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Episode #49 Conspiracy of Reason - Why Should It Be So? Science & You
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- 自然科学
Some of the most difficult questions to answer are often the simplest to pose. For example, "Why?" is often impossible to answer. Many have made the observation that the universe and all physical, chemical and biological processes can be understood mathematically, and their mathematical descriptions have a surprising level of consistency to the real world they are intended to represent. There exists, then, this conspiracy of reason in the understanding of the universe. But why should it be so? We are told the universe began in chaos and developed by random chance, without having humans in mind at the beginning. But a random universe is a pointless, purposeless universe, and what is the point of using mathematics to study a pointless universe? Creation Matters Vol. 20 No. 3, p.4, May-June 2015. References: Wiker B and J Witt, 2006. A Meaningful World - How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature. InterVarsity Press. Downers Grove, IL; Wigner EP 1979. Symmetries and Reflections: Scientific Essays of Eugene P. Wigner. Ox Bow Press: Woodbridge, CT.
Some of the most difficult questions to answer are often the simplest to pose. For example, "Why?" is often impossible to answer. Many have made the observation that the universe and all physical, chemical and biological processes can be understood mathematically, and their mathematical descriptions have a surprising level of consistency to the real world they are intended to represent. There exists, then, this conspiracy of reason in the understanding of the universe. But why should it be so? We are told the universe began in chaos and developed by random chance, without having humans in mind at the beginning. But a random universe is a pointless, purposeless universe, and what is the point of using mathematics to study a pointless universe? Creation Matters Vol. 20 No. 3, p.4, May-June 2015. References: Wiker B and J Witt, 2006. A Meaningful World - How the Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature. InterVarsity Press. Downers Grove, IL; Wigner EP 1979. Symmetries and Reflections: Scientific Essays of Eugene P. Wigner. Ox Bow Press: Woodbridge, CT.
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