| Hihi
It's been a good amount of days since I last made any kind of post what-so-ever, so please bear with me. I might let some spelling errors pass, brace yourself.
My handle, RedTux, should not be too hard to decypher, I'm sure, but just in case, yes, it refers to the "adoreable" Linux mascot I've been likened to many a time.
I stumbled on Hypography in an attempt to do a number of things, namely kill some time. But also to feed the growling, ravenous hunger for knowledge that has gripped me so tightly of late.
About a year ago, in a fit of boredom not unlike the one from which my discovery of this place grew, I picked up a book, "The Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot expanded my conciousness in ways I have not yet found equal. My next sentence here I'm having trouble with, I absolutely hate to say even so much as "I've been a pretty smart kid my whole life" without cursing myself for bragging, but plainly, that is the case. Found both math and High school Science to be completely boring for two reasons, 1)It was all easy to understand and, 2)My teachers were aweful, giving me facts alone, teaching me what without the how or why. So for years I had the talent and know-how, without an iota of drive or inspiration. The result, I fould the subjects boring and largely useless. Quite the contrary today, thankfully.
Eh, lot of words up there, I like to ramble.
Back to the books, Talbot paints a wonderful hologram(I know, that was terrible, I should be punished), and most of the books terms I could easily grasp, those I couldn't I relied on wikipedia and other sources to find explanation. After finishing Talbot(I damn near cried when I realized I was reading through the notes on the author, and was subsiquently done), the hunger had me, I needed more, NOW.
This all happened to take place during a phase of insomnia, and I happened to catch Carl Sagan's Cosmos, I immediatly fell to my knees in awe and was humbled. I hadn't been completely ignorant of Carl or that show, mind you, but it just hadn't occured to me as a source of inspiration. But it was after that first episode I accidently witnessed, I believe it was the speculative life on other planets one, I had found direction. Cosmology. I went on to watch more of the show, and picked up a few of his books, finishing "Demon Haunted World" and "Billions and Billions" in about a week respectively. I love his writing by the way, and cannot express the sadness that I'm much too late in my own awakening to ever actually meet, talk to, even be in the same room as that great man.
I'm currently reading "Pale Blue Dot" from Sagan. As well as "The Elegant Universe" and "The Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene, and "The God Particle" by Leon Lederman. Recently I've gotten very curious about Particle Physics too.
I have no real formal education in any of these subjects, every piece of knowledge I currently wield I've aquired on my own time, though this process probably isn't the most effecient, and may not yield the best results, I find it quite satisfying(and cost-effective^_^'').
So I come to you with open mind and ears, and hope to be recieved in kind. I come looking for knowledge, pure and simple. quite possibly even a mentor or tutor. But all that said, go easy on me guys, I'm still a greenhorn.  |
