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Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Refraction happens because light travels at different speeds through different media. If you want to know why THAT is then I suggest you take a course in optics.

I think that's how it happens, not why.

As for the uncaused cause, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Can science explain what caused the Big Bang: the uncaused cause (supposing there was one)? Or why?

Come to that, can science even explain what an atom, the fundamental building-block of matter is (supposing there are any)?

And I never said I don't think a rainbow is beautiful. On the contrary, I think they are quite amazing. As for why you think they are beautiful, it's probably because you were taught that they are. Beauty is a subjective matter, primarily.

Not if I was taught what beauty is, as you presume.

And it changes all the time. What we find beautiful today may be viewed as vulgar 10 or 20 years from now.

True, some beauty lasts for a long time. Music especially is enduring. Yet even that is subjective. Many people find opera to be exquisite, food for the soul. To me it is no better than fingernails scraping across a chalkboard. I enjoy the music! But you can keep the singing.

Try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dfbZ...eature=related That is singing at its most sublime - although the recording quality's not great.

And the same can hold true for belief systems. Most people tend to believe what they were taught to believe. And they hold to those beliefs because they are comfortable, uncomplicated. Questioning them requires an effort which many people are not willing to put forth. Yes, some turn to other belief systems, some turn away from all of them completely. It is all subjective, different for everyone. And in that diversity there is true beauty.

You are confusing me where you say beauty is taught, but is subjective. Care to elaborate for me?