why is the universe comprehensible?

This Scientific American article about the concept of multiverses starts with a quote by Einstein:

“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible, ”Albert Einstein famously once said.

but why? So the cutting edge of cosmology/physics is the multiverse theory.

the article goes on the discuss the various theories and quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement. And suggests that monism (i.e. the idea that there is indeed only one reality) might be a better fit than the chaos of multiuniverses.

It's way above my head, except to note: What is being discussed is philosophy, more than science, since the experiments are still iffy.

and then I remember one lady physicist who admitted why a lot of scientists love the idea of a multiverse (where not every universe follows the rules): Because the alternative is to admit there is a God (i.e. a pattern behind all of this). And nobody in the PC world of atheistic science wants to admit this possibility.

on the other hand, the logical explanation of the universe goes back to the pre Socratic philosophers, who insisted that you didn't need miracles or Zeus to explain the world: so science doesn't preclude the idea of God, but merely insists that we are able to understand the world because it is logical. And the question haunting science is: why is the world logical/ comprehensible?

and indeed, the article, after a long discussion of scientific concepts, summarizes this as quantum monism, and explains why the alternative ideas might merely be due to limited observations being touted as reality.

This doesn’t mean that every observed coincidence points to the foundations of physics or that any notion of beauty should be realized in nature—but it tells us we shouldn’t stop seeking. As such, quantum monism has the potential to save the soul of science: the conviction that there is a unique, comprehensible and fundamental reality.

Italics mine.

this is philosophy, i.e. metaphysics, which discusses the question of why there is anything instead of nothing.

Monotheistic religions say: Because it was made by a logical creator (pantheists say because the universe is the same as the logical creator). But creators are not scientific concepts, so back to the drawing board.

lots of this is discussed by new age types on conspriacy radio shows like Coast to Coast AM, and by science writers on TED.

Presumably the Vatican is too busy telling us to save mother gaia by turning off our airconditioners in Tag-Init to worry about putting their two cents into the discussion, but presumably there are Catholic writers out there discussing these ideas too. Indeed, EWTN has Father Spitzer's universe program that does go into these theories, albeit at the level to explain it to ordinary folks. some more links to the programs on this website.

Don't ask me. I'm a doctor, not a philosopher. 

But as I have noted before: one of my professors told us that most doctors are not "religious" but they believe in an ultimate reality that explains why some people die despite our best efforts, and others live when we thought they had not chance to survive, and if we didn't believe there was an ultimate reason behind these things we would go crazy.

Or as Einstein supposedly quipped: God does not play dice.

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