Do You Believe?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

Then, out of curiosity, if it is undetectable, unknowable, and there is no evidence of it, what is the point in believing in it?

In other words, what separates it from the myriad other things equally uknowable and unevidenced that you don't believe in?

No point. No one came to me and told me this concept, saying they believed it, though there are varying hints at it. The only things that come to mind are oversimplifications, like "the Universe on Orion's belt" in Men in Black, or the Who's of Horton Hears a Who.

The difference is that this is just something I am seeing evidence of in varying scales, and I feel that a-ha moment, over and over, when pondering it. The way that groups of people act like one person, the way that groups of cells act as one being, the way whirling particles work in constant chaos and predictability at the same time, the way all the turning on and off of neurons means that I am a person...it all seems like evidence to me that there is no end to the scale of it. I don't expect anyone else to agree, or even understand what I'm on about.

Also, if you haven't read it, Leonard Susskind's recent The Black Hole War is a very interesting look into bringing together quantum and relativistic gravity.

Interest officially peaked.