OP "Krackonis"
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Pfhoenix wrote:"Train wreck" is a phrase that definitively applies to this thread. It should also have not been started in this part of the forum.
The EU model does not in any way mean that the universe is alive. Electricity is a purely mechanical process; consciousness is not.
To make the statement that astronomers (or scientists in general) shouldn't be atheist is like saying "only God knows the Truth". You make plain your personal bias and demonstrate an inability for critical thought. When I discovered Eric Lerner's book, I didn't find my "meaning of life issues" challenged in any way. Substituting one faith for another doesn't get you anywhere (just look at all the technological progress that the BBT has lead to, i.e. none).
The universe itself is neither alive nor aware. It simply Is. This is the sort of thing that people interested in the EU model need to be wary of - pseudoscience finding a new jacket of plasma physics.
Well, no... It's an unlikely possibility. Since we know not the composition or structure of the ENTIRE universe, we don't know for sure, but sufficed to say. Not likely no.
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Krackonis
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