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In essence, much like Schrödinger's cat, perhaps our Creator presents Himself to different people in different ways, with no one single outcome being definitive and all outcomes being equally probable - that is, until that black box is revealed to us and we finally become one with the truth.
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
reply to post by MarioOnTheFly
"Play" in this context comes across as a bit frivolous, and none of this is frivolous to me at all.
I invite you to read The Penguin, The Cuckoo, and The Crow regarding my thoughts about animals.
Justice is as it is defined here at Dictionary.com, as applied to the inanimate think of it as every action has a reaction, so plan accordingly.
I hope this helps further your understanding of where I am coming from.
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
It all started a long while back when I was first reading about quantum mechanics theory, some of Hawking's ideas in his books are mind-blowing in their elegance, despite how complex the subject matter is.
Schrödinger's cat is a popular paradoxical thought experiment. It immediately got me thinking about the overall structure of the universe in general, and if this was true, if it could be a reflection of the One who created it.
We can never really know what's inside that black box, until the moment it is revealed to us. We can make predictions based on probability and formulate a general idea of what we think (or hope) might happen, but that's about as definitive as it gets.
Taking this a step further, it got me to thinking about how much God loves wonderous variety, and about the myriad belief structures man has pursued in an attempt to understand Him.
In essence, much like Schrödinger's cat, perhaps our Creator presents Himself to different people in different ways, with no one single outcome being definitive and all outcomes being equally probable - that is, until that black box is revealed to us and we finally become one with the truth.
It also goes hand in hand with the idea that, while the core principles of a religion are extremely significant in both a literal and a spiritual sense, equally important is the way that one applies it to their everyday life.
Thanks for bearing with me, and please, be kind.
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
reply to post by vethumanbeing
An interesting viewpoint, although I don't think it's the actual blinking of the eye so much as the fact that our paltry sense of vision can only process signals up to a certain physical limit, varying from person to person. This is not in support of the old FPS theory as that's been demonstrated to be false, however the inherent propagation delays from when the light hits our eyes to when the information is processed enough for us to react to it cannot be ignored.
In a perfect world, there would be no such constraints, and our perception would be infinite - which brings into question whether such an existence would be more confusing than revealing.
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
reply to post by vethumanbeing
An interesting viewpoint, although I don't think it's the actual blinking of the eye so much as the fact that our paltry sense of vision can only process signals up to a certain physical limit, varying from person to person. This is not in support of the old FPS theory as that's been demonstrated to be false, however the inherent propagation delays from when the light hits our eyes to when the information is processed enough for us to react to it cannot be ignored.
In a perfect world, there would be no such constraints, and our perception would be infinite - which brings into question whether such an existence would be more confusing than revealing.
Originally posted by KyrieEleison
reply to post by vethumanbeing
Based on what I've seen from EEGs, what we see when we are dreaming is electrochemical stimulation, albeit in a modified form.
Regarding humans vs. other animals, the only explanation I can offer is that our species did not require the same level of specialization as others did for our survival. Some things can see in the infrared, some take a very, very long time to respond to visual stimuli or are even completely blind, and they are living testaments that it works for them.
I'm not really sure what I'm missing when I blink (since I can't see it) however I'm dubious of the idea that the universe would time its operations to my desire to blink.