廖凯原在北大中国经济研究中心BiMBA毕业典礼上的演讲.docx
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廖凯原在北大中国经济研究中心BiMBA毕业典礼上的演讲
CommencementKeynoteSpeech:
InSearchofRichesBeyondBelief
ByLeoKoGuan
31stMay2008
PekingUniversity–ChinaCenterforEconomicResearch2008GraduationCeremony
Insearchofrichesbeyondbelief
Whowantstobepoor?
Raiseyourhands!
Anyone?
Whowantstoberich?
Raiseyourhands!
Anyone?
Whowantstoberichbeyondbelief?
TodayIwanttogiveandsharemyideasandwealthsecretswithallofyou.
Metaphysics
AFrenchphilosopher,amathematician,scientist,lawyerandawriter,Rene'Descartes,knownas"FatherofModernPhilosophy"(1596-1650)doubtedeverythingandfoundthathisdoubtsresidedinhisthoughts;andbecausehecouldn'tdoubtthathisdoubtsdidnotexist,thereforehisthoughtsexistedandbecausehecouldn'tbeseparatedfromhisthoughts, andthereforeheexisted.
Hencehedeclared:
"Idoubt,thereforeIthink,thereforeIam."Hedoubtedtheexistenceofexternalworld,butheassumedthatthereisapermanentandunchangedrealityofmindorGod.
OntheotherhandParmenides,aGreekphilosopher(Elea,510BC),believedinonenessofbody-mindentity.Hemadeitclearthatifweperceivetheworldaroundusischanging,itisbecausewearedeceivedbyourownperceptions.
Actuallyourworldisforeverunchangedand hasalwaysexistedthesamewayandwillcontinuetoexistthatwayforeternity.
Inaway,Kongfuzi(551-479BC)hasthissimilarmetaphysical assumptioninhisruleof"li"andhisconceptof"ren"orhumanity:
unchangingprincipleandforevertrue. Itismoreorlessastaticviewoftheworld.
Inscience,NewtonofferedthismechanicalviewoftheUniverse.Whenthereisaknowncause,youwillknowwithcertaintyitseffect,liketheMoonorbitingaroundtheEarth.
Whereas,Einstein'stheoryofrelativityisnotmechanicalbutthereiscertaintyinspace-timein"here"and"there",thespace-timemay"curve"thiswayandthatwayataprecisevelocity"here"and"there".
SoaccordingtoEinsteintheworldisorderlyandmathematicallyaspreciseashisfamousformula,E=mc2.Itworksbeautifullyinthemacroworld.
Whereas, theQuantumphysicsrulesinparticleworld,aparticleseemstoustobehavestrangely,andrandomly.Itsometimesactslikeaparticleandsometimeslikeawave. Itseemstohavetelepathicpowersandcanbeinexistenceinseparatelocationsatanywhereintheuniversesimultaneously.
Eventhough,EinsteinwasoneofthefoundersoftheQuantumtheory,hethoughtitwasjustplainwronganddetestedtheuncertaintyeffectofthetheory, inwhichhewrotetoNielsBohr(1922NobelPrizeinphysics)expressinghisviewontheUniverse:
"GoddoesnotplaydicewiththeUniverse."
NielsBohrthencoollyretorted:
"Einstein,stoptellingGodwhattodowithhisdice."Anotherphysicist,StephenHawkingfurthercommented:
"NotonlydoesGodplaydicewiththeUniverse,hethrowsthedicewherewecannotseethem!
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Heraclitus(Ephesus,535BC),wholivedaroundthesameareaandtimeasParmenides,concludedtheoppositeofParmenidesthatwecantrustoursensesandoursensestellusthateverythingisinfluxineternity.
Nothing permanently"is".ChangeisthelawoflifeandoftheUniverseandwecan'tescapefromitsgrip.
Interestingly,theBookofChanges attributedtoFuxi(2852-2737BC)astheYiJing'screator,thefirstofthemythicalChineseThreeSovereignswhoseteachingsweresimilartothoseofHeraclitusinthat:
Changemeans“endlessproductionandreproduction”andChangeistheonlyconstantintheUniverse.
ThegreatZhuangzi(369-286BC)famouslyelaboratedtheconceptofDao:
"Heaven,EarthandIcomeintobeingtogether,andallthingsandIareone."(Ontheequalityofthings).Inaway,hesaidthatheandDaowereborntogetherandwereone.
IammoreinclinedtowardsthemetaphysicsofYiJingofFuxi,DaoismofLao-ZhuangziandthephilosophyofYangZhu(370-319BC).IthinkallofthemhavesimilarconceptofmetaphysicsandphilosophywiththatofHeraclitus,andareconsistentwiththetheoryofQuantumphysicsinthat"everythingisinflux."
Ibelieveintheunityofessenceandforms;substanceandfunctions;andthenamedandthenameless.Inotherwords,everythingisonlyamanifestationoftheessence.Themanifestationofthe"WILL"ofthatsubstancesinfunction.
MaomadeabrilliantideafollowingsimilarconceptofQuantumphysicsthatthroughhisdialecticalmaterialismmethod,onecancreateunlimitedknowledgeoutofnothingnessasprescribedinhisarticle"OnPractice"(1937):
"Todiscovertruththroughpractice,andthroughpracticetoverifyanddeveloptruth...Practice,knowledge,morepractice,moreknowledge;thecyclicalrepetitionofthispatterntoinfinity..."
ThiswasalsoechoedbyDeng'sdictum:
"Freeourmindandseektruthfromfacts."Herecognizedthatthetruthca
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