APS Program Reflection

I am proud to be to selected for consideration for the APS program at Argonne in association with our high school. The APS at the Argonne National Laboratory is one of the most diverse and industrious scientific instruments available for civilian use, ranging from simple industrial analysis of synthetic to organic compounds, to a general ecological and biological application use, mapping out protein structures and hormone receptors. Such a diverse scientific instrument in my opinion is utterly useless unless a diverse group of people, with different backgrounds and perspective are allowed input into what is tested and how it is tested. Once again, I am honored for my recognition of scientific ability which allowed me to be selected for consideration in the first place, and I would like to give an example of how my perspective can be used to further research at this program. For
1: knowing the card was already in the orange one does not need to figure out how it got in there. 2: the illusion of the card appearing to be in the orange only after the trick was completed, is the key to its success. 3: if in reality my card was there the whole time, the card I chose must have been forced on me by the magicien. This simple breakdown of a magic trick could mean the difference from worrying or over think about a problem that in reality is quite simple to understand if looked at from a different angle or perspective. Karl Germain, a famous american magician once said “Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.” In a sense we are all spectators in a magic show of the natural world, continually trying to decypher the illusion that is our