Title: Colloids and nanotechnology as metaphorical lessons for humanity

Biography:

• Regional Operations Manager - Security and Risk Management - Singapore - APAC
• Learning Development Manager - Australian Government - Papua New Guinea (PNG)
• Information/Intelligence Manager - Oil and Gas - Australia
• Regional Security Manager - Industrial Sector - Australia
• Security Team Leader - Close Protection - Middle East
• Officer in Charge - Law Enforcement - NZ Police Force
• Professional Soldier - NZ Defence Force 

 

 

Abstract

I failed chemistry, biology and physics.

But I excelled in human biology and went on to write the clinically endorsed, worlds first good news book about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (PTSD)

Why did I fail in one aspect of science and excel in another which led into psychology? I believe that my metaphorical description of colloids and nanotechnology holds the answer.

For me, colloids represent why some people connect and others do not. Why some attract, some repel, and some can co-exist if there is another component that holds them suspended. What if the colloidal suspension was emotion?

I took the mechanics of science, combined with the wonder that I feel towards the unknown, and applied that to human nature. In human situations I utilized science in psychology.

Nano-technology, as an example, was a direct demonstration of collaboration.

But why did I fail chemistry, biology and physics?

Because I brought one component and the teacher brought another, but our combination was merely a mixture with no means to become a solution.

However, when I attended human biology, the teacher had a ‘colloidal solution.’ He held my lack of understanding of the mechanics of biology suspended through his ability to explain the human body to me. To fill me with wonder and see through his eyes what he was teaching.

Dealing with suicidal people that had been exposed to trauma, I became a colloidal solution for them. They could pass through my understanding, taking them away from a terrible situation into an actual solution.

Science does not need to stay confined within its own language and nor does science need to stay within the boundaries of science. Yet along this journey, we must never forget, that what we do, we do for humanity.