Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Trains that will string particles together
Where is all this talk of strings and particles taking us ?
Maybe a good discussion on this is limited by the political determinism that insists we are looking for a theory of everything, and therefore a fully loaded train( lots of connected strings) rather than a reality of "interfering bits" . The best writing I have seen on this makes clear that what we learn from science must be pursued with vigor but not confused with the inherently difficult job of knowing anything about why even any one of the wheels is turning on a life axle.
Maybe a good discussion on this is limited by the political determinism that insists we are looking for a theory of everything, and therefore a fully loaded train( lots of connected strings) rather than a reality of "interfering bits" . The best writing I have seen on this makes clear that what we learn from science must be pursued with vigor but not confused with the inherently difficult job of knowing anything about why even any one of the wheels is turning on a life axle.
Its hard not to come to the conclusion that The Creator knows what
He purposed ( because all life is purposeful) ,but we may have no idea:
" the best explanations (in biology)are inspired by the
principle that everything that happens as if nature proposed to attain certain
ends with a strict economy of means "- E.Gilson
Labels: economy of means, gilson, identity, purpose, string theory
