Yes, I know the old O'Jays song actually says "For the Love of Money," but as I was thinking of a title for this post, that song came to mind. I LOVE learning, and I think I sometimes forget that until I watch a history or science program on TV, learn a new programming trick for the web, a new artistic technique in Photoshop, or read a book on any of the above topics or others.
I started reading Physicist Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Cosmos" this week, and it's really excited me in a way I haven't experienced in a while. I won't do a review yet until I finish it, but suffice it to say, I'm slowly absording the concepts about the true nature and relationship of space and time, and I can almost "feel" my view of the universe expanding. I've already come up with ideas for a couple of stories, and I'm only about three chapters into the book. Actually grasping onto what the universe is believed to be comprised of and picturing it in my mind, is challenging to say the least (neither a physicist nor scientist am I), but it also opens up room for some possibilities that rival any wondrous adventure Captain Kirk and crew have ever been on. The sad thing is that there's so much for we humans to learn, and so little time (relatively speaking) for us to learn it.
Regardless of whether you are of a spiritual bent or not, I think we all have one basic nagging question churning in our gut: "Why are we here?" It's amazing to learn about the process of looking for that answer and hundreds more. The sad thing is that I, nor any of you, will probably live long enough to actually see the ffinal answers.
But then maybe God'll have the Cliff Notes version of "All The Universe's Secrets" waiting for ua on the other side. :)
- The WheelMan
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-Dave
Posted by: David Good | August 09, 2004 at 04:00 PM
Today I think we are here to eat chocolate. :D
I haven't read that one and will have to look for it. I love physics for the masses books.
Posted by: sithi | August 11, 2004 at 12:33 PM