Philosophy and science

At first i cant stop wondering why i have to hv lessons on philosophy in the subject- ethics in science and technology. But now i know philosophy related to all kind of things, anything we have to use our mind on. So there's some nice article my lecturer gave us to read, i'll just put my report as it's review (the way a lazy person does), it's in bm, btw.

Sebelum memulakan laporan tentang kuliah, saya ingin mengulaskan satu artikel diberi oleh pensyarah bertajuk “The father of modern science?” oleh Andrew Pyle. Pada pendapat saya, sebelum kita berdepanan dengan pemikiran dan teori falsafah Francis Bacon, pemahaman singkat tentang Francis Bacon, latar belakang beliau dan pengaruh pemikirannya perlulah wujud supaya kita dapat memahami asal pemikirannya, faktor pemikirannya dan seterusnya kebenaran atau fakta dalam falsafah beliau .

Artikel tersebut merupakan satu review tentang buku bertajuk “Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early Modern Philosophy” yang membincangkan Francis Bacon dan peranan yang dibawa oleh beliau dalam pembangunan sains moden. Francis Bacon (1561- 1626) merupakan seorang ahli falsafah, negarawan British, saintis, peguam, ahli undang-undang, penulis dan orang mencipta kaedah saintifik (father of scientific method). Andrew Pyle berpendapat bahawa buku tersebut telah menerangkan peranan dan kepentingan Francis Bacon. Menurut pengarang buku “Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early Modern Philosophy” iaitu Stephen G., falsafah dan pemikiran yang diasaskan oleh Francis Bacon merupakan sebab utama ilmu sains dibangunkan dan diperkembangkan di Barat dan bukan di turkey ataupun China pada era ke-17an, di mana sains merupakan satu artifak budaya dan bukannya sesuatu yang dihasilkan secara semulajadi.

Dalam karya besar Francis Bacon - Novum Organum, atau "instrumen baru", Francis Bacon berpendapat bahawa walaupun falsafah pada ketika itu menggunakan terutamanya silogisme deduktif untuk menginterpretasikan tabii alam, di mana adalah disebabkan oleh logik Aristotle (atau Organon), ahli falsafah patut melanjutkan melalui penalaran induktif dari fakta ke aksiom hingga ke undang-undang fizikal. Sebelum memulakan induksi ini, pengkaji adalah untuk membebaskan fikirannya dari idea-idea palsu tertentu atau kecenderungan yang akan memutarbalikkan kebenaran. Ini disebut "Idols" (idola) dan terdapat empat jenis idols :

1. "Idols of the Tribe"

Bacon said that the Idols of the Tribe "take their rise either from the homogeneity of the substance of the human spirit, or from its preoccupation, or from its narrowness, or from its restless motion, or from an infusion of the affections, or from the incompetency of the senses, or from the mode of impression"

2. "Idols of the Cave"

Bacon said that the Idols of the Cave "grow for the most part either out of the predominance of a favorite subject, or out of an excessive tendency to compare or to distinguish, or out of partiality for particular ages, or out of the largeness or minuteness of the objects contemplated. And generally let every student of nature take this as a rule: that whatever his mind seizes and dwells upon with peculiar satisfaction is to be held in suspicion, and that so much the more care is to be taken in dealing with such questions to keep the understanding even and clear."

3. "Idols of the Market-place"

Bacon said that the Idols of the Market Place were given this name by him because "on account of the commerce and consort of men there. For it is by discourse that men associate, and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into numberless empty controversies and idle fancies."

4. "Idols of the Theater"

Bacon, “Idols which have immigrated into men's minds from the various dogmas of philosophies, and also from wrong laws of demonstration. These I call Idols of the Theater, because in my judgment all the received systems are but so many stage plays, representing worlds of their own creation after an unreal and scenic fashion. Nor is it only of the systems now in vogue, or only of the ancient sects and philosophies, that I speak; for many more plays of the same kind may yet be composed and in like artificial manner set forth; seeing that errors the most widely different have nevertheless causes for the most part alike. Neither again do I mean this only of entire systems, but also of many principles and axioms in science, which by tradition, credulity, and negligence have come to be received.”

