tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post7623342319774313710..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: The Theory of EverythingThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-41023141580546021182008-12-10T12:05:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:05:00.000-08:00No, not more weird than the two examples you cited...No, not more weird than the two examples you cited, but still weird, nonetheless.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-2564433192258056262008-12-10T09:43:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:43:00.000-08:00Weird?More "weird" than killing women and children...Weird?<BR/><BR/>More "weird" than killing women and children in a desert country because criminals crashed planes into buildings?<BR/><BR/>More weird than rewarding criminal financial irresponsibility with monetary rewards?<BR/><BR/>Cultural influences on the human psyche are decidedly less weird than insane government policies.Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-83312904894251065242008-12-10T09:29:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:29:00.000-08:00I don't doubt the investigation into the theory I ...I don't doubt the investigation into the theory I mentioned is valid, but it's also decidedly weird.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-56875574459076057652008-12-10T07:56:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:56:00.000-08:00The reason scientists create theories and write pa...The reason scientists create theories and write papers about them is to explain observations. It's called the scientific method. "Look first, think later, then test."<BR/><BR/>The observation of correlation between urban suicide and country music listening is as a valid a concern for research as any other observation of correlations in the data. The study could result in useful predictors of human behavior.<BR/><BR/>As to the "theory of everything," I suspect you are referring to the search for a unified field theory. We're quite close to this theory, which explains the processes of the universe in terms of fields of energy that produce matter, and which also explains gravity.<BR/><BR/>Scientists refer to this unified field as "quantum foam." <BR/><BR/>Others of us call it Tao.Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com