1. The remnants of what I recall from my engineering degree is predicated on technologies related to physically manipulating electron pathways in new materials to embed programming codes. My work has been to maintaining stable and reliable conductance of electrons to the masses. Essentially, in summary, sciences based on physics and a little bit of materials engineering, maths and programming design.
2. Biology and chemistry didn't enter into it much. I tend to think inspirational icons can push you towards developing a passion into any of the scientific fields, but physcics has always held my interest. Trying to understand the laws that govern the physical world, and enabling the laws to be applied to humanity's benefit in a repeatable manner.
3. The governance of those knowledge didn't interest me either. That was the stuff for others.
4. But there's no getting away from it. Administration of the sciences is necessary to prolong innovation and extending knowledge. Intersection of capital and requisite returns, funder interests and scientific curiosity and risk-taking must be governed and administered for optimality. Optimality being the operative word as the different constituencies can run at cross-purposes to each other.
5. How much is the risk appetite of the funders to see scientific progress? How important is it to use it and leapfrog adjacent economic rivals, be it different applications of capital or external stakeholders? How can the technological absorption be maximised for the masses? How can technology be deployed to benefit the needy and solve currently unsolvable problems?
6. The different agendas are too apparent. As usual, the need is to strike the right chord, hit the right buttons, walk the right path and have the right ecosystem backing the overarching purpose.
Physics, chemistry and biology
7. I've hardly spent too much time trying to compare the three disciplines. But the reality is that biology is on a totally different plane to physics and chemistry. I am in awe of biology and its design and its potential applications.
8. Take an organism, any organism. Look into its cell makeup and the physiology of it. You can't help but marvel at the way it sustains itself and reproductive capabilities, metabolism-propelled nourishment and self-repair, defenses against harm, works within an elegant system with such simplicity, efficiency and balance. Subhanallah.
9. And then there is the consciousness that allows to become aware of such subtlety and beauty. And the consciousness and knowledge and will to use this understanding to make things better for the greater good. This is where things can get a bit iffy, when the rationality of sciences meets the irrationality of free will. Allah help us find our way out.
10. Of course, on running its course, it dies. And again, even in death it serves to remind the living of its place in the world.
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