So you thought you’ve seen enough! Have had enough?
I don’t think so.
Wait a while. Stay there.
“There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.” – Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
And, that is just the beginning.
It’s a horror movie you are not allowed to leave midway. Can’t exclaim… “Oh no! I don’t wanna play!” …and getaway.
“And she said we are all just prisoners here, of our own device
And in the master’s chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
relax, said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!”
Welcome to the Hotel Mania!
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The same concept has been expressed in scientific terms in Ginsberg’s theorem and Freeman’s commentary on Ginsberg’s theorem:
Ginsberg Theorem states that the three laws of thermodynamics can be restated as:
1. You can’t win. (conservation of mass/energy)
2. You can’t break even. (entropy increases)
3. You can’t get out of the game. (impossibility of reaching absolute zero)
Freeman’s Commentary on Ginsberg’s Theorem states that “Every major philosophy that attempts to make life seem meaningful is based on the negation of one part of Ginsberg’s Theorem.”
1. Capitalism is based on the assumption that you can win.
2. Socialism is based on the assumption that you can break even.
3. Mysticism is based on the assumption that you can quit the game.
Good one!
Physics has always been my favourite stream of study, even though it is based on a lot of hypothesis!