Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I suggest you read From Eternity to Here by Sean Carrollhttp://www.amazon.com/From-Eternity-Here-Ultimate-Theory/dp/0452296544
You will then see why I fundamentally disagree with you, not misunderstand you.
The ideology of an end-all, be-all understanding of anything (no matter how utterly specialized the area of research [what theoretical physics is all about] is) ---- is truly "thought-terminating". In the end it is a theory that could be replaced. So then, no end-all or be-all.
My whole issue with scientific atheism is, are we eliminating what isn't real (witchcraft), or are we just coming to momentary establishments of what may or may not be real? The issue is, in either case, you're taking a leap of faith in trusting the "human POV" because we have a way of testing, observing, and documenting the recurrent effects of our interactions with, or the interactions inherent in, nature.
Because what if nature is "an illusion"? What if time is truly non-linear and there is only the eternal now and our perspectives are merely being altered? What if individuality is also a trick? What if it's all just a rouse out of the banality of the omniscient nature of nature?
This is indeed psychobabble, but not gibberish. The difference between psychobabble and incoherent thought is simple: "crazy-talk" is going too far or trying to be on all ends of the spectrum simultaneously, incoherence comes from the inability to be anywhere or articulate or comprehend any idea. It is closer to incoherence to be rational than crazy in one way, and that is that the mad-man doesn't believe that he can't make anything coherent, he believes he can make sense of anything.
As I do.