"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." In 1968, Weno Island Chuuk had a 4,700 foot coral runway. Continenetal landed a 727/100 on it and had an open house. Climbing up the aft stairs of that plane and looking inside was like entering a flying saucer after showering by the spring, using an outhouse and cooking over fires.
Students approaching Weno island on the field trip ship from the outer islands and seeing automobiles for the first time, identified them as huge crabs.
It is quite clear this universe is a technological achievement constructed for a purpose. We can only speculate on the nature of that purpose...is it only the continued existence of this kind of reality...a part of something yet more involved?
The secular, emperical approach to solving problems has been very prodictive, but any philosophy taken too far can be driven "into the ground". That is, if we follow any line of reasoning in too "devout" a manner, we can make ourselves a laughing stock...or even dangerous fanatics, out of touch with reality.
The implications of our own existence are so profound, and the way we observe is so woven into the fabric of both GR and QM, it is silly to ignore the mutual dependence of the world we observe on the nature and complexity of what we are...
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