Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Example

Deus Esse Quantum... ( con't)

As to God and Science
In some ways it would seem that God and Science have always been mutually exclusive; Galileo believed that mathematics was the language of The Omniscient and we know what happened to him. Had Newton’s views on God and Jesus been known, he would have lost his Fellowship at Cambridge at the very least – conviction on a charge of heresy is probably a given. Yet upon reflection, it is not Science and God that are irreconcilable – it is Science and Religion.

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it with religious conviction."

Blaise Pascal

Galileo and Newton are, by no means, alone. Today’s Science and Philosophy, are built on the work of pioneer thinkers who, nonetheless, held a belief in a guiding force, intellect or interconnectedness that is Universal: Heraclitus, Xenophanes, Aristotle, Spinoza, Liebniz, George Washington Carver, Nietzsche, Planck, Einstein, Dirac, and Bohm.


Can the existence of and Infinite Being be proved quantitatively? Can it be disproved?

Perpend: (From http://searchsmb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci332247,00.html) "The two major interpretations of quantum theory's implications for the nature of reality are the Copenhagen interpretation and the many-worlds theory. Niels Bohr proposed the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory, which asserts that a particle is whatever it is measured to be (for example, a wave or a particle), but that it cannot be assumed to have specific properties, or even to exist, until it is measured. In short, Bohr was saying that objective reality does not exist. This translates to a principle called superposition that claims that while we do not know what the state of any object is, it is actually in all possible states simultaneously, as long as we don't look to check.
To illustrate this theory, we can use the famous and somewhat cruel analogy of Schrodinger's Cat. First, we have a living cat and place it in a thick lead box. At this stage, there is no question that the cat is alive. We then throw in a vial of cyanide and seal the box. We do not know if the cat is alive or if it has broken the cyanide capsule and died. Since we do not know, the cat is both dead and alive, according to quantum law - in a superposition of states. It is only when we break open the box and see what condition the cat is that the superposition is lost, and the cat must be either alive or dead."
This is it! We cannot see or measure an Omnipotent ergo; under the superposition principal The Creator is in all possible states simultaneously - read in every where, when and thing possible... Is that not Infinite? This too gives rise to the loosely adjectival definition of quantum as something so infinitesimal (immeasurable) that it is indeed infinite.

"The second interpretation of quantum theory is the many-worlds (or multiverse theory. It holds that as soon as a potential exists for any object to be in any state, the universe of that object transmutes into a series of parallel universes equal to the number of possible states in which that the object can exist, with each universe containing a unique single possible state of that object. Furthermore, there is a mechanism for interaction between these universes that somehow permits all states to be accessible in some way and for all possible states to be affected in some manner. Stephen Hawking and the late Richard Feynman are among the scientists who have expressed a preference for the many-worlds theory." Beautiful! Ergo; as long as there is potential for an Almighty to exist, He/She/It does. It hasn't escaped me that the multiverse theory specifies object. Can we consider something/one that is Infinite an object? If we unify the two interpretations we must. Copenhagen says that if we cannot confirm something's state - it is all states... yes an object being one them. Ah....... but Copenhagen also says that if we cannot measure we cannot assume existance. Oh, but there's that fabulous word potential in multiverse... surely as we cannot prove or disprove, confirm or discredit a God (or moreover, I believe, anyone's notion of what God is or isn't) the potential exists for all possible manifestations or no God at all. Hence if potential exists... all exist simultaneously. One could say Infinitely... or as Shakes would say "It's all one"

I live in a Universe where The Creator can and does, use scientifically calculable means to manifest; there is no proving or disproving. There is only faith.

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At 1:39 PM, Blogger Dave said...

Nice post, being a physicist and a lay preacher I can identify.

 

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