If the "great wish" of science is to benefit the common people

Jaylen 2022-01-16 08:01:45

I always feel that I am a bit biased towards "anti-intellectualism", believe in "the way of heaven", and don't believe in the narrow "man conquer the sky". I think this is a delusion, and nature is there. The so-called victory and creation in the world are nothing but narrow partial fantasy. Entertain yourself. If you put it into a big cosmic vision, perhaps the Creator can only smile, what is there to overcome, it is natural to come and go in a hurry. However, I have read some things recently, which firstly gave me a new understanding of people's "desires". That is: the essence of desire is vitality, the possibility of existence, and kinetic energy. If all people truly achieve "desirelessness" and "no desire or demand", the world will lose the necessity and possibility of existence.

The way to deal with "desire" is not to control, understand or restrain or annihilate it at all. In this way, as just said, either the world will lose the possibility of existence, or it will add more troubles, pains and entanglements, which is endless. . Why? Because the existence of desire is a natural phenomenon, it is a paradox between the endless imagination of desire space and the limited physical body. If you have to suppress it, it is not pain, or the false Taoism that is forcibly distorted and hideous.

The reason why "desire" can cause endless pain depends on whether the nature of desire is conscious or unconscious. The desire to be aware (the golden mean in traditional Chinese concepts, believing is to be aware) will transform into a powerful life force, which can realize the meaning and value of reality; blind and ignorant is an endless source of pain .

Speaking of the theme of this movie, take a hot air balloon to start the early days of meteorology. If it weren’t for the deliberate literary and artistic rendering and beautification of the movie, if the historical facts are really like this, as the male protagonist said: the reason why he is obsessed with the exploration of meteorology (science) is to better take care of human life. I think, if science is both Can this original intention be a "great wish", then, this is the condition for science to survive for a long time.

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  • Harmon 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    The wiki of this movie said that the actual liftoff in history broke the world record and reached 11,887 meters (38,999 feet), which felt ridiculous. I continued to read Glaisher's wiki and said that it reached 9,500~10,900 meters. Coxwell's The wiki says that it is 10,700~11,300 meters, and one data is higher than the other... But there is a data in the wiki of the two pilots that is relatively consistent, that is, it is mentioned that they both fainted and lost consciousness at around 8800 meters, and the coxwell was turned on before fainting. Deflate the valve, can the balloon continue to rise after the valve is opened? The 10,000-meter+ height statement can only be explained that Coxwell had reached 10,000 meters+ before opening the air valve (and another hypoxia that was more than 1,000 meters high and had been fainting and did not die), and the height of Mount Everest was in the early 8800s. It is already an inhuman environment. The pilots of World War I usually fly at or below 20,000 feet without oxygen supply. The open cockpit of World War II aircraft also needs oxygen supply to 20,000 feet.

  • Emmitt 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    TIFF2019.09.08 Eddie and Felicity reunite again after The Theory of Everything. You can probably tell what they are talking about by looking at the poster and the title. The story is half-real and half-fictional. It restores the adventure of two hot air balloon travelers more than 100 years ago. The high-altitude part is quite exciting, and the group of butterflies in the clouds is so beautiful. Other than that, the rest of it is just mediocre.

The Aeronauts quotes

  • James Glaisher: You are the only person who could fly us higher than anyone has ever been.

  • Amelia Wren: You don't change the world simply by looking at it, you change it through the way you choose to live in it.