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October 25, 2009

is a genius (Quino) !

As I wrote a few post ago: I’m studying nuclear physics in these days.

Yesterday I focused my attention on the “liquid drop” and the “shell” models of the atom nucleus and I couldn’t avoid to think about it…

On one hand is fascinating to see how human mind can describe the world around, can understand the universe laws, but, on the other it’s “clear as sunlight” that all our models are not enough. They’ll never be enough… it’s an “infinite” motion toward a complete and perfect understanding. Scientist shouldn’t mind of it. In my humble opinion, for those who have a scientific skill, it is worth to try to understand more and more and do the best possible for being a good scientist because a better understanding of the universe is great and can be helpful for everyone.

In the same way, the artists that understand that through art is possible to put own head in the heavens, but that it happens only for a few secs, shouldn’t mind of it.  It’s worth to keep on peeking in there till the time they will get in there, and in the meanwhile they’ve showed those “seconds of heavens” to the whole world.

Probably the same thing can be applied on all other (honest) works.

Isn’t all this amazing?

The problems come when the scientists pretend to have the complete understanding of the universe, or when the artists pretend that  art works are “complete” or, worse, that they are “nicer” than the “original Source”.
Both are just saying “we don’t care of that Source” and will limit all their abilities to the finite chances of this world.

BTW. Thanks to my friend (a physics teacher) that answered with this drawing to my complaint about “being forced to study on English textbook to be able to understand thing because Italian text books are rarely that good” (I consider it an annoying and humilating nonsense)!

At least this pictues made me laugh and understand that what bother me isn’t such a big probblem.
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