Dear Readers,
There's been quite a lot on my mind with regards to Science, experimentation, and philosophy of thought. You can blame a couple of people I've run into around your time stream lately, who have gotten me into discussions of hypothesis testing and what makes knowledge "knowable."
This post is mostly provoked by discussions of theism vs. atheism, but that question is one that I'm unwilling to settle for you. Suffice it to say that in the time streams where there are gods or godlike beings who directly interfere with the affairs of the less powerful, I find this to be somewhat unprofessional behavior on their part.
At any rate, the notion of a deity is fascinating from a Philosophy of Science perspective. Science relies on the ability to formulate, and then test, certain hypotheses, which then allow the formulation of further hypotheses and more experiments. By this method we have learned to push the boundaries of sentient knowledge of the universe.