If a scientist names an object, say a star, does it change it's reality in any way? I think not. A star is a star, or as my mother likes to say, "It is what it is," regardless of what some man or woman on earth names it. The words or characters used in any …
Tag: Physics
Branches and Roots
Every once in a while you hear of unusually creative friendships. Such friendships have the dual effect on my consciousness of restoring my faith in humanity and sparking my imagination relative to our collective future. I stumbled across a lovely passage which describes one such friendship between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau in …
Conservation of Momentum
Physics was one of my favorite classes in high school, for two reasons. The first reason is found in the zany stunts my physics teacher managed to execute somehow under the nose of the administration and generally accepted rules of normal behavior. Our egg drop competition, for example, culminated with the winner successfully landing an …
Adding Value
"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." ~ Albert Einstein I've been meeting with various members of my team about their plans for 2011 and while the details are unique to each one, a common theme is emerging. Success follows those who add value. If …
Truth and Goodness
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." ~ Albert Einstein I've often marveled at the ingenuity of those standouts in history who dedicated their lives to the restoration of goodness and truth to their rightful place at the apex human understanding and function. It hasn't been easy. Human beings …
You needn’t see it to believe it.
I had an unusual conversation yesterday that I feel is worthy of further consideration. A new acquaintance, whom I have not met in person, asked me where I thought the world was headed. What a whopper of a question! She qualified her question with a mention of the Mayan Calendar, which as I understand it …
Imagination, Purpose and Change
“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein It’s a little ironic to me that my company’s product line is based in part on a manufacturing method developed in the Middle Ages while at the same time we …
Lost in Translation
I've been digesting a delicious article from yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, called "Take a Tip from your Tongue," for the last few minutes and like Marcel Proust's madeleine I find myself lost in a dreamy remembrance of a time when perfection was the norm and not the exception. Was there such a time? A time …
Gregory Hake 