Dave Heaster
Bio
Semi-retired IT guy - singer/songwriter - father of 3 - politically active progressive. I like to think about the Universe - a lot!
Favorites:TV: Science ChannelBooks: The Road & SteinbeckMovies: Magnolia & To Kill a Mockingbird
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Does Time Exist?
Before we start I'd like you to know that I don't question the amazing power of math or the amazing genius of people like Einstein and Hawking. However, I do argue that life — or the universe as a whole — cannot be defined or conquered by math. It may be comforting to believe that the laws of the universe could be captured in a few simple or even complex mathematical equations, but I don't believe that they can or ever will be. Yes — math has done amazing things for our species! It's amazing that through the wonder of math we were able to discover things like black holes — or that black holes eventually evaporate... Math has and will continue to take us ever further into the realm of understanding. But taking math alone into account leads to things like a world with 10 dimensions (string theory) or 26 dimensions (bosonic string theory). We get blinded by the math. We can't see the forest for the trees. And this is where I think some of our smartest minds have missed the mark by getting so wrapped up in their math that they miss the subtle beauty of the truth.
By Dave Heaster6 years ago in Futurism