#math is god

[thefuzzyaya]

I still think that if we ever meet extraterrestrials, we would already have a common language that both of our species use. It's language of love.

Kidding.

It's definitely math.

[the-church-of-st-ln]

The Flesh, The Divine, The Machine.

In my head, he is the manifestation of it all.

[the-church-of-st-ln]

I decided to create a blog dedicated to my one true love — whom I shall call L-n or N.Yu here.

He's a wonderful educator (teaching computer science), a magnificent person and an inspiration for my studies.

I had a relevation recently — about Him, about math, about life. I struggle to put it into words, but this blog might help me with it. I hope someone will be inspired by it, too.

[kronos-keeper]

Hermann Gottlieb, numbers, and religion

So here's something:

In the beginning of the movie, with Hermann briefing Herc and Pentecost, we have an interesting moment that I believe has a few different layers to it.

Hermann's line is "Numbers are as close as we get to the handwriting of God."

First of all, that a beautifully poetic line, if a bit misapplied in the middle of a military brief, haha.

But that's not all there is to it. Most people believe this sort of shows him as a romantic, and I can get behind that intepretation, but I'm here to offer another. It's not romanticism, but almost like spritualism.

A canon source (the artbook, I believe), states that Hermann is Jewish, but not practising. So it's likely to say that his family was historically Jewish, and Hermann grew up around culutral beliefs and attachments regarding Judaism. (His parents most likely practiced, and dragged their kids along as well.)

It's also pretty safe to say that, given Hermann is ridiculously in depth and analytical about everything relating to his academic and career passions, that he would pursue even more esoteric routes that center around math.

It's possible that Hermann has some limited knowledge of Hebrew, especially if he practiced while growing up. An interesting facet of Hebrew is that every letter represents a number-- and the numbers assigned to these letter have a pattern, purpose, and meaning, especially as linked to the Torah. It would be very likely that as a child, Hermann would be fascinated by the number patterns he could find within Hebrew texts.

Now here's the interesting part. There's a Jewish form of numerology called Gematria which parses a number value to a letter, word or phrase. This is particularly used in Hasidic Judaism and Kabbalistic study, that believes that there are messages encoded within the Torah, especially in number patterns. One of the beliefs is that it is possible to find the actual complete name of God within the text, as represented by number patterns.

So when Hermann is saying that "numbers are as close as we get to the handwriting of God," I believe that this is echoing his childhood religion, and probably some of his earliest fascination, and even a sense of spirituality, as connected with numbers. If the actual name of God can be found in this text-- then what else can be found, in the numbers and patterns in the universe? Roughly approximated, of course.

For Hermann, there is literally something spiritual about numbers, almost as an expression of divinity. Considering there's a healthy practice of it in his childhood religion, there's no wonder that he's as awed by numbers as he shows.

For an interesting parralel, I suggest you guys check out the movie Pi. It talks a lot about the idea of numbers and the larger universe. It doesn't hurt that the story is relayed through a disabled, hermit-like Jewish math genius.

[radicallytookawaii]

PSAT Summary

- What are cow? -Math is God. - 2 and 1/2 hour of filling in school information. - Gen x Hosokawa yaoi 5 lyFe - Cursive who? - Family plant potatoes -Calculators to the floor. And this determines whether we get scholarships?

[almondbiscotti]

This is a random post about the happenings in my life.

If you could see my study area right now, you'd be appalled. It's a gigantic mess and it makes so incredibly happy. :) I have notes strewn everywhere, SO MUCH rough paper, an opened textbook, illegible scribblings and the words EIGENVECTOR and EIGENVALUE running in my head. 

CN3421 covers eigenvectors and eigenvalues, something I've already learned in my first year in uni but as with all things in uni, I can't remember shit about them except something about how they don't change the direction of a vector after multiplication with that vector. (Which is cool like hell in my opinion.) So while going through my tutorial today, I referred back to my year 1 notes and I'm experiencing the same sort of wonder I felt the first time I learned about them. 

I really really like my CN3421 (process modeling & numerical methods) prof but I have to say despite him being so damn hilarious, he is only concerned with getting the mathematical methods across to us. (Maybe that's why it's called numerical METHODS) And he doesn't discuss the actual physical meaning of all the methods and properties we're dealing with. So a lot of times I find myself being able to solve questions perfectly but I have no idea why they work out the way they do. And I don't like that. And he'd teach us something and I'll have NO IDEA what it's used for. (Alien co-factors are the best example of this. I have googled alien co-factors 274856437 times and I still can't find what purpose they serve. Because it's because they really serve no purpose.) 

Because my prof is so set on delivering methods and methods only without the meanings attached to them, I was so blown away when I revised how eigenvectors and eigenvalues work. Maths is so incredibly cool. SO. INCREDIBLY. COOL. Not to mention it holds a beauty unmatched by any field I know. All of us are nothing without Mathematics. 

Moving swiftly along! :D

Daryl went for his Exxon interview today and I think he did pretty well. :) So yay! Is very proud of my Boyfriend. :) The boy is all jittery every time his phone vibrates and even got excited when my phone rang because he thought it was his. So cute. :D I'm looking forward to my own interview with GSK with much excitement but at the same time, I'm DAMN nervous. What Lex says is right, I just want this one thing in my Uni life to go perfectly right. I want this so bad. SO. BAD. I'm really glad Lex chose the exact same thing as me. I really hope we both get it. It'd be nice having someone I know in GSK with me. :)

I've been catching up on my process webcasts and I'm proud of myself. I'm not lagging as bad as I usually would this sem and I'm proud of myself. :) 

Okay. Sleepy sleepy. SLEEP TIME. :) 

[mylifeaskirk-blog]

This is pretty much my theory on life - in a weird way.