I am not sure how this connects, so I offer it for others... Buddhism is often painted as a peaceful religion. And yet - Siddhartha was a Kshatri, and his words upon enlightenment were a warrior's:
"Seeking the builder of this house, I wandered through the cycles of countless rebirths, experiencing suffering again and again. Now, O house-builder, you are seen! You shall build this house no more. All your rafters are broken; your ridgepole is shattered. The mind, free from conditioning, has attained the cessation of suffering."
Eleanor, if "Physics is what kills you, but biology is what wants you dead." is not yours, can you please let me know who it comes from? If it is yours, I'm pretty sure I would buy some expensive merch if that quote was on it.
I quite agree with your closing quote. Reminded me of a favorite of mine: "I hear I forget; I read I remember; I do I understand." ~Confucius
Your curve vs tangent analogy is a good way to put it. For Newton, space was Euclidean, and time was universal. For Einstein, space is curved, and time is local. (At least with Newton vs GR. In SR, space is still flat but Minkowskian rather than Euclidean.)
I am not sure how this connects, so I offer it for others... Buddhism is often painted as a peaceful religion. And yet - Siddhartha was a Kshatri, and his words upon enlightenment were a warrior's:
"Seeking the builder of this house, I wandered through the cycles of countless rebirths, experiencing suffering again and again. Now, O house-builder, you are seen! You shall build this house no more. All your rafters are broken; your ridgepole is shattered. The mind, free from conditioning, has attained the cessation of suffering."
Eleanor, if "Physics is what kills you, but biology is what wants you dead." is not yours, can you please let me know who it comes from? If it is yours, I'm pretty sure I would buy some expensive merch if that quote was on it.
All of the headers are quotes from the book, so it's from Greg Bear. It would definitely make great merch, tho!
I quite agree with your closing quote. Reminded me of a favorite of mine: "I hear I forget; I read I remember; I do I understand." ~Confucius
Your curve vs tangent analogy is a good way to put it. For Newton, space was Euclidean, and time was universal. For Einstein, space is curved, and time is local. (At least with Newton vs GR. In SR, space is still flat but Minkowskian rather than Euclidean.)