Why is it Freedom to Decide?

What is positive science? 

There is a truth and we try to find it, we conduct experiments, we look at the results of the experiment, we try to fit the results into some formulas, we try to fit them. 

There are subjects that we can prove experimentally, and there are subjects that we cannot prove with experiments no matter what we do. We are still dealing with a lot of issues. We are trying to understand.

But nature continues on its own path with its own laws and theories. Life goes on even if we have formulized it, even if we haven't found the right formula yet. 

One of the rules is the uncertainty principle, a principle I like. At the level of subatomic particles, that is, in the quantum world, if you measure the speed of a particle, you don't know its position, that is, exactly where it is at that moment. If you look at its position, you don't know its speed. I think it's very logical, particles at this level don't stay still, they are in constant motion with enormous speeds. It's a very small world, the quantum world.

The universe is very big. The concept of time is also very complicated, it can stretch, but we don't feel it. Somehow we use time to measure distances. In the universe, distances are measured in terms of the distance a beam of light can travel in a year. The universe is billions of light years in size, that's the part we can see with telescopes, no one knows how big the part we can't see, because it's invisible. So it is not possible to know. If time is flexible, distances are also flexible. How complicated is it?

Science Fiction on the Unchanging Rules and Principles of the Universe

We have been dealing with the theory of science for how many years now? Our science fiction is based on immutable universe rules, principles. An electron has this much charge, this much speed of light. One electron and another electron are exactly the same. A proton is exactly the same as another. But is it really so? From what we know so far, it is thought to be so.

I am of the opinion that we have not yet had enough time to investigate these values to find out whether they are variable or not, even if they are really immutable constants. Maybe none of them are constant values. I think we can't be sure whether they are variable or not, we may not have measured enough to know for sure. The experimental systems may not be sensitive enough. Maybe some of the parameters that we think of as constants today are at least variable over time? Can anyone say whether the mass of an electron a thousand years ago was the same as the mass of an electron today? I don't think so. Who knows, even if we think some things are constant today, maybe one day someone will prove otherwise.

There is something called dark matter. Why is it called dark matter, because it is invisible, it doesn't emit light, it doesn't communicate with matter in the ways we know, it doesn't have similar properties to matter as we know it. In fact, we really don't even know what properties it has. It's elusive, it's invisible, we're not even sure of its existence. You may ask where such a thing has come from. In some galaxies examined in the universe, it has been observed that the rotation speeds of the stars in the outer peripheries of the galaxy are the same as the rotation speeds of the stars in the center. So what does that mean? What does that mean? Scientists say that the stars in the center should rotate faster when calculated with the formulas we know. Since they all rotate at the same speed, they say that something invisible must affect this cycle. It is thought that this something could be dark matter. 

What else? What other doubts are there? Some places in the universe look emptier, the distribution of stars should be more balanced. They say that these seemingly empty places are actually full, that there is dark matter condensation there. Who knows, maybe they are right.

Proportion of Dark Matter?

For now, these are all theories, there are those who have done some calculations, and according to their calculations, all the matter we know and see is actually 5% of the total matter in the universe. The rest is said to be dark matter. Could it be? Maybe, I'm not an expert, I don't know. I'm interested in these subjects, but I just like to watch and read about such subjects.

I will say that we have been studying the universe for a very short time. Even the periods called centuries are very short periods in the size of the universe. We're just at the beginning, and sometimes even the work that some scientists spend their lives doing can be in vain. There are many thinkers in history who wasted their lives trying to prove a wrong theory.

Yes, it seems like I am very pessimistic today, doesn't it? Actually I'm not, I just wanted to share what's going through my mind. Sometimes when I think about such deep topics, I realize that there are more questions without answers. 

But I don't care if you know the answers to such deep subjects or not. For example, they call it dark matter, it is intangible, invisible, it has no weight so that you can weigh it, it is just a prediction for now, it is just a thought in my mind for now in case it can be an explanation for some things. Once upon a time, because they didn't understand the movement of Mercury around the sun, they thought there was a planet called Vulcan somewhere we can't see. They searched a lot, but they couldn't find it. Then, fortunately, Einstein came along and came up with an explanation. Imagine, a lot of scientists sitting in the sky, working day and night, searching for a planet that doesn't exist.

I mean, you shouldn't get hung up on such issues, but some questions do come to your mind, and for some reason you want to solve them as soon as possible, some questions you don't know the answer to. 

And sometimes, no matter what he does, he just can't solve them and finally he accepts the situation. He gives up trying. After all, sometimes what happens around is out of one's hands. Some call it fate in such cases and move on. What can you do, some things are under the control of a divine power and they go on with their lives. How I envy such people.

Decision Making is Freedom

I think a little differently. I don't accept things immediately. If it is not based on a scientific basis, if it is not based on positive sciences, if it does not fit in my mind, I cannot accept it for some reason.

Deciding some things is actually the only freedom one has. You have to use this freedom. 

When something depends on my own decision, at least I prefer to make decisions that are in line with my mind.

Even if we don't know the answers to some things, even if some things are out of our hands, I think there is no need to be pessimistic. 

I recommend everyone, if we have the opportunity to decide something, let's use that freedom to the fullest. At least you can say that you have made this decision and you feel at peace. 

Love from Moscow.