Nature has no rules

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I was daydreaming the other day and I was fascinated how we, as human, try to make sense of it all.
Over time we’ve constantly attempted to understand the underlying mechanisms of the universe, trying to decipher what is true at every scale, from gravity to relativity, quantic, experimental physics…  I had this short sentence flying around in my mind, and I could not find it anywhere on the internet. So it would be a big surprise, but I might have come up with this simple axiom a while ago (2008 is the first time I posted this on facebook as my favorite quote) :

Nature has no rule

 

What I love about this axiom, is that it temporarily brings peace between science and faith. Because nature can neither be god nor be explained by science. It fundamentally denies science or philosophy the capacity to comprehend nature even through it’s most elaborate  chaos theory, versions of the infinite, leaves skepticism nothing to grip. It talks about something that is beyond  understanding, that is not sacred nor knowable. It is the infuriating declaration of peace, the eternal victory of nature on humans. We are not the system, there was no system before us and won’t be any system after us. This may contribute to a more complete definition of what nature is, that is neither a finite object nor describable context. We’ll never fully understand “it”.

It is 4:07AM, I’m in the middle of the Indian Ocean sleeping on the aft of the MV Explorer en route for Kochi, India. Maybe I spent too much time on this ship and I am loosing my mind a little, ha. I would love to write more about this, so I need you to prove me wrong. Seriously. Do it. :)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/alison.lowndes Alison B. Lowndes

    Great thoughts … and huge envy for what you’re doing x

    • http://www.facebook.com/cesar.harada Cesar Harada

      It’s real fun !

  • http://twitter.com/seigeofross Ralph Dorey

    Cesar you are post-structuralist as all hell, sailing the sea of immanence and keeping everything local and material. We’d all do well to be more like you. My only objection is the capitalized “Nature” which always brings to mind that big exotic Other of the “out there with porpoises and palm trees”. There’s no “us and them” of humans and nature, we’re just particularly excited particles in the whole cosmic swirl, same as porpoises, same as paddle steamers, same as plutonium. You’re so right about faith and accepting the lack of comprehension. No mastery, not ever.

    • http://www.facebook.com/cesar.harada Cesar Harada

      Ha! I agree with you about the “N”, it should be “n” to remove that inadequate categorisation. Thanks a lot, I change this immediately.