Scientific Knowledge
We might think we’ve come very far in terms of scientific knowledge compared to, say, the Greeks or the Romans. But actually we have only managed to measure and manipulate certain phenomena. Many, many things still baffle us.
- We still don’t know why we need to sleep
- We know how to measure gravity but we have completely no idea what it is
- How can light be both a particle and a wave?
- We can produce electricity from magnetism. But exactly what is the relationship between these two?
- What is love?
4 Responses to “Scientific Knowledge”
1 fadzli 23 December 2008 @ 9:24 pm
sleep is a mysterious to me as well… you can survive days without food, but not sleep. googled your question and found this :- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3076707/
one thing for sure, love is not scientific, it’s an art
as art is a subjective, it goes non-measurable
2 fadzli 23 December 2008 @ 9:25 pm
rizal, why sudden spike in blogging activities… streamyx @ home now?
3 nazham 23 December 2008 @ 10:01 pm
scientific knowledge… hmm.. yeah, need to bush up my quantum physics now… getting dusty since my last double-slit experiment. Hehehehe…
4 Rizal 24 December 2008 @ 10:30 am
@fadzli: I’m thinking of posting an entry on my change in tack in terms of blogging content and frequency.
@nazham: The famous double-slit experiment! Exactly. It’s completely baffling: when we fire only one photon at two slits, an interference pattern emerges, as if more than one photon was fired …
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