1. The infinite wisdom of Richard Dawkins

Comment #52649 by Is on June 27, 2007 at 4:07 pm

Whereas the good scientist admits when he doesn't know and the joy of science is the search to know what we don't know.

2. The infinite wisdom of Richard Dawkins

Comment #52648 by Is on June 27, 2007 at 3:55 pm

Paul!

If, if, if...

We say!

Is, is, is!!!

I see I have gone unheeded. IF you stick to what IS you would make a lot more sense.

Then again your if's never happened either so why should I expect mine to...

3. The infinite wisdom of Richard Dawkins

Comment #52156 by Is on June 26, 2007 at 11:23 am

In our experience as human beings the answer to your question is 100%.

Seeing as this is the only universe that we know of and we are here as we speak then simple math will tell you that the likelyhood of such a universe that we live in will produce us.

If we get into the nonsense of design we will have already skipped over countless factors in the universe that are either not in our favor for survival or almost diametrically opposed to said survival.

Seeing as the best 'logic' you could muster lead you to the fallacious conclusions that there is either a designer or many, many universes - neither of which have a shred of supporting evidence (well, their are some theories that support multiple universes but none are testable even though other parts of the theory have been tested and concluded correct) - I would suggest that you switch on the critical thinking portion of your brain and just accept what IS. We exist in this universe that is EXACTLY as we see it to the best of our ability to be precise. There is nothing hidden or unseen or separate that we cannot devise a way of experiencing. This IS the current state of humanity.

As a physicist I can concretely say that no scientifically speaking physicist would say that the universe just 'popped' into existence. This 'sexy' language that scientists have sought to use to bring weighty science to the public for the last half-century has led to its use by those who would twist and de-contextualize it to attempt to achieve their own goals. The fullest understanding of our early universe may lend itself to suggest such a 'sexy' beginning but the real position of any physicist would be to say that we have no current theory to test the circumstances of this event which occurred approximately 13.7 billion years ago - or more succinctly what it was like before it was becoming like what we know (to the extent of what we know) today.

Instead of could have been focus on what IS. Quest for what IS - because only answers of what IS this place can tell us more about where we ARE.