Dec 21, 2004 22:08
I decided today while watching Nova, that when I read or watch shows about the newest scientific discovery that this is how people must feel about religion. While watching Nova talking about string theory I sat there with my heart pumping, thinking of all the ideas that the scientists are talking about. It does not really matter to me that tomarrow they find out that it is wrong, it just invigorates me to hear people talk about how the world around us might work.
I can not descibe how I feel when I hear them talk about it. For some reason it fasinates me in a way that nothing else can, and I actually will get emotional about scinentific theories. I don't mean that I cry emotional, more like certain things make me feel certain ways. I look at the beauty of Einstein's theories and just sit there in awe. People talk about how rough quantum theory is and when I think about it, it makes me upset. It just feels so forced and unsettling. I don't know why these things make me feel like this, but it is a crazy love that I have for the theory behind everything. I wish I was smart enough to enter the field of theoretical physics because I believe that it is my one true love and interest. I need to try to find more books talking about the subject.
I guess most people can not identify with falling in love with a theory or describing one as disturbing, but it seems to be the only way that I can describe it. I can only imagine what it would be like to crash the worlds of math and science together to create something new and beautiful. What a thrill it must be.