Newton’s Three Laws and me
I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. I kind of think of this as how when something drastic and/or powerful happens in my life, then I change. I change what direction I'm going, and I either speed up or slow down. Like how time seems to stop when a death occurs. Time doesn't really stop (or does it?), but I stop, WE stop. One is living their life in one direction at one speed, and an external force is applied, and they stops.
II. The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and is inversely proportional to its mass. The direction of the acceleration is in the direction of the applied net force. I know this one too well. Like when I am tired and feeling lazy, it takes a lot of effort to get me off my butt. Myself really wants to be on my butt, so the heaviness and resistance is directly proportional to whichever external force is trying to get me up (say, my mind telling me it's laundry day), and inversely proportional to the mass of myself!
III. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This reminds me of when I am in an argument with someone (or have witnessed an argument), and someone starts "attacking" the other arguer on a personal level, there is always an equal and opposite re-action, an attack back on the other person.
Our “Energy Efficient” Culture
To be honest, I am still confused about the concept of energy efficiancy. I tend to think in terms of abundance, and feel like it would make more sense to work with the energy needs/wants of the world, instead of turning against them and attempting to "conserve" as much as we can. Working with the energy needs is a more circular idea, and trying to conserve seems so linear. We can try to conserve all we want, but someday will come when there won't be anything left. I've heards there are people working towards the goal of trying to convert water into a perfectly clean fuel source. If energy is neither created nor destroyed, it would only seem logical to put time and effort into ideas that convert energy into a form that humans, animals, and the earth can all value.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Week 7
"Ordered chaos" - does this sound familiar?
It sounds familiar from my own head... from when my Dad and I would contemplate the universe many years ago on a nothing-better-to-do Saturday night. I think Pi is a good example of ordered chaos. It's so completely random- no pattern at all (chaos), yet it is always the same number (ordered). Fractals, too. Chaos co-existing within order. They are completely different concepts and separate entities, but you really can't find one without the other. It's hard to think of an instance where they are not interrelated at all. It makes sense in terms of big-picture-like Eastern theory. Yin and Yang, everything is balanced. Even the four basic principles of yin-yang theory hold true in ordered chaos theory. Can chaos and order ever not co-exist? They seem to balance each other out quite nicely.
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Are fractals chaotic? They seem so orderly. I guess the world is one big fractal. Actually, the universe. It is one big universe(s), with smaller clusters of galaxies, which contain galaxies, which contain stars, which contain solar systems, which contain worlds, which contain continents and cultures.. and cities and families in houses, and there are anthills with different cultures/kinds of ants, whom all have no idea this whole universe is existing. It seems like a common system- that everything is interdependent on everything else. And all of the smaller webs of interdependence rely on the bigger systems of interdependence, even if they don't realize they do.
Consciousness out of chaos?
I think of consciousness out of chaos as being somewhat intuitive. As a collective consciousness, that is. We all have our own consciousness and we all have different lives, but as a world we have one big consciousness. Kind of like fractals. Like when a big natural disaster happens, the collective consciousness of the world is to help those involved. I remember reading somewhere that in controlled experiments, twins have similar consciousnesses. They would divide them into two different rooms, and while looking at each of their brainwaves on computers, show only one of them stimulating colors and sounds. Both would have roughly the same, stimulated brainwaves at the exact same time. This could be a small example of collective, chaotic consciousness.
It sounds familiar from my own head... from when my Dad and I would contemplate the universe many years ago on a nothing-better-to-do Saturday night. I think Pi is a good example of ordered chaos. It's so completely random- no pattern at all (chaos), yet it is always the same number (ordered). Fractals, too. Chaos co-existing within order. They are completely different concepts and separate entities, but you really can't find one without the other. It's hard to think of an instance where they are not interrelated at all. It makes sense in terms of big-picture-like Eastern theory. Yin and Yang, everything is balanced. Even the four basic principles of yin-yang theory hold true in ordered chaos theory. Can chaos and order ever not co-exist? They seem to balance each other out quite nicely.
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Are fractals chaotic? They seem so orderly. I guess the world is one big fractal. Actually, the universe. It is one big universe(s), with smaller clusters of galaxies, which contain galaxies, which contain stars, which contain solar systems, which contain worlds, which contain continents and cultures.. and cities and families in houses, and there are anthills with different cultures/kinds of ants, whom all have no idea this whole universe is existing. It seems like a common system- that everything is interdependent on everything else. And all of the smaller webs of interdependence rely on the bigger systems of interdependence, even if they don't realize they do.