Bacon said that, in his time, the last type, the superstitious, was most common, and did the most harm.

Menurut Francis Bacon, idola-idola inilah yang akan menghalangkan seseorang daripada pencarian kebenarannya dan penghalang perjalanan menjawab persoalan seseorang.

Pada mula-mula ketika saya membaca, saya tidak dapat memahami kenapa falsafah akan dikaitkan dengan sains, kerana bagi saya, sains adalah bersifat fizikal, kita mampu mempelajari ilmu sains dengan deria-deria kita: baca, dengar dan sentuh, namun falsafah adalah kontrasnya di mana tidak dapat dilihat, disentuh, dirasai. Tetapi selepas membaca artikel tambahan oleh pensyarah, saya hanya menyedari bahawa penerokaan ilmu sains bermula daripada pemikiran seseorang di mana pemikiran berkait penting dengan teori falsafah.

《百万朵玫瑰》- Comeback Madonna

到头来，还是最爱这首歌。读书到一半，听了这首歌，读不下去了--大爱啊~~。所以理所当然的，blog 换歌啦。这是韩剧"I am Legend" 里的ost.

《百万朵玫瑰》- Comeback Madonna 韩中歌词

먼옛날 어느별에서 내가 세상에 나올때
사랑을 주고 오라는 작은음성 하나 들었지

사랑을 할때만 피는꽃 백만송이 피워오라는
진실한 사랑을 할때만 피어나는 사랑의 장미

미워하는 미워하는 미워하는 마음없이
아낌없이 아낌없이 사랑을 주기만 할때
수 백만송이 백만송이 백만송이 꽃은피고
그립고 아름다운 내별나라로 갈수있다네

진실한 사랑은 뭔가 괴로운 눈물 흘렸네
헤어져간 사람많았던 너무나 슬픈 세상이였기에

사랑을 할때만 피는꽃 백만송이 피워오라는
진실한 사랑을 할때만 피어나는 사랑의 장미

미워하는 미워하는 미워하는 마음없이
아낌없이 아낌없이 사랑을 주기만 할때
수 백만송이 백만송이 백만송이 꽃은피고
그립고 아름다운 내별나라로 갈수있다네

미워하는 미워하는 미워하는 마음없이
아낌없이 아낌없이 사랑을 주기만 할때
수 백만송이 백만송이 백만송이 꽃은피고
그립고 아름다운 내별나라로 갈수있다네

（有学韩语滴所以放上一些韩语字，纯粹自爽。下面是中文翻译滴）

很久以前某个星球
当我出生时 让我去给爱
听到了这么一个声音 每当爱时开花
开百万朵的花 当有真实的爱情时
才能开的爱情的玫瑰
没有 讨厌的讨厌的讨厌的心
无私的 无私的 无私的给了爱情
百万朵 百万朵 百万朵花开
可以去我的想念又美丽的星球 其实的爱情是什么
流下了痛苦的眼泪 有太多离开的人
所以是个悲伤的世界 每当爱时开花
开百万朵的花 当有真实的爱情时 才能开的爱情的玫瑰

enjoy~~

"The King's Speech"

Watched the movie "The King's Speech" and found out a chinese article about tat...both are such fascinating, worth introducing to u all...

