The more you know, the less you understand.
-Tao Tse
This week in class, we discussed the topic of uncertainty. I am reminded of this quotation because Heisenberg's uncertainty principle implies that particles can only described with limited accuracy. Ironically, the more momentum we understand, the less position in space makes sense, and visa versa. To me, it is clear that world is actually independent from our observations, and that nothing is certain.
The practical concept of cause and effect are very important and crucial to our survival. However, not all concepts can be explained--we talked about causality in class, especially when we talked about using our right and left brain. Our class agreed that we can afford to use our right brain a bit more. However, in terms of TCM, I believe that for our western society to be on board, scientific explanation and more research needs go be done. the more information provided/proven may be more comfortable for the more western mind.
Yes, I believe the universe is weird. I think it's fun to learn about the smallest entities which exist, and that light acts like a wave and flow of particles, and that there is a real principle which declares we can't know the exact location of a particle's momentum and position at the same time. So many ideas are uncertain and mysterious, but I also believe should do our best to explain them.
I agree that we should be using our right brain alot more. It will help to put us at ease when we try to control situations that we clearly have no control over. Also, with regards to TCM, we were told to not compare Western way of thinking to TCM. However this may prove to be a very difficult tasks for many. Simply because for many of us that grew up in this culture of the west, its 1+1=2 not 3, 4 , and sometimes y! :)
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