CosmicJoghurt
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Greetings.
I've recently had a small casual discussion with my mother, who is a softly religious person, I would say. She's a believer but doesn't believe literally in the mythology that is into it.
I casually brought up the subject of the universe and its coming to existence, because I wanted to see her reaction and this way I could know mildly her thoughts. We don't discuss these things, usually.
To start the topic I casually said that I find it amazing that, in reality, all of the atoms in our bodies are actually billions of years old. I know, it's cheesy, but she went along.
What she answered immediately was that she didn't find it possible for relatively simple organisms like ours to grasp something as complex as the universe coming to existence. That we, so small and almost meaningless (okay she didn't say that final part) in the universe, could never understand the complexity of it all.
This got me thinking. I immediately answered that questions like this are one of the reasons why we formulated what we now call science, a method for finding out the truths and lies and understanding the cosmos, and ourselves. Not the best answer... perhaps...
Well, what do you think? Is complexity a determining factor when it comes to understanding stuff? Can simpler things grasp more complex ones?
The more I think about this the more confused I get... So I'll leave it to you as well.
Cheers!
I've recently had a small casual discussion with my mother, who is a softly religious person, I would say. She's a believer but doesn't believe literally in the mythology that is into it.
I casually brought up the subject of the universe and its coming to existence, because I wanted to see her reaction and this way I could know mildly her thoughts. We don't discuss these things, usually.
To start the topic I casually said that I find it amazing that, in reality, all of the atoms in our bodies are actually billions of years old. I know, it's cheesy, but she went along.
What she answered immediately was that she didn't find it possible for relatively simple organisms like ours to grasp something as complex as the universe coming to existence. That we, so small and almost meaningless (okay she didn't say that final part) in the universe, could never understand the complexity of it all.
This got me thinking. I immediately answered that questions like this are one of the reasons why we formulated what we now call science, a method for finding out the truths and lies and understanding the cosmos, and ourselves. Not the best answer... perhaps...
Well, what do you think? Is complexity a determining factor when it comes to understanding stuff? Can simpler things grasp more complex ones?
The more I think about this the more confused I get... So I'll leave it to you as well.
Cheers!