Reflections on Uncertainty.... I wonder why when people of our time hear of things being uncertain they feel uncomfortable. What is it about who we are as a culture, that things of uncertain nature frighten us? why must me understand "everything"? why does "understanding or "putting things is boxes and straight lines" make us feel comfortable? Our streets, our houses, and our schedules are all arranged in neat linear fashion to make us feel secure. Is this possibly a gross projection of our vast misunderstanding of nature? shouldn't ideas such as Uncertainty make us feel alive? make us feel like a part of the unknown? the mysterious? Maybe civilization, through a long drawn out path of mathematics, is finally bto come full circle through the understanding of Quantum Physics. Did we have to go so far in the rationalists direction in order to come back to what ancient civilizations knew? this i wonder...
Causality....Well i guess its easy to say that of coarse cause and effect can be experienced on a daily basis. without causality its hard to imagine that anyone could get anything done in life. for instance, you have a goal and to make that goal come to pass you go through a specific series of tasks that you assume will bring you the desired results. but as i type that sentence i immediately realize that things don't always turn out as you planned. so right there in that example we can see how causality is true and false....
Is The Universe Weird...In one word, YES. i guess first thing we have to do in seriously asking that question is to define what the word weird means. Here are two definitions i found online, they are: 1) of relating to, or suggesting of the preternatural or supernatural. 2) of a strikingly odd or strange character. So i stand Strong on my first idea that the universe is weird. Maybe if we were able to see things for how they are and not for how we expect them to be we would see the universe as natural and normal. but until we all forget what we have been taught for the past few hundred years I'm sure we can all agree the universe is WEIRD...
I really like the questions you bring up in your intro. I specifially like how you mention the level of organization that comes into our living environments and circumstance. I do recognize the interaction between these elements too. I can relate to the "boxing in" and "labeling" causing limitations that are somewhat comforting. What is it about unlimited expansion that causes discomfort? Humans have even tried "boxing" or "labeling" something as vast as space-- though generally the intention is to have greater insight into the nature of how we came to be. Seems the uncertainly principle really is an advocate in our favor, when we become to rigid in our ideals, beliefs and structures.
ReplyDeleteThis is a comment on the question of uncertainty. In Vastu, or the study of Indian architechture, we learned that while the natural world around us is curvilinear in nature and in constant flux, we humans as a species feel very vulnerable to her constant changes and disruptions. Enter the square or rectangle, essentially lines that bound the circular unboundedness, which makes us as a species feel oh so much more comfortable and safer. This angular enclosure helps to manage the ever flowing energy of the manifested universe.
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