RE: First things first
June 25, 2013 at 5:17 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2013 at 5:18 pm by Brian37.)
Quote:Starting to lose me. Even if I concede that the universe is not "an entity"
It is not, period. The universe is not set up like a human brain, planets are not neurons and galaxies are not organs and the universe is not a human body.
"Entity" implies cognition, whereas "things" and "objects" do not. The universe simply does, it does not require a cognition to do that. The universe is a thing, not a who.
Anyone suggesting such si fi woo is on par with the ancient superstitions. Pantheism is as much superstition as any other.
You are stupidly falling for a gap trap, "We don't know everything" is allowing you to project your human qualities on the universe and the two are completely different. The psychological word for that is anthropomorphism, and it is still anthropomorphism no matter who is doing it.
Thoughts require a material structure and we know that the universe is not set up like a human brain so it has no capability of thinking. The only thing we have in common with the universe is that everything is made up of atoms, but since our atoms are set up differently you cannot compare the thoughts of a human as being license to suggest that something non life can do the same thing. Motion does not require cognition nor does mere motion imply life.
