Science .... Yes, it is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.
Well, atleast that is what Google tells me.
Not that it is false, But in terms of extremely ordinarily layman speech Science is the HOLY BIBLE OF AN ATHEIST. (Ironic :p)
And then Comes philosophy, which is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language and i can go on and on with that list, but u get the point.
The union of Science and Philosophy would technically give u LIFE. Not only did they cross boundaries and explored areas in the diverse field of technology, but with them they also brought many unanswered questions which is not easy to remember, neither it is easy to be forgotten.
Still not able to comprehend what i am talking about? These examples should do the trick.
1. If human beings evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
2.If you became a vegan to save the animals, why are you eating their food?
3. If practice makes perfect and no one's perfect. Then why practice?
4.How does consciousness emerge from the human brain?
5. If actions are stronger than words, then why is the pen mightier than the sword.
6. How does one acquire 3-5 years experience when every job requires 3-5 years experience?
(A shout out to all my college buddies out there)
7. Out of body experiences ( When you are close to death)
8. The Moon Illusion
9. If anything is possible, is it possible for something to be impossible?
Well, if that wasn't enough. U can wait for the ultimate mystery question.
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10. If god created the universe. Then who created GOD?
No. Not this dude. But the answer to the above question will provide us the prize of eternity. Not only will it answer the origin of the life, but it will also settle the battle between atheist and theist.
This reminds me of a popular quote from game of thrones:
You know nothing , Jon snow.
A great man once said "The earth is round"
Yes we was right and the great man was Pythagoras.
Another great man once said "Life is a full circle and everything is connected"
Bullshit until now. If that would have been the case we would have got all our answers and made a meme out of it ( Atleast we know how the internet works today)
Hanging by a little thread of hope there will come a day when all our questions have been answered not by science not by philosophy but by a new field of study(maybe GOD himself :p) that will mortify everything we have learnt so far and degrade to the levels of myth.
Yes, my childhood was a joke just like yours was, if you believed Santa Claus was real. You did, didn't you? Yes, of course you did. Now don't act all matured suddenly, Santa is still real, you understand? :P
Well, I had a few misinterpretations growing up and since I am an Indian (not being racist), I had a lot :P
So here are a few of my ridiculously absurd beliefs.
YOU WANT A BABY? JUST GO TO THE HOSPITAL
ORAL? OH IT'S A TOOTHBRUSH!
I used to think anything with "oral" in it had something to do with toothbrushes because I always used to buy ORAL-B toothbrushes. Now you know exactly what I thought when I first heard of oral sex -_-
DRUNK DRIVING - OH, THAT IS JUST WATER :)
My childhood logic behind this was that if you lift a water bottle up to your mouth, you tilt your head back, and thus, take your eyes off the road.
I never once considered that it was related to alcohol till I got a little older. I had also never considered the use of straws, or simply keeping one's eyes on the road while taking a sip of water.
My cousin played along and acted like I had caught him doing something bad every time he drank water while drving which totally made me look like an idiot.
MEDIEVAL TIMES?
I thought that the medieval times were actually mid-evil. Like there was a time when people were bad, but also kind of good.
MICHAEL JACKSON - APOLOGIES MATE, DIDN'T SPARE YOU EITHER
When I was little I thought there were two Michael Jacksons, a black one and a white one. Even after being told that they were the same guy, I refused to believe it was true until I was about 14. Black or White made less sense to me those days.
OOPS!
I used to think B.C. meant Before Christ and A.D. meant After Dinosaurs. Yeah, my history teacher was a jackass!
MARTIN LUTHER KING HE IS, MY LORD
I used to think that Martin Luther King Jr. was actually "Martin Luther, the King". I literally thought that he was a monarch who ruled over black people.
GREAT MENTAL IMAGE. VOLUNTEERS ANYONE?
One thing I was scared of, more than ghosts? Cross eyes. I believed that if you cross you eyes and somebody slapped you then, you will remain cross eyed. Seriously twisted this shit was, back then !
