[extropy-chat] Why do you think ESP is Bull?

[Robert Bradbury]

On 2/28/07, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/27/07, Robert Bradbury <robert.bradbury at gmail.com> wrote:
> > For, even when you take all the theories of how physics really works and
> > wrap them up in a big ball, you can still not answer the very simple
> > question...
> >   "Why did the big bang happen?"
>
> I think the answer would be self-evident if you took that big ball and
> compressed it tightly enough...


No, no no, it isn't that obvious at all.  Twiddle the fundamental constants
a bit and the tight compression results in the whole ball of wax
disappearing.  Twiddle them a bit in the other direction and the universe
expands so fast  that life has no chance to evolve.  I am not an expert in
this (after all I flunked freshman physics at Havard) -- best consult with
people who have some claim of real understanding (perhaps Anders or Robin).

But no matter *how* it happens, that still doesn't explain *why* it
happened.  And if as others have suggested you wish to classify these
discussions as either "philosophy" or "theology" then so be it.

Robert
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