Physics-- Week 10--Life and Living Systems

I know I’m a “living system” because…….
There are autopoietic processes going on in my body. My cells/ blood/ tissues are periodically dying, regenerated. I inhale and exhale. I eat and poop....(yeah, you get the picture?)

Does that qualify for being a "living system"? Technically speaking I think so.

More importantly, what really made me feel alive is that I am always growing, learning (and unlearning) and I can feel a sense of constant renewal in all aspects of my life.

Then again, what goes on physiologically can't really be separated from the mental aspects. It's all a continuum.

Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
Chinese medicine and modern western science are founded on different world views. They are very different paradigms. Current researches into CM by western scientists use Western science methodology and criteria. By imposing that on a study on Chinese medicine, it is already biased before the study begins.

Biophysics and CM do have lots of parallels and sometimes seems to arrive at the same conclusion, though using different languages. What's interesting about biophysics is that it seems to relate the microcosm to the macrocosm, which is what Chinese medicine has been doing for thousands of years.