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		<title>By: FranksFilms</title>
		<link>http://www.franksfilms.com/grave-of-the-fireflies#comment-341</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Kre-zay!  You ask all the difficult questions.  Fortunately, I have all the hard to understand answers.  Physics has two important concepts that are relevant.

Think about an ordinary every thing - let's say the air in your room.  The air is made up of gas molecules (mostly 

nitrogen and oxygen) that are too small to see.  Any one molecule will obey the classical laws of physics.  It will 

travel at a certain speed, bump into the wall and bounce off, bounce into other molecules and bounce off.  Not all 

molecules travel at the same speed.  Some are pretty pokey while other tear along at breakneck speeds. Knowing what 

any one molecule is doing will tell absolutely nothing about the air in the room.  

When you look at many molecules, what you find is the following.  If you graph the kinetic energy (related to speed) 

of all the particles, it looks like the familiar bell curve we remember from school.  The center of the bell curve 

is the average energy (the C+ of energies).  This average energy represents the temperature of the air - in fact 

"temperature" is defined by the average energy of the collection of molecules.  The point is that there is balance 

here.  Fast particles are balanced by slow particles.  The behavior of individual particles is relatively 

unimportant compared to the behavior of the system (called the "ensemble average").  

This can sometimes seem unbalanced since the fastest particles carry the greatest percentage of the system energy.  

This is exactly analagous to the distribution of wealth in the world.  The richest 5% of the people have 40% of the 

world's wealth.  Unfair - but statistics is what it is.  

The other concept is "antisymmetry".  When you look in the mirror, you're looking at a left-handed version of 

yourself (or right-handed if you're left handed.  If you're ambidexterous, you don't generally don't cast a 

reflection).  That's antisymmetry.  For every type of particle there is an antiparticle that has exactly the opposite properties.  For everything you can think of, there is the exact opposite - that is antisymmetry, which is symmetry nevertheless.  

Whenever you have a large population, you are going to have normal Guassian (Bell Curve) distributions and you are going to have symmetry (which includes antisymmetry).  

And your fianl question: what is THE truth? There is no absolute truth.  We often think of science as precise and exact and the truth about the nature of the universe, but that's deceiving.  Science is only a way in which we can describe what we see.  The fact that our view of the world changes in very significant ways from one century to the next suggests that what we think we know now will seem pretty foolish a hundred years from now - maybe less.  You might think why do we even bother studying science if none of it is true, and it all will change sooner or later.  The best reason is that we will never get to the next level until we thoroughly exhaust the current world views .....plus, each new revolution brings we a better understanding of how we perceive the world.  