醫生與國王 - 陶傑

2010年12月17日 (i saw tis article in sinchew dated 13 March 2011)


一個民族有了奴才這個品種，是沒得救的。 特別是當奴才，上位成功，榮華富貴，就成為下一代仿效的對象。一切教育都白費，小孩漸漸知道，恭侍權貴，要兩手垂立，揣摸主子的心意，一個國家，就從靈魂的深處腐爛起。
英王喬治六世，是英女王伊利沙白二世的父親。第二次世界大戰前，因為他哥哥「不愛江山愛美人」，跟了一個美國婆娘，國王的寶座，由喬治六世臨時頂上。
喬治六世不想當國王，他有自卑感。他的自卑，來自小時候嚴重的口吃病，他生來是左撇子，用左手，但由於皇室的嚴格，他被迫要用右手，喬治從小就心理恐懼，出現了語障症。
喬治實在當不了國王，因為國王是要演說的，像一年一度的國會開幕禮。喬治的口吃，嚴重到私下連一個 King字也說不出來。人山人海的場合，更加成了啞巴。
連一個 King字也說不來，怎麼辦？政府和皇室，為他請語言治療師。找到一個澳洲人，叫做羅克。羅克是語言發音的專家，曾專為第一次世界大戰的退役軍人做過治療──戰爭太慘酷，許多士兵九死一生回來，驚駭得失語──羅克在倫敦著名的哈利街開診所。
有一天，有人來敲他的門，告訴他有一個很特殊的病人，請他緊急幫忙。羅克問是誰，對方說，就是即將登位的新國王喬治。
白金漢宮的人請他進宮。但羅克不答應，他說：就算國王，也不能有特權，他要治病，請他敬移玉步，自己來我的診所，因為口吃的人多有心理障礙，首先要拿他當普通人平等對待。 皇室的人最初不肯，說身份太敏感，還有安全理由，但羅克堅持：如果不答應，就此拉倒。皇室沒辦法，只有讓喬治上門。
羅克發現英王的口吃，只因為呼吸管道問題，教他氣沉丹田，先運用橫膈膜，調理好呼吸，經過六個月沉悶刻板的課程，喬治終於能順暢地說出一個 King字。能不結巴清楚說出自己的身份，就可以登基了。
當太醫，怎可以不進宮，要皇帝出門？在中國，這樣的醫生腦袋早搬了家，當奴才，一要向主子諱疾，二不可拂逆上意，叫主人上門來遷就自己？不可能的，一個國家有沒有明天，看這些小事情，喬治學會了說一個字： King，但他要上醫生的門，而不是醫生三跪九叩的進宮，這一點，就是人權、自由、平等的精神。

Some said its about the king and commoners, about equility...some said its about striving through hard conditions...

i would say watch it and hv your own understanding towards what it delivered.

cheers~

Kechara Oasis : New Age Vegetarian Cuisine, Jaya One

This was my second time going there. From my first visit, I had a good eating experience at there. Although it was expensive than usual vegetarian restaurants (which were expensive enough too) and their delivery time of dishes are s.l.o.w.(half an hour would be the minimum for first dish to be served), but those delicious food still attract us of going again. This time we went there with our whole family. : )

As we went there during CNY, there was only set meals available. We ordered a set lunch of RM388++(its CNY trend that so less food to choose n all are so expensive). As usual the food are so slow and they even deliver our dishes to the wrong table which makes us have to wait for another hour for that next dish. Although the food there are nice and unique, really have to think twice before going again.

Lou sang, a must during CNY. Not bad, new elements were added, such as bread crunch, fried seaweed etc.

This dish is superb. The fried mushroom, the yam roll, all are delicious. The sate is so-so for me but my brother loves it.

Wondering what is that green thingie? Its cucumber, creative rite? It tasted good too, with the sauce.

Looked simple rite? But it's very nice, for me, making simple dishes delicious is what proves a chef's a good one.

This is the dessert. Inside its banana and yam, if i remember correctly. There is also 1 noodle dish before this, the one we waited for an hour for it to be served. Although that time i was extremely full, i still managed to finish up a bowl of it, because it's so yummy.

Okay, I have to admit, looking back at these pictures reminding me of how delicious the dishes were. So maybe a couple of bad experience on the services would not stop me from going again. You would be amazed by the creativity of the chef that how well they mixed those ingredients together, of combination which you wouldn't thought of, and produced such delicious dishes. If you wanted a different style of vegetarian cuisine, honestly this would be on the top of my list.

love food, love live!