Common sense, physics, and God

Common sense, physics, and God January 3, 2015

 

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The Lovell Telescope, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK
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“The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is non-intuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief . . . may seem strange to common-sense thinking. But when the most elementary physical things behave in this way, we should be prepared to accept that the deepest aspects of our existence go beyond our common-sense understanding.”

Antony Hewish, British radio astronomer and 1974 Nobel laureate in Physics

 

 


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