Three-Body Episode 6

The Gravity of Reality and Free Ranging Chickens

Another awesome episode with even more to think about. Ye Wen Jie has got it right in respect of science's place in history and effect on people and organisations present at the time ... she is pretty chill about it all.

Wang Miao (ironic given name all the references to Schrödinger's cat in this episode) mentioned the earth being a shabby little turkey planet ... but in spite of that possibility, it really it is not so shabby, and neither are some of the 'turkeys' who have walked upon it over the years. There are many 'turkeys' who have created wonderful works of art and literature, delved into the fascinating worlds of biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, worlds of land and sea and space ... not so shabby really ... so again Shi Qiang I am with you ... go and take some time out to do a little dance while your personal count-down goes on.

I had a thought while watching this episode ... the three body problem seems to be a thing of 'mathematics' ... but I am wondering if it could have another application ... it occurred to me when the old man talked about the 'gravity of reality' and the subsequent 'religious conversion' of the girl, that the three bodies situation could equally apply to the realms of 'science'; 'philosophy'/'religion' and 'psychology' as it relates to human existence ... both on an individual and a collective level.

These three bodies have been competing with each other since way before those 'mind sets' could even be named ... depending on the 'strength' of each one at any given time, they each add an unpredictive variables to the way human history/evolution flows ... but which is more 'real' than the 'other' ... and does it even matter when you smash rocks for 5 cents a day just to stay alive ... all three mind sets / systems have their good points but have also caused untold deaths / major life changes in the name of 'science' ... in the name of 'religion' ... in the name of 'psychology' (I am thinking of the discrimination, devaluation and exclusion that psychology has caused and the impact that has had) ... the gravity of reality indeed.

I loved the end of this episode ... Mr Buddhist sitting there with his caged chickens ... THEN somehow a "deus ex machina" opens the gate and out comes a curious chicken ... previously caged and fed by the man ... but now is 'free ranging' ... here is to free ranging chickens and their unpredictability \( ͡• ᴥ ͡•)/

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