Post by Magnet Man on Jan 28, 2008 15:48:48 GMT -5
Last night I dreamt that I was engaged in a discussion with my brother over the old arguments between science and religion on the subject of Divine Creation.
In the dream I assumed the position of Einstein, claiming that God does not play dice with the universe. My brother took Bohr’s part, interjecting the problems of randomness. I had an epiphany and came up with a succinct theorem that seemed to rationally validate Einstein’s instinctive feelings on the matter.
The clarity of the theorem allowed for a precise method to put forward the counter argument – which in the end only served to further validate the theorem.
I awoke from the dream feeling certain that I was onto something. It was 2.am. I searched for paper and pencil and tried to recapture the wording of the theorem before it faded from my mind. But by the time I had gathered my thoughts, the magic of the original wording was no longer in consciousness. The closest I could come to gist of the theorem that revealed itself in the dream is as follows:
Any creative action has to be the result of a logical sequence of predetermined conditions, going all the way back to the first movement.
The validation that came from the random argument went more or less as follows:
The quixotic nature of random elements cannot significantly interrupt the logical flow of a truly creative event as it evolves from its source. At worst, randomness can only influence side issues and produce a series of distorted abortions.
It is my hope that any further thoughts on this by others may trigger some elements of the original dream memory.
In the dream I assumed the position of Einstein, claiming that God does not play dice with the universe. My brother took Bohr’s part, interjecting the problems of randomness. I had an epiphany and came up with a succinct theorem that seemed to rationally validate Einstein’s instinctive feelings on the matter.
The clarity of the theorem allowed for a precise method to put forward the counter argument – which in the end only served to further validate the theorem.
I awoke from the dream feeling certain that I was onto something. It was 2.am. I searched for paper and pencil and tried to recapture the wording of the theorem before it faded from my mind. But by the time I had gathered my thoughts, the magic of the original wording was no longer in consciousness. The closest I could come to gist of the theorem that revealed itself in the dream is as follows:
Any creative action has to be the result of a logical sequence of predetermined conditions, going all the way back to the first movement.
The validation that came from the random argument went more or less as follows:
The quixotic nature of random elements cannot significantly interrupt the logical flow of a truly creative event as it evolves from its source. At worst, randomness can only influence side issues and produce a series of distorted abortions.
It is my hope that any further thoughts on this by others may trigger some elements of the original dream memory.
