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Choosing to believe we have enough evidence to know/state a definitive answer is belief itself, no? Nobel-winning physicist, Roger Penrose. Question: Do the w
by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Choosing to believe we have enough evidence to know/state a definitive answer is belief itself, no?
Nobel-winning physicist, Roger Penrose.
Question: Do the wonders of physics and the beauty of its laws inspire belief in something that is beyond science?
Answer: ‘There is a sense in which I would say I’m an agnostic[...] But that doesn’t mean I’m an atheist. Do I believe in something outside science? Well, it’s a bit hard to know. What is science? Where are its boundaries? Is there something going on in consciousness, which is outside of science? Well, I like not to think that. It is certainly outside the science we have now. But it’s something we can explore scientifically. Whether we will have an understanding of what’s going on, which is deep enough to solve the mystery of what it is to be, I don’t know.’
Source: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-singular-mind-roger-penrose-on-his-nobel-prize https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-singular-mind-roger-pe...
- paulryanrogers 6y agoIs anyone claiming to have definitive answers? I've stopped believing in Christianity because the things I learned about physics and sociology far better explain the evidence that I've seen. Others appear to have done the same. Whether their is some untest-able higher power is irrelevant to my life. And if it can be tested and falsified then given enough time and effort it will be proven. Yet centuries of human effort have been wasted exploring what may simply be a side effect of overzealous agent detection.
- bavell 6y ago> "overzealous agent detection" Great way to put it, definitely going to steal this one! Our brain's pattern recognition circuits are highly developed and we like to anthropomorphize. Tens of thousands of years ago with a lack of scientific knowledge, who else but the gods could we have pointed to in order to explain the world around us?
- paulryanrogers 6y agoFWIW, "agent detection" is an established concept[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_detection
- millipedegears 6y agoCurrent scientific thinking suggests that we do not even exist - our sense that we are a conscious self that makes choices - is only an illusion.