You're ignoring the logic of evolution. When Feynman looked at the wine glass
and saw the whole universe implied therein, he was of course looking through
the lens of physics. Further, he was, I think, making two distinct observations.
First, the greater part of what we actually know about the universe is reflected
in the behavior of that glass and its content. That is you take all the concise
formula of which we so far know then some part of the behavior of the wine glass
will show evidence of most of those formula either directly or by artifact.
Second, there are still a great many things about the behavior or the nature of that
wine glass... (read more)
Eliezer,
You're ignoring the logic of evolution. When Feynman looked at the wine glass and saw the whole universe implied therein, he was of course looking through the lens of physics. Further, he was, I think, making two distinct observations.
First, the greater part of what we actually know about the universe is reflected in the behavior of that glass and its content. That is you take all the concise formula of which we so far know then some part of the behavior of the wine glass will show evidence of most of those formula either directly or by artifact.
Second, there are still a great many things about the behavior or the nature of that wine glass... (read more)