Adolecence and Quatum Physics (Why Not!)

"The vanity of the sciences. Physical science will not console me for the ignorance of morality in the time of affliction. But the science of ethics will always console me for the ignorance of the physical sciences." -- Blaise Pascal

You know what’s funny about teenagers? How much they depend on one another. There is no way that a teenager can make his/her way through puberty without somebody else as a soundboard. As individualistic as we THINK we are; we’re nothing but herd animals. We need other people like we need air.

It’s a hard time for most; its just the tough transition to adulthood I guess. The ‘loss of innocence’. It’s a hard thing for most to swallow. Everyone needs outlets, somebody to just let it all out to. We all have them, those people who we hold dear enough to listen to the crap we put out. The crazy things we say and do, the beautiful things we create through self-expression, the anger we express; these soundboards bear us while trying to support themselves.

I guess I speak as a soundboard and as somebody who makes the sound. We all are. We all support somebody; even if we don’t think so. And we all take refuge in others, even if we think we don’t. It’s the only way to make it though life.

I think the most important thing is not to just listen to what the other person is saying, reassure, and then go on about ourselves. It’s instrumental to out understanding of each other that we LISTEN to each other. You can always learn things from them, so listen. And don’t feel obliged to offer advice; its better you give none at all if you don’t know what you’re talking about. Just be that soundboard.

To me, quantum physics is the closest thing that science gets to religion, and that’s a good thing. Its all about belief. Quantum physics is the study of small molecules like protons, neutrons electrons (and the things that make THEM! Quarks, gluons and strings).

The reason it’s so profound is that it starts to prove the existence of a Divine. While theories like Einstein’s and Newtons have mathematical formulae to explain everything physical; the quantum theory states that “The movement of particles cannot be predicted” Not by equations, not by guessing; you cannot scientifically prove something is always going to happen. The idea behind that is that a particle could interact from another universe and knock it. Parallel universes is what Quantum physics is all about.

The best way to explain it is to use the example of a dartboard. Just pretend you through a drat and it hits the bullseye. The mathematical formulae of Newton and Einstein agree that if you throw it at exactly the same spot, with the same speed, on the same angle; you should hit the bullseye. Quantum physics says “what if a gust of wind pushes the dart off target?”

Just some food for thought ;)