Author: David A Lockwood

Amateur photographer with an interest in Prehistory (Rock Art).

A thought for today.

She lifts the lid. A dense mist rises from
the chest, and fills the room. PANDORA
falls senseless on the floor.

Yes, the moment shall decide!
It already hath decided;
And the secret once confided
To the keeping of the Titan
Now is flying far and wide,
Whispered, told on every side,
To disquiet and to frighten.

Fever of the heart and brain,
Sorrow, pestilence, and pain,
Moans of anguish, maniac laughter,
All the evils that hereafter
Shall afflict and vex mankind,
All into the air have risen
From the chambers of their prison;
Only Hope remains behind.

From: The Masque Of Pandora by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Richard Feynman – The World from another point of view.

Shown when TV companies assumed that those watching, had more than
two brain cells.

“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird”

This video shows exactly why Richard Feynman was held in such great esteem for his ability to convey complex ideas in an easily understood manner.

 

 

Always question certainty.

I have spent time during this isolation period, reading the CALTECH  Feynman lectures.

He had an ability to make the most complicated subject understandable. Although he is famous for saying “if you think you understand it, you don’t!”.

feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

‘We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty’ . Richard P. Feynman.

Makes a change from all the doom & gloom found in the media at the moment.