Wednesday, March 16, 2011

A New Kind of Science

After I watched the video, I borrowed the book "A New Kind of Science" in the library. Seriously, I couldn't read the who 1263 pages in a week; however, I took a look what's going on inside the book. Overall, it's a remarkable piece of experimental mathematics, together with considerable speculation about scientific applications of various degree of plausibility. Just like what he said in the video, Wolfram's book begins with examples, and that is a good starting point for a review as well. The simple example of his work is one-dimensional cellular automata. What he also shows in his speech, an infinite row of cells, each of which can be white or black.

Time jumping in discrete steps, and at each steps, the world is updated using fixed rule that determines the new color of each cell based only on its own old color and those of its immediate neighbor. All systems that reach this bound are equivalent. However, almost all system that are not obviously weak reach the bound and are thus equivalent to the halting problem. In fact, Wolfram also talked about this happens for most initial conditions, not just some. Anyway, what I feel about him is how amazing he could dedicate his whole life to investigate the science and write a remarkable book, also he is young comparing to the most well-known scientists.

Werner Heisenberg

Regarding Mr, Heisenberg, about the consist of basic materials should based on the symmetry, the simplicity and the integrity. Not only this had reflected that he took physicist's profound insight, is also his world outlook ideological foundation. He thought that the symmetry, the simplicity and the integrity are summarize the material world the universal law starting point, may from the physics, chemistry and the biology extends to the humanity realizes, the social order, the religious behavior and artistic activity each aspect.

Einstein

After I read about Einstein's theory, life, and so on. To me, he is not only a well-known physicist but also a great philosopher. In Einstein's life, some people who likes him was the person who liking desire it living, dislikes his person wicked desire it to die. Has an adorer to call he after Jesus the greatest Jew, and some calls him after Moses greatest person. The criticism person said that he is only understood self-sales promotion the swindler, all thought plagiarize from other people. Some people thought that he and Gandhi, Shi Huaizhe are the same, is the great humanist; But because viewpoint which, world government's position he opens, as well as to the left wing principle's support, lets the Nazi and FBI suspected that he is the national enemy. His two wives both said that he is not the good husband, when worships he woman first time stares at his both eyes, thought that “He was on the Earth the noblest biology!” 

Monday, March 14, 2011

Gods Too Decompose

After I saw the short film, I got to questions. First of all, some people did't believe gods. They laughed and  shouted the guy who believed gods. Is this the reason why gods left us? disappeared? I got confused that how come gods would leave us. I guess all the religions tell us that gods are around us. They are everywhere. Even thought we want to expel gods away, they are still here. Therefore, I don't think it is about some people might  not believe in gods.
The other question also disturbs me. Does this short film encourage people to believe only one god? No offense. I just got confused that it shows that gods too decompose. I didn't get it why did gods too decompose? Everybody has their right to believe their own gods. It's no right or wrong to believe only one god or lots of god. To me, I believe everything even it is a table has its own spirit, I called it the god. Well, maybe i misunderstand the film because here is America where advocates right of religion. However, I'm still confused.

Little Things that Jiggle

The little short film shows one main idea. Everything needs to based on science. According to the film, it shows at first that "What I cannot create I do not  understand," said Richard Feynman. I think he means we can't not believe what we can't see. All the things need data, report, evidence and so on. 
It also shows that technology is alchemy without superstition. The whole film gives us many examples that science, science, and science. In my opinion, science might be sounds strongly, provenly, and believably. Because we can't say what is that or what is this, we need scientists to research. Based on the research, we can understand and believe in it.