Welcome to
Science a GoGo's
Discussion Forums
Please keep your postings on-topic or they will be moved to a galaxy far, far away.
Your use of this forum indicates your agreement to our terms of use.
So that we remain spam-free, please note that all posts by new users are moderated.


The Forums
General Science Talk        Not-Quite-Science        Climate Change Discussion        Physics Forum        Science Fiction

Who's Online Now
0 members (), 181 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Latest Posts
Top Posters(30 Days)
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4
R
Junior Member
OP Offline
Junior Member
R
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4
Albert Eiensten was quoted as saying that "God does not play dice with the universe. To me this means that our universe is in a solar system of universes and this solar system of universes is in a galaxy of universes; by intelligent design.

.
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
R
RM Offline
Superstar
Offline
Superstar
R
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
I think the universe (everything in existence) is in a shape resembling a fractal.

Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
D
Megastar
Offline
Megastar
D
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
Ryan2006 ... it is the equivalent of a criminal act that you have taken a quote from Einstein and used it to try to prop up an idea without substance. You could just as reasonably told us that an invisible purple rhinoceros told you so.

Rob ... fractals don't have a shape. Is the universe fractal? Absolutely! But that has nothing to do with shape or size or anything of the kind.


DA Morgan
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 21
A
Junior Member
Offline
Junior Member
A
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 21
Ryan2006
If you are going to use a quote from someone, first find out what he/she meant by it, find out the context in which the quote was made. If you don't do this (as in this case) you will appear to be an ignorant person. I'm sure you don't want that. Right?.

Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,940
T
Megastar
Offline
Megastar
T
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,940
Ryan,

1. While Einstein was not an atheist, he did not believe in a personal god.

2. The way in which Einstein claimed to be spiritual, I barely know any atheists who are not equally spiritual.

3. Einstein wasn't right just because he's Einstein.

4. Even if Einstein and your interpretation of him were correct, your logic would still be a non sequitur.

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4
R
Junior Member
OP Offline
Junior Member
R
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4
I think your critisms are in fact ignornant. No person can claim to know everything.

Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
R
RM Offline
Superstar
Offline
Superstar
R
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
I don't believe this! I've read a very short biography on Einstein and it CLEARLY said that he gave up all religious beliefs at a very early age. Soon I will buy a proper biography but I just can't wait that long to know - how did Einsten claim to be spiritual? Was it that sentient universe thing that came up once before on this forum? -Or something else? -I hope he didn't believe in a creator.

Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 414
Senior Member
Offline
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 414
Rob,

From a few things I've read, it seems to me that Einstein had beliefs like those of a pantheist.

Spiritual thoughts and ideas are not necessarily = to religion.


When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross."
--S. Lewis
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 11
M
Junior Member
Offline
Junior Member
M
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 11
I have tried reading David Bohm and understanding the phenomenon of non-locality. This seems related to pantheism.

Any thoughts from those of you more rigorously trained in physics?

I may have accidentally been a pantheist while claiming to be an atheist. But I know I don't fall in with the idea of "It's all love and kisses out there because we're one big unified thing".

I have this idea that keeps popping in my head that every event I consciously encounter is actually a physical reflection of the same event. Kind of like the movie 'Ground-Hog Day' on steroids. I love that movie. Maybe it's just a desire to seek out familiar patterns.

It's funny how I grow. Time for my medication!

see ya folks,

mark

Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 11
M
Junior Member
Offline
Junior Member
M
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 11
probably should have posted the last on the origins forum or the psuedo a go go.

my bad.

Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
R
RM Offline
Superstar
Offline
Superstar
R
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 560
"Spiritual thoughts and ideas are not necessarily = to religion."

So Einstein believed in life after death?!

Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 191
J
Senior Member
Offline
Senior Member
J
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 191
Quote:
Originally posted by mark5:

I have this idea that keeps popping in my head that every event I consciously encounter is actually a physical reflection of the same event. Kind of like the movie 'Ground-Hog Day' on steroids. I love that movie. Maybe it's just a desire to seek out familiar patterns.

Can you explain what you mean, a little more. Do you mean how our frame of mind effects our reality and our reality effects our frame of mind? Or do you mean reality is in actuality an extention of our minds?
I'll have to check out Bohm...thanks for the recommendation.


~Justine~
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 414
Senior Member
Offline
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 414
Quote:
Originally posted by Rob:
So Einstein believed in life after death?!
Not that I know of. I didn't mean to imply it.


When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross."
--S. Lewis
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
D
Megastar
Offline
Megastar
D
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,136
This might be a good place to point out that leveraging Einstein's brilliance in physics to theology is as valuable as asking Itzak Perlman about quaternion algebra.

Please get over this all-to-human urge to assume that because a person knows something about one subject what they say on another has value.


DA Morgan

Link Copied to Clipboard
Newest Members
debbieevans, bkhj, jackk, Johnmattison, RacerGT
865 Registered Users
Sponsor

Science a GoGo's Home Page | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact UsokÂþ»­¾W
Features | News | Books | Physics | Space | Climate Change | Health | Technology | Natural World

Copyright © 1998 - 2016 Science a GoGo and its licensors. All rights reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5