--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > <snip> > > As far as how the gods act in Hindu scriptures, they seem pretty > > volitional to me, not at all like the laws of nature in Western > > science. They have all sorts of emotions and motives that make a > > cause and effect prediction impossible. That is what makes them > > good literature. > > If there is such a thing as having "insight into > human nature," that does imply some kind of > regularity to human nature, something that applies > to more than just the individual, and it suggests > that *some* degree of prediction is possible. > > It may be that we don't have the tools to understand > human nature from top to bottom, but that doesn't > mean it's ultimately random, just that the order is > too complex for us to encompass. > > The same applies to the laws of nature. Sometimes > we observe apparently random, chaotic behavior, but > I don't think many scientists believe this is because > the laws of nature are "volitional," rather that there > is an underlying order that we simply haven't been > able to figure out yet. >
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