AIDS - RUN FOR YOUR LIVES
My Dad told me that picking my nose would give me AIDS (this was when I was 7, and well, about AIDS- I'd been told that it could kill anybody in a flash once you get it ). Later, with that concept in mind, I walked in on my elder cousin digging for gold and started crying hysterically because I thought he was going to die, until my dad came over to me and somehow convinced me that he missed giving me a vital part of that information. Picking your left nose only would give you AIDS and my brother was picking his right. I don't know how he made me believe that too. Hats off Dad !
AND IF YOU THOUGHT SANTA CLAUS MISCONCEPTIONS WERE DEAD AND BURIED ,THEN GUESS WHAT..
When I was young I thought the song" I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" was actually about a boy catching his mother cheating on his father with Santa. It made me trust Santa a lot less because he would have definitely known that she was married. That made me wonder why Santa is so jolly always? He knows where all the naughty girls lived.
If you think that was it, you might consider yourself lucky :P
When the early humans arrived, fashion was put aside and killing, hunting, mating were the three laws that governed human minds. Well yeah, i am going way back in time, about millions of years ago. Soon, afterwards fashion grew in stature and we are in a world full of glamour... or are we?
Lets look at the Chronological order of fashion sense :p
First of all say hello to the earliest of our kind
The First Humans as they call it, Uncivilized as some others might call it, demonstrated that nudity ain't no big thing brother........
........Until they had an erection. well, its not that they didn't have erections before but now they must have figured out why erections are caused... so? why hide it? Well, you don't want your partner to literally see your bazuka standing up for "wrong" person do u? :p
Now that the early humans started wearing outfits, this continued for generations and generations and people Highly rated fashion in their day to day lives. Throughout the centuries , the size of the dress grew bigger and bigger and the necessity to cover every single part of their bodies grew stronger and stronger. That was until the 1600's until Queen Elizabeth I's dress made her look like a giant balloon, people were forced to reduce the breadth of the clothes (as you can clearly see from the image below)
And the men, wore fur-lined robes , hanging sleeves , slashed doublet , hoses, Livery collars. The most fashionable ones looked like this
Some made a total fool out of themselves though
Seriously green, my lord?
Now coming to the late 20th and the 21st century ,Advancements in fashion made us all look sexy but Covering our bodies have taken a downward spiral
and women have started wearing similar outfits like the men
Unlike some
and how will a guy look in women's wear
.........Seriously Highlanders, Why? Why? Oh why?
Let me now show u, what fashion is now...
Yes , At this point in time , when it comes to clothing, it is indirectly proportional to the amount of body u can reveal. The trend is to reveal as much as you can, so underwears, bras, thongs and bikinis will proliferate and the rest of the outfits will soon go extinct much like the Aam Aadmi party
The way things are going, Soon men and women alike will wear these outfits to offices, schools.. oh hey and i can not imagine how wive's will keep their husbands in check with maids in their houses, Thank you so much globalisation ( and global warming)
Just a glance at the future
Its funny how evolution of fashion is slowly turning out to be devolution of fashion, no wonder they say Life is a full circle :)
And if the Devolution from the Underwear era really happens, you know what's coming next
Lets see, I have slept with Megan fox, Angelina jolie and tonight I am going to buy the empire state building in Midtown Manhattan.. and you know what, I JUST DID !!
Okay so that was my imagination , period In reality i would not even get close to sleeping with someone in my neighbourhood and before i set foot in America for getting a view of the empire state building, i will be arrested in the airport by the US cops for looking like a Terrorist in disguise. ( well, that is what is happening these days)
So, Why exactly do we need to waste our time imagining things ????
It is because Imagination is one of our greatest personal assets. It is a casement into the world of possibility, and a very strong force towards the realization of a happier, more successful and fulfilling life. Without imagination we would never venture outside the box. Our reality would only exist within the confines of the status quo. When used purposefully, our imagination becomes the trigger of our creative abilities.
A few years of interest in engineering has compelled me to mention the words our "Father" Albert Einstein once said before he took off to improvise his skills far away from planet earth.
Well, sorry to burst the bubble folks but this is a myth. Literally we use way more than just 10% but creatively we are way below einstein's predicted number itself. The source of fantasy & dreams is imagination. It is a gift, a powerful tool given to us by the almighty and the working is something we have to figure it out by our own to achieve global enlightenment.
