On 27 January 2014 17:31, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/26/2014 6:44 PM, LizR wrote: > > On 27 January 2014 14:08, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 1/26/2014 3:15 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >> I have provided the definition. Should I repeat? >> God is the transcendental reality we bet on, and which is supposed to be >> responsible for my or our existence. >> >> Sounds like "physics" to me. >> > > If physics is transcendental, a lot of people may be wasting their time > trying to find a TOE. > > Depends on what "transcendental" things have to transcend. Bruno's fond > of pointing out that physicist just assume that matter is fundamental but > don't define it. Of course they might say, "It's whatever we find to be > fundamental...and we're calling it doG." > > Transcendental does have a lot of meanings, depending on who's using it, but generally I'd take it to be something like "beyond our understanding", hence my (tongue in cheek) comment.
I think Bruno has a point. Well, at least, I'd be disappointed if physicist decided that they couldn't explain matter etc, and that they should just "shut up and calculate" from now on. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
