Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Physics East & West (Week1)

What attracts me to Chinese Medicine

More than just a way of disease fighting system, Chinese Medicine stems from a cosmology that draws connections of the human health to environmental qi, diet, lifestyle. It is a way of life.

What do I think of Physics, really?

Ever since I learned about quantum physics, superstring theory etc, I have been fascinated about it. I recommend the movie: The Elegant Universe. Also, the book I mentioned in class is Holographic Universe. Great book. It shifted my worldview completely. The world seems less solid, concrete, but at the same time, much more interesting. I am particularly interested in the similarities betwwen Ancient Eastern Philosophies and Modern Physics.

Experience of time "slowing Down" or "speeding up":
Yes! In addition to motion-sick experience I talked about in class, I also think about how someone told me when I was a teenager that "A child thinks that one day is short and one year is long. An adult thinks that one day is long and one year is short." At one point in my adult life (primarily when I was working full-time in a job I didn't like), I understood what it means. That was a good motivation for me to change career. :-)

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