MathPhys

I stumbled upon a Wikipedia entry that says the idea of warp drive first appeared in the sci-fi novel Islands of Space by John W. Campbell Jr. If I were a rare book collector, I would’ve wanted to buy the first edition (1957). Only 1,417 copies of the book were printed back then. Campbell is also the author of the novella Who goes there? which the movies The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982) were based on.

I don’t know how Miguel Alcubiere got the idea about warp drive. Could it have been from the Campbell’s book or, from Star Trek? Regardless, the importance and significance of good science fiction cannot be understated, in my opinion. Good science fiction inspires and influences real science as was the case of Jules Verne and Arthur C. Clark, for example. Unfortunately, good science fiction is hard to come by nowadays. A lot of the stuff coming out today as sci-fi are simply just garbage, absolutely nothing about science. People seem to have become so dumb today that they can’t distinguish real science and fantasy, magic, supernatural stuff.

Four top Harvard cancer researchers are accused of faking data by photoshopping images and test results. The four researchers include the CEO and COO of Harvard affiliated Dana-Farber cancer institute. The investigation in this allegation resulted in the retraction of six papers and the correction of dozen others. More details can be read at

https://forbetterscience.com/2024/01/02/dana-farberications-at-harvard-university/

This is the blog site of a British molecular biologist Sholto David who discovered their forgeries. What a shame! These morons are also faculty members of Harvard medical school. Apparently, Harvard is not what it used to be.

It appears that every part of the world is corrupted to the core: governments, politics, banks, businesses, education, science, religion …

In most part of my life, math has been the sole purpose of my life. Regrettably and quite belatedly, I have come to the realization that that purpose of mine is not achievable, mainly due to the lack of a talent. An unachievable purpose is like chasing a ghost. After all, I have been chasing a ghost in my whole life. I need a new purpose of life that is achievable for the short remainder of my life. Without a good purpose, life is not worth living.

This year, I am going to wrap up some of my unfinished research projects that can be completed. Afterwards, I will be ceasing my futile and fruitless attempts on fundamental research in math and physics. Instead, I will be concentrating on computational and mathematical modeling in finance and biomedical science (especially cancer research). I want to make money and help save people from cancer (I myself is a cancer survivor, at least for now) using math. I think that’s good enough purpose for me.

Have you ever loved someone who is way way out of your league? No matter how much you love her, she wouldn’t even notice that you exist. Out of frustration and despair, you finally decide to walk away from her and forget her, but to no avail you just can’t. No matter what you do, you can never stop thinking about her and loving her. Luckily for me, she was not the only one I loved. But there are others who loved only her and some of them tragically ended their lives after realizing that they are not good enough for her.

Thinking of Yutaka Taniyama…