Re: Creationists declare war over the brain

Josip Almasi wrote:
Curt Welch wrote:
[...]
The physical laws we like to talk about don't exist in the Universe. The
physical laws are just abstract language constructs we use to help us
predict the behavior of the universe. The universe does not "follow" the
physical laws. The physical laws are simply a description of what we
expect the universe to do.

And guess what, then universe does what we expect... then how can we say these laws don't exist except in our minds?

If the laws exist "out there", then all of them are real - including the ones we've discarded.

These are our best descriptions of reality!

So what? Do a little review of your own intellectual growth: at any given time, what you thought about how the world works was the best you could do. And guess what - the universe did behave as you expected - until your experience of it increased.

HTH

--
Wolf Kirchmeir
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