Summary: The microcosm is an infinitely deep non-mathematical ocean. The sub-atomic level as we know it barely scrapes the surface.
Consider the equation Force = Mass X Acceleration.
Is it what is actually happening in reality?
Or is it just a mathematical description of what's happening, using references, concepts, terms, that we find convenient?
This equation is just a map of reality. It maps a certain natural process, that, in itself is *not* mathematical.
Nature does not flow in terms of numbers. Nature does not calculate the weight and chemical composition of a rock before creating it.
Nature did not precalculate/predecide the voltage range of lightening, or the pH level of the dead sea or any sea for that matter. Nor did it calculate the mass of the sun and the planets before creating the solar system.
Nature flows in a smooth, continuous, non mathematical flow. Like a song. The mathematical map of a song, in terms of numbers, amplitudes, frequencies...is that a complete expression/representation of the song?
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Nature has no 'mechanism'. It is not a machine that runs logically and mathematically.
Building a mathematical model of a process, extrapolating it, and expecting the process to manifest in the same manner or manner similar to your extrapolation can never lead to correct results. Because nature does not 'extrapolate itself mathematically'. We think it is this way because we confuse the map with the territory.
Mathematics, no matter how evolved, no matter how refined....will always remain just a map.
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The GAP between the scientific map of nature and the actual flow of nature can never go away because the microcosm is infinitely deep AND because the microcosm/macrocosm is not mathematical.
The cosmos will throw our way deeper and deeper mysteries, even if mankind survives a billion trillion years without forgetting its knowledge.
We can 'see' things at the nano level (10-9m) using existing technology.
I do not agree that it is impossible to see below 10-35m...i.e. Planck Length.
The day we see at 10 X nano level (10-90m), we'll see newer things.
The day we 'see' at 100 X Nano level (10-900m) we'll see newer things.
There would certainly be things going on at 1000 X Nano level (10-9000m).
And the 100,000 X Nano level (10-900000m).....Ad Infinitum.
As we dive deeper and deeper into the microcosm....the complexity and the richness will keep on INCREASING. This conclusion of mine is based on my understanding of the "FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF NATURE".
And...assuming that the things we see at the 100,000 X Nano level (10-900000m) will be a repetition of the things we have seen at the nano level (10-9m).....this assumption would not be a wise assumption.
Electrons, protons, neutrons...these mathematical maps just barely scrape the surface of the infinite microcosm.
These concepts 'electrons, protons, neutrons' could approximate certain formations on the sub atomic scale, but these sub atomic formations are not the end of it. Nothing 'fundamental' about them.
The microcosm cannot be anything but infinitely deep.
The cosmos was, is, and will remain...forever mystical.
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2 comments:
I loved this post. My master says that unless you are fed up with logic, you will not become open to the spiritual. But Vikram, how can you say that there is no mathematics in this universe? Does not the earth Sun Moon equation follow rules? I am not doubting you, I just want some ammunition for my mom. :)
Hi Manjushree,
Ammunition for your mom...hmm..!
Ok! Leave aside Earth-Sun-Moon equations for a minute.
When you drive a car...does your mind calculate or think about the force/torque required to turn the steering wheel, before turning it?
When you lift some heavy weight, do you calculate the force/torque it will apply on your spine, and compare that torque with the "yield stress" of the spine, in order to make sure the torque/force does not exceed the "yield stress" of your spine and break it??
Of course you don't. Because this is how a machine would work. This is how a robot would do things.
You are life. You flow spontaneously. Using judgement, and experience - both are not mathematical and NOT reducible to numbers in any way.
Coming to Sun-Moon-Earth equations -- they are not human, nor are they alive like we are - but they do not pre-calculate their trajectories/speeds around each other.
Science says there is a lot of precision in nature. That's fine. Science uses numbers to map this precision. That is fine too.
This precision that is seen in nature -- is the root cause of the assumption that nature is mathematical.
But this precision - can be attained without numbers and mathematics. It is a QUALITY of nature. Non mathematical quality.
The 'rules' that Sun-Moon-Earth follow...whatever they are, they are not laws of human physics and math. The EXACT nature of the interaction between the Sun and the Moon and the Earth...will never be known by the logical and mathematical approach. Because of the infinite nature of the interaction. Every little aspect of this cosmos is an "EXPLODING INFINITY".
I still have not finished reading "The Grasshopper's Pilgrimage". Will finish it this Saturday!
Cheers!
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