When people claim that everything that is real can be validated by
science, they are philosophizing. This is not a scientific claim.
Creativity/spontaneity/free will are what they are regardless of how
they arose. Some people seem to believe that these things are
worthwhile only if they are "created" by a god or by some great
wizard. There are usually hidden assumptions that the god or wizard
will look human, can speak English (or Aramaic), and has powers that
we regard as magical.
Conceivably, there is such a god or great wizard. But I don't know
why this has to be true. If creativity/spontaneity/free will arose
from matter and if the possibility of human creativity, etc. is
inherent in matter, what is bad about that?
For that matter, what is matter?
Ivar
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