Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?

Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by mbrodersen on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:59PM (#28893047)

“Laws” are human constructs. Mental models of how we think the universe works. Models might be useful but they are not reality.

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by mensetmanusman on Sunday October 17, 2021 @09:35AM (#28896331)

Well things happening the same way everywhere is a sort of medium with rules.

Although, some would argue the universe would cease to exist without humans to observe it (and initiate collapse :))

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by mbrodersen on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:48PM (#28900100)

We don’t know if things happen the same way everywhere. We also don’t even know what “everywhere” is. However we have mental models/laws that seems to approximate what our senses tell us in certain limited contexts. That makes the models useful.

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by mensetmanusman on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:04AM (#28905531)

True, we don’t agree on what everywhere means. I guess I was confining myself to the observable limits of spacetime. Outside of that, who knows :)

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