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Ambiguity in science and in feelings

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 Is there ambiguity in science? Yes there is.  especially in quantum physics. We don't now how it works, but it works. Some say that's enough - we don't exactly have to know what happens  (Niels Bohr was one of them).  In Einsteins theory time goes faster for one person in a valley than for another person on a mountain  (because of gravitation).  Quantum physics looks in a way like art or human relations. In these areas we we for sure know that there are ambiguity included.  In relation we often are not sure of how much we Love each other or how long the relation will last. The question "are we really together now" may put the relation in a more clear light (or maybe ens it). That is ecactly what happens when someone makes a mesaurment in quantum physics. The mesaurment ends the ambiguity.  In modern art different spectators can, or should have, different interpretations.   The spectator interact with the art. Of course the artist has his or her view and maybe an

Moral constructivism versus Tolkien and Arvo Pärt

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 A person guided by moral constructivism, doesn't look for for a moral code in nature or in heaven or in books like the Bible or in any other book.  Moral guidelines is being based by subjective judgments and beliefs.  Though a moral constructivist  can claim that he is right, his or hers moral is not arbitrary, even though his ethical system is invented by humans.  As David Hume argued, we have no objective guidelines to distinguish right from wrong. We are, according to Hume more guided by passion than by reason, even in out moral decisions. And passion and desires are grounded in our genes and our upbringing.  Moral exists only insofar as we make it so. Its like art and the rules in football. And we all know that players often will have warnings or try too act as they are wounded - though most often they respect the rules even if they are man made. (but what happen if there were no penalties?) So will not this lead to anarchy and crime: "I feel that I have the right to take