Emergence and soul In an essay published in 1967, dealing with science and faith, the theologian Karl Rahner had this to say about the problem of the appearance of the soul in the course of evolution: “If effectively the process of becoming is really one of self-transcendence which, depending on the circumstances, can go so…
Each of us today realizes our connection to the society in which we live through countless feedback loops. Each of us helps to generate and sustain the meaning by which that society functions.
There may be compelling reasons to suppose our universe really is one piece of a vast multiverse. On the other hand, multiverse theory may be the 21st century equivalent of counting how many angels will fit on the head of a pin.
Quantum theory forces us to see the limits of our abilities to make images, to create metaphors, and push language to its ends. As we struggle to gaze into the limits of nature we dimly begin to discern something hidden in the dark shadows.
Molecules are the basis of life and molecules are quantum systems. We must, therefore, enter our knowledge of the quantum structure of molecules into the discussion of biology.
Responding to the question: What is the relation between quantum theory and religion or religious experience?
Despite its formidable achievements, there is no consensus what quantum theory tells us about Nature.
Fundamentalism has several roots, including social, economic and political pressures but its essence is a series of shared beliefs that religious writings should be taken in a literal form. This confuses mythos and logos, a confusion that did not exist before the Enlightenment and rise of science.
Science fiction writer and anthropologist Mary Doria Russell is the author of “The Sparrow” and its sequel “Children of God.”
Metanexus: Views. 2002.12.17. 1957 words “The ‘Inertia’ phenomenon of nature.” Writes today’s columnist DonaldHamilton, “is a requirement of absolute space – that a force must be exertedon a body to accelerate the body (vector motion) or to rise the body to ahigher ‘space energy level (scalar inertial mass). – The inertial mass of abody depends…