http://www.booberfish.com/blog/2007/01/not-mcnaught/ From physics to philosophy Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.booberfish.com/blog/2007/01/not-mcnaught/comment-page-1/#comment-6594 GP Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:10:04 +0000 http://www.booberfish.com/blog/2007/01/not-mcnaught/#comment-6594 Dangit! I didn't even think it was supposed to be visible in the southern hemisphere. No fair. You think you're so cool with your warm weather and funny accents :p Dangit! I didn’t even think it was supposed to be visible in the southern hemisphere. No fair. You think you’re so cool with your warm weather and funny accents :p

]]> http://www.booberfish.com/blog/2007/01/not-mcnaught/comment-page-1/#comment-6590 Anita Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.booberfish.com/blog/2007/01/not-mcnaught/#comment-6590 I saw it! I saw it! *bounces up and down* By accident actually. And the first thing I thought was "Who needs God?". I can't put into words how it made me feel. There is a whole universe out there and we are just one tiny insignificant part of it. Why explain it all away with God when what we know about the universe from science is amazing enough? I'm sure there are lots of people out there who would argue the exact opposite - they would say that the universe is God's creation, like, duh, and why bother searching for rational explanations when you know God is behind it all anyway. Those people take all the fun out of it. We search for a higher purpose in life, we're not content to merely be. We need a reason for being in order to validate our existence, and we have the power to create elaborate explanations to this end (like God!). But when faced with the wonders of the universe and the explanations provided by science, isn't it enough to accept that there is no grand scheme and that life is an incredible accident? Doesn't the accidental nature of life make it more precious? So all that and more went through my head as I watched the comet leave its trail across the night sky. I saw it! I saw it! *bounces up and down* By accident actually. And the first thing I thought was “Who needs God?”. I can’t put into words how it made me feel. There is a whole universe out there and we are just one tiny insignificant part of it. Why explain it all away with God when what we know about the universe from science is amazing enough? I’m sure there are lots of people out there who would argue the exact opposite – they would say that the universe is God’s creation, like, duh, and why bother searching for rational explanations when you know God is behind it all anyway. Those people take all the fun out of it. We search for a higher purpose in life, we’re not content to merely be. We need a reason for being in order to validate our existence, and we have the power to create elaborate explanations to this end (like God!). But when faced with the wonders of the universe and the explanations provided by science, isn’t it enough to accept that there is no grand scheme and that life is an incredible accident? Doesn’t the accidental nature of life make it more precious? So all that and more went through my head as I watched the comet leave its trail across the night sky.

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