Just reading 'The Information" James Gleick, "the story of god" Robert Winston, "Darwin's Angel" John Cornwell and "Wonders of Life" Brian Cox.. That's a fair bit for me with a cataract operation due soon. I get very tired eyes etc.. However I simply have to get a couple of quotes out of my system..
You may recall my falsification of the algorithm of Evolution is a mathematical 'proof' the object of which is to discern 'truth'.. Ok Robert Winston "the story of god" p281.. (bold my emphasis)
"In the rarefied world of quantum physics, which investigates the properties of matter, researchers are continually confronted with findings that shake their conceptions of reality. Can you believe, for example, that it is possible for an object to be in two places at once? That a particle can can exist without having any mass itself but, at the same time, can give mass to other particles? That light can behave like a wave and also as a particle? I find these concepts hard to grapple with, but I am compelled to accept them because the maths they are based on works. It is the same maths that permits me to fly to Los Angeles, and to listen to my personal CD player. Science can involve an act of faith - but it is a faith that's qualified, a faith that rests upon certain other things that I know, rather than just believe, to be true."
Not only is the aim of the exercise 'truth'.. but a certain amount of 'faith' even 'belief' is involved and accepted.. All that is required is the maths to back it up.
I could give you a summary of the maths which permits Robert Winston to fly to Los Angeles.. but in this context I wish to point to what I did in 'The God Law', also possibly "shaking conception of reality" for some.. is also based on "known" and very well established maths and physics..
All the best for the new year..
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