Quantum weirdness; no Big Bang (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, February 13, 2015, 17:59 (3571 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: There seem to be new theories coming out practically every day, and I'm surprised that you of all people should think you are obliged to follow opinions that are “currently accepted”.-Just as there are critical blogs about everything, the science industry is no different. The authors of the quantum piece got such fierce blowback they have changed their article to an 'hypothesis', not a theory. This is a far out idea, and I think you should remember I read lots of this stuff and have a wall bookcase filled with over two hundred books. The change by the authors doesn't surprise me at all. I have to form my opinions based on the judgment of authors and scientists whom appear well-reasoned to me. That is why I refer to Strassler so much. I follow his website closely. He works at the LHC on and off. So I am listening to a high level guy. I present this far out stuff to keep everyone informed about all mainstream and far out thinking. Throw it against the wall and see what sticks!-> dhw: Do you think your opinion that God created the universe and started life so that it would lead to humans, which he did by preprogramming the first cells and/or dabbling, conforms to majority opinion and is currently accepted? Of course you don't. -If you talk to a majority of Christians they will agree with me to varying degrees. See Lee Strobel, former atheist, his book a best-seller, now teaching apologetics here in Houston -
> dhw:The bits and pieces you post here are a wonderful source of information, for which I am immensely grateful, but what they teach us time and again is that nobody knows the truth about origins, all the theories are speculation, and any conclusion will ultimately demand a leap of faith that is emphatically not based on reason or observation.
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> I think this reply covers our posts under “Balance” and “Mind of God”, which have probably run their course.-Thank you, and I strongly feel faith can come from reasoned study. That is what I did. I agree to end of this area of discussion.