it's fair to say that i have failed miserably. — Brian the wise
i shouldn't half-ass things and expect great things in return. — Brian the wise
never return here. — Brian the wise
I don't doubt that the forum is great — Brian the wise
but i don't believe i have much to bring to the table. — Brian the wise
even people in my university, all of them told me they have no idea what this subject is — Brian the wise
all of them told me they have no idea what this subject is. — Brian the wise
I just think it's an unpopular discussion in general, since it's based on old beliefs and religion. — Brian the wise
Thing is, i have no idea myself what i'm supposed to write about, the materials i have been given are 2 videos, one is where they compare how much bigger planets are than humans , and the other video is what you'd see if you were high as a kite. And then the title for the essay is supposed to be Human- Macrocosm/Microcosm. — Brian the wise
one is where they compare how much bigger planets are than humans — Brian the wise
It seems to me that this brings a similarity between humanity as Being, and the Universe as Eternal. Both Universes within themselves. — Gus Lamarch
That concept probably originated with Pythagoras about 2500 years ago. He was a sort of mathematical mystic, and numerologist. In his mathematical studies, he noticed that many of the same proportions found in nature were similar to those found in the human body. Hence, the part is like the whole in terms of ideal proportions.i'd like to know how we , as humans and a Microcosm, are similar to our Macrocosm, the universe? — Brian the wise
No. The simple observation of common mathematical proportions at large & small scales is just a trivial fact. But those who make a big deal of it, follow the implication that a single mathematical mind is responsible for the whole universe. Some imagine that "mind" as a creator god, but some imagine the cosmic geometry merely as a universal energy source, similar to "The Force" of Star Wars. So the meaning of the trivial fact depends on how you interpret its significance for you personally. I assume that your "convenient" was meant sarcastically. Yes?I do think it's very convenient that everything in the universe can be explained with just playing around with some numbers. So we are similar because there are proportions in the universe and in ourselves? — Brian the wise
I can relate to the analogy of the physical universe imagined as the brain of a cosmic Mind. That may be how Pythagoras viewed his mystical mathematical world. Of course, his worldview was more poetic than scientific, so I wouldn't take his musical metaphors literally. But, there may have been some wisdom in his "madness". His mathematical theorems are still taught in schools today. :nerd:it might sound like madness. . . . . I thought about the universe being just one big brain for a more advanced being. — Brian the wise
I too, have entertained the notion of the Big Bang as a birthing event. But then, who was the Mother of our world? :cool:The big bang could be the shock that a child usually experiences when it's just born — Brian the wise
I too, have entertained the notion of the Big Bang as a birthing event. But then, who was the Mother of our world? — Gnomon
I do think that the microcosm is the starting point for understanding the macrocosm. — Jack Cummins
Even scientists who accept the Big Bang Birth as the origin of our universe, also accept the old adage that something never comes from nothing, hence some kind of thing must always exist. That's why they have proposed the (hypothetical) Multiverse : a self-existent physical process without beginning or end.I do think that it's weird how something could just not exist, but then again, it's probly because i don't know how it is not to exist. — Brian the wise
Yes. My Enformationism thesis has a Matrix theme. But, it's just a metaphor. Our common reality is as Real as it gets. :smile:Have you entertained the idea that we could be living in a simulation? — Brian the wise
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