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I agree. I actually think that is a very common thought, at least from what I have seen with my colleagues who are mostly scientists in engineering and biotech.
by tomohelix 3y ago
I agree. I actually think that is a very common thought, at least from what I have seen with my colleagues who are mostly scientists in engineering and biotech. It could be because of our background but the kind of complexity and seemingly genius engineering solutions in some biological systems just boggle the mind and make us question how it happened. We often handwave them with evolution and sure we can come up with some ideas of how it actually evolved but at some point I personally felt some explanations we got became too contrived and overly convenient and nearly unfalsifiable...
To be honest though, I still don't think a creator is absolutely necessary. But I also think there is nothing wrong with the idea that there is one. I just personally don't think this creator, if exist, would belong to any of the major religion out there.
- FluffyClouds 3y agoWe are a tad beyond handwaving, but with all the information overload it's hard to recognize scientific breakthroughs anymore. Anyway thermodynamics did it. https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3271 https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.3271 Most people won't like this answer, because it's too impersonal. Thus the search for a more inspiring origin story continues. There is no drama in thermodynamics, no love, no revenge, although there are explosions.
- tomohelix 3y agoThat is a great paper! Yes, from my engineering school I know if we dig deep enough, it would all be thermodynamics. But I was not sure if anyone dig that deep yet. This paper seems to be deeper than what I thought was done. Strange how I didn't see it, seems very relevant especially with all the LLM rage these days.