tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5574018689824305389..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Communing with RealityGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34992005666737257152016-04-27T12:31:47.220-07:002016-04-27T12:31:47.220-07:00"But we live in a totally interconnected cosm..."But we live in a totally interconnected cosmos in which everything is related to everything else, right down to the quantum level and back up to the metaphysical (i.e., Trinity). In short to be is to be related."<br /><br />That echoes my shocking discovery of the universe. Wouldn't it be awesome if it were populated with even 1% of the population of those currently living around us?<br /><br />Dare to dream. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51229139169672665702016-04-27T09:11:15.439-07:002016-04-27T09:11:15.439-07:00God gave us a reliable world to stand on, not a le...God gave us a reliable world to stand on, not a leaky pontoon bridge over a swamp.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45007675609576479772016-04-27T09:08:35.384-07:002016-04-27T09:08:35.384-07:00Bob thought: "I strongly disagree that consci...Bob thought: "I strongly disagree that consciousness collapses the wave function."<br /><br />I thought I was the only one who thought this.<br />I disagree likewise, because,<br /><i>I do not believe in magic</i>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994306709948231112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56859459967553682952016-04-27T08:21:11.647-07:002016-04-27T08:21:11.647-07:00I strongly disagree that consciousness collapses t...I strongly disagree that consciousness collapses the wave function. It's more like a baseball game: it's not a ball or strike until the umpire says so. But that doesn't mean the baseball was created by the consciousness of the umpire. <br /><br />Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66465676869198544052016-04-27T08:08:40.214-07:002016-04-27T08:08:40.214-07:00Bob,
Your comment that physics has nothing interes...Bob,<br />Your comment that physics has nothing interesting to say about life and mind is not quite true. Consider the observer problem in quantum mechanics, where the "wave function" only collapses into a specific real state when a conscious being makes a measurement or "sees" it. There is debate about this of course, but it seems to touch on your topic here quite well.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35420116200273878132016-04-26T18:28:47.995-07:002016-04-26T18:28:47.995-07:00"But we live in a totally interconnected cosm..."But we live in a totally interconnected cosmos in which everything is related to everything else, right down to the quantum level and back up to the metaphysical (i.e., Trinity). In short to be is to be related."<br /><br />I can relate. :)Allena-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929671005197550931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25403403015824139582016-04-26T14:13:11.659-07:002016-04-26T14:13:11.659-07:00reality is organic, that subjectivity and experien...<i>reality is organic, that subjectivity and experience are intrinsic to it, and that nothing is radically independent from anything else</i><br /><br />There is parallel in the news media. No one can be perfectly objective, and I don't expect that from scientists or journalists or anyone else. Just tell me what the bias is up front. The trouble with too many is that they do not believe their metaphysic ought to be subject to challenge.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1516345702962309082016-04-26T09:18:21.159-07:002016-04-26T09:18:21.159-07:00Along those lines, apparently water does some rath...Along those lines, apparently water does some rather surprising things under <a href="http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-pushed-water-molecules-beyond-solids-liquids-and-gases" rel="nofollow">certain circumstances</a>. The way the atoms within the molecules interact with each other changes in a fundamental way; very interesting.<br /><br />At <i>every</i> level, the dance of intersubjectivity reveals something about the nature of God. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com