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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Solon who wrote (46151)4/3/2002 12:57:35 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
<Contrary to the popular belief that physics is bringing God and science together, it is quite the opposite. >

I would argue this point. For some practitioners of science this is true. For me (I am a practitioner of science) it isn't. I think that hubris and arrogance must be left at the door when you study quantum mechanics (QM). It isn't just mumbo-jumbo proponents of new-age feel-good religion-light, but the students of QM themselves that are profoundly affected by the implication of the event/observer duality. I'm re-reading the Tao of Physics, now in its Fifth Edition. It is as good as I remembered and represents a great entry for a non-scientist into the world of the ambiguous and mysterious. My study of QM and chaos has led me to understand that we are not in a ballistic, Newtonian world but part of a perceptual dance that may or maynot be part of a consciousness. Does an electron get to decide anything provided it doesn't violate certain rules?

Small differences do add up. The world is repleat with leverage points and that we will never know all these. Are they part of a greater "mind"? I dunno.

As I said in a earlier post:

"God lives in the cracks of science." or maybe

"Science fills the cracks of God". Either way, it is humbling.
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