Oh wow, this is so far over my head, I won't even be too embarrassed to just spout off something entirely silly! [yes, there are perqs to being an ole woman--pride go-eth before the fun]
So my silly question is, if we were able to look at all of the minutely complex workings of biological organisms up close enough (on a 'granular' level), might we still look like machines? Not simple input/output, but a much more involved process, with many moving and changing parts?
Of course if some part of organic life were to involve sub-atomic particles, it would make sense that no machinery we are able to build, let alone design, could function in the same way. We haven't yet fully grasped the nature of our reality, so it follows that we'd be leaving out significant design elements.
Also, it may simply be that as humans we will never gain the ability to adequately manipulate things on a sub-atomic level.
A Strong Delusion 2.0 (Audio)
Oh wow, this is so far over my head, I won't even be too embarrassed to just spout off something entirely silly! [yes, there are perqs to being an ole woman--pride go-eth before the fun]
So my silly question is, if we were able to look at all of the minutely complex workings of biological organisms up close enough (on a 'granular' level), might we still look like machines? Not simple input/output, but a much more involved process, with many moving and changing parts?
Of course if some part of organic life were to involve sub-atomic particles, it would make sense that no machinery we are able to build, let alone design, could function in the same way. We haven't yet fully grasped the nature of our reality, so it follows that we'd be leaving out significant design elements.
Also, it may simply be that as humans we will never gain the ability to adequately manipulate things on a sub-atomic level.
Only God can make a tree, after all.