About Faith

I am trying to understand the concept of faith. Say it be in religious point of view or in daily life point of view.

I probably bias towards the interpretation of faith through mathematical analysis, since i can only argues within that domain.

Consider my paradox, I shall call it The LB Paradox of Faith:

Suppose that there are 1 billion people living in this good planet of Earth. 50% of the population are religious, which believes that the world is going to end up in smoke. And the other 50% don't believe at all any of the crap that the religious 50% is saying.

Being bothered too much by the religious 50%, the other 50% decided to create a new population in the planet Mars. The 50% nonreligious population hop in into their space shuttle and fly over to mars in one go.

However, one human decided to follow the shuttle for he fears that his life will end if he stays on earth. Now, without that one idiot in living in planet Mars, the population that shifted over to Mars are theoretically living without fear because their world will never end. But, suppose that idiot starts to tell people that the world will end in smoke, Mars will end up in smoke too, just like earth.

But Mars is Mars and Earth is Earth, how can there be two world that will end up in smoke. No matter where we are, as long as the belief is carried along, there will be no difference.

Religion works on the basis of Faith. Every inch requires faith. Remove faith, and there will be no religion. The simplest question one may ask may be if hell truly exists. Difficult to prove, one need not asks for proof. Just have faith that that place is there is sufficient.

Well, that sounds like assumption to me. We 'want' to believe that hell exists. If we don't 'want' to believe, surely we can forget about having faith in it. If we 'want' to believe, it is equivalent to we are truly not sure if it is there or not, and we don't care if it exist or not because we 'want' it to exist and make us happy. Believe it or not, every time we have faith in there is hell, we are actually telling ourself that we actually does not know if it exist or not. That is why we have faith.

If we know truly that hell exists, why need faith. If hell is there, it will be there. Just like a car. If we have a car, why have faith that we have a car. If we have a car, we indeed have a car.

Between faith and doctor, only idiot give it to faith when comes to sickness. Between, getting rich and poor, only idiot give in to fate. Between becoming educated and not, only idiot give in to faith.

For me, I decide my destiny.

Are We Missing Something?

I always tries to rationalize the existence of things around us, particularly the ones that are alive such as plants, animals, human...

I wonder what makes those things there. Why it is there, how it being there.. and many more questions. So I simplify my thought; assume that there is a creation and everything was created... which mean, according to my lame interpretation, everything came about in a blink of an eye. Its like suddenly it is there, its being created. I assume that if things happen that way, especially human, must have complete knowledge of everything. The brain don't need anymore knowledge because it is created with perfection. But I have little doubt though.. which is... if human are created, why writing does not come with it? why the knowledge about the importance about wheel does not come with it? why there are disputes over which object is the center of the universe? ... so many question I have. I just don't get it.

Ordinary people will surely embrace the belief that everything is 'created' and it is absurd to think otherwise.

We are surely missing something here. As if we stop trying to think of any other explanation beyond the firewall of our belief. We opt for the simplest explanation that our brain can cope. We offer explanation that is incomplete. Our knowledge will always be not complete, but why we are so bold to to offer explanation as if we have the knowledge? When we say that everything is created, can we explain how that can be true?

I don't really agree with the theory about creation. I find evolution is more explainable. There is something concrete that we can base our argument upon. And it does explain many things, just like Einstein's Relativity explains things that Newtonian physics can't explain. At least evolution can explain why the knowledge of wheel came later.

It is lame to say that even an illness is created. It does not make sense to me.

The God of Probability

Just think..

When we drive to work, how sure are we that we will reach our office safely? Well, if we are so sure, why we are so careful as if something 'might' happen?

It bothers me when we have to be careful all the time while we are told that somebody is actually watching over us and keep us safe.

Probably that is why I choose to believe in a personal god called god of probability. Everything is uncertain, everything is 50-50. Believe it or not, it is a reality. Before we start our daily journey to our office, at the back of our head we always have the feeling that we may or we may not get to our office safely, therefore we drive so carefully to increase the chance of getting to the office safely. However, we ill never get a 100% certainty because the god of probability says that there will always the external factors that we could not control. Therefore, even with 1% uncertainty, we still have the probability of not getting to our office safely. Regardless of what kind of faith that we have, the god of probability is always the one that decides the result.

If somebody ask me how this god of probability look like, well, I will answer, ask yourself how a 'not sure' look like....

New Paradigm

Consider two cars, exactly similar in all aspects. The two cars are placed on a track at t=0. When the two cars then travels on a horizontal plane in parallel. At t=1, the first car slows down and then maintain a traveling speed. The other car surely will move ahead, however, both cars will maintain a constant distance between them.

No matter how much energy we give to the car, as long as the energy supplied into both cars are equal, the distance between the cars will always be the same.

Now, suppose that one of the car, while traveling at the same speed with the other one, alleviate from the ground at steady rate. The cars horizontal distance is maintained but the vertical does not. Ignore the effect of gravity.

According to classical mechanics, potential energy between the two cars increases as the distance increases, but what if the effect of gravity is ignored? What if the gravity is part of the system itself?

Einstein's Conjecture

Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity described a world based on space and time. His theory described a coordinate system based on frame of reference. Everyone is bound by their 4-dimensional coordinate (x,y,z and t) and two person is 'separated' because they are moving on their own frame. One frame is moving relative to the other frame. This theory has become principle, though it is somehow common sense, and all things are governs by this principle.

