I sometimes howl into the darkness at night when we're camping. I feel something is wrong. It's clearly not some other dog or small animal. When I see a cat, I chase it around, but I don't bark. So that sign is not something like an animal, but something else. My master is completely blind in the dark, his five senses are not sharp, and he has no sixth sense, so of course he doesn't know what I'm barking at all. I wonder if it's something spiritual. For example, ghosts.
When I say this, some people say, "It's unscientific," but I think those people are misunderstanding something. Science has made great progress in recent years, but it's a big mistake to say that everything can be explained by science. Only people who haven't studied science in depth tend to think that science can explain everything. In recent science, especially in physics, the Higgs boson has revealed the origin of mass, confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, and unraveled the events of the first moments of the universe's birth 13.7 billion years ago. So, while I appreciate the progress we're making, I think it's a big mistake to think that there's almost nothing we don't know anymore. I think people who don't know the cutting edge of science tend to think that way.
For example, when it comes to the universe, we don't know what 96% of the mass of the universe is made of! Celestial bodies such as stars that we can observe are only 4% of the total mass of the universe, and the rest is 23% dark matter and 73% dark energy. It's like saying, "We don't know anything about the universe."
By the way, physicists seem to use the word "dark" when they don't know anything.
My deep question is not at the level of "If gravity can be described by Einstein's equation, it can be explained well", but "Why can gravity be described by Einstein's equation?" That is, "Why is the universe made the way it is?"
Another example, one of the important numbers in physics is the proton-electron mass ratio. This number is the same for a galaxy 6 billion light years away and for this earth. Since they're so far apart, shouldn't the numbers be different? Why are the numbers the same?
In the next example, the movement of electrons can be explained by quantum mechanics. However, my question is, "Why is the electron, which is imagined as a tiny particle or a tiny cloud, an existence that can only be described probabilistically in the first place?" Rather than being able to describe the movement of electrons, I am more fundamentally asking, "Why is the world the way it is?"
Physics cannot answer such deep questions. Because it is a question in the realm of philosophy and theology.
It is well-known that Einstein, who said, "God does not play dice," believed deeply in the existence of an impersonal "God." He must have the same doubts as I did, he must have recognized the problem of "God's realm" as well.
Physics has made remarkable progress from the 20th century to the present, even though there are still many unknowns. But to give a more familiar example, in the field of life science, D N A is not an analog record like a vinyl record, but digital information like a CD, so it shouldn't deteriorate over time. If so, why do we organisms age over time? Research in this area has been vigorously conducted in recent years, and the mechanism is finally being understood.
For me, the field that I don't understand even more is the field of brain science. Why and how does "consciousness" emerge? I'm not an expert, so I don't know much about it, but I can't imagine that no matter how many ICs are connected, "consciousness" will emerge from them. However, in the human brain, "consciousness" sprouts even if there are only a finite number of brain cells and synopses. Does consciousness exist already at the stage of egg and sperm? Or if not, how many do cells need to multiply to create "consciousness"? If "consciousness" sprouts in the middle of cell proliferation, where will it differ from connecting ICs one after another? Assuming that "consciousness" sprouts in the middle of cell proliferation, it is difficult to imagine how many cells will be "stupid" and from what number they will suddenly become "clever". So, do we still have to assume that the egg and sperm have consciousness? Weren't they also originally just proteins? Sometimes I can't sleep when I'm thinking about a lot of things.
Do you believe that even in the field of mathematics, there are rules for expressing prime numbers such as 2, 3, 5...? I don't think the Riemann Hypothesis that shows the existent of the rules has been proven yet, but I don't think it can be proven by the blain of Homo sapience. A lot of mathematicians keep thinking about the proof and eventually go insane. I can only think that the expression of prime numbers is "God's realm" and "something that humans cannot predict."
Furthermore, does the "flow of time" really exist? Some people say that the "flow of time" is simply a prediction of the future created as a result of probability calculations in the human mind. Because I have a personal desire to rejuvenate, I want you to say that there is no such thing as the "flow of time" that everyone takes for granted.
Going back to the beginning, do "ghosts" not exist? "Ghosts" and "consciousness" are on the same level and feel incomprehensible to me. This is because if "consciousness" is something that transcends physical existence such as cells, or is unconstrained by physical existence, then to me "ghosts" are like "consciousness".
Didn't I successfully converge the story that seemed to diverge to infinity? Is it self-praise?
I'm a little off topic here. I think the important attitude is to be humble about any idea or possibility, and not to easily deny it with a know-it-all attitude. I think that this humble attitude is also related to the unique Japanese way of thinking that "God dwells in everything" or "Everything has a soul". This is because the mind that believes in the existence of things that cannot be understood and cannot be seen, such as souls, handles various tools with all its soul, works with all its souls, and puts all its souls into even seemingly absurd things. I think that such attitude nurtures the original characteristics of Japanese people. We understand and appreciate the craftsmen who have spirits of sharpening knives and making delicious sushi with all their souls, rather than the people who have the mind of the supremacy of material things and money. I think that's where the essence of the Japanese lies.
Oh, even Shiba Inu wants to eat delicious sushi with a soul! Because I am a Japanese dog.
I was silly at the end, wasn’t I.
good night!
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