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originally posted by: cooperton
This is why God has been called 'Logos', which means both "word" and "reason/logic".
The cunning propagandist loves such shortcuts—especially those that short-circuit rational thought. Propaganda encourages this by agitating the emotions, by exploiting insecurities, by capitalizing on the ambiguity of language, and by bending rules of logic. As history bears out, such tactics can prove all too effective.
originally posted by: Blue Shift
What's the motivation?
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: cooperton
Sounds about right, though from a Christian perspective quite a bit. What does your last quote "ask in my name" even mean? Ask in who's name JC's? Why would that be relevant?
originally posted by: whereislogic
(Jehovah) God is not called “the Logos” in the bible. Jesus is called “the Logos,” meaning God’s “Word,” or Spokesman, not the logos of Greek philosophy.
originally posted by: wheresthebody
This sounds like a video game
originally posted by: Barcs
That's actually the woowoo interpretation of the double slit. The experiment actually has nothing to do with conscious observation, the observer effect is the microscope taking readings, which is what causes the wave function to collapse into a particle, which happens every time it takes readings regardless of whether or not a conscious individual is looking at it.
originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: cooperton
when are you actually going to " explain " the principle of " inteligent design " ?
So if the invisible Primordial Awareness manifested on the material plane, what would It (for lack of a better word) look like? A human being. Look at your self, you are an upright bipedal super computer that has seamlessly been integrated with your consciousness. The human body is the form of God manifest. We have the ideal vessel for the Creative Spirit - our bodies are organic machines capable of all sorts of material and mental creations.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: TzarChasm
so basically god is a reflection of our own ego. fascinating.
I think a better analogy would be that humankind is God's shadow. A shadow is to a 3-Dimensional object as we are to God.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
what makes you think that humans are so closely related to a cosmic figure of that status?
We are the apex creator creature on the planet
We have an anatomy that allows us to create amazing/horrible things, much greater than any animal on earth.
Our eldest brother also came down to tell us of our potential intimate relationship with God - it was so impactful that we re-oriented our calendar system around his
originally posted by: cooperton
You could have that opinion, but all the major nobel prize winning quantum physicists disagree with that opinion.
originally posted by: Barcs
They do? Show me tangible proof that demonstrates consciousness itself is responsible for the observer effect.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
this sounds like pride, a sense of accomplishment that leads us to believe we are not just worthy, but deserving of a special place in the universe. another word for pride is ego.
originally posted by: cooperton
You are asking me to prove that observers are responsible for the observer effect? You are asking me to prove that 1=1. Of course Neil DeGrasse et al are going to clamor their way away from empirical evidence that disagrees with their narrative. A scientist should value empirical evidence over opinion.
originally posted by: Barcs
originally posted by: cooperton
You are asking me to prove that observers are responsible for the observer effect? You are asking me to prove that 1=1. Of course Neil DeGrasse et al are going to clamor their way away from empirical evidence that disagrees with their narrative. A scientist should value empirical evidence over opinion.
No, I said CONSCIOUSNESS. The microscope is the "observer." What empirical evidence are you talking about that links consciousness to the observer effect?
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: Barcs
originally posted by: cooperton
You are asking me to prove that observers are responsible for the observer effect? You are asking me to prove that 1=1. Of course Neil DeGrasse et al are going to clamor their way away from empirical evidence that disagrees with their narrative. A scientist should value empirical evidence over opinion.
No, I said CONSCIOUSNESS. The microscope is the "observer." What empirical evidence are you talking about that links consciousness to the observer effect?
the double slit experiment, supposedly.
originally posted by: Raggedyman
originally posted by: Blue Shift
What's the motivation?
The motivation is love and relationship, God created humanity to be equals as I understand
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: Raggedyman
originally posted by: Blue Shift
What's the motivation?
The motivation is love and relationship, God created humanity to be equals as I understand
Equals to what? Humanity can only exist in .000000001% (probably more 0's in that fraction too) of the universe. Hell we can't even exist on most places on earth as it is covered by water. Even IF you isolate the scope down to just land on Earth we STILL can't live everywhere as there are extreme conditions in places that prevent us from doing so.
originally posted by: Barcs
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: Barcs
originally posted by: cooperton
You are asking me to prove that observers are responsible for the observer effect? You are asking me to prove that 1=1. Of course Neil DeGrasse et al are going to clamor their way away from empirical evidence that disagrees with their narrative. A scientist should value empirical evidence over opinion.
No, I said CONSCIOUSNESS. The microscope is the "observer." What empirical evidence are you talking about that links consciousness to the observer effect?
the double slit experiment, supposedly.
Yeah, I get that they think this, but the experiment itself is about the electron microscope taking readings, which causes the collapse of wave function to particles every time the microscope observes it. There is no way to determine that consciousness affects this, since you can't take a measurement without the observer effect happening. People seem to think it literally means that things don't exist unless they are consciously observed (looked at) and that consciousness manipulates reality, but there is no evidence of that.
Personally, I think that the particles are simply too small to be accurately measured and observed.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: TzarChasm
a reply to: cooperton
maybe you could take a moment to show us in explicit detail exactly how divine meddling produced life on earth as we know it. the thread you made on that topic was very lacking on technical details and i am sure there are a lot of questions about the mechanics of your hypothesis. maybe we can even help you devise a means of testing it for falsifiability. otherwise there is just no way to prove your ideas are better than the theory of evolution. its your word against thousands of credited professionals who can show their work.
If you have questions about my thoughts on Creation let's talk in this thread
maybe you could take a moment to show us in explicit detail exactly how divine meddling produced life on earth as we know it. the thread you made on that topic was very lacking on technical details and i am sure there are a lot of questions about the mechanics of your hypothesis. maybe we can even help you devise a means of testing it for falsifiability. otherwise there is just no way to prove your ideas are better than the theory of evolution. its your word against thousands of credited professionals who can show their work.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
maybe you could take a moment to show us in explicit detail exactly how divine meddling produced life on earth as we know it.
Now for the most crucial test: could the EM signals transmitted to the pure water that never had DNA in it provide sufficient information to recreate the DNA sequence? To do the test, all the ingredients necessary for synthesizing the DNA by the polymerase chain reaction – nucleotides, primers, polymerase enzyme - were added to the tube with the pure water that had gained the EM signal. The amplification was done under ordinary conditions, and the DNA produced was then run through an agarose gel electrophoresis.
A DNA band of the expected size (104 bp) was found. It was 98 percent identical to the sequence of DNA from which the EM signals originated (only 2 out of 104 basepairs were different).