Howard posted, in part:
"John: Here's a set of related questions for fun:
1. Does physics have a conceptual vocabulary that is adequate to handle
all the phenomena & questions that chemistry must deal with?
2. Does physics/chemistry have a conceptual vocabulary that is adequate
to handle all the phenomena & questions that biology must deal with?
3. Does physics/chemistry/biology have a conceptual vocabulary that is
adequate to handle all the phenomena & questions that a study of
consciousness must deal with?"
If the question assumes a date of Nov 17, 2001 CE, then obviously, the
answers must be "no" to all three.
If the question assumes a date of, say, Nov 17, 2525, then I'd say the
answers are "possibly," "unlikely" and "still no."
If the question assumes that the person answering has graduated to the
heavenlies, and, presumably, knows more about such things (not a
necessary assumption, of course), I'd guess that the answers are "yes,"
"no" and "of course not, you silly goose."
Does this help?
John Burgeson (Burgy)
http://www.burgy.50megs.com
(science/theology, quantum mechanics, baseball, ethics,
humor, cars, God's intervention into natural causation, etc.)
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