September 22, 2011: Continued: "Bottom Up or Top Down"

     This week we continued with the very knowledgeable and intellectual presentation by Gary S. His entire article was included in last week's blog. We read the last half and it prompted considerable discussion about our world view and our belief systems. All attendees felt strongly that Gary's article is publishable. I think it represents Gary's intellectual work in sorting out questions about: "Why are we here?"  "What is the purpose of life?" and "What is the meaning of life's events -- both good and tragic?" Again go back and reread this article to restimulate your own questions and answers!

Septemper 15, 2011: "Bottom-Up or Top-Down: How Did WE Get Here?"

 
   Our thinker, Gary S. presented the first half of this article today. This writing is an original demonstration of very deep thinking. Gary has read several books which are mentioned in the article and very concisely has formulated some questions and then theories about our cosmology, our universe, our origins, and through these thought provoking ideas, asks us to question some ideas that most people accept without question. He contrasts a "Bottom-Up" theory of everything which basically says that everything comes from nothing  -- eg. Big Bang theory versus a "Top-Down" theory which says that something dictates a theory of everything -- something determines what we are and what our universe is. What is that determinism? Gary begins us thinking that this is a world of information and maybe "information" is the determining factor.

     The books he has read and used to formulate his ideas are: "The Ego Tunnel" by Thomas Metzinger; "Brain Trust" by Patricia Churchland; "Information and the Nature of Reality" by Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregerson; "the Ultimate Mystery of Inheritance Epi-Genetics" by Richard C. Francis; and "Mindful Universe" by Henry P. Stapp.

     If you missed today, you have another chance. Gary is presenting the second half of this article at a later date.

     Read on below to access Gary's entire article.