Quantum weirdness; no Big Bang (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, February 15, 2015, 15:15 (3357 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: for your reasoning as far as it goes, but when we come to the crunch, you are the first to admit that your conclusions rely on a massive leap of faith.-Just the opposite: I read and reason and when I reach a solid conclusion then I take the leap of faith. You seem to think it starts at faith. That is why I avoid the Bible. I accept a willingness to have faith after reasoning.- 
> DAVID: A radio receiver illusion:
> https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/social-brain-social-mind/201203/free-will-weighing... 
> dhw: What a stimulating post! He covers just about every point we've discussed ourselves, but I find it very reassuring when scientists in a particular field are prepared to challenge what elsewhere you have described as the “currently accepted” view. 
> DAVID: Looking for this type of comment is like panning for gold.
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> dhw: So it doesn't represent the currently accepted majority opinion. But you and I welcome it - in your case, perhaps because we have here a specialist who appears to be on your side; in my case because he calls for open-mindedness. I'm afraid I remain highly suspicious of currently accepted views when they claim to solve the mystery of origins and of consciousness, and if scientists come up with a hypothesis that the BB never happened and the universe is eternal, I would expect a kerfuffle but I would not dismiss it just because it goes against current majority opinion.-When I started reading years ago as an agnostic, I had to educate myself, and certainly I had to accept majority opinion before I could begin to accept my own opinions. Logical. Now as an accomplished autodidact I have my education and my opinions and of course I like folks on 'my' side.