Anyway, that's it!  Hope this gives you food for thought ............or not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Kre-zay!  You ask all the difficult questions.  Fortunately, I have all the hard to understand answers.  Physics has two important concepts that are relevant.</p>
<p>Think about an ordinary every thing - let&#8217;s say the air in your room.  The air is made up of gas molecules (mostly </p>
<p>nitrogen and oxygen) that are too small to see.  Any one molecule will obey the classical laws of physics.  It will </p>
<p>travel at a certain speed, bump into the wall and bounce off, bounce into other molecules and bounce off.  Not all </p>
<p>molecules travel at the same speed.  Some are pretty pokey while other tear along at breakneck speeds. Knowing what </p>
<p>any one molecule is doing will tell absolutely nothing about the air in the room.  </p>
<p>When you look at many molecules, what you find is the following.  If you graph the kinetic energy (related to speed) </p>
<p>of all the particles, it looks like the familiar bell curve we remember from school.  The center of the bell curve </p>
<p>is the average energy (the C+ of energies).  This average energy represents the temperature of the air - in fact </p>
<p>&#8220;temperature&#8221; is defined by the average energy of the collection of molecules.  The point is that there is balance </p>
<p>here.  Fast particles are balanced by slow particles.  The behavior of individual particles is relatively </p>
<p>unimportant compared to the behavior of the system (called the &#8220;ensemble average&#8221;).  </p>
<p>This can sometimes seem unbalanced since the fastest particles carry the greatest percentage of the system energy.  </p>
<p>This is exactly analagous to the distribution of wealth in the world.  The richest 5% of the people have 40% of the </p>
<p>world&#8217;s wealth.  Unfair - but statistics is what it is.  </p>
<p>The other concept is &#8220;antisymmetry&#8221;.  When you look in the mirror, you&#8217;re looking at a left-handed version of </p>
<p>yourself (or right-handed if you&#8217;re left handed.  If you&#8217;re ambidexterous, you don&#8217;t generally don&#8217;t cast a </p>
<p>reflection).  That&#8217;s antisymmetry.  For every type of particle there is an antiparticle that has exactly the opposite properties.  For everything you can think of, there is the exact opposite - that is antisymmetry, which is symmetry nevertheless.  </p>
<p>Whenever you have a large population, you are going to have normal Guassian (Bell Curve) distributions and you are going to have symmetry (which includes antisymmetry).  </p>
<p>And your fianl question: what is THE truth? There is no absolute truth.  We often think of science as precise and exact and the truth about the nature of the universe, but that&#8217;s deceiving.  Science is only a way in which we can describe what we see.  The fact that our view of the world changes in very significant ways from one century to the next suggests that what we think we know now will seem pretty foolish a hundred years from now - maybe less.  You might think why do we even bother studying science if none of it is true, and it all will change sooner or later.  The best reason is that we will never get to the next level until we thoroughly exhaust the current world views &#8230;..plus, each new revolution brings we a better understanding of how we perceive the world.  </p>
<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s it!  Hope this gives you food for thought &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;or not.</p>
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		<title>By: kre-zay</title>
		<link>http://www.franksfilms.com/grave-of-the-fireflies#comment-336</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand your devotion in physics but Ive got a few questions for you?
but before asking I want to clear it out that Im not anti-science and all for anarchy and all those stuff. Its just that these questions are bothering me and I want some one to reflect on it.
wel here goes
if u think that physics is the answer to all then tell me this:-

where is the symmetry in life of a person who spents most his time in hard labour and then gets nothing in return other than economic and social oppression from so called "the superiors"?

where is the balance of a person who is mentally ill?

or are u saying that symmetry exist in a class of people where if someone is feeling the pain of life others are enjoying the happiness!
if thats the case then who controls this symmetry.
we believe in god because we think that he/she can answer any of our questions right?
then why is it that physics cant answer the "why" question of life.
i am agnostic about GOD but i am disturbed by the way the universe is
"costant struggle" as I would say well if it sounds pesimistic then i cant help it cz thats the way I feel right now.

why cant physics (or any science for that matter) answer the reason of having instincts and rationality at the same time?

why there is a need of having balance.

we are conditioned in such a way that we think that logic, balance and equation can solve anything.
but ages ago there were other explanations that satisfied human kind in the same way. how can we accept this to be true?
if some one comes with a new theory which beyond logic and equation then we are going to chuck the present state of theories as outdated just as we did before!!
then what is THE TRUTH?
human kind have developed in a number of ways and i am not opposing their crations but then what was the need for all that if still 38 wars are being fought all across the wars. so does that mean that the world or rather the universe, which is so unrest with meteors erupting and stars destroying and getting born etc, is never at balance or does the death of one and the birth of another equifies themselves and then creates a balance.

I am not in any state of argument so dont be annoyed with my question. nothing personal just that these things are bothering me.



