This book is about physics in general, so mostly non-quantum, which I read to understand kinda conformist scientists, because it takes all kinds.

I guess the more technical way of saying that is to talk about the two theories, the two worlds, (I know that technically there are more than two), the standard model and quantum theory. It’s like there’s Normie World, which describes most things most of the time, (at least from a human perspective), and there’s Freak World, where the truth is stranger than you can imagine. If you read Wayne or DC and so on, the science they talk about will be mostly of this second kind, but the kinda Normie scientist thinks that there are Some strange things, sure, but kinda thinks that they’re on the margins, more or less, and thinks that the conformist model and certain simple-sounding truths are still kinda in that central zone. They’d like to unite the center and the margins, of course, but obviously this is not easy, as it’s not often that a statement is equally appealing to the normies and the freaks.

And who knows: maybe the normies will win. Maybe God will come down, explain the Theory of Everything, look at the people who dream strange dreams, and say, I don’t know. 🫢

You never know.

…. It’s not really about biology—as worthy as that field is—but briefly he expresses the conformist-scientific opinion confusing the stereotypical/conservative evangelical belief that you can first read your assumptions into the Bible, and then take those assumptions out of the Bible and understand the physical world better than physicists, and other people who might say that of course physicists are highly trained in the physical world and biologists in biology, but then too we believe that there is God, that there is Meaning, that consciousness is meant to evolve. But conformist-scientists don’t like that, so, whatever, right. But how do you prove something like that—“no God in evolution”—and equate it with the data about the age of the Earth? “We did an experiment, and God, Meaning, and the evolution of consciousness weren’t part of it, therefore…. Ah…. We win. You lose.” 😸🤪😎

…. I’d like to tell you about my Little Brother, the human sciences. For example, he’s the military: bombs from physics! Good, good. And he’s…. Money! Money from physics! Sci-fi films of dubious value from physics! (You know, kinda.) Good, good.

(scold) But don’t expand your consciousness with physics, that’s Not Allowed. (scold)

(cheery) Build a bomb instead! Hire some anti-Black engineers at Tesla! (cheery)

This concludes the discussion of Little Brother. 😮

…. The Mysteries of Matter 🧐

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