"Everything is made of atoms, which are made up of electrons (protons and neutrons) which orbit a nucleus"
Ok, WHAT? Where did atoms come from? Why is everything in our universe comprised of the same tiny particles, even different forms of matter? What is this tendency in nature for the microscopic to mirror the massive, such as how that atom is an awful lot like our planet and it's moon, or our whole solar system, or...how many things of how many sizes that we can't see? How do the electrons keep moving indefinitely?! Gravity, and gravitational pulls, are subjects that even when you understand (as much as any of us even can) the physics involved....are still unfathomable. We're given almost irrelevant details by science, endlessly fascinating and often useful, but explaining nothing.
"Whoa, a cake! This cake is delicious! How did it get here? Why does it exist in my kitchen?" "That cake is a mixture of 8 cups of refined, bleached wheat pastry flour, which rises due to 4 tsp of baking powder having been added in as a leavening tool, and is sweet since it also contains both 2 cups of sugar refined from cane grown in fields and is covered in a layer of frosting that has - " "No, no, no, HOW DID THIS CAKE GET HERE? Why is this cake on my counter???" "The cake had to have been mixed in a large enough bowl to hold a significant amount of batter, stirred, and baked at a high temperature. It 'binded' by 3 chicken eggs, probably large by grade, which cause it to hold together on that plate, and -" "Right, ok, who the hell mixed it up and baked it? For what purpose?" "Well, cakes are usually baked to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or other joyous occasions, generally by either an individual who enjoys the process or a company dedicated to making many cakes for profit - " "Yeah I actually know that!! SO WHICH WAS IT IN THIS CASE, and can you name names?"
I understand saying "how can we possibly know who baked this cake? we walked in the kitchen at the same time you did, it's not like they left a freaking calling card!!" - I really do. That at least works rationally for me. We're all here pondering the unfathomable mystery of the spontaneous cake.
But to try to make some kind of case that science explains the cake and that settles it is and THERE IS NO MYSTERY HERE, it's a cake, put it under a microscope, vanilla with chocolate frosting, obvously from an oven! That's just...ridiculous. To me at least.
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Date: 2010-06-04 10:48 pm (UTC)"Everything is made of atoms, which are made up of electrons (protons and neutrons) which orbit a nucleus"
Ok, WHAT? Where did atoms come from? Why is everything in our universe comprised of the same tiny particles, even different forms of matter? What is this tendency in nature for the microscopic to mirror the massive, such as how that atom is an awful lot like our planet and it's moon, or our whole solar system, or...how many things of how many sizes that we can't see? How do the electrons keep moving indefinitely?! Gravity, and gravitational pulls, are subjects that even when you understand (as much as any of us even can) the physics involved....are still unfathomable. We're given almost irrelevant details by science, endlessly fascinating and often useful, but explaining nothing.
"Whoa, a cake! This cake is delicious! How did it get here? Why does it exist in my kitchen?"
"That cake is a mixture of 8 cups of refined, bleached wheat pastry flour, which rises due to 4 tsp of baking powder having been added in as a leavening tool, and is sweet since it also contains both 2 cups of sugar refined from cane grown in fields and is covered in a layer of frosting that has - "
"No, no, no, HOW DID THIS CAKE GET HERE? Why is this cake on my counter???"
"The cake had to have been mixed in a large enough bowl to hold a significant amount of batter, stirred, and baked at a high temperature. It 'binded' by 3 chicken eggs, probably large by grade, which cause it to hold together on that plate, and -"
"Right, ok, who the hell mixed it up and baked it? For what purpose?"
"Well, cakes are usually baked to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or other joyous occasions, generally by either an individual who enjoys the process or a company dedicated to making many cakes for profit - "
"Yeah I actually know that!! SO WHICH WAS IT IN THIS CASE, and can you name names?"
I understand saying "how can we possibly know who baked this cake? we walked in the kitchen at the same time you did, it's not like they left a freaking calling card!!" - I really do. That at least works rationally for me. We're all here pondering the unfathomable mystery of the spontaneous cake.
But to try to make some kind of case that science explains the cake and that settles it is and THERE IS NO MYSTERY HERE, it's a cake, put it under a microscope, vanilla with chocolate frosting, obvously from an oven! That's just...ridiculous. To me at least.