Daily Archives: November 4, 2012

Why does the universe exist? 4

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Existence, 8

The sentence “the universe exists” can be meaningful if you interpret it as “something exists“.

The universe exists

= Something exists

= There is something

And then you interpret the “universe” as the container of that “something”. In other words, you define the “universe” as the “there”.

However, it is an abuse of the word “universe”. The meaning of the word “universe” is “everything” or “all the things“, not just “something”. Also, the sentence “something exists” is useless. At most, it is just a meaningful nonsense.

— Me@2012.10.15

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The Divine Michelangelo, 2

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這段改編自 2010 年 6 月 8 日的對話。

If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius.

如果你知道我付出過多少努力，你就不會再覺得我是天才了。

— Michelangelo Buonarroti

成龍電影的好處是，通常在電影完結後，都會播出該部電影的「NG 鏡頭」，令觀眾知道，電影中的每一個有型動作，都是來自拍攝時，數十次的嘗試。

現實世界中，你所見到的「天才」，其實都是那樣：做事不行時，就繼續試，試到行為止。然後，將那些不行的情節「刪除」，不讓世人知道。那樣，世人就會有個錯覺，以為那些「天才」的成就，真的是來自「一步登天」。

例如，達文西（Leonardo da Vinci）畫一隻手時，要先畫四十幅草稿：一幅畫外形、一幅畫骨骼 和 一幅畫血管 等等。之後，他才會正式畫那一隻手。[1]

又例如，「文藝復興藝術三傑」中的另外一傑，是米高安哲羅（Michelangelo）。他是一位畫家、雕刻家 和 建築師。他在晚年時，刻意把一生之中的所有草稿燒毀。另外，再把任何 未完成 或者 未臻完善 的作品，都一一刪除。他只容許自己最好的一面，留給歷史。那樣，他就為自己，塑造了一個「神人」的形象。

知道這一點後，你們就不要再被人欺騙。如果有一位同學在考試得滿分，而他又宣稱，他不是太用功的話，他大概是在說謊。

— Me@2012.11.04

[1] His continued investigations in this field occupied many pages of notes, each dealing systematically with a particular aspect of anatomy. It appears that the notes were intended for publication, a task entrusted on his death to his pupil Melzi.　

— Wikipedia on Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci

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