This is an extract from Dr. dilip Abayasekara on How to Create your reality with the power of imagination Can you be brilliantly eloquent? Can you be great at anything you choose to do? Can you speak with eloquence and power in front of a group of people? If you answered "no, no, no" or "get real" or any variation of those words, I have good news for you. Although your present reality may indicate that the answers are "no", you CAN do all of the above in your imagination! in your imagination, you can be anything you want to be, do anything you want to do, realize any deferred dream that you have labeled as unreachable in the glum reality of your analytical "real" world. Do you remember when you were a kid, how much fun you could have imagining yourself to be a super hero, acting in concert with your imagination? You could fly, you could stop a speeding bullet, and you could leap over tall buildings. And then...you grew up. You dreamed less and less. You forgot the power of your imagination, not knowing that imagination is one of the greatest powers resident in you to affect your reality. The rest of the article can be read Here. Trust me its pretty awesome. After reading the full article we will get a extensive idea on how to bridge the gap between reality and imagination.
A word to all fellow dreamers out there. "Your dreams are what You desire and Your imagination is what creates it."
Interests vary from one person to another. Let us look at how collaboration of imagination or dreams with reality became pivotal to success in every field of life. TRUE STORY!!!
1. SCIENCE
Einstein Dreams About Electrocuting Cows, Creates Special Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein is perhaps the only person whose name became a synonym for "smart." Solving the mysteries of the universe was more a hobby for him than a job. And if his brain power wasn't obnoxious enough already, many of his biographies recount that the theory of relativity came to him in a goddamn dream. When he was a teenager. It's said that Einstein dreamed that he was walking through a farm when he came upon a bunch of cows huddled up against an electric fence. The farmer suddenly switched the fence on, because apparently he was that much of an asshole, and Einstein watched all of the cows jump back at the same time as they got shocked. Assuming that he'd witnessed some kind of synchronized cow acrobatics, Einstein recounted what he'd seen to the farmer, who had been standing at the opposite end of the field. But what the farmer had seen was different -- he'd seen the cows jump away one by one, like they were doing the wave at a football game. This would have been hilarious, and one assumes this is why he did it. Of course Einstein, being Einstein, wasn't content with simply waving this away as a silly dream. Shit, if he'd dreamed about wearing a hat made of pudding, he would have assumed there was a physics problem to solve there. So after ruminating on the problem for a while, he started to put together the idea that events look different depending on where you're standing because of the time it takes the light to reach your eyes. In other words, the theory of relativity. In short, we got one of the most radical developments in science because a young boy had a dream about electrocuting farmyard animals and spent his adult life refusing to let go of an argument that he had with an imaginary farmer. Take that, Ph.D. education!
Sleep + Music.. What a great combo, On any other day i will make a periodic table.
Nineteenth-century Chemist Dimitri Mendeleyev fell asleep while chamber music was being played in the next room. He understood in a dream that the basic chemical elements are all related to each other in a manner similar to the themes and phrases in music. When he awakened, he was able to write out for the first time the entire periodic table, which forms the basis of modern chemistry.
2. MUSIC
"Yesterday" I had a dream.
The tune for "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream... The Beatles were in London in 1965 filming Help! and McCartney was staying in a small attic room of his family's house on Wimpole Street. One morning, in a dream he heard a classical string ensemble playing, and, as McCartney tells it:
"I woke up with a lovely tune in my head. I thought, 'That's great, I wonder what that is?' There was an upright piano next to me, to the right of the bed by the window. I got out of bed, sat at the piano, found G, found F sharp minor 7th -- and that leads you through then to B to E minor, and finally back to E. It all leads forward logically. I liked the melody a lot, but because I'd dreamed it, I couldn't believe I'd written it. I thought, 'No, I've never written anything like this before.' But I had the tune, which was the most magic thing!"
Later According to the Guinness Book of Records, the Beatles song "Yesterday" (1965) went on to have the most cover versions of any song ever written and, according to record label BMI, was performed over seven million times in the 20th century.(well, i have done that in the 21st century too) This Song also ranks 13th on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.
