The Science behind Science:

   Imagine a world where there are no laws of nature whatsoever to control and restrict space, time, matter and energy. What would it be like?

Will it be a world of infinite possibilities as there won’t be any laws of nature restricting us from realizing our imagination?  

or

Will it be a world of complete chaos where anything and everything can happen randomly resulting in chaos and noise everywhere?  

THE ORIGIN OF SCIENCE:

     We don’t know for sure but what we do know is that the world in which we live in (all the matter and energy in the universe) is governed by the same set of laws in all corners of the universe. The laws of nature can be applied to all the things universally. The collection of these absolute laws by which the world operates is what we call as science.

     One can say that science is an evolution of philosophy which describes nature in a way that is universal to all and can be tested experimentally. Science is a way of understanding the universe around us in a reasonable way by creating these universal laws that can be verified experimentally. Everyone can come up with their own philosophy about how the universe works but only one philosophy which can be verified experimentally and holds true with previously established theories is the right one and this one philosophy becomes the science.

EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE:   

     The first and foremost theories of universe form the fundamental science. Now these pre-established fundamental science becomes a platform upon which the new layer of science is built. This, in turn, becomes a platform upon which further science is built and this process of building science upon one another goes on like this till we find the answers to all our questions. 

     Thus each and every layer of science is evolved from the previous layer that acts as a point of reference for new layers of science. This is how the evolution of science happens. The evolution of science is gradual as it is built layer by layer. 

     The scientific proof is not really a proof but is either verification or disproof. Thus science is not absolute. We can never be sure that the laws that are in effect today were the same in the past and will be the same in the future. Science is based purely on the present observation of the universe. It can deduct from the remains of the past and can predict the future but neither of them is absolute.

      As many scientific laws of past were disproven with time, today’s scientific laws might be disproven tomorrow and thus science is never absolute as the universe that we study is not of our own creation. We can only create, verify or disprove a hypothesis based on what we observe and what we observe changes over time. Hence science is not absolute and changes with time.

MATHEMATICS:

     The mathematics is also a part of science which is evolved from philosophy. Abstraction and logic form the basis of mathematics. Mathematics can be thought of as a language that is used by science to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Unlike science, mathematics is absolute which is proven for all time and all circumstances. Any mathematical theorem can be absolutely proven as it only explains the universe created by the mind of the mathematicians and they have the knowledge of all of its parts. In mathematics, a theory once proven is always proven.

THE TREE OF SCIENCE: 

     The evolution of science is analogous to a tree. The seed represents the philosophy from which the tree of science is grown. The root of the tree represents the fundamental science upon which all other layers of science is built on. The trunk of the tree represents the common middle layers of science which act as a stem that supports the further layers of science and links them to the roots of science (fundamental science).The more common and more certain sciences like physics and chemistry form the trunk of the tree. These give a strong base for the tree to branch out further.

THE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE:

     Continuing on the analogy, the branches of the tree represent the various branches of science that specialize in various narrow fields. The sciences are broadly branched out into natural science studying the material world, social science studying the people and societies, the formal science of mathematics and applied sciences like engineering, medicine, etc…

     

     These branches further branch out into twigs which study even narrower sciences like statistics, probability, botany, zoology, Nanotechnology, Nuclear physics, astronomy, psychology, neurology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, etc… Finally, the leaves of the tree of science represent the concepts and theories within those narrower fields of science.

THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE:

     Presently, applied sciences are progressing exponentially while the underlying laws of theoretical physics are almost stagnant for over half a century. This is partly due to the uncertainty associated with the quantum theory and the absence of viable experiments to verify the hypothesis of different theories. If a field of science is stagnant for this much period of time without any testable theories, then there must be an underlying error or mistake associated with it.

     As I explained earlier, the tree of science is built as many layers of abstractions of science. The structure is such that any error or mistake in the lower layers of the tree can result in enormous impacts on the top layer, the crown of the tree causing the scientific field to stagnate or move in the wrong direction. To avoid derailing from the path and to move towards the theory of everything, at every step we must re-evaluate science from its roots and go up gradually finding any errors overlooked by others and re-coursing the path towards the progress of science.

“THE GREAT QUEST OF LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DISCOVER TRUTH.”

                                               -Joyce Meyer.

“EVERYTHING IS THEORETICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, UNTIL IT IS DONE.”

                                       -Robert A. Heinlein.

“DON’T CLING TO A MISTAKE JUST BECAUSE YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING IT.”

                                                  -Unknown.

