(September 4, 2013 at 11:19 pm)Max_Kolbe Wrote: In another thread FaithNoMore wrote "we have to go where the evidence leads us."
So, if we look at the evidence in nature, where does the evidence lead us? How does the evidence answer this question: how did all this get here?
From my limited understanding, the evidence leads us into extremely esoteric theoretical areas that are currently beyond our ability to confirm experimentally, like the brane-world scenario. None of which has indicated that we are anywhere near finding or understanding the initial cause.
(September 4, 2013 at 11:19 pm)Max_Kolbe Wrote: (Can the evidence answer the metaphysical question, why is all this here?)
As the poster above me pointed out, this appears to be a presupposing question in that it assumes that there is a "why" to find out. Unless we can determine that there could be a reason we are all here, I'm not sure it is a valid question to ask. Unfortunately, we tend to be heavily coddled with anthropocentric bias when seeking these types of answers, and every attempt to answer them that I have heard presupposes that human beings are the end to which the means of the universe have been striving towards.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
