Friday, July 10, 2009

लाइफ इस अ कांस्तंत !!

It is said that “the only constant is change “.

Is it really so?

I believe there is a mix of both truth and fallacy in the statement.

Lets take a look at the statements one step at a time.

Change can be described as a difference between the current state and the previous recorded state. This also defines the extent of the change.

Also the difference between the current state and the previous state when compared with the previous state provides us with the details of the rate at which such a change has taken place.

Normally the rate at which a particular change takes place also varies on a variety of factors.

It may be interesting to note that the factors affecting the factors affecting or contributing to such a change also have a degree of variation in them. Some of the facors may be fixed while he others may be variable. Also, the range of such a variation may be extremely small or negligible or huge, having an immensely huge role to play in the final outcome.

I feel that the constant also has a degree of variation in itself.

The degree of variation as talked about earlier may be dependent on a number of factors not in a fixed proportion but a variable proportion. The variation on the various factors may not be a consant variation but an instance of a variable variation of variable factors which themselves. vary according to the situation, which itself is variable.

Now, I feel there is a need to know how to expect a fixed outcome when we have so many factors which prove to be self defeating in our pursuit of reaching a fixed outcome or the constant.

It is a tough task. After looking at the whole story and the extent of variability of the variation, it may be inferred that the constant that we feel is constant is out perspective specific, as the constant for one person may signify a change for the other.
So, in other words the constnt is not itself a constant universally. As the perspective varies from person to person, there we have another factor of variation that can be added to out ever increasing variation while reaching the universal constant.

Can we infer that what actually is a constant to us is in fact a domain of the final value which is the outcome of the factors of variation mentioned earlier ? Or

Is it the constant which has been termed as a constant after it was believed by the representatives of community and agreed upon by others who did not have the time or the mental faculties required in ascertaining the universal constant?

A constant is a series or collection of small variable factors not strong enough in bringing about a change in the constant, of whose they are a contributing factor. The constant has within itself a degree of variation which is due to a combination of factors. This degree of change is extremely insignificant or negligible when compared to the value of the constant, but this change however small contributes to the change in the constant to whatsover small degree it may be.

It is also important to note that the constant does change after some time depending upon the contribution of the variable factors, and thus becomes a variable, since a change has come in the value of the constant. The magnitude of change acually depends upon the magnitude of the collection of the contributing factors.

The constant may further change, whenever the value of the contributing factors become large enough to cross the threshold to bring about a new value of the constant. The constant is nothing but a variable which has a particular value at the current moment,
it will remain a constant some time in the future, the only difference being that it would have a new vaule then, but, still it will remain a cnstant.

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