Thursday, March 02, 2023
Limiting our understanding of the Universe
Should we ever eliminate possibilities, causes and structures ? We can't resolve IMO where the boundaries are between particles, forces and radiation - we just use approximate terms because the physical relations are mostly predictable .
Einstein seems to say Mass and Energy are certain and are interrelated
I won't say any more lest I expose how little I know
Maybe a better way of describing what we now do know about the earth , our own universe and the universe that is running away from us , is that it its amazingly complex , wonderful and highly structured BUT we may not know very much still . For our understanding it has ,at least ,a 3D structure but why not 4 or 5 dimensions or something still quite invisible to us? ,
The full truth about structural things is simply not known or fully told , maybe even because as some recents have realized , humans want to ignore reality and put themselves at the centre of it . ( I would agree with Mal there )
The expanding universe doesn't yet seem to impact on our basically steady state approach to life on earth,but maybe one day it will ?.Who knows ? Who cares?
Should we not all continue to use the solid things to build into knowledge of the not so solid - like waves . And for all the armchair speculators - get a degree before you disagree?
Hoyle's reasonable assertion from the physical facts in the early 1900's that " there is not sufficient time for natural selection to produce the life that we see on earth , is similar to the actual process of finding the truth about the expanding universe . Some predicted it from the maths , but proof only came when Hubble had a telescope strong enough to observe it ( 1929)
I agree with the idea that we shouldn't limit the truth because what we do know is still limited and some analogy or framework that some smart arse invented , and most took as gospel, may come back to bite us .- a full stop when there is none .
Similarly , if we had allowed for the fact that life was planted on earth we would not have allowed adaption by natural selection to give everyone an excuse to ignore their Creator and talk all sorts of rubbish about how everything " naturally progresses". IT may make many feel better but it gives a unsustainable and unworkable lead to our children because there are some destructive consequences for poor choices and they can find productive positivity in choosing better than their genes and feelings may seem to dictate.
Why does any thinking person here accept the casual expectation that any approach to education is good enough? , The Victorian government are very busy supporting the teaching profession even though noone wants to work for them - there has gotta be something wrong . maybe their dominant world view of " doin whatever you feel like" ( cf think like) is. The private schools continue to offer an alternative while the State system refuses to deny its narrow views of how the universe works .