See if you can figure it out. You need to start with the String Theory, go on to Schrödinger's Cat, the Chicken or the Egg Theory, and so forth.
And, these boys have the nerve to mock at Creationism.
The only thing missing here is the Landscape Theory, which is admitted to be based purely on assumption, the way we assume Santa Clause is real by bringing him back from October to January and posting him in a chair at the mall in his fantasy red suit.
The Landscape Theory ASSUMES that our universe is just a pea sized bit of junk in the midst of millions of universes beyond our acre. There is no evidence of such a place, and there is no hope of going there for a visit. But, the thing about the Landscape Theory that charms the Christ haters, like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, is this..... Once you assume a fantasy world is real, you can assign it has physical laws that are in total violation of our own local physical laws. That is then reversed to claim that somewhere in the vast forever is a place where the First Law of Thermodynamics is violated. This then implies that our universe could have come into existence from nothing. Why can this be done? Well, once you start building on assumption, any insane logic can be added to the edifice. Like, once you believe that the early Church celebrated Easter, the feast of the goddess Esther, you can add anything..... rabbits that lay eggs, peeps, and green eggs and ham. You KNOW peeps are real..... you can find them at Wal Mart.]
The way to measure the ongoing "reality" of any fantasy is to see how many papers are published on one of these cosmic fantasy theories, and how many are published on the Sun or Jupiter. The Landscape Theory, according to David Berlinsky, has thousands of papers published on it. The sun is old hat and is very seldom published these days. This is because the only reality to a fantasy is based on everyone talking about it. Stop publishing on it, and it will simply go away, like Santa does to a twelve year old skeptic. It also helps if the gurus of our universities keep chattering about the Landscape Theory and Schrödinger's Cat.
Quick, Easter is coming. Have you colored your eggs yet? The kiddies need the artifacts of the fantasy to keep the illusion going. There is nothing harder on religious zeal than to have Saint Christopher demoted to the role of a generic Italian peasant. But, please leave him there, hanging from the mirror, and maybe he will still exist. Pray to him regularly, and maybe he will pop back into existence.
Please, give us a sincere Auuuuuum for the guru. Either that, or enroll in his university to learn the mystic secret.
If you think I am mean on Monday, just wait until we get to Friday.
