tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4372979370622422527..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Tying Together the Womb of BeingGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12870918842283290092017-07-25T08:21:31.333-07:002017-07-25T08:21:31.333-07:00And one still can't reduce the information to ...And one still can't reduce the information to the arrangement or complexity of matter, AKA Semantics Cannot be Reduced to Syntax.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64309984673386126182017-07-25T08:19:05.154-07:002017-07-25T08:19:05.154-07:00"The universe may be self-similar across scal..."The universe may be self-similar across scales that differ in size by a factor of a billion billion billion."<br /><br />As above, so below: it's fractals all way up and down (although the material cosmos must be vertically lower, not higher, than man). <br /><br />In any event, to paraphrase Whitehead, biology is the study of smaller organisms while astronomy is the study of larger ones. Physics studies the teeny tiny ones.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40605012444426252502017-07-25T06:31:20.088-07:002017-07-25T06:31:20.088-07:00Off topic, I'm pretty sure this was already ko...Off topic, I'm pretty sure this was already konwn here, but <a href="http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/the-strange-similarity-of-neuron-and-galaxy-networks" rel="nofollow">further evidence that the cosmos is perhaps literally the mind of God</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67966017342598375012017-07-24T19:06:44.403-07:002017-07-24T19:06:44.403-07:00That is indeed the question.That is indeed the question.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76813248367291442492017-07-24T18:46:30.663-07:002017-07-24T18:46:30.663-07:00A lot of dialog on Luther going around lately. Wit...A lot of dialog on Luther going around lately. With the 500 year anniversary of Luther's 95 theses coming up at the end of October, I expect to see a lot more in the weeks and months ahead. The question that seems to matter the most, in my opinion, is who was Luther in service to - God or the other guy?EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21759796371658003722017-07-24T11:33:26.794-07:002017-07-24T11:33:26.794-07:00There's a Jewish joke I don't exactly reme...There's a Jewish joke I don't exactly remember, but the punchline is something like "look at the big shot who thinks he's so humble."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911613613759942690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68194575079270048232017-07-24T11:29:17.815-07:002017-07-24T11:29:17.815-07:00Bad religion can take the form of an excess of hum...<i>Bad religion can take the form of an excess of humility that mirrors the excessive grandiosity of deepaking the chopra. </i><br /><br />For some reason, this brings to mind a scene from towards the end of the movie <i>The Ref</i>: "You know what, Mom? You know what I'm going to get you next Christmas? A big, wooden cross. So anytime you feel unappreciated for all your sacrifices, you can climb on up and nail yourself to it."<br /><br />juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26899645913316743602017-07-24T11:03:38.774-07:002017-07-24T11:03:38.774-07:00It seems to me that Luther engages in the ultimate...<i>It seems to me that Luther engages in the ultimate humble brag, in that he personally knows there is nothing man can know, such that the only solution is the will to believe -- a will severed from its telos in truth.</i><br /><br />Faith without reason. And love is not all you need.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.com