Regarding the parallels to physics, joking seems like the wrong word. Although in the case of the "11" coincidence it is purely for entertainment... it seems "neat" to me that they happen to be the same, but rationally I cannot think of any reason why this could have been a case of anticipation.
The other stuff is more serious. In particular, I really do think there is a sense where Brahman is being used to mean the same thing that's meant by TOE or unified field. Nevertheless, as I said I think the main difference is that Brahman has a more idealist connotation while TOE has a more materialist connotation. I think I have lots more thinking on that to do, though, as sometimes I'm not quite sure how to phrase what the distinction between these two is.
I have to admit, that while I've always assumed that the people who write those quantum - Eastern metaphysics books (like Kapra) were full of crap, after finding out this stuff about Advaita Vedanta, I'm struck by the parallels enough to actually kind of want to go read one of those books to see what they say.
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Date: 2010-09-14 08:02 pm (UTC)The other stuff is more serious. In particular, I really do think there is a sense where Brahman is being used to mean the same thing that's meant by TOE or unified field. Nevertheless, as I said I think the main difference is that Brahman has a more idealist connotation while TOE has a more materialist connotation. I think I have lots more thinking on that to do, though, as sometimes I'm not quite sure how to phrase what the distinction between these two is.
I have to admit, that while I've always assumed that the people who write those quantum - Eastern metaphysics books (like Kapra) were full of crap, after finding out this stuff about Advaita Vedanta, I'm struck by the parallels enough to actually kind of want to go read one of those books to see what they say.