(urth) barrington interview
Lee
severiansola at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 14 04:59:54 PDT 2014
Sigh, okay, I'll bite the bait one more time.
>Robert Pirkola:
>Math is universal in the same way that the physics of our universe (which is
>based in observations describable mathematically) is universal. In other words,
>math and physics apply in every corner of the universe just as they do in our
>tiny corner.
Who told you this? To be a credible source for making such a statement wouldn't
this person have to have been to every corner of the universe to test the statement?
Why would observations made in this tiny corner be presumed to apply to all other
corners?
>how it is that one part of the universe could be exempt from laws and principles that,
>I think we can all agree apply in great swathes of the universe, while not directly
>influencing those areas at the immediate border between the regions.
How can we make statements regarding great swaths of the universe when we haven't
observed great swaths? Perhaps math and science represent minority exemptions from
the real laws which govern most of the universe. Is there a way to know? I don't see it.
Human thought and perception is undeniably a form of tunnel vision. We used to think
colors ranged from red to violet. Now we know there are additional "colors" from radio
waves to gamma waves. We used to think there were three dimensions. Then four.
Current mathematical models of the universe suggest double that, far exceeding the
boundaries of human comprehension.
Perhaps we could take these examples as hints. For all that math and science show us of
the universe, there is likely far more out there it doesn't and cannot show us.
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