(November 8, 2019 at 5:37 am)Belacqua Wrote:(November 5, 2019 at 4:33 am)Grandizer Wrote: I have no question that ultimately quantum mechanics can fit well within the Aristotelian framework (with some modifications, I'm guessing).
In the book I'm reading on Plotinus, there's an indirect reference to how the patterns or tendencies in the universe "point" in certain directions. It's put in such poetic language that it doesn't sound sciency, but I think this is about the same thing.
I agree the regularities are undeniable, and that there strongly appear to be directional asymmetries in nature.
I was reading this earlier:
https://aeon.co/essays/could-we-explain-...and-effect
Reading the conclusion, I'm not really sure if I feel the same way about this whole causality thing, but it seems like a compromise worth considering.
