WEEK FOUR - POST ONE

• Our human eyes have evolved to see a very small amount of the existing wavelengths on the spectrum of light
• Longer wavelengths consist of radio waves and microwaves
• Smaller wavelengths are ultraviolet, gamma, and x-ray waves
• Wavelength is the distance between two crests of waves
• Frequency is the rate at which how many crests pass a certain point in one second
• Frequency times wavelength equals the speed of light
• Light is electromagnetic radiation
• The most energetic kind of electromagnetic radiation are gamma rays
• The picture of the world and reality our senses have allowed to create is extremely limited 
• Plato states that we live in a cave; the cave our of limited perception of reality
• All around us are different kinds of electromagnetic radiation, light that is invisible to the human eye
• One the roles of science to amplify our perception of reality
• We utilize tools of science as a window to perceive the otherwise invisible aspects of reality
• The more we can see with our tools, the more complete our picture of reality becomes
• We know that there will always be something beyond what we can grasp when it comes to understanding reality
• Therefore, the true nature of reality will always be allusive.