Post by dylanhensley on Sept 21, 2015 1:51:08 GMT
Film Test #3
Confirmation #64247
The fact that we live in a world that is constantly in motion and expanding boggles my mind. It gives me a sense of wonder when I look at the stars from a mountain or when I’m in the desert. It’s crazy to me because every star that I see is burning and I’ll never see the light it’s currently giving off, only the millions of light years old starlight that reaches the Earth. It makes me feel even smaller than I already do to know there is such a vast amount of space that will never be conquered and it just suspends in nothingness. All humans are really made up of stardust originally in the big bang, and this is shocking to me because an organism with such intelligence can be made up of the same atoms of a rock, or a plant, or anything in the universe. It’s all connected. This doesn’t change the way I think, but it does give me an entirely new perspective on the importance of my actions and how similar everything in this world really is.
Knowing that everything in the world is based off of chance is a very interesting concept to me. I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian family, so the idea of chance was never introduced to me, only the will of God could explain mysteries according to my upbringing. I’ve never believed the saying “everything happens for a reason,” because I’ve always believed it was just a cop out for people to stop complaining. Everything happening by chance also takes all credibility from that saying. Knowing that life is based off of chance makes me want to seize the day and make the most of every opportunity I’m given, because you never know if the same situation will present itself again.
The story of Feynman’s Flower really caught my attention because of his perspective on the beauty and complexity of nature. There is complexity inside of complexities all around nature. A flower is such a good example because each is unique and has it’s own scent with differences on each bud, however if you go deeper there are complex cells within the flower that a naked eye can’t see. This is obvious, but still amazing because this complexity is found everywhere on the Earth. From my personal experience I find the most beauty and complexity in nature when I see mountains. I live very close to Mt. Baldy, and seeing the mountain from my house amazes me, because you can see thousands of trees and the structure of the mountain, but as you get closer the less you can see, and the more detailed everything becomes. This relates to Feynman’s flower because like mountains, flowers get more detailed and sophisticated the closer you look at them.
Confirmation #64247
The fact that we live in a world that is constantly in motion and expanding boggles my mind. It gives me a sense of wonder when I look at the stars from a mountain or when I’m in the desert. It’s crazy to me because every star that I see is burning and I’ll never see the light it’s currently giving off, only the millions of light years old starlight that reaches the Earth. It makes me feel even smaller than I already do to know there is such a vast amount of space that will never be conquered and it just suspends in nothingness. All humans are really made up of stardust originally in the big bang, and this is shocking to me because an organism with such intelligence can be made up of the same atoms of a rock, or a plant, or anything in the universe. It’s all connected. This doesn’t change the way I think, but it does give me an entirely new perspective on the importance of my actions and how similar everything in this world really is.
Knowing that everything in the world is based off of chance is a very interesting concept to me. I was raised in a fundamentalist Christian family, so the idea of chance was never introduced to me, only the will of God could explain mysteries according to my upbringing. I’ve never believed the saying “everything happens for a reason,” because I’ve always believed it was just a cop out for people to stop complaining. Everything happening by chance also takes all credibility from that saying. Knowing that life is based off of chance makes me want to seize the day and make the most of every opportunity I’m given, because you never know if the same situation will present itself again.
The story of Feynman’s Flower really caught my attention because of his perspective on the beauty and complexity of nature. There is complexity inside of complexities all around nature. A flower is such a good example because each is unique and has it’s own scent with differences on each bud, however if you go deeper there are complex cells within the flower that a naked eye can’t see. This is obvious, but still amazing because this complexity is found everywhere on the Earth. From my personal experience I find the most beauty and complexity in nature when I see mountains. I live very close to Mt. Baldy, and seeing the mountain from my house amazes me, because you can see thousands of trees and the structure of the mountain, but as you get closer the less you can see, and the more detailed everything becomes. This relates to Feynman’s flower because like mountains, flowers get more detailed and sophisticated the closer you look at them.
