THE TRANSCENDENT DYNAMICAPPENDIX C: Extraordinariation ( E+)
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APPENDIX C:
Extraordinariation ( E+
)
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To our readers:
Summa Metaphysica proposes
the concept of
the concept of
Extraordinariation.
This concept is proposed and elaborated upon
in
in
the chapter
Mu: Cosmic Tool Kit- Shelf #2 above
(in the rst section of this book, Cosmic Womb
of Potential)
The following is a nalé commentary piece
on the
on the
theme.
by DANIEL N. KHALIL:
EXTRAORDINARIATION
To say that the feeling in the listener’s soul at the climax
of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is ‘perfect’ is drastic
and degrading understatement.
The meta-emotional
The meta-emotional
human response to this
piece of art (and it is not alone)
piece of art (and it is not alone)
is outside of perfection as it is outside of language.
It is transcendent,
extra, extraordinary.
extra, extraordinary.
It has been said that God is the ultimate artist,
creating a world-dynamic
with all the idiosyncrasies
with all the idiosyncrasies
of complex art. To praise His work as being merely
‘perfect’ or ‘efcient’
is to miss its creative essence. It
is to miss its creative essence. It
is to embrace the engineer while
neglecting the artisan.
neglecting the artisan.
This is a neglect bolstered by science
and mathematics,
and mathematics,
disciplines whose unique
understanding of the universe’s
understanding of the universe’s
exactitude has been
used to turn the focus from its
used to turn the focus from its
delicate elegance. The
cold progression of evolution
cold progression of evolution
engenders an appreciation
for the lion’s strength,
for the
for the lion’s strength,
for the
cheetah’s speed; the precision of physics
provides a
provides a
window into the awlessness of our cosmos;
but there is
but there is
more.
Darwinian evolution need
not have yielded the frail
not have yielded the frail
buttery, the vulnerable dove; the
Earth’s orbit need
Earth’s orbit need
not have yielded the grace of changing seasons,
snow-decorated forests. Indeed
laws of nature and
laws of nature and
principles of physics
need not have yielded
complexity
need not have yielded
complexity
at all. Nevertheless,
complexity permeates our
world
complexity permeates our
world
from subatomic particles
to cosmic galaxies. It is
this
to cosmic galaxies. It is
this
complexity that allows
for the sophisticated
beauty that
for the sophisticated
beauty that
stands in wait of our perception daily.
Yet the paradox of this complexity surfaces as we
probe
probe
it more deeply. Structural biologists have
shown that
shown that
fundamental biology depends
on predictable chemistry.
on predictable chemistry.
Quantum mechanics has
shown that chemistry, in turn,
shown that chemistry, in turn,
can be dissected into the physics that underlies it.
Einstein showed that
even within physics
separations
even within physics
separations
are an illusion. His special theory of relativity (1905)
revealed that the
division between space and
time is
division between space and
time is
articial. His subsequent
general theory of
relativity
general theory of
relativity
(1915) showed the same of the distinction between
space-time and matter.
Thus, the broad
perspective reveals our world’s
perspective reveals our world’s
complexity while the
deep, penetrating perspective
deep, penetrating perspective
reveals its unity. Stepping back, we appreciate worldly
complexity, stepping close we are
astounded by its unity.
astounded by its unity.
Such is the paradox. Complexity and
unity challenge
unity challenge
one another as they each thrust forward
expanding
expanding
their respective scopes
simultaneously. New species
simultaneously. New species
are discovered as unied
theorems are developed. This
theorems are developed. This
duality teases us with its plainness: we can only watch,
spellbound, as our cosmos’ singularity and its
nuance
nuance
develop and unfold,
hand-in-hand, before us. Herein
hand-in-hand, before us. Herein
lays the irony of our world’s progression: a
relentless
relentless
trajectory towards unbounded
extraordinariation.
extraordinariation.
