And don't forget the will of the Easter Bunny.
I believe in a contingent universe, that is, I believe the horizon is open and can take any shape, can develop along any path. Evidence for this attitude can be found in relativity and quantum mechanics, where nothing is absolute and is all dependent upon shifting contexts. In essence, whatever you envision, whatever you will to be can spring into being. The mind is free.
On our scale, order and reason is apparent, but on a quantum level there is none that we know of. Out of mass chaos comes organization and the linearity we see, but on the most minute of scales, randomness in its purest form exists. And of course the universe burst into existence on a quantum level, and as such needs no prior reason.
[MENTION=15886]jontherobot[/MENTION] Unless the uncertainty principle is now obsolete, which I doubt, then the universe still is intrinsically random, in the sense that it is of a probabilistic nature and thus impossible to accurately measure both the position and the speed of particles in the present moment. This is not due to inadequate instruments, but because of its very nature. A particle is considered everywhere at once, each path being taken simultaneously, until it is measured; at which point a single path is 'taken'. How can we still measure this path with 100% certainty if the principle is in place? Nevertheless, It'd be interesting to read that proof.
How do you feel about fate?
Duh... I believe in the beauty of mathematical models and laws and don't think anything is random. Even random isn't random really. Chaos is not what it looks like. I think 'fate' contains way too negative overtone but I do think that things happen for a reason and also in association to each other. What happens now is just one link connecting what has happened and what will happen. What once happened determined what is happening now and that further determines what will happen next. Once the first deed was chosen and done, there was no turning back. Note: a deed could also include not choosing to do anything.
I would consider myself logical. I would like to state that irrationality is not commonplace in my worldview.
However, especially the older I am becoming, I cannot shake the feeling that things are happening for a reason.
My logical self states I am forming connections only where reality substantiates thought, but I cannot help but feel something metaphysical is at play. Coincidences too firm to be mere chance... or is Ne playing a dirty trick on me?
How do you feel about fate?
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
For the record, it was the chicken.
well aren't single cell organsims sort of both the chicken and the egg?
For the record, it was the chicken.