On May 3, 4:25 pm, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Lawrence M Krauss, author of the excellent book "Why is there something > rather than nothing?" recently wrote a article in Scientific American, here > is one quote I like" > > It may be that even an eternal multiverse in which all universes and laws > of nature arise dynamically will still leave open some ‘why’ questions, and > therefore never fully satisfy theologians and some philosophers. But > focusing on that issue and ignoring the remarkable progress we can make > toward answering perhaps the most miraculous aspect of the something from > nothing question—understanding why there is ‘stuff’ and not empty space, > why there is space at all, and how both stuff and space and even the forces > we measure could arise from no stuff and no space—is, in my opinion, > impotent, and useless. > > For more see: > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-consolation-of-p... > > There is another good article at: > > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/has-physics-mad...
Why would focusing on one issue be a distraction from the other? Is there some threat of the international science budget being siphoned off into philosophy? I don't see how questioning the obvious absurdity of something coming from nothing in the context of a cosmology centered on cause and effect is dangerous in any way. To me, it's the naked emperor saying his robe will be much more beautiful if only everyone would avert their eyes. If the nothing of a vacuum is really full of potentials, how is it really different from stuff? Why should we care? Any difference between stuff and space is trivial compared to the existence of the possibility of difference and knowing what difference is. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
