“This is absolutely correct and forms part of the larger concept that top-down causation is a key factor not just in the way the brain works but in broader contexts in biology and even physics.” WayFormBrainKeysConceptsPhysicsFactorsBiologyTop DownCausation Author:George F. R. Ellis
“The way in which science and religion by and large complement each other is becoming ever clearer, as are the natures of the various points of tension between them and some possible resolutions of those tensions.” WayBecomingVariousScaryTensionResolutionScience And ReligionComplement Author:George F. R. Ellis
“If we analyse the supernova data by assuming the Copernican principle is correct and get out something unphysical, I think we should start questioning the Copernican principle…. Whatever our theoretical predilections, they will in the end have to give way to the observational evidence.” IfsThinkingWayGivingShouldEndsPrinciplesEvidenceAssumingDataQuestioningTheoreticalSupernova Author:George F. R. Ellis