2017-09-24, 09:07 PM
The 7 Biggest Unanswered Questions in Physics
1. What is matter made of?
2. Why is gravity so weird?
3. Why does time seem to flow in only one direction?
4. Where did all the antimatter go?
5. What happens in the gray zone between solid and liquid?
6. Can we find a unified theory of physics?
7. How did life evolve from nonliving matter?
Other at least as important questions that could be added:
- Why the evident fine tuning of the laws of physics for the existence of life as we know it? Of course, orthodoxy says this is only apparent.
- What is the true nature of consciousness? Of course orthodoxy says consciousness is only apparent, merely the activity of neurons.
- What really is "dark matter"?
- What really is "dark energy"?
- Why is there something not absolutely nothing? (really a metaphysical/philosophical question sneered at by materialists)
It would seem that the true answers to just some of these questions could have paradigm-shattering effects on science, if orthodoxy doesn't suppress any such new understandings. One possibility that needs to be considered is that the answers to some of these questions may be fundamentally unknowable to humans.
1. What is matter made of?
2. Why is gravity so weird?
3. Why does time seem to flow in only one direction?
4. Where did all the antimatter go?
5. What happens in the gray zone between solid and liquid?
6. Can we find a unified theory of physics?
7. How did life evolve from nonliving matter?
Other at least as important questions that could be added:
- Why the evident fine tuning of the laws of physics for the existence of life as we know it? Of course, orthodoxy says this is only apparent.
- What is the true nature of consciousness? Of course orthodoxy says consciousness is only apparent, merely the activity of neurons.
- What really is "dark matter"?
- What really is "dark energy"?
- Why is there something not absolutely nothing? (really a metaphysical/philosophical question sneered at by materialists)
It would seem that the true answers to just some of these questions could have paradigm-shattering effects on science, if orthodoxy doesn't suppress any such new understandings. One possibility that needs to be considered is that the answers to some of these questions may be fundamentally unknowable to humans.