Quantum weirdness; Multiworld theory (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, November 01, 2014, 15:06 (3675 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I can't help agreeing with you, but the quantum world also appears to be nutty. Under “Enzymes use quantum tunnelling” you wrote: “The universe is based on quantum mechanics. Everything at that level is counterintuitive, and that is where God exists, not hiding but not fully accessable in my view."
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> Previously you have always said he was hiding there, but the fact of the matter is that nobody understands how life could have begun, nobody understands consciousness, nobody understands the quantum world, but you seem to think that by attributing it all to “God”, you solve all the mysteries! What is “God”?..... Life, consciousness and the quantum world are all counterintuitive, but since they all exist, there has to be an explanation for their existence. Until we find out what it is (and I doubt if we ever will), you and the atheists are stuck: they can't explain life, consciousness or the quantum world, and you can't explain God. As I have said elsewhere, it all comes down to faith.-Yes it comes down to faith:-From GK today: "I think evolution seems to work just like the rock record and experiments shows it works. The only question left for me is the "knowingly dabbling" component of the discussion. I can't really answer that so the next thing I can do is come up with solutions that seem to match observations with the least amount of assumptions."-Why do I use his quote? One logical approach to 'least assumptions' is the faith in God as a concept solves everything easily. Feels good to me. And lots of famous philosophers accept First Cause. If you accept cause and effect as a valid concept, you are logically stuck!