3. MOVIES
JAMES CAMEROON DREAMS THE TERMINATOR
In 1981, director James Cameron was pretty much unknown in Hollywood, his greatest accomplishment at that time having been Piranha II: The Spawning, a cautionary tale about genetically engineered flying carnivorous fish. It was not the kind of film that people would watch and think that, 30 years later, the director would be responsible for the first and second most successful films in history.
Cameron of course had greater ambitions beyond flying piranhas. Yes, greater even than flying piranhas in space. He desired to make an action movie reminiscent of the old Outer Limits episodes he watched as a kid. He just didn't know what to write about. But while he was in Rome working on the post-production of Piranha II, Cameron grew sick and had to leave early to go to bed. That night, he had a fever dream -- there was an explosion, and coming out of it was a robot, cut in half, armed with kitchen knives, crawling toward a fleeing girl. Despite a 102 degree fever, Cameron sketched the robot down after he awoke, and once back in the United States, he hammered out a draft of what would become The Terminator.
Of course, the final film changed a little from Cameron's original vision. At first the killer robot was to be played by O.J. Simpson, but producers vetoed the idea because there was no way the public would believe O.J. would kill anyone (this was a little while ago).
But the finished product was a hit, and it was Cameron's first step toward becoming one of the biggest names in Hollywood, instead of getting pigeonholed as the go-to director for flying fish movies.
Ahem... Later fate had something stupid in mind.
4. NOVELS
The KING who had a dream
Stephen King is one of the most prolific and popular writers of our time, so it may surprise you to learn that he came up with plot concepts and graphic images for a few of his novels while sound asleep. In the case of Misery, King describes falling asleep on an airplane and having a dream about a fan kidnapping her favorite author and holding him hostage. When he awoke, King was so anxious to capture the story of his dream that he sat at the airport and frantically wrote the first 40-50 pages of the novel. Misery became a best-seller that inspired a successful movie and earned Kathy Bates, who played deranged fan Annie Wilkes, a Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe. King has been quoted as saying, “I’ve always used dreams the way you’d use mirrors to look at something you couldn’t see head-on, the way that you use a mirror to look at your hair in the back.” He credits his dreams with giving him the concepts for several of his novels and for helping him to solve troublesome moments in the writing of his novel IT as well.
OMG! I JUST MADE FRANKENSTEIN
In 1816, Mary Shelley was just eighteen years old when she spent the summer with her lover (and future husband) Percy Shelley, at Lord Byron’s estate in Switzerland. One night, as they sat around the fire, the conversation turned to the subject of reanimating human bodies using electrical currents. Shelley went to bed that night with images of corpses coming back to life swirling through her head; as she slept, she clearly saw Frankenstein’s monster and imagined the circumstances under which he had been created.
Shelley woke up and began to write a short story about her dream. Later that year her husband, also a writer, encouraged her to expand her story into a full-length novel. She complied, and the great literary masterpiece Frankenstein was published when Shelley was just nineteen. Incidentally, Lord Byron was also inspired by their fireside chat; his resulting work, Vampyre, is considered to be the predecessor of all romantic vampire-human love stories.
Well i hope i have covered most of your favourite fields. There are many more dream inventions/discoveries, you can always browse them on the internet.
At the end of the day , Never relegate your fantasies to the storage closet. They hold the power of a new reality. The reason we fantasize is because our creative nature is showing us a glimpse of future possibilities. For your dreams to become your reality, you only need to bridge the gap between imagination and realization.
PS: For starters, Read Calvin and hobbes strips! Here's one coming from the very imaginative 6 year old Calvin...
Even though calvin said KRAKOW! KRAKOW! TWO DIRECT HITS! as Spaceman spiff, Ironically that was the right answer to susie's ( the girl in the strip) question as well..
The most ironic fact is that this whole comic strip is based on a 6 year old calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes who magically comes to life in calvin's eyes and they go on many adventures and come across many realizations. This is imagination and realization at its very best..
So dear friends and foes IMAGINE, REALISE and RELIVE just like the late great John Lennon once said through this beautiful song.
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