The Problem Of Differential Equations

The world could end in a million different ways; by war, aliens or global warming; it seems every person has a theory as to what will happen. Christians and Muslims both have prediction and prophecy telling what insanity will ensue when the earth ceases to exist. Islam and Christianity have some very similar theories and also some very contrasting theories.

It doesn’t take much looking to discover that Wikipedia has an article dealing with 44 past predictions of when Jesus would come back and 6 future predictions. Obviously no one has predicted the right date yet. There is another website that lists 242 predicted dates for the end of the world. This is most intriguing in light of the fact that in Matthew 24:36 Jesus says: "“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." (Matthew 24:36, ESV)

Growing up as a Christian, in the Christian church, I was always taught that God knows everything. God knows the beginning and end, and everything in between. This is something that, until one starts asking tough questions, one usually accepts. My goal in writing this essay is not to change someone’s beliefs about God, or beliefs in God, but instead to challenge people to quote, un-quote, think outside the box. Consider the pros and cons of God knowing everything and also be open to other solutions. There are a few questions that need to be answered when one considers God’s knowledge. First, if God knows the future with absolute certainty, then, are we as humans truly free? Second, if God does not know the future

In William Yeats poem, “The Second Coming,” Yeats makes some observations about what has happened before and attempts to parallel the past with the future in order to justify his prediction of the “Second Coming” of Christ. Though interesting and appealing, these predictions and observations doesn’t make Yeats a Nostradamus-like figure who predicts specific, unlikely and unusual events leading up to the fulfillment of an ultimate prophecy, but rather makes similar to a conspiracy theorist spouting off events that are no better at predicting an event as an astrology constellation can predict that way you behave-- the statements are all common and vague on purpose so they can be applied to anyone.

Today, there are many people in the church who have assimilated this mentality that the future is not a choice, but an irrevocable sentence. In Buddhism, a close relative of Platonic Philosophy, we see that the first noble truth of Buddha is that life is suffering. You shouldn't fight this, we are stuck in a cosmic cycle. The solution would be to resign yourself, to meditate and seek psychological nirvana — inner happiness — in an altered state of consciousness. This is the same thing as going to the pharmacy, buying a medication to dull yourself and watch life pass by. It's the metaphor of the great wheel: things should return to how they were, fate has already determined the direction of history and there is nothing that could be done. The only thing to be done is to disconnect

Forecasts: Forecasts means the process if making prediction if the future base on the past or present data.

Science fiction has continually perpetuated a believe in prosperity and a better life in the future. In The New Atlantis, the author Francis Bacon envisions a world where science and research is not restrained by religion, and all illness if cured. This belief further manifested itself into the belief that science will soon be able to fix all of our problems, and would do so without God. Scientist J. B. S. Haldane would later take this belief and Thomas Huxley’s view on eugenics to proclaim that science would create a new age of peace, human equality, prosperity, and justice. He would help perpetuate the idea that humans are destined to become gods due to the power of the cosmos. Later, physicist Freeman Dyson used this belief to conclude that “a golden age of science” would soon come and would be started by “mental exploration.” He then believed that an all powerful civilization would have to create a sphere around its host star to fuel its need for energy. Ecclesiastes 8:7 says, “Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come? Only God knows what the future holds. God has a plan for every person on earth, and when his plan has been finished, humans will finally be reunited with him. Because of sin, creation will never be able to return to a perfect form, but because of God’s divine providence he allows us to alleviate the pains of sin with science. Scientist should use science as a tool to help those in need, not as a tool to play God. All in all, scientist believe that science in the future will be able to cure all of our pain. Because of sin, this will never happen, but humans can use science to help alleviate the pain until God comes to wipe sin

It is arduous to believe that every individual has an established future, set by a higher power, such as fate or destiny that cannot be transmuted. Fate is defined as events that take place and are authorized by a higher power. However, futures are governed solely by free will and are not predetermined. Destiny and fate are made up concepts, skeptical people believe, in order to make out things they do not understand.

I have been very blessed in my life by excelling in school. Although I do very well in my classes, there are a couple classes that I have had to work twice as hard in. To be specific, I have had to work exceptionally harder in math and science.

If one is a believer in an omniscient being, God, that person is fatalist. Taylor explains, “To say that God is omniscient means that He knows everything that is true. He cannot, of course, know that which is false,” (Taylor, 57). If God exists and knows all, then if God were to tell someone how, when, where they were going to die his answer would have to be true. Therefore if God knows all that has happened, whether it is as minor as an ant being born or as major as the end of the world, God knows all that is involved. One cannot believe in God and not believe in fate because He knows all that will come in the future and that is what fate is. However, a determinist will not believe in God, because of this fact. A determinist sees all the causes of what has happened as random, independent events that have causes and effects.

Prediction involves making a statement concerning the likely value of an event or action uncertain or unknown at the time of the statement. Since the theory of probability, (inaugurated by the French mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre Fermat in 1654), was developed to quantify uncertain events in terms of their likelihood of occurrence, formal prediction is now viewed as a mathematical topic involving probabilistic modeling. Indeed, the mathematician Karl Pearson said in 1907 that the fundamental problem in statistics is prediction. Prediction, however, is usually not an end goal itself, but rather means to put probabilistic bounds on the relative frequency or likelihood of occurrence of future uncertain

As I grow up, I can understand more about the revelation, especially when I went to senior high school. Yes, life is full of uncertainty & puzzle. For someone, they wish to have the power to forecast future. Because they can be well prepared for the opportunities and challenges and even know the lucky numbers of lottery beforehand.   But for me, I don’t want to have such ‘ability’ at all. Life is a mystery and everyone has his own way. I enjoy the surprise of receiving the gift from my classmates on my birthday and running into an old friend on the street in another city, etc. There are so many amazing incidents in my life which can’t happen if I have the power to forecast the future. To Forrest Gump, who was born with intellectual disturbance and muscle problems in his leg, he never imagined that he could become a famous American football player, a war hero and even a millionaire. Forrest won dignity and respect through his strive and perseverance. I believe I can make a better life for those I love through my own effort. Forrest Gump 's life is full of happiness, he told passers-by his story begins: "My mother often said life is like a box of chocolate ... ...", perhaps his happiness comes from that he

A differential analysis is an evaluation based on different factors and alternatives. Essentially, it is a system or process of comparing two or more business alternatives to each other in an attempt to decide the right choice that could improve the bottom line of a company. In a well-articulated definition, differential analysis, also known as incremental analysis is “The process of analyzing differential revenues and costs from one alternative to another” (Heisinger & Hoyle, 2012, p. 487). So whenever a company reviews its differences in revenues and costs, that company is involved in a differential analysis.

Forecasting is the art and science of predicting future events. Forecasting is a statement about the future. “Operations management is designed to support forecasted

Merriam Webster Dictionary online (2015) recognizes the word forecast both as a noun and as a verb. As a verb it defines it as “to say that something will happen in future” while as a noun it definition is: “a statement about what you think is going to happen in future”. In this project we will be using the word in the sense of a verb. However, the definition is very strong because of the implicit notion of the assertion of occurrence of an event with a certain confidence even without knowledge of the future events and the underlying uncertainty. Moreover, it is equally applicable to any kind of entity: deposits, weather, market demand or even human life. In fact forecasting is such a fundamental component of human life that we forecast about self and others all the time. Probably, it stems from the innate human desire to know all the unknown, especially his future. Consequently, more and more techniques of forecasting have been developed- from intuition to rigorous complex mathematical analysis.