Taken at Mount Laguna
TEXT REFLECTION #1: Science and Mysticism Seminar
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND MYSTICISM?
I find that the difference between science and mysticism is that science is something that contains proof or evidence and mysticism is something that does not.
It says in the text in the third page, that, "And he says you see as an artist, I can see how beautiful this is, but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing. And I think that he's kind of nutty." I think this is trying to explain that once you find proof or evidence, whatever it is that you found proof about becomes a piece of trash, is forgotten, or that it won't give you the feeling of mystery. Now, I agree with what he's saying because if you rush to find the exact answer to something, it won't leave you guessing and having it be mysterious. If you try and rush to a conclusion, it won't give you the feeling of mystery which can stop people from sometimes thinking of things without answers.
In the second piece of text it says, "The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth, the atoms that make up the human body are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures." This is someone's opinion on science and that we all came from atoms.
I find that the difference between science and mysticism is that science is something that contains proof or evidence and mysticism is something that does not.
It says in the text in the third page, that, "And he says you see as an artist, I can see how beautiful this is, but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing. And I think that he's kind of nutty." I think this is trying to explain that once you find proof or evidence, whatever it is that you found proof about becomes a piece of trash, is forgotten, or that it won't give you the feeling of mystery. Now, I agree with what he's saying because if you rush to find the exact answer to something, it won't leave you guessing and having it be mysterious. If you try and rush to a conclusion, it won't give you the feeling of mystery which can stop people from sometimes thinking of things without answers.
In the second piece of text it says, "The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth, the atoms that make up the human body are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures." This is someone's opinion on science and that we all came from atoms.
This assignment was my very first text reflection that I wrote in my blog. Its was my response to the seminar and it was also a reflection about the piece of text we received. This text was about the difference between science and mysticism and what they were. We needed to post five of these by the end of the semester and for or each text reflection, we needed to have evidence from the text and we needed to answer the question that was given.
While doing this text reflection, I learned about the difference between mysticism and science. I also realized why people believe in science and why people believe in mysticism. They are two very different ideas and I learned that people believe in science because it's a bunch of facts, but I also learned that people believe in mysticism because there will always be a mystery behind things and they don't want answers to every little thing there is in the world.
While doing this text reflection, I learned about the difference between mysticism and science. I also realized why people believe in science and why people believe in mysticism. They are two very different ideas and I learned that people believe in science because it's a bunch of facts, but I also learned that people believe in mysticism because there will always be a mystery behind things and they don't want answers to every little thing there is in the world.
Problem Set #9
This assignment was my ninth problem set. In our Physics blog we needed to have completed ten of these by the end of the semester. Some problem sets were worksheets given to us, some were notes we took in class, and some were problems we did as a class (for example, this one). This was my most difficult problem set of the semester because I had never done calculus and it was all new to me.
While working on this problem set, I learned that calculus isn't as scary as it seems. I got it right away and had no mistakes and I was also able to help a few people after I finished. While working on the first problem, I had to use this equation: 4 • x^2
2
After I plugged in both numbers as x and then subtracted, I ended up getting 64 as my answer and I now know what the weird squiggly line means.
While working on this problem set, I learned that calculus isn't as scary as it seems. I got it right away and had no mistakes and I was also able to help a few people after I finished. While working on the first problem, I had to use this equation: 4 • x^2
2
After I plugged in both numbers as x and then subtracted, I ended up getting 64 as my answer and I now know what the weird squiggly line means.