Over a pint of Kronenberg in Rikitiks i was chatting to a friend, Will Jarman about my thoughts on causality. He mentioned the absolute necessity of the begining agent, the catalyst of the reaction, the creator. I was proposing to him my idea of the least possible amount of interaction on a complex system with such impressive results, referring to Fischli and Weiss's "The Way Things Go." As well as focussing on the time and effort on the authors behalf compared to the minimal effort on the audiences side, and the awe-inspiring nature of the resulting spectacle. Now, Will concentrated on the integrality of the audiences primary input, it is essential to initiate the reaction. I found this angle a very interesting consideration and so at this point the discussion goes two ways:
1) The theory of the Big Bang and
2) Genesis, The Old Testament
Science vs. Religion. A classic battle. I shall research both.
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I think if your going to start looking into religion you should either decide which particular religions you are looking into first, otherwise you could be researching forever, or more to the point exactly within religion you want to discover. Maybe nore down some questions to look for the answers to. Also, not sure how relevent this is, but regarding causality and effects, maybe you might get some ideas from looking at the butterfly effect, the theory that a butterfly one one side of the wolrd can cause an earthquake on the other.
http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-59/iss-8/p14a.html
I know theres a movie called The Butterfly Effect, but I'm not sure if it's about the theory, or even if it's any good, but might be worth checking out and watching if it is.
i have some research on the butterfly effect, i got some stuff about relitivity too. ill show you on weds
Hello sir,
first of all i absolutely love your idea. I got loads of info on it,can bring some books in tomorrow.
Dr.Stylianos Atteshlis, wrote about Cause and Effect in Esoteric Christianity.
Paramahansa Yogananda, a hindu yogi speaks of cause and effect in his book "autobiography of a yogi".
Nizargadata, another great yogi elaborated and analysed it in depth.
There is also a book called "A course in Miracles" which touches upon the subject.
Alan Watts has some interesting views on causality, and Southparkaniars Trey & Matt did some animations in tribute.
Scientifically, check out the movie "What the bleep do we know". I got the book as well if you want it.
hope it helps!
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