ohh by the way i agree to your review more or less on the movie grave of the fire flies and truly its a must watch movie.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand your devotion in physics but Ive got a few questions for you?<br />
but before asking I want to clear it out that Im not anti-science and all for anarchy and all those stuff. Its just that these questions are bothering me and I want some one to reflect on it.<br />
wel here goes<br />
if u think that physics is the answer to all then tell me this:-</p>
<p>where is the symmetry in life of a person who spents most his time in hard labour and then gets nothing in return other than economic and social oppression from so called &#8220;the superiors&#8221;?</p>
<p>where is the balance of a person who is mentally ill?</p>
<p>or are u saying that symmetry exist in a class of people where if someone is feeling the pain of life others are enjoying the happiness!<br />
if thats the case then who controls this symmetry.<br />
we believe in god because we think that he/she can answer any of our questions right?<br />
then why is it that physics cant answer the &#8220;why&#8221; question of life.<br />
i am agnostic about GOD but i am disturbed by the way the universe is<br />
&#8220;costant struggle&#8221; as I would say well if it sounds pesimistic then i cant help it cz thats the way I feel right now.</p>
<p>why cant physics (or any science for that matter) answer the reason of having instincts and rationality at the same time?</p>
<p>why there is a need of having balance.</p>
<p>we are conditioned in such a way that we think that logic, balance and equation can solve anything.<br />
but ages ago there were other explanations that satisfied human kind in the same way. how can we accept this to be true?<br />
if some one comes with a new theory which beyond logic and equation then we are going to chuck the present state of theories as outdated just as we did before!!<br />
then what is THE TRUTH?<br />
human kind have developed in a number of ways and i am not opposing their crations but then what was the need for all that if still 38 wars are being fought all across the wars. so does that mean that the world or rather the universe, which is so unrest with meteors erupting and stars destroying and getting born etc, is never at balance or does the death of one and the birth of another equifies themselves and then creates a balance.</p>
<p>I am not in any state of argument so dont be annoyed with my question. nothing personal just that these things are bothering me.</p>
<p>ohh by the way i agree to your review more or less on the movie grave of the fire flies and truly its a must watch movie.</p>
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		<title>By: WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY &#171; We Love Movies</title>
		<link>http://www.franksfilms.com/grave-of-the-fireflies#comment-328</link>
		<dc:creator>WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY &#171; We Love Movies</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 01:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] course I was only six, but still …… so what? I also teared up a bit for Grave of the Fireflies, and Love Story, and Ghost, and My Girl, and Bambi, and Pandora’s Box, and The Bridge to [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] course I was only six, but still …… so what? I also teared up a bit for Grave of the Fireflies, and Love Story, and Ghost, and My Girl, and Bambi, and Pandora’s Box, and The Bridge to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: FranksFilms &#187; Blog Archive &#187; WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY</title>
		<link>http://www.franksfilms.com/grave-of-the-fireflies#comment-322</link>
		<dc:creator>FranksFilms &#187; Blog Archive &#187; WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 23:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] course I was only six, but still &#8230;&#8230; so what? I also teared up a bit for Grave of the Fireflies, and Love Story, and Ghost, and My Girl, and Bambi, and Pandora&#8217;s Box, and The Bridge to [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] course I was only six, but still &#8230;&#8230; so what? I also teared up a bit for Grave of the Fireflies, and Love Story, and Ghost, and My Girl, and Bambi, and Pandora&#8217;s Box, and The Bridge to [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: FranksFilms</title>
		<link>http://www.franksfilms.com/grave-of-the-fireflies#comment-267</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw a live action film a few years back with a similar theme, called &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/" target="-blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Nobody Knows&lt;/a&gt;.  A young mother moves into a small apartment in Tokyo with a 12 year old son.  Unknown to the landlord, she also has three younger children, whom she has instructed to not leave the apartment or let anyone see them or they'll lose their place.  

Unfortunately, because of the pressure and because she's young and because she's totally irresponsible - she abandons them (she says she'll be back) and leaves them to fend for themselves.  They have a similar struggle for survival as the siblings in GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES.  Also based on a true story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw a live action film a few years back with a similar theme, called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/" target="-blank" rel="nofollow">Nobody Knows</a>.  A young mother moves into a small apartment in Tokyo with a 12 year old son.  Unknown to the landlord, she also has three younger children, whom she has instructed to not leave the apartment or let anyone see them or they&#8217;ll lose their place.  </p>
<p>Unfortunately, because of the pressure and because she&#8217;s young and because she&#8217;s totally irresponsible - she abandons them (she says she&#8217;ll be back) and leaves them to fend for themselves.  They have a similar struggle for survival as the siblings in GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES.  Also based on a true story.</p>
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