Exponential growth mathematics

How many cell divisions (mitosis) will it take for a 1 gm tumor to become 1 Kg?......I was reading my pathology book, and then I came to know about this information...The answer is 10 !!.....Don’t believe this? Let me explain. Let’s take a 1 gm tumor. First division- 2 gm, Second- 4 gm, Third- 8 gm, Fourth- 16 gm, Fifth- 32 gm, Sixth- 64 gm, Seventh- 128 gm, Eighth- 225 gm( aprx), Ninth- 500gm and Tenth- 1 Kg!
This is called exponential growth mathematics, where things grow exponentially in successive divisions or time intervals. After reading this, my brain took a break, and started wandering in my philosophy land. I realized that this exponential growth mathematics is really a very important and core key to success. I saw some associations between this mathematical law, and real life incidents. Let me explain this-

1:- BEGINNING IS NOT ALWAYS DRAMATIC:- As you can see from the cell division example above, in the initial part of cell divisions, the results were not so dramatic. Even after Sixth or Seventh division, we had only around 100 gm……What happens if we add only 3 or 4 more divisions? Answer is “Mega changes”!
In the same way we keep working for success. We work hard, we work long,….still we don’t seem to see a dramatic result. Sometimes after working long enough, when we don’t see any dramatic changes, we think to give up, but hey, stop! Don’t quit!.....Could be we are only a few steps away from the “Mega change”.

2:- A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE BEGINNING, MAKES HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE END:- What if we had taken 2 gm instead of 1 gm in the beginning?? In the beginning it doesn’t seem significant enough. One might think, what difference an extra gm can make? But if you see the end result, we would have 2 Kg, instead of 1 Kg. Isn’t it a huge difference? Can you realize what adding only 1 gm in the beginning does at the end of the result?
Now in the same way, sometimes we are reluctant to add some extra grams in the beginning of our life. We try to procrastinate things. While reading, we think that ok, this is only one chapter, what difference it would make if I read it now, or tomorrow?? Indeed it doesn’t seem to make any difference in the ‘beginning’ of career. But it is possible that reading that one extra chapter in the beginning might reward us 1 extra million at the end of our career??

Success does ‘grow’, whether or not strictly following the law of exponential growth, but I am for sure that it does grow. Even if in some extent, it does follow the law of exponential growth, and by understanding this law, and implementing changes at this point of our life, I am for sure that we can make huge differences in the end.

Know all.

Every woman knows all about everything.




*Rudyard Kipling

Improvement.

Experience teaches that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the simplest and most obvious improvements, in the most ordinary occupations, are adopted with hesitation, reluctance, and by slow gradations. Men would resist changes, so long as even a bare support could be ensured by an adherence to ancient courses, and perhaps even longer.

*Alexander Hamilton

I am universe!!

I am universe!!

No no!.......Please do not misinterpret my these words as pompous or think that I am suffering from delusion of grandeur……lol……..But yes, I am not going to take my words back. Actually what I just said, is 100% truth. How come?

Credit goes to Discovery channel. I was watching a program on Discovery channel. It was on “Big-Bang”. It was told in the program that whatever today exists in this universe, they all came from only one single source, that is “Big-Bang”. Just after few seconds of the ‘Bang’, most of the light elements were formed. It took some time to form heavy radioactive elements, but yes, MOST of the elements were formed just few seconds after the ‘Bang’……..Only this much information was given in the program, rest of what I am going to utter, is my objective interpretations. After watching this program, the subject kept churning into my brain, and I concluded with some wild thoughts. Could be I am wrong, but presently I don’t see any logical reason why I should be wrong??

1. 1:- YOU WANT OT SEE SOMETHING REALLY OLD? TOUCH YOURSELF: It has been told that most of the elements formed just after the bang. After that no/little changes occurred in lighter elements. We are made of atoms like C₄, H₂, O_2, and N₂……..So whatever atoms are there in our body, they all are almost as old as “Big-Bang”. Heavy elements like radio active elements decay with time though, but they are not one of those stable elements, which are formed at the beginning of the universe.

2. 2:- WANT TO TOUCH DINOSAUR? AGAIN TOUCH YOURSELF: Living organisms die, elements don’t! If the atoms that are in my body are old enough to be from Big-Bang time, it is very much possible that out of trillion atoms in my body, at least one was recycled from a Dinosaur’s body? God knows for how many times, and from what organisms the atoms were recycled?? Touch yourself, and feel that you are REALLY touching something that was once probably a part of some Dinosaur, Mammoth, or a Roman legion!

3. 3:-WANT TO TRAVEL THE FARTHEST STAR? FEEL IT! : It is well known that gravitational force is an attraction force between two particles. As the distance increases between two objects, the gravitational force decrease, but it never becomes zero!! It can decrease to the extent of 10^-∞ (infinitive), but it can NEVER be zero. So remember, even the farthest star has a bond with you, its pulling you and so you are pulling the star. All the objects in this universe are bound to you. In fact all the objects in this universe are bound to each other like a cobweb. You are part of the whole universe, and the whole universe is you.

I guess, truth is always around us, like cell phone signals…..we only need device to catch them………… So finally do you still think it is bombastic, if I say “I am universe”? :)

Is destiny really in our control?

There are two schools of thoughts that exist in our society. One school believes that 'Karma' is everything. If you do your 'Karma', then you can change your destiny. There is another school of thought that says that 'Destiny' is everything. We are not choosers for what we can do or can become. Destiny decides that, and we have no say in it.
I don't want to support or oppose any of these schools of thoughts. I am writing this blog for my curiosity about destiny. Is destiny really in our control? Some might say yes, karma controls our destiny, and if we do our karma, then we can change our destiny!.......So far so good, I was just curious what force gives us 'inspiration' to do karma? Is that inspiration itself not chosen by destiny?
For example, I see a lad in a family (Lets name him XX), who is extraordinarily hard working and intelligent. Because of his hard work, he bangs to good schools, and makes a good career and he is very successful. He has some siblings in his family who are not hard working and they are not successful either. What made XX successful?? Those who believe in karma would say that, it is his hard work that brought him success. I was curious, why only XX in that family chosen to go for hard work? Why only he believed that hard work is key to success? Why didn't his siblings choose to go for hard work? It is impossible that nobody tried to inspire or teach the importance of hard work to XX's siblings, then why still they couldn't motivate themselves? If inspiration for hard work could be generated by external stimulations, then why sometimes we fail to motivate others? (And ourselves too!!)
Is it XX's genetic pattern that "made him" to think in a way, that he preferred to go for hard work rather than sitting idle? If it is so, then acquiring genetic traits is again not in our hand. We can't choose to get what genetic trait we want. Is it some emotional force or shock that driven him to go for hard work? Then why only XX had that experience? Why not the siblings? And if siblings too had the same emotional experience, then why only XX was motivated by that? Ultimately if you reach for the root of all the actions and phenomenons, you will find that it is destiny which controls everything!
I read about the famous debate between Einstein and Bohr. Einstein said "God does not play dice".........Bohr replied " Einstein, stop telling God what to do with his dice"!....... To conclude, if you have 'consciousness' about rights and wrongs, then consider yourself blessed that you are chosen by destiny to 'think' in that way. So, If you already 'realize' that working hard is good, then do work hard, because some people are not even chosen, by destiny to 'realize' this fact!!