I am studying the relationships of the concepts of duality within science and various religions. In science, especially physics, many of the important driving concepts have been forged using the idea of duality. This is how we discovered antiparticles, normal forces, and gravitational forces. I would like to explore dualistic relationships within religion, and find any correlations between those of religion and those of science. It is my belief that our reason for viewing our world "in pairs" stems from the ancient religions of our ancestors, and religion has always had a very important influence on scientific progress.
The religions that I will be researching are the religions of the more scientifically advanced civilizations, such as the Aztecs, the Greeks, etc. I also want to touch on the psychological aspect of duality, and why we, as human beings, feel the need to see everything with duality. Even when we cannot witness them, we claim that there are opposites to everything, that there are forces we cannot feel, dimensions we cannot see, microscopic symmetries and particles. Is it solely due to our social construction of the world, or is it possibly the way our mind works?
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I think that project will be done through Sophie. I want to make each segment a short movie clip or animation, and place them within some small amount of text. I think that having this platform makes the project much more interesting, and I'm hoping the animations will help explain some of the more complicated physical concepts. I also will do several interviews with both scientists and religious figures, as well as professors of religion. These will be interspersed throughout the project, with "hot buttons" to click to other segments or explanations. It's still a work in progress...I'm thinking about it!
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so is this more scientifically based or psychologically based? i'm just having a little trouble figuring out the focus. maybe that religion and science are fundamentally the same, because they both deal with dualities? cool idea though! it would be neat to do some split screen stuff to illustrate some sample dualities, maybe at the beginning to show what you're doing. i don't know the limitations of sophie though, so this might not be relevant at all, haha.
This is really interesting. You mentioned some interviews with scientists and religious figures; do you think you could host a debate between the two and film it? I'd love to see the duality in action!
I think it's a fantastic idea (I know I already told you this, but it's true)! Is your project going to be linear? I realize that you are already dealing with a very difficult subject, but the more interactive the project, the easier it is to maintain the user's interest. Your project reminds me of that Bruce Willis movie "Unbreakable," where the bad guy knows there must be someone out there who is the complete opposite of him, and spends his entire life looking for him... maybe you could add that in somewhere using Sophie. How do you plan on addressing the question of whether our desire to see dualities is through the social construction of the world or the way our mind works? Could it be that there are so many dualities that exist in nature already, that we simply expect to see them everywhere else? (Male/female, night/day, etc).
love it!
i think this is an important project, as the idea of science as a religion of sorts is becoming a pretty hot topic. i agree that sophie would be great for the purposes of your project. good luck with it! can't wait to see what you come up with.
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