ACCHS_Physics

I learned a lot from both articles, Between Magic and Science , and This concrete is going high-tech . This first article talks about alchemy in terms of the use of technology. It is fascinating and alarming that alchemy of infotech is used in the same sentence. Infotech is scientific, but to some degree it is causing a distrust in science, but also a dependancy. Mark Mullen states it well at the end of the article that, "Our fascination with the irrational, with magic, is undoubtedly always present, but it tends to flare into an alchemical rhetoric as our anxiety deepens concerning a society that appears to be coming overly-complex, technical, rational." The second article mentioned above about the use of concrete being the world's second largest industrial source of carbon dioxide. What struck me as even more of a surprise was that in 2017 it was responsible for about 4 billion pounds of CO2 emission! According to the article it sounds like a solution is in the works....

I think alchemy encompasses all three-science, magic, and art. For instance the gold tree Lawrence Principe discovered after mixing mercury and gold was initially a science experiment. The outcome was magical and beautiful. The structure of the formation was like art. After I read the article about creating cheaper metals it made me think about the magic and energy that certain substances contains. For instance, I own pieces of jewelry from metals such as gold, silver, stainless steal, and copper, but also from cheaply made metals that I don't know of there chemical breakdown. I can't say for sure if the cheaper ones give less beneficial energy, but it would be something interesting to test. One thing I really liked that Principe said was about how scientists and the like state that their "discoveries are completely new," but that, “They don’t just sort of come to someone in a dream, out of nowhere. New scientific ideas tend to develop out of older ones by a slow ...

I know I'm a living system because..... I consume other living things such as plants and animals. I drink water from living sources and my body is largely made of water. In my gut are living micro organisms that inhabit space in my body. When I spend amounts of time surrounded by only nature, I feel more at peace, my mind relaxes, and my breathing slows down.  The quality of air I breath makes a huge difference. If the air is clean versus polluted, I am affected. I know I'm a living system (and apart of a living system) because I notice my physical and energetic impact having an affect on my surrounding and myself. Acupuncture as effective energy medicine: I have so much to learn about the energetics of acupuncture, and the facts behind why it works so effectively. We know that it works, otherwise it would not have lasted this long. We know there are meridian pathways throughout the body connecting to each other through specific points. The body consists of energy and...

We have large vehicles right here in the Bay Area running on zero emissions. Some of the AC Transit busses run on zero emissions. I think it is very possible to get more larger vehicles running on zero emissions. It is a costly process which is why not all of the busses are zero emission yet. I think it's a matter of cost and time. These are important factors. The means need to be affordable and then the use needs to be frequent enough so that it makes sense. In order to have larger vehicles that will travel thousands of miles, fueling locations will need to be built which also cost a lot of money and resources. Also, this kind of change can't just happen overnight. It takes years. State and national funding need to go into these kinds of zero emissions production and that is where wealthy and powerful companies that support fossil fuels will probably not be on board with these progressive plans.

As much as I would like to see an end, or at least a significant drop, in the extraction of fossil fuels, I don't think that will happen completely and not in my lifetime unless we decide to switch to hydrogen and/or electric transportation completely. As of now, too many people are familiar with gasoline vehicles, hydrogen and electric are expensive to make, and switching over from gasoline would be costly and take a long time to integrate so that eventually everyone was on board. I very much like the idea of hydrogen vehicles. I think it is a clean and useful means of creating energy. I would like to see more energy created with hydrogen, electric, solar, and wind. I think using nature to fuel our vehicles, homes, work spaces, etc. would provide jobs and be better for the environment as well as all the living creatures on our planet. This goes to say that as long as creating these more natural forms of energy are not causing harm in creating them. I have read about the destructi...

Since reading the E-Primer article, I have checked myself from time to time noticing how I am wording my opinions and thoughts. Are they matter-of-fact or do I offer room for opinion and interpretation? I have to consciously make the decision to think about my thoughts and then how I will formulate my words. It's not easy. I do like making the effort though because I think it is important to think about what we say as it is coming out of our mouths. I have said stupid things so many times, later wishing I had just been quiet and not said anything at all. I often speak matter-of-fact or with demand especially at my family members. If I were to go around always saying, "I think you just spilled that, I would appreciate you cleaning it up" instead of "You spilled that. Clean it up, please" my kids would probably appreciate that more. I find that it takes more time and effort to word things that way and I am usually in a hurry so I just tell them what needs to be d...