The Importance of reading books

First of all, reading books is an invariable trait that all successful people have. Reading also gives us exposure, improves our knowledge and widens our vision and our mind evolves throughout the process transforming us into a better person than the day before. I learned this a little late but thankfully I realized this now better than later. 

Now that we have established the importance of reading books, the selection of books could be done based on your interests and the review of fellow readers. I would suggest starting from your area of interest at first which would rekindle your spirit of reading. However, try reading books of wide diaspora later on and experiment with it. You may even find several new interests on the way.

My preference of reading books would go like this - 1) Paper books 2) e-books 3) audio books based on the availability and other factors like the price of the book, eye-strain, ability to focus, the feel and satisfaction. Paper books, e-books, audio books - all are fine as long as you can focus, grasp and get the most out of it.

TWO APPROACHES OF READING BOOKS:

There are two main approaches of reading books. They are

1. Reading a limited number of books in a fixed time-frame (year or month) but spending more quality time with them letting the knowledge sink in your mind and applying it in your life. This approach is best suited when you are trying to learn new skills.
2. Reading a huge number of books in a fixed time-frame (year or month) spending only limited time with a single book and moving on to the next book without letting all of the knowledge stick in. This approach is best suited when you are trying to gain wisdom, insights and better your thought process and the mindset. 

          You can choose between these two ways of reading books. Both are effective in imparting knowledge. But everyone is unique and based on your preference, you can choose the way best suited for you.

MY SUGGESTION:

      But I would suggest you go for the second way of reading multiple books. This gives you a wider exposure to things and not every author is fully correct in their views. So if you limit yourself to certain books, you will be surrounded by only the views of those authors and the bias they may have had in those books gets into you. You have to take the good and leave the bad from them. A wider range of books will impart a wider perspective of the world and the life itself in you. They will help you to evolve your mind to a higher level of consciousness.

You may ask how can we absorb and apply the knowledge learned through those books if you spend only a limited time in them. My answer to that question is that you are reading a huge volume of books and exposing yourself to so much knowledge. You just assume that all that knowledge is absorbed by you and gets used by you at the right time when needed. Also, you can always re-read the books which are very good and are hugely impactful to reinforce the knowledge learned from them.

If you are just starting out like me, it will be better to read 1 book per month (12 books per year) eventually increasing it to 1 book per week (approx. 50 books a year). There are millions of books with the infinite knowledge contained within them. Even reading 1 book a day cannot cover that huge ocean of knowledge in books as we only have a finite number of days for learning the infinite knowledge in the universe.

"THE MORE THAT YOU READ, THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL LEARN. THE MORE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES YOU WILL GO."

-Dr.Seuss

“LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WHILE YOU CAN FOR LIFE IS NOT INFINITE AS THE UNIVERSE.”

-Sakthi Geek

“KNOWLEDGE IS AS INFINITE AS THE UNIVERSE.”

-Suzy Kassem

Who am I? A quest to find yourself

Who am I? What is my purpose here? What do I do with my life? These are the some of the biggest questions that every human has. A never ending search that everyone hopes to find answer to eventually. This post is for those of you who are struggling to find answers to these questions. For those of you who think that you have the answers to these questions, think again. Your answers might not be the same all the time as the answers evolve throughout your life. I hope that I can help you comprehend a more evolved answer with some of the insights that helped me. 

     I am not stating that I have the perfect evolved answer that I can share with everyone. If it's that simple then everyone would have the answers. It is not that the answers are too complex but the path to those answers is hidden from plain sight. The answers would be found by only those who deserve it if I say so in Dumbledore's words. But I have to amend the statement as "Answers would be found by only those who search for it". If you are here reading this article, then you have already started your search. 

Finding yourself means searching for your purpose in life and a reason for your existence by looking into yourself and beyond. It also means to define yourself in your own terms. Most of us define ourselves based on what others say and expect from us. After some time we get used to that and lose ourselves in the process. Then a day comes when we realize that we have been a stranger in our own lives without seeing the bigger picture of life.

We as children observe the world and create our own picture of the world in which we fit in great. As the time passes, our experience broadens the picture and our definition of the world changes constantly with every experience. The experiences we go through, the people who are around us, all make up a big part of our life carving us into who we are now. Then are we the culmination of all our experiences? or Are we the average of all the people around us?

       -continued on part 2 of 'Who am I?'.

" YOU ARE THE AVERAGE OF FIVE PEOPLE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH. "        

-Jim Rohn.