Consciousness out of chaos?
I think of consciousness out of chaos as being somewhat intuitive. As a collective consciousness, that is. We all have our own consciousness and we all have different lives, but as a world we have one big consciousness. Kind of like fractals. Like when a big natural disaster happens, the collective consciousness of the world is to help those involved. I remember reading somewhere that in controlled experiments, twins have similar consciousnesses. They would divide them into two different rooms, and while looking at each of their brainwaves on computers, show only one of them stimulating colors and sounds. Both would have roughly the same, stimulated brainwaves at the exact same time. This could be a small example of collective, chaotic consciousness.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Week 6
Are all vibrations “good”?
Well, if they can cause destructive earthquakes... then maybe not. But really, what is "good" anyway? In class we talked about how some people are trying to understand the vibrations of different objects to prevent the destruction of them by earthquakes, wind, etc. On that same note, it could be really powerful if one day we could use the vibrations of different objects to release energy. If so much energy is stored in matter, that would be a way of tapping into it, right? To create an identical vibration with wind power could release a lot of that stored energy, and we could use it to do great things! So these vibrations... depending on how they are used... could be very good.
Resonance in my world
I have a very specific resonance. And I know people who have a broad range of resonances. I am picky about food, clothes, living situations, people I hang out with, etc. My sister is very un-picky about all of those things and more. Broadening my resonance(s) is something I am always striving towards, as I am less of a resonance chameleon than most. I remember when I first came to AIMC, I could tell who I would be good friends with, and who I would be just acquaintances with right away. It's held true for the most part, 2 years later. Is this science? Is it a genetic science? Can some one's resonance be tested?
I was thinking about the science of resonance in popular culture, and I believe it explains many cliches- "It was love at first sight" .. "You could cut the tension with a knife" .."She had bad vibes".. "We didn't mesh right".
Connections I can make between Energy and Qi
I have a hard time explaining the concept of qi to anyone, so I usually avoid it. To be honest, I don't totally get it myself. But, I mostly think of qi as transformative energy. It is energy, and it is more than energy. It is constantly changing. Energy can be stored in something, but qi is constantly coming through us and moving through things and constantly flowing, and constantly transforming. Qi is the manifestation of all that is.
Well, if they can cause destructive earthquakes... then maybe not. But really, what is "good" anyway? In class we talked about how some people are trying to understand the vibrations of different objects to prevent the destruction of them by earthquakes, wind, etc. On that same note, it could be really powerful if one day we could use the vibrations of different objects to release energy. If so much energy is stored in matter, that would be a way of tapping into it, right? To create an identical vibration with wind power could release a lot of that stored energy, and we could use it to do great things! So these vibrations... depending on how they are used... could be very good.
Resonance in my world
I have a very specific resonance. And I know people who have a broad range of resonances. I am picky about food, clothes, living situations, people I hang out with, etc. My sister is very un-picky about all of those things and more. Broadening my resonance(s) is something I am always striving towards, as I am less of a resonance chameleon than most. I remember when I first came to AIMC, I could tell who I would be good friends with, and who I would be just acquaintances with right away. It's held true for the most part, 2 years later. Is this science? Is it a genetic science? Can some one's resonance be tested?
I was thinking about the science of resonance in popular culture, and I believe it explains many cliches- "It was love at first sight" .. "You could cut the tension with a knife" .."She had bad vibes".. "We didn't mesh right".
Connections I can make between Energy and Qi
I have a hard time explaining the concept of qi to anyone, so I usually avoid it. To be honest, I don't totally get it myself. But, I mostly think of qi as transformative energy. It is energy, and it is more than energy. It is constantly changing. Energy can be stored in something, but qi is constantly coming through us and moving through things and constantly flowing, and constantly transforming. Qi is the manifestation of all that is.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Week 5
My (a)symmetrical world
I was trying to find a way to equate symmetry with balance (like yin-yang balance) and I think it makes sense if things are thought of in absolutes (like absolute numbers in math). Where there are no negative numbers, just positive numbers/how far away they are from zero. So symmetrically, yin and yang would be symmetrical because in the absolute world, they are the same. However black a thing is would be symmetrical to however white a thing is, because they are both extreme versions of gray.
My symmetrical world is kinda like that. I tend to think in terms of balance and patterns and things, so I can't help but see them constantly in my life. And it seems all the chaos (which should be the opposite of symmetry and balance) is just a part of the big picture that is my symmetrical life!
