Bad philosophy, metaphysics, and a very grumpy witch...
Dear boy:
If the Universe apparently shows its opinion in agreement with you via a truck rumbling past as you speak... That's fine. But then I fail to see why a cat jumping on or off something might not also be an agent of the Universe showing it's opinion in accordance with mine.
Yes, watching a pot boil does actually interfere with its boiling (don't you just love quantum mechanics?) And this proves that watching/owning/concentrating on a thing may minutely affect its outcome. By the same token, owning a chitten or hearing a truck all influence things by the smallest fraction on a quantum level. Brilliant - let's just accept everything is quantum and connected somehow by the thinnest of threads - it'll make things easier.
The really real question in this disagreement is this: Is our observation/interaction strong enough to foil the Universe's opinion (assuming obviously that it has one in the first place)?
If yes, then neither truck nor chitten nor anything else is proof of anything - least of all the Universe's say so - because our barest thought has likely warped it.
If no, then my 'Universe (via agent of chitten) agrees with me' is just as fucking valid as your 'Universe (via agent of passing truck) agrees with me'. And, honestly, both are just as silly.
So in short, fie upon your wibble and no more bourbon for you.
=P
If the Universe apparently shows its opinion in agreement with you via a truck rumbling past as you speak... That's fine. But then I fail to see why a cat jumping on or off something might not also be an agent of the Universe showing it's opinion in accordance with mine.
Yes, watching a pot boil does actually interfere with its boiling (don't you just love quantum mechanics?) And this proves that watching/owning/concentrating on a thing may minutely affect its outcome. By the same token, owning a chitten or hearing a truck all influence things by the smallest fraction on a quantum level. Brilliant - let's just accept everything is quantum and connected somehow by the thinnest of threads - it'll make things easier.
The really real question in this disagreement is this: Is our observation/interaction strong enough to foil the Universe's opinion (assuming obviously that it has one in the first place)?
If yes, then neither truck nor chitten nor anything else is proof of anything - least of all the Universe's say so - because our barest thought has likely warped it.
If no, then my 'Universe (via agent of chitten) agrees with me' is just as fucking valid as your 'Universe (via agent of passing truck) agrees with me'. And, honestly, both are just as silly.
So in short, fie upon your wibble and no more bourbon for you.
=P