The Universe is Magical

The original scientists were philosophers. They were curious about how everything worked. They wanted to know and understand how the world moved, enough to be able to re-create it within themselves and their senses. It was and is still a joy. It feels as if you are unlocking a piece of the world each time you understand something new.

Science was born from general philosophy. From it came physics, chemistry and biology, and all the many other questions of the human mind. We dig deeper and deeper, and have amassed a vast amount of text and understandings.

They each developed into their own field, with experts and students. They grow independently from each other, but they are all connected through an underlying principle: our natural rationality; the way we see and understand the world. There lies the connection of the universe, the singular definition of what all is. Or maybe it is beyond that and we cannot see it. It would be beneath our vision. But perhaps we could create instruments that can look further, to allow us to see it. Not only visually, but in every way. Including a non-rational way.

What would that even mean? It’d be impossible for us to understand it, but does that mean it doesn’t exist? Who are we to say what can or cannot exist? We are a part of what exists, smaller than what created us. We do not define it, it defines us.

But then how could we ever understand and accept it? We would not be proper judges of it. We wouldn’t be able to. We’d just have to accept it based on what occurs the most. It will never make any sense but we will continuously see it and have no choice but to accept it. Isn’t that what quantum physics is all about?

The universe is a magical place.

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