such as the Tree of Life in kabala and string theory, and the spiral and the golden mean.
My world is often asymmetrical - for example, my nose will shift to the left or right, seemingly randomly! (or maybe it depends on which side I sleep...)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Week #4 Assignment
1. Given that the equation e=mc2 led tangentially to atomic bombs and nuclear energy, I don't think anyone's life in the world today is unaffected by it. Every day we hear news of certain countries trying to develop atomic bombs, followed by American hand-wrangling over how to stop it. At the same time, our capacity to develop this technology is one of the reasons why we are a world "superpower". Also, as a consumer of energy, I'm sure some of it comes from nuclear energy sources.
2. The 4 forces seem very defined (and makes me think there must be more out there, undiscovered!) Gravity and electromagnetic force seems the most accessible to me since I can see examples of them in everyday life. the strong & weak nuclear forces, I understand theoretically but not tangibly.
3. It seems that gravity serves a larger force than I would have first expected, given that it is the basis for quantum mechanics in a way. While I can grasp the idea of gravity at the scale that I can see (i.e. my computer is staying put on my desk, which is staying put on the floor), when the articles begins to talk about gravity at the quantum level, it seems like anything could be possible. A theory of quantum gravity seems like it could be a huge breakthrough in physics.
2. The 4 forces seem very defined (and makes me think there must be more out there, undiscovered!) Gravity and electromagnetic force seems the most accessible to me since I can see examples of them in everyday life. the strong & weak nuclear forces, I understand theoretically but not tangibly.
3. It seems that gravity serves a larger force than I would have first expected, given that it is the basis for quantum mechanics in a way. While I can grasp the idea of gravity at the scale that I can see (i.e. my computer is staying put on my desk, which is staying put on the floor), when the articles begins to talk about gravity at the quantum level, it seems like anything could be possible. A theory of quantum gravity seems like it could be a huge breakthrough in physics.
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