The Eerie Silence: Are We

Science May Explain The World, But We Still Have To Explain Science. The Laws Which Enable The Universe To Come Into Being Spontaneously Seem Themselves To Be The Product Of Exceedingly Ingenious Design. If Physics Is The Product Of Design, The Universe Must Have A Purpose, And The Evidence Of Modern Physics Suggests Strongly To Me That The Purpose Includes Us

The Secret Of Our Success On Planet Earth Is Space. Lots Of It. Our Solar System Is A Tiny Island Of Activity In An Ocean Of Emptiness.

People Take It For Granted That The Physical World Is Both Ordered And Intelligible. The Underlying Order In Nature - The Laws Of Physics - Are Simply Accepted As Given, As Brute Facts. Nobody Asks Where They Came From; At Least Not In Polite Company. However, Even The Most Atheistic Scientist Accepts As An Act Of Faith That The Universe Is Not Absurd, That There Is A Rational Basis To Physical Existence Manifested As Law-like Order In Nature That Is At Least Partly Comprehensible To Us. So Science Can Proceed Only If The Scientist Adopts An Essentially Theological Worldview.

It's Always Good In Science To Say "well How Do You Know That?" And "are You Really Sure?" And "could There Be An Exceptional Case?"

The Universe Contains Vastly More Order Than Earth-life Could Ever Demand. All Those Distant Galaxies, Irrelevant For Our Existence, Seem As Equally Well Ordered As Our Own.