Physics--Week 2

My reflection on Uncertainty

We need to accept uncertainty as part of life. Even within certainty, there is uncertainty. For example, we will all die one day, that's a certainty. But when and how, that's an uncertainty. As long as we can accept uncertainty as part of life, we will then less obsessed about trying to figure out how exactly will things turn out, or how our decisions will impact our future.

It can indeed turn into a neurosis if someone uses "uncertainty" as an excuse in life to shy away from any commitments, because, well, "who knows what will happen in the future anyway"

I think it is important to just stay present. Not that I do that all the time :-)



On Causality
Causality seems to only matter when time really is linear. i.e. our action in the past affected our situation at present, and our action now affect our situation in the future. However, if time doesn't progress in a linear manner, and the line drawn between past and future gets blurry, can we be so sure then what is the cause and what is effect?



Is the Universe Weird?

The universe has its own funny ways of working. I hope I can enjoy the mystery instead of always trying to figure it all out.