Here are eight mysteries of philosophy that well probably never resolve. Ive started with no. 5 as that statement is obviously not true. We will definitely solve the question of Is there life after death? Before everyone gets excited, this is not a suggestion that well all end up strumming harps on some fluffy white cloud, or find ourselves shoveling coal in the depths of Hell for eternity. Because we cannot ask the dead if theres anything on the other side, were left guessing as to what happens next. Materialists assume that theres no life after death, but its just that — an assumption that cannot necessarily be proven. Looking closer at the machinations of the universe (or multiverse), whether it be through a classical Newtonian/Einsteinian lens, or through the spooky filter of quantum mechanics, theres no reason to believe that we only have one shot at this thing called life. Its a question of metaphysics and the possibility that the cosmos (what Carl Sagan described as all that is or ever was or ever will be) cycles and percolates in such a way that lives are infinitely recycled. Hans Moravec put it best when, speaking in relation to the quantum Many Worlds Interpretation, said that non-observance of the universe is impossible; we must always find ourselves alive and observing the universe in some form or another. This is highly speculative stuff, but like the God problem, is one that science cannot yet tackle, leaving it to the philosophers.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 03:18:51 +0000
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