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> supernatural event would fundamentally shake up our scientific understanding Surely we're due for one of these soon. Given our infantile understanding of qua
by sebleon 9y ago
> supernatural event would fundamentally shake up our scientific understanding
Surely we're due for one of these soon. Given our infantile understanding of quantum mechanics and physics, it's a matter of time before we observe something that defies modern science.
- wallace_f 9y agoI know what you mean, but I guess it depends on how we define such an event? The difference between Newtonian physics failing to be accurate at relativistic speeds and the stuff of supernatural fiction coming to life seems pretty significant.
- akvadrako 9y agoFor most people, quantum theory is just as shocking as anything out of supernatural fiction. It's quite common to deny that it's real and to hope a traditional explanation will replace/modify it. That hope has always been grounded in a fear of it's "supernatural" qualities and is becoming less likely as theorists find proofs limiting it's flexibility while keeping agreement with experiments.
- tekproxy 9y agoI think a personal god who performs miracles, raises the dead, created the universe, knows everything, cares about whom you have sex with and in what position, etc, carries a lot more "baggage" than quantum weirdness.
- brango 9y agoDoesn't String Theory require 13 dimensions or something? Maybe that is a way around FTL travel.
- n-exploit 9y agoKeep your eye on HeartMath. Stanford is involved. There have been rumors of some awesome (in the true expression of the term) discoveries.
- frankquist 9y agoCould you elaborate?