Post by jekkjekktarr on Mar 20, 2016 9:54:10 GMT
Christian Cerda
PHIL 5-15 (40846)
1. How does the conception of a multiverse (where we find ourselves living in an almost infinite realm that cannot be defined) make you feel? Knowing that you are made up of atoms and material stuff, how does it change the conception you have of yourself?
The idea of living in a multiverse is something that I’ve sometimes thought about before. The unfathomable amount of impossible to define space is something that really makes me wonder how we exist relative to anything else that’s out there. Being people made of matter, there has to be some other potential sorts of things that are similar to us. It makes me feel a sort of comfort knowing that the entire universe is made up of the atoms, so in a way at our core we are a part of it and it is a part of us.
2. Quantum Mechanics is based on probability. How does a deep understanding of chance alter your philosophy on life?
I’ve never believed in a definite set path that we’re all on in life. Random occurrences are something that we constantly deal with. All it takes is mere seconds to change your course in life in dramatic ways. Every little thing you do has an affect and an outcome. Even you doing something as simple as crossing a street can alter yours and someone else’s life because those little random events change where people and things are at moments in time that will effect other people and moments in time.
3. Relating to "Feynman's Flower" how does science broaden your appreciation of life and beauty? Give examples of your own life where you found something out from science that made you appreciate an ordinary thing or object much more?
One thing I’ve found so much in because of science is really the universe as a whole. When I was little I used to think that space was amazing and that’s mostly because of movies and fiction that inspired me, but as I got older I became more selfish and cynical about life and stuff like that didn’t matter to me anymore. Recently I got back into the ideas of space exploration and the possibilities that are unknown out there. Learning about how complicated space is and knowing the more in-depth workings of how space programs attempt to reach other planets is fascinating. I can walk outside on a dark night and know that literally everything is above me and beneath me.
PHIL 5-15 (40846)
1. How does the conception of a multiverse (where we find ourselves living in an almost infinite realm that cannot be defined) make you feel? Knowing that you are made up of atoms and material stuff, how does it change the conception you have of yourself?
The idea of living in a multiverse is something that I’ve sometimes thought about before. The unfathomable amount of impossible to define space is something that really makes me wonder how we exist relative to anything else that’s out there. Being people made of matter, there has to be some other potential sorts of things that are similar to us. It makes me feel a sort of comfort knowing that the entire universe is made up of the atoms, so in a way at our core we are a part of it and it is a part of us.
2. Quantum Mechanics is based on probability. How does a deep understanding of chance alter your philosophy on life?
I’ve never believed in a definite set path that we’re all on in life. Random occurrences are something that we constantly deal with. All it takes is mere seconds to change your course in life in dramatic ways. Every little thing you do has an affect and an outcome. Even you doing something as simple as crossing a street can alter yours and someone else’s life because those little random events change where people and things are at moments in time that will effect other people and moments in time.
3. Relating to "Feynman's Flower" how does science broaden your appreciation of life and beauty? Give examples of your own life where you found something out from science that made you appreciate an ordinary thing or object much more?
One thing I’ve found so much in because of science is really the universe as a whole. When I was little I used to think that space was amazing and that’s mostly because of movies and fiction that inspired me, but as I got older I became more selfish and cynical about life and stuff like that didn’t matter to me anymore. Recently I got back into the ideas of space exploration and the possibilities that are unknown out there. Learning about how complicated space is and knowing the more in-depth workings of how space programs attempt to reach other planets is fascinating. I can walk outside on a dark night and know that literally everything is above me and beneath me.