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Originally Posted by Robh
Our understanding depends on our capacity to provide a generally understood model upon which a mathematical framework can be built that further extends our understanding.
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We are self-referential - how did that come about, anyway ?
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Originally Posted by Robh
One would think (and this is my view) that there would be a point at which one could construct a finite set of basic modeled principles that would provide an explanation of the physics that leads to the overall structural of the universe. I guess they call it "the theory of everything".
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In fact, each new leap now requires something more extraordinary and is becoming increasingly beyond the mind of one person to solve. Isolated, "stab in the dark" hypotheses are coming thick and fast and unification is becoming increasingly more difficult [U]as theories reach way beyond the current technology to confirm them as either true or false[U].
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My point about the the universe is that either there is finite complexity or it is a bottomless pit, in which case it is going to be beyond man's evolved intellectual capacity to resolve.
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Rob;
Great post. I really appreciate it. Very deep. Cool.
And I get your point now ...
As an aside, I’m not even sure that finite complexity, is necessarily within our capacity to ‘resolve’.
I also find it amusing that we don’t even know how the human brain works and yet, this is the source which creates all the physical and mathematical models we reference. How do we know that the human brain can’t achieve loftier goals, and greater capacities, when we don’t even know how it works ?
What if we’re all wired into the fabric of the universe and our capacity is just as unbounded as the universe but we just can’t see it ? After all, the similarities between the two are quite pronounced !
Your post also contains an element of the fundamental human motivator ie: the almost desperate need to find the answer to it all. Part of the chase for the 'answer', results in the evolution of our thinking. This is another way of saying the journey is where the rewards will come from, I suppose.
At the end of the day, does it really matter whether or not the questions get answered … and does it really matter how 'far-off-the-mark' we are ? After all, the 'mark' is presently, (and probably always will be), all in our minds !
Cheers