Although Einstein indicated that the coordinate system does not make any sense in space, his frame-based coordinate system still requires and still uses the 4-dimensional coordinate. His 'world' perhaps is acceptably comprehensible when one view it in some degree of closeness to the actual events on earth; I imagine a world there there is no dimensions, there is no sense of time, and therefore there is no sense of x, y and x. I imagine a world where the coordinate systems are bound by the limit of contents of energy one is carrying. Just like an electron, who exist at a level defined by its energy. Shall we need a frame of reference for this world?

So far, Einstein's conjecture about the the law that govern the world that could not be governed by Netwton's law, is acceptable generally. It importance is still manifested until today.

Is it possible to have a world that does not have a sense of space and time? Not many may agree with me, but I say it is possible.

Is there any meaning of the word 'End'?

Human was once thought that they are living in a very special place, on a great wide plane that they called earth. They can't comprehend the reason of existence of many living things, and therefore, they conclude that the earth must be a magical place and a very special place. The earth must be the center of everything; heaven and beyond. That large object called sun must be the one that help keep up the beauty of earth, and it has to submit to the laws and rules of the earth.

This belief has become a religion; so much so that discussions not inline with the 'earth is the center' is so absurd, one bears a sign of an eternal sinner.

At the age where calculation and thought does not work along very well, observation is important. Flat earth is accepted at that time because there is no way one can tell that the earth is not 'not flat'. It seems like the thought is just up to 'that point' only. No one can think beyond the 'flat' earth and try investigate the possibility 'not flat' universe.

False Arguments

I was in some discussion with some guy the other day. We were talking about several things, particularly in religious things. At one point, we were disagreeing each other about something.

We were disagreeing each other on the matter of the existence of the Atomic Bomb. He said that the existence of the atomic bomb was in the moslem holy book. I disagree. Not even Albert Einstein, at the time he conclude his equation to E=MC^2 knows that an atomic bomb will be created. It is somebody else came up with the idea of harvesting the energy of the rest mass of an atom. I added, A.E. is not even a moslem.

He said, how do I know if A.E. did not read the holy book before he come up the the equation. He could have read them. I said, what for. Reading scientific papers is more useful than reading the holy book when comes to scientific research.

He argued that the holy book was created 1600 years ago, and A.E. came up with the equation in the early 1900. Since the holy book 'mentioned' about the atomic bomb earlier than A.E., and then confirmed later when the atomic bomb was truly created, it makes the holy book truly true. Well, I don't have any problem and I don't have any arguments about how true the holy book is. I just wonder if his claim about the atomic bomb mentioned in the holy book is true, or perhaps, was the holy book talking about an atomic bomb or something else? Human are good in exaggerating things I suppose.

Then I think, it is useless arguing with these kind of people. He does not know anything about history of science and mathematics. He argues just to win. Not knowing that he is exposing his 'less knowledgeable-ness' to the other party. Dumber will of course believe. What is better than a good piece of assumption?

Perhaps, I can get along well with humble people. People who admit not knowing when they don't know. I lost respect to people who pretend knowing just because of trying to save face.

Whats Sharper Than A Sword?

Think about it, is there any other metal on earth that is sharper than the sharpest cutting tools? Is a steel knife sharper than a diamond? or a diamond sharper than the knife? Diamond can cut almost anything, but yet, it is shaped by a simple rotating stone. Even the sharpest knife needs a stone to make it sharp again. Which mean, stone is much sharper than the diamond and knife. I mean everybody knows how a knife can get sharpened by the stone. Its common sense. And we need the sharpest tools on earth to shape, to cut, to construct....

Think about humanity. The world. What shapes humanity. What shapes civilization. Humanity is intangible. Nobody knows it it is hard or soft. It is my conjecture that humanity and civilization did not shape itself automatically as time progresses. What element on earth that is stronger than diamonds, knives or stones?

I believe that humanity and civilization is shaped by PROBLEM. Human are this way because of certain problems human race encountered in the past. Think about it. Will we think of car if we don't bother about speed? and will we think of speed if we don't bother about time? Will be try make sense of time if we don't bother about distance? and will we think about distance if we don't bother about being somewhere?

I believe, we are just some remnant of the past problems. We got through, and we ourself, will solve problems for the next human race to enjoy the solution. It will never stop. We are not destined to enjoy the world! we are destined to have a PROBLEM! anything wrong with that? None at all!

Cryptix Art

I will never understand how painter can draw abstract figures and call it a fine art. Sometimes it is just some lines thick and thin, drawn in all direction. Sometimes just a black colored splat, at the edge of the canvas. And painter call it a fine art.

I am truly confused. I can make sense of the beauty of Mona Lisa, or at least a picture of a magnificent building. It is easy to relate and understand the objective of the painting of that kind. But the so called abstract painting; god knows what it is trying to tell us.

However, if an abstract painting is viewed by a hundred person, there will be a hundred interpretation. Every interpretation is somewhat unique. Probably none of the interpretation really matches with the interpretation of the painter himself, but who cares, person make up a sense of what they see and try to understand what they see.

Obviously, paintings are for people to enjoy seeing. Not for us to really try understand the emotion of it. It will be simple enough to say either it is beautiful, or not beautiful. Painter's first instinct perhaps is to paint a beautiful art. It is not to tell a story. Rather, the story is hidden within the beauty of the art itself. One has to be drawn into the beauty of the painting itself, before interpreting the emotion of the painting. Without the natural instinct of liking the painting, one will never be able to dive deep into the emotion and thought of the painter.

We may feel weird, if our friend likes a painting but we don't, and we like a painting the our friend don't. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The Magic of Madness

Perfection Requires a Touch of Madness!