[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

[JoshuaTreeMuseum]

Either that, or as Albert thought, the central tenet, the core belief in 
randomness that lays the foundation of quantum mechanics is wrong. When Al 
says that He doesn't throw dice, he's expressing a disbelief in the 
randomness of the universe. He's echoing the teleological beliefs of 
Aristotle and Plato, who thought there may be a purpose to the universe. 
Modern science is in the grip of Democritus and Epicurus who believed in a 
strictly materialist, reductionist view of the meaninglessness and random 
nature of the universe. Science can explain the what and the how, but is at 
a loss to explain the why.  The new quantum theory of randomness did not 
explain the secrets of the orderly Newtonian world to Albert. If the 
universe is random, then why is it so orderly and predictable? I think 
Einstein is right in this case. I know he goofed on the cosmological 
constant kerfuffle, but really, who are we to judge one of the greatest 
scientific minds of our time?
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Phil Whitmer
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:38:52 -0400, you wrote:


>I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as a type of

>superstition. According to my conviction this is, however, unjustified. The

>dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human

>nervous system to certain factors which are unknown to us at this time.

>- Albert Einstein


Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it 
is
not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us 
any
closer to the secret of the "old one." I, at any rate, am convinced that He 
does
not throw dice.
-Albert Einstein
(Just in case the jab wasn't obvious, Einstein was wrong.)