On May 7, 5:10 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/7/2012 1:57 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > > On May 7, 4:28 pm, meekerdb<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/7/2012 1:24 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > >>> On May 7, 3:49 pm, meekerdb<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> so by logic 1=3 implies anything at all. > >>> You mean the indivisible unity of the three quark proton? > >>> Craig > >> First, nobody cares if you believe it, even if you're a physics graduate > >> student. Second, > >> it's just a model and physicists everywhere are trying to invent a better > >> one. Third, > >> it's a model that has been tested and found to work. > > I do believe it, at least as a spatial representation of what matter > > does or is at that level of microcosm. > > But are you going to keep the faith when string theory comes up with a > different model?
Why wouldn't I? I have faith in classical mechanics as valid theory at that level of description. > > > My personal conjecture is that > > there is a progression from literal architecture to figurative > > phenomenology the further you go into the microcosmic scale, but > > that's beside the point. I was pointing quarks out as an example of > > how physics is ok with a 1=3 logic. > > I know, but it's a poor analogy. It's not 1=3 logic. Many things are made > of three other > things, as a proton is made of to Ups and a Down quark which can be separated > - but only > by making more quarks. But that's not the same as "Three divine persons > constitute one > person who is God." It's not exactly the same but it's not far off. It still implies that there is a sense that the proton is both three things and one thing. If you explained both concepts side by side to an isolated tribe in New Guinea I think they would have no trouble seeing the analogy as strong. > > > I'm not anti science, and I'm > > certainly not pro religion, but I am anti Manicheanism. > > You're against a good/evil dualism, where matter is evil and mind is good? Yes. I am against a pathological excess of investment in either mind or matter, but even that excess is not entirely evil or good. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
