man of science, man of faith

[photonduality]

The trappings of intuition vs logic, or how the mind battles the heart even though they are NOT distinct entities by any means. In overanalyzing and rationalizing we fail to capture some essential nature, some essence of what is... does one do any good by constantly questioning, or is this rigorous analysis precisely what is necessary to ensure the

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[bigorangedan]

Just remember that divinity is creation and the ultimate creation was the big bang so therefore the truth of divinity lies in physics.

Or something like that.

[photonduality]

the truth of physics lies in divinity

[joejack]

[photonduality]

YES YES YES YES
Eckhart Tolle said something very similar.
if you stop being attached to having things make sense, you will accept the nonsensicalness of everything and be okay with floating supposedly astray because you know you're taken care of.

strange attractors.

[joejack]

And Neils Bohr said

[bigorangedan]

DOubt is the only true measure of wisdom. For only when we doubt do we question and it is only when we question that we become wise.

[glapaloopscap]

Reality is undeniably relative.

Much of the reality we experience is socially constructed, and therefore relative. Of course, underneath all that, there are physical and chemical relationships we can prod at, which give remarkably consistent results. This is a strong indication of an underlying reality that is not relative. (Not in the regular sense of the word. Einstein's relativity, of course, has a different and very specific meaning.)

does one do any good by constantly questioning...?

Scientifically, yes. But in daily life? As someone who tends to overanalyze, I would say no. After a certain point, more questioning is a waste of time and headspace. Maybe it seems obvious, but it took me a long time to really learn that.

[glapaloopscap]

It's also interesting to note that (in my own experience) intuition seems to get better with time. Back in high school, when I lived in the woods in Cape Breton, I felt like I had no intuition at all. Now I think I have a pretty useful one, though it's certainly wrong at times.

I hypothesize that intuition is a subconscious analysis and simplification of past experiences.