iN WHICH THE BIG CRUNCH BECOMES THE BIG BLAH.
Squad,
I have been out of the loop for the better part of a month but have
lately come across a couple of items of information that may be of interest
to the squad.
In SCIENCE NEWS Oct 31 1998 Vol 154 there appears some research results
that purport to show that time is not reversible at the deepest level. It
is also reported that there appears to be a slight difference between the
behavior of matter and antimatter which the researchers suggest might be
the reason why the universe contains virtually no antimatter.
On the same page of the newsmagazine it is also reported that research
results support the idea of a continually expanding universe.
Taken together with previously built up information, including the COBE
results showing how the universe got unsmooth this seems to give a
plausible view of why the universe appears as it does today. Many questions
remain including the possibility of the existence of a superweak force and
the question of the possibility of many parallel universes but tis seems to
me an interesting discussion topic. Increasingly there seems to be a
concensus of opinion that the universe exhibits all of the characteristics
of a living entity. I am leaning toward the isea that the basis for
Pirsig's Quality lies in the universe itself and that Quality as it affects
life and humanity is just a by product of the overarching Quality of the
universe. If this is so then it seems to me that perhaps we should begin
with universal Quality in mind and recognize that human Quality should fit
within the overall requirements of universal Quality. I suspect that such
an approach would alleviate many of the value and morality problems we are
having when we view the human situation in isolation.
Maybe we will not burn up in the big crunch but turn into slothlike
creatures as the energy level in the universe expands and falls.
interesting to me. Ken Clark
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