Science and love, music, art, etc. (The limitations of science)

by David Turell , Friday, February 13, 2009, 20:26 (5760 days ago) @ Mark

Yes, I agree. What I said was unclear. I accept that mind can be an emergent phenomenon. What I cannot conceive is how science, working with the lower level quanta, can explain the emergence of mind, i.e. using space-time physical science get to the point of talking about my thoughts as thoughts. I think mind is emergent but fundamental - there is a top-down as well as a bottom-up. - I agree. Both Wheeler and Bohm struggled with this problem for many years of their careers, conceiving of the multiworld phenomenon, and that the world existed only because of observation. I think Heisenberg will be the final answer: the uncertainty principle. I once met a congresional candidate from my district who was sure God existed and was on the other side of the 'wall'. We are not meant to answer your question by science. God is purposely concealed, to bring in the issue of faith.