Sir Arthur Eddington
"The atoms or the elementary particles are not real; they form a world of potentialities and possibilities rather than one of things or facts."
Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1932 Werner Karl Heisenberg
"There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum mechanical description."
Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1922 Niels Henrik David Bohr
I make no claim to know the nature of a creator, be it a Flying Spaghetti Monster, an alien, an old guy with a gray beard, a machine, or something else. My personal belief at this time is that the multiverse was created or dramatically modified, and, or that our perception of it was and is being manipulated by one of the above for reasons unknown to me. And that this creation/modification includes the use of evolution.
I have problems with authorities be they religious, scientific, or otherwise who claim to have some degree of a, "corner on the market" of understanding.
As far as I can see, this matter is personal to each of us and "forced thoughts" should not be foisted upon any of us as none appear to fully understand. For this reason, and because it is such an important part of life, I believe in presenting all major viewpoints to children. Teaching them how to think, not what to think. Some of this subject seems to belong in philosophical class discussions, other aspects in scientific. Let them, and all of us decide what we do and do not believe.
Doing otherwise seems to me to censor thinking. I don't want to be indoctrinated/brainwashed by either religious or scientific minded organizations, groups, or individuals.
Personally I'm glad we all don't believe the same thing. I want to hear as many views as I can. Maybe I'll learn something. It's obvious to me that my feeble grasp on understanding is exactly that.
