We can only ever know Complex Systems Break 2015.04.12 tyw
原文：http://tanyewwei.com/blog/20150412-know-how-things-break/
Timestamp:<Sun-12-Apr-2015>
The human body is composed of components that are deterministic state machine. eg: you put in 2 electrons to Complex II in the forward direction, and you get 4 protons out. One could argue that a person's Quantum Wave Function is also a finite state machine (credit Edwin Schrodinger) [1]
人体由确定性状态机组件组成。你把2个电子正向放入复合体II，然后得到4个质子。有人可能会说，一个人的量子波函数也是一个有限状态机(credit Edwin Schrodinger) [1]
However, knowing how components work in a complex machine doesn't tell you how the machine works. “Complex” means that inputs and outputs of each component interact and depend on each other. [2]
然而，知道复杂机器中的组件是如何工作的并不能告诉你机器是如何工作的。“复杂”是指各组成部分的输入和输出相互作用、相互依赖。［２］
The only way to reason about such machines is to say WHERE it breaks, not HOW it breaks, and certainly not HOW to mechanistically fix it. A malfunction between A and B can lead to destruction downstream of D and E. Fixing A and B doesn't mean that you can fix D and E.
对这类机器进行推理的唯一方法是说它是在哪里坏的，而不是怎么坏的，当然也不是怎么从机械上修理它。A和B之间的故障会导致D和E下游的破坏。固定A和B并不意味着你可以固定D和E。
It is impossible to isolate components from each other in a complex system. It is also impossible to isolate components from the environment that they are in. (Note: cells in the body required electromagnetic fields to function, lest the organism dies)
在一个复杂的系统中，组件之间是不可能分离的。也不可能将组件与它们所处的环境隔离开来。(注:人体细胞需要电磁场才能发挥作用，以免有机体死亡)
The way you fix a complex machine is by moving it to a favourable environment, where inputs are at least slightly predicatable.
修理一台复杂机器的方法是把它移到一个有利的环境中，在那里，产出至少是略微可预测的。
Then begins the process of blind experimentation to figure out how to re-establish the proper feedback loops between system components, and between the environment. This is usually a reasoned, but ultimately hap-hapzard process.
然后开始盲实验的过程，以找出如何重新建立系统组件之间和环境之间的适当反馈回路。这通常是一个理性的，但最终是偶然的过程。
[1] Though the number of finite states at any one time are so large that it may as well be infinite. Then there's also the possibility of emergent states ….
[1]尽管有限状态的数量在任何时候都是如此之大，以至于它可能是无限的。还有可能出现紧急状态….
[2] In software, we try to pull things apart; to create many simple distinct structures. Software should NEVER strive to be like nature.
在软件方面，我们试图把事情分开;创建许多简单的不同结构。软件永远不应该模仿自然。
All Life is Energy tyw 2015.07.12
原文：http://tanyewwei.com/blog/life-is-energy
Timestamp:<Sun-12-Jul-2015>
This was a quick summary written on [Sat-11-Jul-2015]. It should probably be considered a work-in-progress.
这是一篇写于2015年7月11日的简短摘要。它应该被认为是一个正在进行的工作。
All life is energy, and all energy is life.所有的生命都是能量，所有的能量都是生命。
How healthy you are depends on your ability to do 4 things with energy:
你有多健康取决于你精力充沛地做四件事的能力:
①Take in energy from your environment (inputs)
从你的环境中获取能量(输入)
②Keep that energy in your body for later use (storage)
将能量保存在体内以备日后使用(储存)
③Re-ignite that stored energy (re-use)重新点燃储存的能量(重复使用)
④Get rid of un-needed energy (dissipation)
丢弃不必要能量(损耗，消散，耗散）
Energy inputs comes in from everywhere in the environment – from the Earth's magnetic field, from your partner's magnetic field, from food given life by the Sun, from water animated when flowing through the rocks and springs, etc ….
能量的输入来自环境中的任何地方——来自地球的磁场，来自你伴侣的磁场，来自太阳赋予生命的食物，来自流过岩石和泉水时充满活力的水，等等….
Energy storage takes many forms, but there are two forms that we are most concerned with:
能量储存有多种形式，但有两种形式是我们最关心的:
•Water Molecules and all the Hydrogen Bonding networks they form
水分子和它们形成的所有氢键结构
•Eukaryotic Cell Membranes and all the electric charge they contain
真核细胞的细胞膜及其包含的所有电荷
Energy re-use is the domain of having coherent enzymes, that are able to electromagnetically find their substrate, and then make use of the needed redox materials (eg: NAD+) to re-animate stored energy for
能量再利用是具有相干酶的领域，这些酶能够通过电磁找到它们的底物，然后利用所需的氧化还原材料(如NAD+)重新激活储存的能量
The mitochondria are a classic example of how water and stable elementary particles (protons and electrons) come together at a thin but highly-charged membrane to produce energy with as little waste as possible.
线粒体是水和稳定的基本粒子(质子和电子)如何结合在一个薄而高电荷的膜上，以尽可能少的浪费产生能量的经典例子。
But there is always waste energy, and that energy needs to be gotten rid off. Sweating eliminates energy. Urination eliminates energy. Uncoupling proton gradients accros mitochondrial membranes eliminates energy.
但总有能源浪费，而这些能源需要被处理掉。出汗可以消除能源。排尿消除能源。跨越线粒体膜的质子分离梯度消除了能量。
In order to perform these energetic operations, you need to be a coherent whole. This means that the Meridians of your body (collagen fibers) are connected and free to transmit signals between all components of the body, and the central governor (the brain) can sense external inputs to create the appropriate reaction.
为了执行这些高能操作，你需要成为一个连贯的整体。这意味着你身体的经络(胶原纤维)是连接在一起的，可以自由地在身体的所有组成部分之间传递信号，中央调控器(大脑)可以感知外部输入，从而产生适当的反应。
