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"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. In our endeavor to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears its ticking, but he has no way of opening the case. If he is ingenious he may form some picture of a mechanism which could be responsible for all the things he observes, but he may never be quite sure his picture is the only one which could explain his observations. He will never be able to compare his picture with the real mechanism and he cannot even imagine the possibility or the meaning of such a comparison. But he certainly believes that, as his knowledge increases, his picture of reality will become simpler and simpler and will explain a wider and wider range of his sensuous impressions. He may also believe in the existence of the ideal limit of knowledge and that it is approached by the human mind. He may call this ideal limit the objective truth." - Albert Einstein, The Evolution of Physics
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- in books on the go..., tanzy says:
it's summer, so there are actually books for fun on the list!
Wolves of Calla by Steven King
On Violence by Hannah Arendt
Nomadic Subjects by Rosi Braidotti
Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel
Southern California’s Best Beach Dives by D & K ShecklerJul 31, 2007 05:59 AM
Depression, in my experience, is not really dependent on class or geographical status. Sometimes it can help to remind a person of what they do have, how fortunate they are in their lives and show them how much you are willing to be there and care for them. But just telling them that you don't think they have a "right" to be depressed because they are more fortunate than others has never been productive in my experience.
I have been pretty severely depressed a couple times in my life and although I was always well aware of how fortunate I was to live a life of affluence in a country like the United States, logical argument about your social position in life doesn't really fix the fundamental problem that is causing the problem. For me that was a real unhappiness with the direction my life was heading and until I realized that and sought to address the problem, thinking about how lucky I really was only made it worse for me.
I'm not saying you should just willingly accept his problems, but I don't think calling him out for a hypocrite will help that much either... just my 2 cents.