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ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......................... >From: "Larry Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Subject: Re: Interesting... >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 20:09:39 -0500 > > > > > LOL. Yep, sure does. That was the point. I'm not *totally* > > insulated from the irony of my own statements, you know. > > > > > > ** okay. i guess the problem is that you come off that way . . . while > > possibly not allowing others that latitude. > >I'm lightening up a bit. The slack it out. > > > True, there's no definitive "proof" per se, only shades of >understanding, > > given the complexity of the subject under study - the human brain. ;) > > > > ** or the universe? i think that it may be easier to understand the >human > > brain that it is the universe around us . . . > >Hard to say really. The brain is a 3-pound universe all its own. >At least the universe is 'out there' for us to study, whereas the >study of the brain is a seriously recursive [like looping] and >unimaginably complex endeavor. Not uncrackable, but difficult, to >say the least. > > > by the way, have you noticed how string theory seems to be approaching >some > > of the mystical traditions? i also seem to recall that many physicists >have > > been ardently religious . . . (not that i am, mind you) > >Yes, I've read and studied most of the literature on the subject of >Super-string theory (or so-called 'theory of everything'), and it >appears to approximate (at times) the mystical speculations of a >'hidden reality' or 'other planes of existence'-type stuff. > >The jury is most definitely out on that one. The magnitude of the >gulf between matter at the sub-atomic particle level versus what >we experience our own macro-atomic (i.e., molecular) level is vast >indeed. It's almost like two different worlds - and for all practical >purposes, they are. > >As I understand it, quantum events have no "real" effect at the macro >level due to the strong forces of the molecules that make up our bodies >and the 'hard matter' world around us. Otherwise, things would be flying >apart all over the place. (Given there was a place to begin with.) > >True, *some* scientists are religious, but most are either agnostic or >devote atheists like Carl Sagan and Einstein (despite his protests about >not believing that "God plays dice", in regards to Quantum Mechanics). > >The great thing about science versus religion is that the future is >always open, and that all theories must continually hold up under >intense scrutinity. On the otherhand, religion is a closed book, >it's dogma rarely (if ever) open to questioning and revision. > >- Larry > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com