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Re: Atheists?
Just as a very religious friend of mine (girlfriend, to be precise) can't imagine living in a world with out God, I can't imagine living in a universe that has secrets that humans will never be able to figure out. The notion that humans are just not cut out to understand the 'really tricky stuff' bothers me.
I still maintain that, with enough time and effort, humanity can understand any aspect of the universe. The analogy of explaining color to a blind man is a good one. But then, even now there are rudimentary artificial eyes that allow the blind to see light and even simple shapes. So, instead of trying to explain light to a blind man, we are on the verge of giving him the sense its self. It's pretty cool medicine, and I think also analogous to how humanity will deal with all the 'really screwy' problems of the universe that are simply beyond our ape brains. We'll invent a better brain.
It'll take some time, but we'll get this universe figured out. I can't think of any reason why we can't.
-Andy A
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