Science vs. Religion: (Chapter Two) [David vs. Guth et al] (Humans)

by David Turell , Sunday, February 20, 2011, 15:46 (4820 days ago) @ xeno6696

However I question the underlying validity of this question. What reason do we have to believe that this is the only bang? I ask this because if we step outside of science, there are plenty of people who have experienced deja vu. In my own case I've dreamt things, and when the event happened (always something inane, unfortunately) I was instantly reminded that this exact scene came from a dream. In fact in my old age it even gets so bad that in the dream I recognize that it's a 'deja vu' dream and my exact thoughts carry over when the dream becomes reality. The only two propositions that make sense is 1) the universe really does follow long cycles of repetition or 2) that perhaps consciousness really is some kind of fundamental part of the universe. In both cases I am without an actual explanation beyond the fact that I've experienced something that terribly strange.-Your complaint about your dreams, and I consider the complaint the fact that they puzzle you, you should read more Feynman if you haven't. He could recognize he was dreaming and could then control the dream and steer it in directions he prefered. That consciousness is a fundamental part of reality I have no doubt: my wife dreams of things that happen, not perfectly, not all the time but enough to disturb her, She also 'sees' events at a distance when they occur, as I have mentioned before. She also can tell me where something is that I have misplaced, even if it is up in the barn, under something so that it is currently not visible.-As for cycling, that rings of your Buddhist experiences. If I remember correctly, a Buddhist estimate of the universal cycle is about 4 billion years, but science says we are at 13.7 byo and counting. As for cyclilng within current universal time, which you seem to be applying, again circles witin circles, if consciousness is part of reality, why not. We repeat our thoughts, and I firmly believe that our minds are a small indication of that counsciousness.
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