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Originally Posted by crwper
I simply cannot believe that the world is actually governed by our theories. At that point, I think we have taken it too far.
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It's not, at least not when you put it that way. The universe makes sense on some level. Laws of science are simply a way of humans saying 'that's the way it goes'.
The way you wrote that makes it sound as if scientists are trying to lock the universe in a box, the fact is that the universe has us locked in a box and we are trying to learn as much as we can about the dimensions of the box.
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Originally Posted by crwper
For me, the world around us is primary. I've seen so many beautiful models for how things came to be. I am particularly fond of the Haida mythology. But I think somehow we must be wired to take ourselves very seriously, because it seems that inevitably, our playful theories take on a primary role, the world becomes secondary, and in no time we are crying to Mom because someone won't follow the rules.
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You are assigning more importance to scientific theories than any scientist would be willing to.
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Originally Posted by crwper
When I look at the world around me, I see a phenomenally complex system which is so much more beautiful than the first law of thermodynamics... It is much too interwoven for ideas like, "I end here; you begin there." It defies definition. When I look at the world around me, I see all the things I don't know; I see tremendous possibility. Now why would I crush all that possibility into one little ball and say it's done with?
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CSflim's post above might be a good starting point. Then read something by Sagan or Asimov. This last paragraph sounds exactly like something Sagan might say. You say you've been studying science most of your life, but you seem to have missed all of the books by the most brilliant thinkers.