Same guy...
10 of the most mystifying open questions in science
"Though confounding, these questions point to an essential fact in science:
the more we know, the more there is to know."
2. How did life come about?
"Life appeared on Earth some 3.5 billion years ago, perhaps earlier. The mystery here is how aggregates of nonliving atoms gathered into progressively more complex molecules that eventually became the first living entity, a chemical machine capable of metabolism and reproduction.
(Big hint:
The book being proven true right in front of your face?
Says it didn't happen that way.
I'd go with that if I was you.)
"The fact that living matter is matter with intentionality
remains a profound mystery."
(Not to some of us it's not.)
3. Are we alone in the Universe?
This question is really two questions, given that we want to know not only whether any extraterrestrial life exists but also whether it is intelligent. Ultimately, we would like to know how common life is.
(All the available evidence that can be "observed"?
Points to the same answer:
NOT VERY.)
"We also need to know why,
if intelligent life is not so rare,
we haven’t yet heard from “them”?
(Because once they reached the stage
in their advanced development that we have just now reached?
The "Y" in the road so to speak?
They invented machines more intelligent than themselves
or that rivaled Gods intellect and were thus eliminated.
How many entity's got multiplied above exactly?)
"On the question of aliens, I recommend the recent book by Big Think columnist Adam Frank, The Little Book of Aliens, for an up-to-date synopsis of the search for life in the cosmos. As I pointed out in my recent book, this question has a direct impact on how we relate to our own future and the planet we call home."
4. What makes us human?
"We have three times more neurons than a gorilla, but our DNAs are almost identical. Many animals have a rudimentary language, can use tools, and recognize themselves in mirrors. So, what exactly differentiates us from them?"
(Simple, easy.
Were the only species that has ever pondered it's own exhistnace in the cosmos.
We experience a different form of love than all the other creatures here as well.
I wonder why/how that is exactly?
:-).
"The thicker frontal cortex? The opposing thumb? The discovery of fire and the ability to cook? Our culture? When did language and tool-making appear? An excellent intro to this is Jeremy DeSilva’s book, First Steps."
5. What is consciousness?
"We’ve confronted this question before in these pages, wondering about the nature of consciousness, and even its possible connection with quantum physics, a trendy topic in some circles. How is it that the brain generates the self of self, the unique experience that we have of being unique? Can the brain be reversed-engineered to be modeled by machines or is this a losing proposition? And why is there a consciousness at all? What is its evolutionary purpose, if any?"
(I remember reading an article on this site not to long ago
where it was stated something to the effect of:
"If "Information" is a innate in the universe?
Then life in it without consciousness would be impossible."
Remember
information everywhere anybody who has ever lived has ever experienced it?
Is a sign of a conscious sentient intellect.
No intellect?
No information.
Ever.)
7. Why does matter exist?
"According to the laws of physics, matter shouldn’t exist on its own; each particle of matter — each electron, proton, neutron — should have a companion of antimatter, like twins. So, there should be positrons, antiprotons, and antineutrons in abundance. But there aren’t. The problem is that when matter and antimatter meet, they disintegrate in a puff of high-energy radiation. If you shook hands with your antimatter other, a good chunk of the U.S. would blow up in smoke. So, the mystery is what happened to this antimatter. Clearly, if the Universe had equal amounts of both earlier on, something happened to favor matter over antimatter. What? Was the Universe “born” this way, with a huge asymmetry between matter and antimatter?
(Your colleague Ethan has stated the universe wasn't always asymmetric and that symmetry between matter and antimatter did exist in the early universe. I Still haven't seen anybody else suggest this or where he got that "information" from, but I'll assume he correct on this point. I'll tell you why here in a minute.)
Maybe some primordial asymmetry evolved to do the job, selecting matter? If so, when did it act in cosmic history, and what would this asymmetry be? We’ve been trying to figure this one out for decades with no great success."
(THEISM
the·ism
/ˈTHēˌizəm/
noun
belief in the existence of a god or gods,
especially belief in one god as creator of the universe,
intervening in it
and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
Lets review:
"According to the laws of physics, matter shouldn’t exist on its own..."
It doesn't.
It coincides with Time Space and Energy as a continuum:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning
(Time)
God created
(Energy)
the heavens
(Space)
and the earth.
(Matter).
"Clearly, if the Universe had equal amounts of both earlier on,
something happened
to favor matter over antimatter.
What?
Was the Universe “born” this way,
with a huge asymmetry between matter and antimatter?"
(If it was "born that way", it was designed that way then was it not?
If it wasn't "born that way" but changed into an asymmetric universe?
Then something had to have caused it, in either event:
THEISM
the·ism
/ˈTHēˌizəm/
noun
belief in the existence of a god or gods,
especially belief in one god as creator of the universe,
intervening in it
and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
So?
Why does matter exist?
Again, simple.
Because your creator wanted to share his creation with you.)
8. Are there other universes?
Or is our Universe the only one? Believe it or not, modern theories of cosmology and particle physics predict the existence of other universes, potentially with different properties to our own. Are they there? How would we know, if we could? If we can’t confirm this hypothesis, is it still part of science?
(NO, things nonobservable, (I'm including their effects here, think wind, we cant see it but we can see/feel its effect) are not a part of science, no matter who says otherwise.)
"I have argued here before that the multiverse hypothesis is profoundly problematic and not particularly useful, even if fun to think about."
(And that's why he is not as much of a media personality as others in his field.)
(There is no mathematical construct/equation for the exhistnace of Love
(Or any of the other emotions either).
Yet we all know love exist and in a variety of forms.
So the inverse would also have to be true.
If things can exist without a mathematical construct/equation?
(Love or other emotions in this instance).
Then things WITH a mathematical construct/equation
don't necessarily have to exist either.
(But thats not what the multiverse marketers
are trying to convince you of these days.)
This is where Gods sense of humor comes into play :-).
Promise.
It's just really not complicated folks.
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