'I believe in quantum physics'

Jan 30, 2007 23:06

It struck me, a couple of minutes ago, during a conversation with Mike, that this title is true; and it also struck me how absurd it is. I don't actually understand quantum physics, or know entirely what the term even means; but the concept of it, and the idea of the Barnard-Stokes heresy many-worlds theory makes so much sense and is so clever that I accept it without really understanding or even knowing the science behind it. I simply have trust in the Darwinian process of scientific enterprise and peer-reveiw journals and rational examination. Quantum physics is something that I cannot understand, detect, or, in any real sense, feel to have been influenced by; and yet I can say 'I beleive in quantum physics' without flinching, but cannot say the same of a God who fills the same role and exhibits (if that is the right word) those very same properties. It is a conundrum.

In other news, I made myself very happy in squash today, and will reap the benefits tomorrow in Maths; and I am even happier because tomorrow I am seeing Helen.

Night night.

the barnard-stokes heresy, mike, squash, faith, god, quantum physics, philosophy, helen

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