tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126049.post115283081453098672..comments2024-01-22T11:42:42.772+08:00Comments on FideCogitActio : omnis per gratiam: Funny thing about the universe... (Part 3 of 3)Codgitator (Cadgertator)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126049.post-1153190073130306512006-07-18T10:34:00.000+08:002006-07-18T10:34:00.000+08:00Although relativity and to a higher degree quantum...Although relativity and to a higher degree quantum theory are counter intuitive they <I>do</I> make sense mathematically. What I mean by "make sense", in this instance (a steady-state model of the universe), is that in order to gague the very change of the universe (something we call "the passage of time") the model <I>requires</I> an external entity that does not change. Becuase without it causality (<I>the</I> requisite for "sense") is meaningless.<BR/><BR/>Check out "Astronnomy" magazine October '05 (vol. 33, issue 10) about multiple universe theory, or the above mentioned "Scientific American" May '03. And then we can talk about the deposit of faith that you have in multi-universe theories.D.J. Skull-Foghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721272702219866836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126049.post-1153094870705981132006-07-17T08:07:00.000+08:002006-07-17T08:07:00.000+08:00It's a funny thing about the universe: it requires...<B>It's a funny thing about the universe: it requires a deposit of faith into something external to the universe in order to make sense.</B><BR/><BR/>No, it doesn't require any "faith" at all. It's an inference from known data and methods: the universe must have come from somewhere/something, because it is here. The more interesting problem with this statement is the second half: "to make sense." Statistics, cosmology, and relativity are counterintuitive and do not "make sense." Perhaps your problem in coming to terms with the lack of design and a designer in the universe lies in the issue of "sense." <BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.com