LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWill we (sentient beings) ever find out scientific reason for the existence of the universe?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWill we (sentient beings) ever find out scientific reason for the existence of the universe?LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekava@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBut is that not the same way with “how”? How do objects fall to the ground? → the Earth exerts a gravitational force on them How does Earth exert a gravitational force? → All objects with mass create a gravitational field that attracts other masses How do objects create a gravitation field? → Mass warps spacetime and this curvature directs objects to follow paths towards the source of the mass and so on, etc
minus-squaretronx4002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI think the “why” exists only with the idea that the universe is directed in some way. e.g. “How can I see around my room”? Photons. “Why”? Because I turned on the light.
But is that not the same way with “how”?
How do objects fall to the ground? → the Earth exerts a gravitational force on them
How does Earth exert a gravitational force? → All objects with mass create a gravitational field that attracts other masses
How do objects create a gravitation field? → Mass warps spacetime and this curvature directs objects to follow paths towards the source of the mass
and so on, etc
I think the “why” exists only with the idea that the universe is directed in some way. e.g. “How can I see around my room”? Photons. “Why”? Because I turned on the light.