Cosmology: standard universe model confirmed (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, August 07, 2017, 09:22 (2665 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: [...] In the great quest for knowledge – one of the most admirable manifestations of the indomitable human spirit – we come up with all kinds of nebulous theories to explain the things we do not understand: dark matter, dark energy, strings, multiverses, Mother Nature, God…But giving them a name doesn’t make them real. [...]

DAVID: Giving them a name doesn't make it real" must always be a major philosophic point. Processes in health or illness were given names without understanding, and added nothing in our ability to help patients.

dhw: Just as the invention of nebulous terms like “dark energy”, “dark matter”, “Mother Nature”, “God” adds nothing to our ability to understand the origin and workings of the universe and life. I’m glad you agree.

DAVID: Neat way of sneaking God into the mix. What is your First Cause? Nothing.

Absolutely not. My alternative to your eternal pure energy inexplicably conscious of itself is eternal energy and matter forever transmuting themselves and inexplicably evolving consciousness. And I find both inexplicable hypotheses equally difficult to believe in, which is one reason why – as you may recall – I am an agnostic.