Science or Spirituality
20 Sep '11 20:58http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/18/7802623-gamers-solve-molecular-puzzle-that-baffled-scientists?GT1=43001
20 Sep '11 21:16Originally posted by RJHindsYou could just as well throw some ink on a page and ask whether the explanation for the result should be discussed in Science or Spirituality. All it will tell you about, is the people who reply.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/18/7802623-gamers-solve-molecular-puzzle-that-baffled-scientists?GT1=43001
20 Sep '11 21:171 editOriginally posted by RJHindsI read this a few days ago but not sure why you want us to use this as an example for spirituality or what it has to do with spirituality?
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/18/7802623-gamers-solve-molecular-puzzle-that-baffled-scientists?GT1=43001
20 Sep '11 22:51Originally posted by sonhouseNo doubt this is a scientific quest, but I don't think we can rule out the
I read this a few days ago but not sure why you want us to use this as an example for spirituality or what it has to do with spirituality?
This piece is showing what humans linked to computers can do that humans by themselves or computers can't do separately.
One thing I don't understand is when they know the job is done, seeking the lowest energy st ...[text shortened]... duction in energy state available.
So all in all, this is a scientific quest not spiritual.
21 Sep '11 00:05Originally posted by RJHindsthere are different properties in quantum physics that we haven't discovered yet. it's still a young science, give it time.
No doubt this is a scientific quest, but I don't think we can rule out the
need for spirituality in the quest for truth. The following quote was
pointed out in another thread:
Measuring the quantum properties of pairs of light particles (photons) pumped out by a laser has convinced Zeilinger that "we have to give up the idea of realism to a far greater ...[text shortened]... he road," he says. "But we have a little more evidence that the world is really strange."
21 Sep '11 01:04Originally posted by VoidSpiritWhat, discover a working theory of abiogenesis? Science fiction again.
there are different properties in quantum physics that we haven't discovered yet. it's still a young science, give it time.
games like the one you linked will likely allow humans to create life from scratch one day and in doing so, discover a working theory of abiogenesis. the only thing left for your god to do then will be to juggle balls and tell bad jokes.
21 Sep '11 17:23Originally posted by RJHindsFlying to the moon was science fiction once. As were personal computers, mobile telephones, gene-therapy, flat-screen televisions, antibiotics, GPS satellites, microwave ovens, synthetic diamonds, aeroplanes, lasers, digital watches etc. etc.
What, discover a working theory of abiogenesis? Science fiction again.
21 Sep '11 18:07Originally posted by avalanchethecatReally?
Flying to the moon was science fiction once. As were personal computers, mobile telephones, gene-therapy, flat-screen televisions, antibiotics, GPS satellites, microwave ovens, synthetic diamonds, aeroplanes, lasers, digital watches etc. etc.
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