Summary of The Big Picture: by Sean Carroll | Includes Analysis
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The Big Picture by Sean Carroll is a scientific exploration of many essential questions of humanity, such as the meaning of life and the origin of the universe, considered from a poetic-naturali
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The Big Picture by Sean Carroll is a scientific exploration of many essential questions of humanity, such as the meaning of life and the origin of the universe, considered from a poetic-naturalist perspective.
Poetic naturalism
is a way of describing the world that relies on observations and the use of consistent language when describing it. Consistent descriptions of phenomena consider only one microscopic or macroscopic layer of cause and effect at a time and accept that traits in the macroscopic level can be emergent
from seemingly unrelated causes on the microscopic level.
Using this ontology, scientists can establish that all things have a cause and that the universe contains all of the necessary information in the present moment to determine what will happen in the next. By applying Bayesian inference, a way of calculating probabilities using prior knowledge in addition to evidence and experience, this ontology can address major questions of physics and metaphysics.
The predominant model of the cosmos is the quantum mechanical theory of fields, a tested theory which can explain most phenomena that matter to humans. It suggests that the shape of a system at any moment is defined by a wave function, and the possible wave functions in a system collapse to one when it is observed. It also suggests that all particles are actually the result of fields underlying the standard model of physics. This theory, also called Core Theory, can discredit other theories and phenomena, such as telekinesis and astrology, as highly