Just what does this "CP violation" really mean?
It seems like the more I try to find balance between things, the more I realize that the world works in three's. There is always this, that, and the other. Maybe the CP violation means there is a third part to the equation of matter and antimatter that we haven't discovered yet! And maybe the third will connect the differences between the first two. Are all parts of this CP violation equation in place? And even if there wasn't a third, would we really expect antimatter and matter to be totally equal? Then there would be nothing to work for, hence there would be no movement. Movement is only created when something needs to be accomplished. Maybe at this very moment, antimatter is striving to create more of itself, which creates movement in the universe, which creates life!
Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?
Physics is the "science of matter, and its motion, as well as space and time." The science of matter of a snowflake in space/time is pure geometry. To every snowflake, there is a 6 fold, nearly identical symmetry. It is rare that two are ever alike, and their shape is purely based on temperature and humidity.
Also, to make ties between black holes and the golden ratio...
"Perhaps the most surprising place the golden ratio crops up is in the physics of black holes, a discovery made by Paul Davies of the University of Adelaide in 1989. Black holes and other self-gravitating bodies such as the sun have a 'negative specific heat'. This means they get hotter as they lose heat. Basically, loss of heat robs the gas of a body such as the sun of internal pressure, enabling gravity to squeeze it into a smaller volume. The gas then heats up, for the same reason that the air in a bicycle pump gets hot when it is squeezed.
Things are not so simple, however, for a spinning black hole, since there is an outward 'centrifugal force' acting to prevent any shrinkage of the hole. The force depends on how fast the hole is spinning. It turns out that at a critical value of the spin, a black hole flips from negative to positive specific heat - that is, from growing hotter as it loses heat to growing colder. What determines the critical value? The mass of the black hole and the golden ratio!"
(http://en.allexperts.com/q/Physics-1358/Divine-Proportion-1.htm)
I was trying to find a way to equate symmetry with balance (like yin-yang balance) and I think it makes sense if things are thought of in absolutes (like absolute numbers in math). Where there are no negative numbers, just positive numbers/how far away they are from zero. So symmetrically, yin and yang would be symmetrical because in the absolute world, they are the same. However black a thing is would be symmetrical to however white a thing is, because they are both extreme versions of gray.
My symmetrical world is kinda like that. I tend to think in terms of balance and patterns and things, so I can't help but see them constantly in my life. And it seems all the chaos (which should be the opposite of symmetry and balance) is just a part of the big picture that is my symmetrical life!
Just what does this "CP violation" really mean?
It seems like the more I try to find balance between things, the more I realize that the world works in three's. There is always this, that, and the other. Maybe the CP violation means there is a third part to the equation of matter and antimatter that we haven't discovered yet! And maybe the third will connect the differences between the first two. Are all parts of this CP violation equation in place? And even if there wasn't a third, would we really expect antimatter and matter to be totally equal? Then there would be nothing to work for, hence there would be no movement. Movement is only created when something needs to be accomplished. Maybe at this very moment, antimatter is striving to create more of itself, which creates movement in the universe, which creates life!
Are there connections between Sacred Geometry and Physics?
Physics is the "science of matter, and its motion, as well as space and time." The science of matter of a snowflake in space/time is pure geometry. To every snowflake, there is a 6 fold, nearly identical symmetry. It is rare that two are ever alike, and their shape is purely based on temperature and humidity.Also, to make ties between black holes and the golden ratio...
"Perhaps the most surprising place the golden ratio crops up is in the physics of black holes, a discovery made by Paul Davies of the University of Adelaide in 1989. Black holes and other self-gravitating bodies such as the sun have a 'negative specific heat'. This means they get hotter as they lose heat. Basically, loss of heat robs the gas of a body such as the sun of internal pressure, enabling gravity to squeeze it into a smaller volume. The gas then heats up, for the same reason that the air in a bicycle pump gets hot when it is squeezed.
Things are not so simple, however, for a spinning black hole, since there is an outward 'centrifugal force' acting to prevent any shrinkage of the hole. The force depends on how fast the hole is spinning. It turns out that at a critical value of the spin, a black hole flips from negative to positive specific heat - that is, from growing hotter as it loses heat to growing colder. What determines the critical value? The mass of the black hole and the golden ratio!"
(http://en.allexperts.com/q/Physics-1358/Divine-Proportion-1.htm)
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