@Tiffany Chantelle Thanks for your question. Physics can’t become rigorous if its conceptual framework isn’t sound — the latter equals philosophical answers to “our biggest philosophical questions about the universe”. The issue of scientific evidence doesn’t emerge until we have addressed the conceptual problems first. In other words, the logical order is as follows: 1) get the conceptual framework right first, which is philosophical in nature; 2) build physics upon that framework, resulting in rigorous physics; 3) scientific evidence follows, verifying that physics is rigorous and conceptual framework is sound. It’s not about bridging and sacrificing: it’s about getting every essential piece in order and seeing the whole picture in a comprehensive, coherent manner. The job has been done for decades now. The current mess: the conceptual framework is fatally flawed (all mainstream theories assume a non-rotating universe); consequently the so-called “rigorous physics” isn’t rigorous at all, but filled with loopholes, placeholders, darkness, and snowballing “mysteries”. Most of the so-called “scientific evidence” are nonsense dressed up in esoteric mathematics that has no physical meaning whatsoever: there are absolutely no quarks, gluons and Higgs Field despite sensational claims made by CERN and others.

@Matteo Romano Thanks for your question, Matteo. To ask such a question is to assume that there’s a beginning — it’s a huge assumption, isn’t it? As we investigate everything, one must also take into consideration the option that there’s no beginning at all. Our analytical and empirical work then is to comb through all evidence to see which assumption, which option, fits with the reality. The notion of beginning and ending is intrinsically linked to the notion of time, and if you investigate further, you will find that the so-called time merely reflects the periodic changes of that which exists in myriad forms — pure rotational energy. A particular form may have a beginning or ending, but taken as a whole, it’s simply a beginningless and endless process of self transformation of pure rotational energy. That’s why energy is neither created nor destroyed: it’s eternal. As you face the seemingly complex processes — all the changes, all the “uncertainties”, “entanglements”, or “mysteries” — all you have to do to reach the conclusion, to see the absolute truth, is to follow the basic principle of the conservation of angular momentum. The spatially finite universe spins forever — it’s what it is — within an infinite space of non-rotating energy. Together, that’s what you call the “cosmos”.

@Laura Pestronk Thanks for your question, Laura. The core of any religion is a body of beliefs, and any spirituality defined by those beliefs is by nature dubious and dangerous. Kierkegaard knew this well. We must aim to derive spirituality and ethics from knowledge than from beliefs, hence the importance of science (I’m referring to the pure concept of science, not the current practice of the so-called science in the form of particle physics, cosmology etc). Atheism is right about denying the classic belief in god, but silent on the knowledge of what truly exists. Therefore it’s just a half product, a half-baked notion. The answer you’re looking for is logically self-evident and universally available: Nature, and our knowledge of it. Nature exists as surely as god doesn’t exist. The smartest theologians/philosophers in history had mostly figured this out: Spinoza was the peak in the west, Zhang Zai was the one in the east. Once you truly understand the nature of existence, true spirituality follows naturally. That’s the evolutionary path that humanity hasn’t really embarked upon yet. Look at today’s world: morons, clowns and idiots everywhere.

@Ann Heggie Thanks for your interesting comment, Ann. My immediate thought was if we could move backward with spirituality, or sideways, or circular. To live a physical life in the human form is very much the best definition of spirituality: that’s my second thought after reading your bio. I’m lost in my current thought, which would be the third if I could find words for it, something to do with sadness.

How do you guard your heart through the constant distractions, trauma and pain of reality and life?