IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ARE CONSIDERING PURCHASING A CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY FOR A CHRISTIAN (OR ANY OTHER KIND OF BELIEVER) FRIEND OR FAMILY (OR WHATEVER ELSE) AS A PRACTICAL JOKE, THEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT YOU CONTINUE READING THIS WARNING ADVISEMENT.
BEFORE CONSIDERING PURCHASING THIS SEEMING RELIGIOUSLY ORIENTED BOOK, THE READER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT WOULD SEEM TO BE, BASED UPON ITS RELIGIOUS SOUNDING TITLE. TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, THIS PAGE LEADS TO ANOTHER PAGE SPECIFYING A BOOK ABOUT EMPERICAL AND OBJECTIVE PHYSICAL SCIENCE, NOT FAITH-BASED DOGMA, AS THE TITLE WOULD SUGGEST. IT DOES NOT LEAD TO A PAGE ABOUT ANOTHER FICTIONAL WORK FALSELY CLAIMING TO BE VALID SCIENCE SO AS TO DECIEVE A PUBLIC UNFAMILIAR WITH SCIENTIFIC METHODS. THE READER WILL FIND NO TEXT WHATSOEVER SUPPORTING ANY CLAIM AT ALL OF ANY DIVINE, SPIRITUAL, MYSTICAL, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF METAPHYSICAL AGENT BEING AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL ELEMENT IN NATURE THAT IS SUBSTANTIATED BY SCIENCE. MAKE NO MISTAKE, SCIENCE INCORPORATES NO SUCH ELEMENT WHATSOEVER; NOR THE NEED FOR ANY. THE PURPOSE OF THE TEXT IS, AMONG OTHER THINGS,TO TEACH THAT VERY FACT; AND WHY IT IS TRUE. BUT, TO TEACH ALSO THE FOUNDATIONS OF REAL, REASON-BASED SCIENCE SCIENCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE SUCH EXPOSURE OTHERWISE, OR EVEN BE AVERSE TO READING ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE OF UNYIELDING RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION THAT CAN BE CIRCUMVENTED IN ONLY A SINGLE WAY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN UNEXPOSED MIND. THE CHARACTER OF THE TITLE, A cHRISTIAN INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM THEORY, GOD'S DESIGN ACCORDING TO SCIENCE, IS INTENDED TO SERVE THIS VERY PURPOSE, JUST AS THE AMBIGUOUS QUOTES MADE BY NOTEWORTH HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS COMMENTORS THAT PUNCTUATE THE OPENING AND CLOSING PAGES OF THE TEXT ARE INTENDED TO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT. THIS BOOK IS FOR CRITICAL THINKERS WHO WISH TO BRING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THAT SAME THINKING TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO WOULD OTHERWISE AVOID OR REFUSE IT, UNLESS PRESENTED WITH IT IN A MISLEADING, YET SEEMINGLY AGREEABLE WAY, AS IN A MISCHARACTERIZING TITLE. FOR SOME STEADFAST MINDS, THERE IS NO OTHER MEANS TO ACHIEVE UNDERSTANDING, AND HENCE, MAKE IT MORE WIDESPREAD, ALBEIT ONE INDIVIDUAL READER AT A TIME.
TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING AND WIDSPREAD SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING NEEDS TO KEEP PACE; THAT IS, IF WE HOPE TO KEEP THIS WONDERFUL THING CALLED MODERN CIVILIZATION FROM DISINTEGRATING INTO SOMETHING MUCH LESS WORTHY; WHICH THE WIDSPREAD EMBRACING OF BELIEF IS VERY MUCH THREATENING TO DO.
THE READER SHOULD BE ADVISED AND FOREWARNED THAT THE MATERIAL CONTAINED WITHIN IS CAPABLE OF OFFENDING RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL (BOTH GOOD SPIRITS AND BAD), METAPHYSICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND/OR OTHER FAITH-BASED SENSIBILITIES. THIS IS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT PHYSICAL SCIENCE, WHICH UNAMBIGUOUSLY MAKES NO OBSERVATIONS EVER IMPLYING THE PARTICIPATION OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED IN THE WORKINGS OF NATURE. SO, SHOULD THE READER BE OFFENDED BY THE FACT THAT SCIENCE EXPLAINS NATURE IN A LOGICALLY CONSISTENT AND MEANINGFUL WAY WHILE MAKING NO USE WHATSOEVER OF RELIGION, SPIRITS, AND/OR METAPHYSICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES, THEN SAID READER SHOULD SIMPLY IGNORE OR NEATLY DENY THE SOLID FACTUAL AND LOGICAL BASIS UNDERLYING SCIENCE; AND INSTEAD, RELY UPON OTHER KINDS OF UNTESTABLE AND UNOBSERVABLE "PROOFS" BESIDES THOSE THAT ARE READILY DEMONSTRATED IN A PRECISE, PREDICTABLE, AND REPRODUCIBLE MANNER AS ARE THOSE OF SCIENCE. FURTHERMORE, ANY ADULT READER OFFENDED BY SCIENCE AND ITS CONCLUSIONS SHOULD NOT READ A SINGLE PAGE OF THIS OR ANY OTHER BOOK HAVING TO DO WITH THE VERY TOOL RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD (LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A LIFE EXPECTANCY THREE TIMES WHAT IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE WITHOUT SCIENCE, OR THE ACTUAL LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVING CHILDHOOD, OR WOMEN SURVIVING CHILDBIRTH), AND, HOPEFULLY, PURGE FOREVER FROM HIS OR HER MIND ANY THOUGHTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD OR EVER MAY HAVE OF LEARNING SCIENCE'S RIGOROUSLY TESTED MODEL THAT DESCRIBES NATURE – ALL OF IT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION – FAR MORE ACCURATELY THAN ANY OTHER BODY OF IDEAS EVER CONCEIVED. APPROPRIATELY, THEY SHOULD FIGHT WITH 'HEART AND SOUL' TO ERASE FROM THEIR MIND FOREVER THAT SCIENCE AND IN PARTICULAR ITS FOUNDATIONS, NO LESS THAN THE GREAT BODY OF ACCURATE TRUTHS THAT IT HAS – SO OFTEN AT THE PRICE OF ENORMOUS LIVING SACRIFICE (e.g. THE INQUISITION) – MANAGED TO REVEAL, EVEN EXIST IN THIS WORLD. THIS IS BECAUSE, MOST SADLY, ADULTS OFFENDED BY OR AVOIDANT OF SCIENCE MAY BEST SERVE ALL BY EMBRACING A PATH LEADING INSTEAD, TO THE DISEMPOWERMENT THAT NOT LEARNING IT USUALLY AFFORDS; MOREOVER, IN THAT WAY THEY CAN MOST ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE GENUINE CHARACTER OF THOSE WHO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGIOUSLY DEMONSTRATE TO ALL WHAT THE VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHOOSING TO EMBRACE THIS CLOSED, UNYIELDING, AND PAROCHIAL WAY OF THINKING ACTUALLY ARE (OR CAN BE).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WARNING IS SPECIFIED SO THAT THE READER CLEARLY RECOGNIZE THAT, UNLIKE FAITH, BELIEF, AND NON-SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES, WHICH ARE ALL INCAPABLE OF EVER BEING TESTED IN ANY KIND OF CRITICAL WAY, AND THAT CAN BE EASILY ALTERED, REPLACED, OR IGNORED, FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT WITH ONE'S MOMENTARY WILL OR COMPULSION, A SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE BASED UPON SOUND REASONING AND UNQUESTIONABLE ACCURACY, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT DOES NOT ARBITRARILY CHANGE BUT IS CAPABLE ONLY OF FURTHER REFINEMENT, ONCE ACQUIRED, IS NOT EASILY, IF AT ALL, EVER LOST; VERY OFTEN LASTING IRREVOCABLY FOR THE DURATION OF ONE'S ENTIRE LIFETIME. THIS IS BECAUSE THE APPARENT GREAT STRENGTH OF STEADFAST (e.g. “UNSHAKABLE”) FAITH BECOMES PLAIN ABSURDITY IN THE FACE OF EMPIRICAL, SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY, AND CAN PREVAIL ONLY IN ITS ABSENCE; WHICH IS WHY THE INTOLERANCE OF SCIENCE AND EMPERICAL INQUIRY IN GENRAL IS SO COMMONPLACE IN THE ABSOLUTENESS OF OBSTINATE, UNYIELDING, AND UNASSAILABLE RELIGIOUS, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND/OR METAPHYSICAL DOCTRINE THAT INESCAPABLY REQUIRES ITS CENSORSHIP, ALTERATION, DENIAL, DISREGARD, AND/OR FLAT DISDAIN, OR DECEITFULLY, THE MANIPULATION OF SCIENTIFIC FACT, OBSERVATION, AND/OR CONCLUSION, TO THE END OF IMPLYING THAT FAITH-BASED PRINCIPLES SOMEHOW ACTUALLY AGREE WITH GENUINE MODERN SCIENCE, WHEN, IN ACTUAL, PHYSICAL FACT, NONE FLATLY DO AGREE WITH ANY, EVER; ANYONE SO STATING MUST FLATLY LIE, EVEN IF IT IS WHOLLY UNKNOWINGLY DUE TO CHILDHOOD INDOCTRINATION OR NOT, IN ORDER TO SO CLAIM. SUCH CLAIMS HAVE NO BASIS WHATSOEVER IN PHYSICAL FACT AND ARE GENERALLY MADE BY PEOPLE WHO EITHER LACK ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE AND ITS FORMAL SPECIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION, OR, SHOULD THEY ACTUALLY POSSESS GENUINE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING, MAKE SUCH CLAIMS FOR THE SAKE OF COMPENSATIONS THAT SELF-SERVING POLITICAL/FINANCIAL MOTIVATIONS ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE TO UNPRINCIPALED AND COMPROMISING SCIENTISTS WILLING TO BETRAY THE VERY ENTERPRISE PROVIDING THEM SO TOLERANT A WORLD THAT THEY CAN ENDEAVOR TO MAKE SCIENTIFIC IGNORANCE AND MISUNDERSTANDING MORE COMMON AND WIDESPREAD, AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, REDUCE CAPACITY FOR TOLERANCE ITSELF OVERALL, BY ASSAULTING IT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF FAITH, BY MISREPRESENTING SCIENTIFIC FACT, TO EVERYONE’S ULTIMATE DISADVANTAGE, WITH THE GOAL BEING ITS REPLACEMENT BY THE SIMPLE-MINDEDNESS OF BELIEF, TO THE EXCLUSION OF CRITICAL THINKING, ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MOMENTARY POLITICAL AND/OR FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY; AND OH YES, IN SOME CASES, FOR NO BETTER REASON THAN TO GET OR KEEP A DATE, WHICH IS A READILY OBSERVABLE PHYSICAL FACT (AND A READILY OBSERVABLE PHYSICAL FACT THAT IS NOT LIMITED SOLELY TO UNETHICAL SCIENTISTS).
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