Week 8 - Classical Physic

Newton's 3 laws and me

For me the most interesting aspect of Newton's 3 laws is when, how and why when it isn't applicable. Why does it work for most of mechanical calculations but doesn't when Einstein's General Relativity is applied.

I wonder if we'll also be able to discover other instances where additional exceptions to Einstein's General Relativity at non-Quantum level?

Our Energy Efficient Culture

I am just glad that there's an increasing global and local awareness of need to conserve energy. In a sense, source of energy can be for practical purposes, thought as infinite since sun provides plenty of energy.

However, it's the process of capturing, storing, distribution and ultimate usage of captured energy which seems to cause pollution, global warming and other negative effects.

Descartes

For me, Descartes is just one of the long string of Western philosophers who's advocated mind and body division along with a very mechanistic view of the Universe.

I think we can trace these thoughts all the way back to Plato and Aristotle and other famous Western thinkers. Descartes didn't just come up with these theories in absence, he like most other thinkers in history, built upon those who came before him.

So maybe we should not be so hard on him :-)