Fir In the Mind Quotes and some of what it makes me think so far 09/11/09

"In the end, there is no way to know whether science is converging on a single truth, the way the universe is, or simply building artificial structures, tools that allow us to predict, to some extent, and to explain and control."
pg 6

WOAH. I've NEVER thought about this before. We are so taught to just accept science as fact that I feel like a complete moron to never think about this.
PERSPECTIVE
Always question.

Terra incognita <3> historical science Physics-> search for absolutes"

Santa Fe Institute-> seek to explain how our unfeeling universe gives rise to life, mind and society" pg 3

Unfeeling?! Does this just mean frontal lobes? Do other animals use their frontal lobes at all? Do plants grow differently surrounded by negative energy? What part of the universe is unfeeling? Isn't it just balances of negative and positives? Society= diff. animal habitats? How we interact with each other and our environment.

"Once a person becomes enmeshed in an ideology or a scientist in a hypothesis, it is difficult not to see confirmation everywhere. "Our brains are wired to see order, but we are prisoners of our nervous systems. Cursed with never knowing when we are seeing truths out there in the universe and when we are merely inventing elaborate architectures." pg 21

Kind of like when interpreting art. Life and the universe is art. Is there any way of really knowing? MUST we know? Is it really That important? Or should we be happy with our own interpretations?

Why the universe is the way it is?
Why are we here?
Why do I simplify- or feel the need to simplify this question?
The answer has always been the same for me.
Life= to Love to Learn. To enjoy the journey. To take care of each other.
Bottom line.
Is this truth for everyone? No idea. But it is my truth and has been ever since I was old enough to reason.

"In building a theory of the world, it helps if one's vision is a little blurry."
pg 44
hahahahahahah

"We invent spaces all the time, so compulsively that the talent seems to be wired into our nervous systems. An outgrowth of the evolutionarily advantageous ability to picture mentally what is not immediately before our eyes... moving closer to a goal, we are abstracting the notion of physical space." pg 47