c'mon, don't diss einstein
Is God mute?
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Nothing wrong with fringe if it might lead somewhere but...
Imperfection neither removes infinity, nor explains how a universe would come into existence.
Why exactly would a universe from nothing need to be perfectly sprung ?
What is a perfectly sprung universe anyway ?
Why not a state of nothing that evokes quantum fluctuations leading to 'imperfect' universes, (or just one) - that will evolve according to the environment. That may not feel right to you but is scientifically supported and dispenses with any need for googelplexes.
because a "state of nothing that evokes quantum fluctuations" leading to something is just another another way to describe a "miracle".
then for the something to be a universe this finely tuned for life is a second "miracle".
to quote einstein from the previous page...
“Shortly after his 50th birthday, Einstein was interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. Viereck asked Einstein if he was an atheist to which Einstein said "I'm not an atheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws."
then for the something to be a universe this finely tuned for life is a second "miracle".
to quote einstein from the previous page...
“Shortly after his 50th birthday, Einstein was interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. Viereck asked Einstein if he was an atheist to which Einstein said "I'm not an atheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws."
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In the hands of an angry God
"Belief in divine punishment may be inherent and a useful evolutionary adaptation, helping humans overcome selfishness
God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human.By Dominic Johnson.Oxford University Press; 286 pages; $27.95 and £18.99.
MANY people think that religious belief is inherent to human psychology. This does not mean that specific beliefs are wired, but that the brain is predisposed to believe in supernatural agents. Some proponents of this idea argue that supernatural beliefs have hijacked innocent or otherwise useful features of the mind. But Dominic Johnson argues in “God Is Watching You”, belief in God—specifically, in supernatural forces that can punish—is a useful evolutionary adaptation..."
http://www.economist.com/news/books...nt-and-useful-evolutionary-adaptation-helping
"Belief in divine punishment may be inherent and a useful evolutionary adaptation, helping humans overcome selfishness
God Is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human.By Dominic Johnson.Oxford University Press; 286 pages; $27.95 and £18.99.
MANY people think that religious belief is inherent to human psychology. This does not mean that specific beliefs are wired, but that the brain is predisposed to believe in supernatural agents. Some proponents of this idea argue that supernatural beliefs have hijacked innocent or otherwise useful features of the mind. But Dominic Johnson argues in “God Is Watching You”, belief in God—specifically, in supernatural forces that can punish—is a useful evolutionary adaptation..."
http://www.economist.com/news/books...nt-and-useful-evolutionary-adaptation-helping
