Week 2

Reflections on Uncertainty

Uncertainty is the root of all my anxieties. It can drive me crazy sometimes. I tend to think in black and white, and events that are yet to happen are always a little gray-ish. From what I've learned, everything we've ever known has a reason for being that way. So why the uncertainty? Would we live happier lives if everything was certain? There would be no fear, and there would be no surprises. It seems we get most of our enjoyment out of surprises. There is no other reason we watch movies or read books, after days or weeks of telling our friends, "Don't tell me what happened! I want it to be a surprise." Life would be very boring if not for uncertainty.


Comments on Causality

Causality is a favorite subject of mine, one that I think about frequently. I have realized that it's not always an effect that happens after a cause. It's almost as if they happen simultaneously, like they are intertwined in a parallel-universe-space-time-paradigm that is easy to just.. quantum leap on over to.

Like, if someone wants to have peace within themselves. And they attempt meditation in an effort to help them develop inner peace. They might achieve it, eventually (like many people do), after many months or years of meditating every day. For some it is a struggle, and constant inner chatter or boredom might stray anyone away from that approach to inner peace. But, someone could also decide to have peace first, by just having it come from within and radiate through every aspect of their life. And then the meditation would come naturally. I've noticed similar situations with many people, including myself. The effect of a cause can certainly not be uncertain if the effect happens first. Can physics explain this phenomenon? Hmm..


Is the Universe weird?

As weird as anything! The basis of all weirdness stems from the big unanswerable question that is the universe. And relating back to uncertainty, I believe it's uncertainty that makes it weird. Big balls of flaming gas or matter with rings of stardust and smaller balls of matter orbiting around them? What's the point? Weird! So weird and wonderful, really. Weirdness makes my life interesting, and from it comes great stories and hypotheses that are topics of totally endless conversations.