{"id":360,"date":"2016-06-24T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=360"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:39:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:39:50","slug":"appendix-w-physics-metaphysics-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX W: Physics, Metaphysics &#038; Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 1100px\">\n<div class=\"pc pc78 w0 h0\">\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y49d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">APPENDIX W<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52c ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y52d ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Physics, Metaphysics &amp; Poetry<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y530 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">a) PHYSICS will not solve PHYSICS without<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y531 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">MET<span class=\"_ _e\"><\/span>APHYSICS&#8230;.and<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y5b1 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">b) MET<span class=\"_ _e\"><\/span>APHYSICS will not<br \/>\n                solve MET<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>APHYSICS <span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y532 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">without POETRY<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h2d y533 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y534 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">now<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>, re: (a)<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y536 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Why is that?<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y538 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">PHYSICS operates with a quasi-<span class=\"ff2c\">dead-spot <span class=\"ff1b\">on its <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y539 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">cumulative brain that PHYSICS is a stand-alone<br \/>\n                \ue0c4eld&#8230;.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53a ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">albeit directly interacting with the har<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>d sciences. <span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">This is wrong.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">All \ue0c4elds are inter<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>connected<br \/>\n                \u2013 meaning the hard and soft\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y5b2 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">sciences \u2013 and it will frankly requir<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>e integrating multiple\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53e ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\ue0c4elds to penetrate truly deeply into the <span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y53f ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">cosmic code.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pc pc79 w0 h0\" style=\"top: 500px;\">\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5b3 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">now<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>, re: (b)<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h2d y5b4 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5b5 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Why is that?<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h2d y5b6 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5b7 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Metaphysics operates with a quasi-<span class=\"ff2c\">dead-spot<span class=\"ff1b\"> on its own <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5b8 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">cumulative brain that MET<span class=\"_ _e\"><\/span>APHYSICS<br \/>\n                is a stand-alone\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5b9 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\ue0c4eld&#8230;albeit directly interacting with the har<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>d sciences. This\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5ba ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">is wrong.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5bb ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">The concepts necessary to get us to the core of<br \/>\n                cosmic\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5bc ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">code are too abstract for MET<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>APHYSICS alone (whether\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5bd ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">from 5,000 years ago or contemporary). [Among<br \/>\n                other\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5be ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">thinkers, the legendary theologian Rav Kook (b.<br \/>\n                1865),\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5bf ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Chief Rabbi of Palestine from 1921-1935, understood<br \/>\n                and\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c0 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">followed-through on this.]<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c1 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">POETRY<span class=\"_ _10\"><\/span>, while still<br \/>\n                hampered by the limitations of the\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c2 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">human word and human consciousness, nevertheless\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c3 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">affor<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>ds us the opportunity<br \/>\n                of potentially thrusting closer to\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c4 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">the core of <span class=\"ff1c\">cosmic mystery<span class=\"ff1b\">&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h2d y5c5 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c6 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Of course, once one enters the world of POETRY<span class=\"_ _10\"><\/span>, one\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c7 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">enters another netherworld&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h2d y5c8 ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5c9 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Sort of,<span class=\"ff2c\"> damned if you do; damned if you don\u2019t<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h2d y5ca ff1b fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5cb ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">But, nevertheless, poetry ultimately<span class=\"ff2b\"> has a place <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y5cc ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">in the arsenal of the metaphysician&#8230;.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPENDIX W: Physics, Metaphysics &amp; Poetry a) PHYSICS will not solve PHYSICS without METAPHYSICS&#8230;.and b) METAPHYSICS will not solve METAPHYSICS without POETRY&#8230;. now, re: (a) Why is that? PHYSICS operates with a quasi-dead-spot on its cumulative brain that PHYSICS is a stand-alone \ue0c4eld&#8230;. albeit directly interacting with the hard sciences. This is wrong. 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