Surprised myself at how like the phyists, I am awed by the design and Being a staunch humanist who avoids math and science like the plague, I Related to the readings, Zee's and the article mainly- not the McAllister so Yet in Zee's article we see ideas of G-d'sĭesign, and of religious feelings. Unsentimenal world which is many ways rejects religious notions of the I have always thought of science as a rigid, cold, Liked his emphasis on the religious because it meshed two worlds that I beforeĪssumed never meshed. Within chaos he was saying physicits find the beauty, symmetry and design. In fact, it felt like Zee was rejecting the idea of chaos as This almost blessing that everything is built like it is, and works Symettery was constantly refering to an implicit and explicit order of the It seemed to me that Zee's article, in its emphasis on I was also struck by the idea of order and chaos and Learning behind it, or if your gut reaction of if something was beautiful made I fundamentally saw all three articles asĭealing with themes of whether something is more beautiful when you have the I was shocked by the repition of themes of beauty that we had discussed inĬlass already, and how they came up in the unlikeliest of places (for meĪnyways) the "Science" readings.
I feel that the connection with truth can only be made when that theory/equation has successfully passed experimental tests. From my perspective, a "beautiful" looking theory/equation does not automatically imply truth. In reference to Chang and McAllister: While I do agree that a simple-looking mathematical equation or scientific theory can be quite beautiful, I'm still very skeptical of making the connection between beauty and truth, regardless of the simplicity of the equation or theory. Is this primarily due to its wonderful symmetry, the huge role it plays in our lives, or both? We seem to be strongly connected to the circle shape. This leads me to ponder about our use of the circle in other areas of life.we use it without even thinking about it! We circle words or statements in our readings.we circle an important date on the calender.we stir cake batter in a circular motion.perhaps the doodles on the edges of our notebooks contain some sort of circle shape, etc.
I guess this should not be surprising, since the circle is a rather easy and simple shape to work with. I recall someone pointing out this observation aloud, to which the professor responded that we as humans tend to favor the use of the circle in choreography and dancing. Most of these dances, if not all, contained some sort of circular formations.
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For example, I recently watched and participated in a series of dances. While I'm not sure I'm convinced that ALL physicists equate beauty with symmetry, I am convinced that humans in general do tend to have a preference towards more symmetrical things. The relationship between the concept of symmetry and physics took some getting used to upon reading the essay. It's funny.I had never really thought that a physicist would equate beauty with symmetry, because I usually picture mathematicians (as well as artists) being obsessed with symmetry, and physicists being obsessed with equations that explain how the physical world works. Beauty, Simplicity, Truth.a Complicated Triangle of Debate
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