On 03 May 2012, at 23:45, meekerdb wrote:
On 5/3/2012 1:25 PM, John Clark 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-philos&offset=2
<http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-consolation-of-philos&offset=2
>
There is another good article at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/has-physics-made-philosophy-and-religion-obsolete/256203/
John K Clark
See David Albert's review
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/a-universe-from-nothing-by-lawrence-m-krauss.html?_r=1
Also see Vic Stenger's response to Albert's critique
http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=4754#_edn3
Obviously comp is closer to Albert, but Albert is still ignorant of
"number's theology".
Krauss illustrates how pseudo-religious science can be, from time to
time.
Thanks to the links,
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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