On 07 Mar 2012, at 19:45, John Clark wrote:
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]>
wrote:
> For example, they [Dawkins and Stenger] never say that they
*assume* the existence of a primary physical universe
Do they really have to state that they assume existence exists?
You mean that primary matter exists? Yes that is an hypothesis.
("Existence exists" is a much too much vague assertion).
It would be great if I could explain exactly why there is something
rather than nothing but unfortunately I don't know how to do that,
but a atheist does not need to,
I am not sure anybody needs that, no more than anybody needs to know
facts about Jupiter's satellites.
I have no problem with those who say that they are not interested in
such or such question.
Only with those who assert that it is a false problem, a crackpot
field, and this by letting believe that science has solve or dissolve
the question, when it is hardly the case.
it's not as if the God Hypothesis can provide even a hint of a answer.
There is no "God hypothesis" by many "God Hypotheses". Yes the theory
"God = the primary physical universe" has failed on that question, but
have you read Plotinus, or Tchouang-tseu. Or my favorite text: "The
quastion to King Melinda". They are close to what a computer can guess
about itself and what might be.
> they dismiss the mind-body problem, they dismiss the mind
problem, and the body problem.
it would be great if I could explain exactly what the nature of
consciousness is, but unfortunately I don't know how to do that, but
a atheist does not need to, it's not as if the God Hypothesis can
provide even a hint of a answer. And I didn't even know the body
was a problem.
There is an easy body problem, and an hard body problem. The easy
problem is what bodies do, and that is solved by the inference of
sequences of deeper and deeper relations between numbers, and some
hope to unfiy them. that's phsyics. The hard body problem is the
question of its existence, its nature, ontological, or
epistemological, and where it comes from.
With comp both problem can be handled, although practically the easy
problem becomes very hard, but the hard problem is practically solved:
matter is an epistemological reality, if we are machine. Of course you
have to understand step 3 for progressing toward understanding this.
> This is just arrogant.
Arrogant?? Like any good scientist Dawkins is always quick to say
"I don't know",
I am not sure. It is not my impression from my reading. I did like a
lot "the selfish gene", but was rather disappointing by its other
"philosophical book", where he lacks rigor in the large, and make
believe that science give credits on his pseudo-religious opinion.
but theologians always know, they even know the trivial little likes
and dislikes of a infinite being, although I've never understood how
something a omnipotent being dislikes could continue to exist or
even existed in the first place.
"I don't believe in the God you don't believe in".
Most european christian don't believe in it either, but still believe
in Christian value related to their favorite legend. I can respect that.
Vindicating or fanatic atheists and fundamentalist religious people
are ally in demolishing the moderate agnostics interested in the
field. It seems to me. Eventually they care more on power than truth.
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
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