Not-other, Other, and Science
In the last five blogs, I discussed God as the symbol, Not-other, and God’s creation as the symbol, Other. I did not discuss Science and its use of these two symbols. However, to my knowledge no science has ever used these symbols the way Nicholas of Cusa did. By not using these symbols, I learned why today’s physical sciences are merely polishing current knowledge and why life scientists are no longer real scientists. What has happened to Science?
In the US over the last 35 years, man has reduced real science and increased technology. This technology would be applied to many other fields of thought. For instance, today technology entertains people with computer games as well making food and clothing for them. This cultural change helps individuals who seek riches but do not help most of ‘the people.’ The increased technology reminds me of the increasing inflation of the late 1960s, after the USA landed on the moon. Under political pressure for increased economic activity, President Nixon promoted technological developments saying ‘Americans have always been able to make better mousetraps.’
No science would be in trouble today if they had studied the implication of the symbols, Not-other and Other. They appeared just before Nicholas of Cusa passed on in 1464. At hist time, people did not know that modern science would soon emerge and that these symbols would become the basis of the two-step ‘scientific method of proof.’ This method developed during the Renaissance.
In this method, all inquiries into the unknown begin with a discovery by the senses. This is the first step. Then, the second step must explain the discovery. So, reasoning must be put to work. Today’s scientists assume that this reasoning can be found in ‘other’ rather than in Not-other (or God). For instance, to explain all things in the universe, physicists reasoned that ‘other’ explains them. This ‘other’ thing is a physical particle (the Big Bang). Since the Big Bang is finite, all things in the universe must end due to limited energy. Had they sought the reasoning in Not-other, they would have found God, the Rational Principle of all rational principles and thus God’s Intelligent Design of the universe. There, they would have found that God is unlimited and that all knowing comes from God’s light, the Light of all light. This ‘other ‘light is Christ who appears in our world.
In the US over the last 35 years, man has reduced real science and increased technology. This technology would be applied to many other fields of thought. For instance, today technology entertains people with computer games as well making food and clothing for them. This cultural change helps individuals who seek riches but do not help most of ‘the people.’ The increased technology reminds me of the increasing inflation of the late 1960s, after the USA landed on the moon. Under political pressure for increased economic activity, President Nixon promoted technological developments saying ‘Americans have always been able to make better mousetraps.’
No science would be in trouble today if they had studied the implication of the symbols, Not-other and Other. They appeared just before Nicholas of Cusa passed on in 1464. At hist time, people did not know that modern science would soon emerge and that these symbols would become the basis of the two-step ‘scientific method of proof.’ This method developed during the Renaissance.
In this method, all inquiries into the unknown begin with a discovery by the senses. This is the first step. Then, the second step must explain the discovery. So, reasoning must be put to work. Today’s scientists assume that this reasoning can be found in ‘other’ rather than in Not-other (or God). For instance, to explain all things in the universe, physicists reasoned that ‘other’ explains them. This ‘other’ thing is a physical particle (the Big Bang). Since the Big Bang is finite, all things in the universe must end due to limited energy. Had they sought the reasoning in Not-other, they would have found God, the Rational Principle of all rational principles and thus God’s Intelligent Design of the universe. There, they would have found that God is unlimited and that all knowing comes from God’s light, the Light of all light. This ‘other ‘light is Christ who appears in our world.
posted by George Shollenberger @ 6:56 PM
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