Wednesday, December 3, 2014
In Brian Greene's " Our Universe May Be a Giant Hologram" the argument being presented is that our universe is only a reflection of another like that of two mirrors facing each other. When reading this there was a certain level of understanding but I don't believe that there should be a change in how we handle things even if we are just a hologram of another. Edward Abbey's relationship with the animals that basically live with him is interesting it's like he is just a spectator of the animals. It is bizarre in a way because he lives by himself and watches animals around him as if he is in the the wilderness and is one of the animals himself. I have never had experiences like Abbey but I don't know if it would be beneficial to experience something like. Both of these texts have different views about life as we know it one were our universe is just a reflection of another and the other text talks as if the person is more in touch with animals then people, because of this I find both very interesting but bewildering at the same time.
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The argument that Brian Greene makes in his essay, “Our Universe Might Be a Giant Hologram” is basically different perspectives on how he views our universe from a child until present day and how it changes through many theory’s. He starts off with light and how it is the fastest thing known to man, and also how it reflects off of things to give some sort of illusion in mirrors. He explains in the essay how he believes there is reasoning to everything and he believes black holes can tell us this information. Honestly his theory may be true but until proven will not have an impact on how I currently live my life.
ReplyDeleteEdward Abbey’s relationship with the surrounding environment was great. In the text you could tell the environment meant a great deal to him, he called himself a “humanist” and described how he would kill a human before an animal. He feels, in my opinion both connected to the animals and disconnected to them because he really cares for them and does not want to harm the one bit but he feels as if they threated his life he would have to kill them to defend himself. Abbey’s experience’s is not closely related to anything I have experienced and I feel as if I do not really need that experience to become a better person.
These texts include the concept of bewilderment showing the confusion between the universe and how it created. There are numerous amounts of possibilities how everything works but there can never be a set stone answer to how the universe works. With Edward Abbey, there will never really be a true connection to animals and humans because of the type’s different species.
Both of these articles discuss two very different view points on life according to two very different lifestyles. Brian Greene introduces his theory that the world we live in is only one perspective of many due to his morning ritual of peering into his mirror on his closet door and seeing multiples of whatever he did. This is where his idea came from. Edward Abbey speaks about his time spent among the animals during his solitary time in the woods. He speaks about how it would be beneficial to everyone to try experiencing this feeling of living like the wildlife of this world. I agree that he feels both connected and disconnected due to the fact that he feels connected to them and wants to become a part of their lifestyle but is unable to due to his humanity flowing through him. Whatever you believe, there will always be someone else who looks at it in a different lights and finds a different explanation for the events occurring in their lives. What you decide to believe is up to you.
ReplyDeleteIn “Our Universe May Be a Giant Hologram,” by Brian Greene, shows a way of thinking that revolves around the idea of an illusion. He tries to explain this illusion, by standing in front of a mirror as well as behind him, and he is dumbfounded by the possibly that life and how we perceive things may just be a simple reflection of something else. Moreover, he goes from talking about mirrors to light to black holes, and states that black holes are the key to understanding the information that we don’t understand. “Black holes inform us about information storage in any context”, conveys that with understanding these mysteries it could unlock maybe answers. In addition, as of right know we don’t know if this idea is true or just a theory, so until it can be proven true it can’t really be applied to our life’s today. In ‘The Serpents of Paradise,” Edward Abbey he show us point of view of the wilderness and how he examines the different animals and even imagines himself as one of the animals “Cousin” and I don’t see how this will improve of shed knowledge on how to view or live life. Both readings are very abstract and leave room for a lot of interruption and confusion.
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