In his book, "Reinventing the Sacred", by Stuart A. Kauffman, he says, that following Newton, a physicist would write down the equations for the biosphere and solve them, but this can not be done. "We can not say ahead of time what functionalities will arise in the biosphere." (pg37) Kauffman goes on with illustrations to conclude that biology is both,epistemologically and ontologically emergent, by citing not only random cosmic rays, quantum events, and continuous space time as factors that inferfere with the ability to use physics to disclose the determinents of biology.
I am a humble lay reader, who can not help but compare what I just read in , The Physics of Christianity, with what is being stated in this book. Here, Kauffman is clearly stating that we can not use physics to determine biology, because of interference from cosmic rays, quantum events and space time considerations. Tipler in, The Physics of Christianity, is stating that physics can prove that Jesus is the son of God, since his claim is that the events could have happened based on cosmic rays, quantum events and space time considerations. For me this is a Wow! Here are two scientists coming at us, biologically, from two different points of view, both saying the same thing.
Don't beat me up too hard, please, I am a tender young soul!
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