God and Physics
Massie (mrlab@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:59:19 -0400
I recieved a post at my other computer today regarding the role of God
and understanding of what upholds the laws of physics. The issue is not
the currently favoureed view of quantum gravity or relativistic
gravity. The question is what uphold the laws of the universe and our
limited understanding. Keep in mind that a law is simply a description
or formula or something we use to characterize how it acts. It does not
explain how it acts except by appealing to some more fundamental law and
then to some other more fundamental law. Atoms are made from nucleons
and electrons and nucleons are made from quarks and so forth. We never
do and can never know the most fundametal "what is" because it is not
knowable and physics does not realy contend to explain really anything.
For example, taking Newtonian gravity, is there some other dimension
when there is some computer constanting solving the forces and motions
and then some hidden actuators moving the masses about according to the
correct and exact law of gravity? Well, if not, how does the particle
know where to go and how does it get there? There has to underneath it
all be at least some explanation. This explanation is what???
Bert Massie