tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post5541716843077620962..comments2024-01-30T19:47:17.119+00:00Comments on URBANarmy: Chief Rabbi Sacks on Professor Stephen HawkingGordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-15083089074659969342010-09-15T21:45:43.242+00:002010-09-15T21:45:43.242+00:00to be fair I'm not sure Sacks is putting forwa...to be fair I'm not sure Sacks is putting forward an apologetic but if what is humanity is a question of interpretation that is exactly what he is asking.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-56510074076961789092010-09-15T19:26:50.233+00:002010-09-15T19:26:50.233+00:00The 'uncertainty principle' recognises tha...The 'uncertainty principle' recognises that standard mathematics cannot be used to prove certain theories of physics because the calculations would simply take too long. Therefore they use models on probabilities and accept these as proof. The sun always rises therefore it will rise tomorrow.<br /><br />When Christians see this they think "Proof for God". But this is merely &IanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173634617931544271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-84865013847866204502010-09-13T21:19:26.078+00:002010-09-13T21:19:26.078+00:00I'm not a scientist but isn't there someth...I'm not a scientist but isn't there something called the uncertainty principle in quantum theory? <br /><br />I remember seeing Robert Winston suggest that fundamentalists of whatever persuasion whether religious or scientific would do well to cultivate this 'principle of uncertainty'.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145971.post-15597179502597944402010-09-12T19:42:51.053+00:002010-09-12T19:42:51.053+00:00Sacks',and religious leaders in general, resp...Sacks',and religious leaders in general, response fail to recognise a few things...<br /><br />1. They don't understand that the science provides an explanation as to the existence of everything without a need for God. Hawkins' supports M-theory, a form of string theory, which explains gravity at the sub-atomic and supra-atomic level and shows how it can explain things which 'IanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173634617931544271noreply@blogger.com