Comments on: God is a Dirac Delta Function

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:05:22 +0000

Well, I’m just glad you found it! Looking forward to being in touch.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:04:43 +0000

Honestly, I don’t remember how I found that article. I google strange things and get intereting results, but perhaps it was linked to from another site? Sorry, I can’t recall.

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:48 +0000

Just linked to you in my Friends section! Meant to ask before: how did you find “God is a Dirac Delta Function”?! An obscure post, though one of my favorites.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:26:53 +0000

I’d be happy to add a link to your site! In fact, I created a blogroll just for that purpose. You’re linked!

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:02:01 +0000

You’re very welcome, Sarah. I’m so glad my blog post beguiled you… I just surfed your site and enjoyed your post on Sufism. Hafiz is one of my favorite poets. Would you be interested in a link exchange? Grow the circle?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:51:12 +0000

I love this article. I’ve kept the animated graph open in a web browser for a few days now. It doesn’t entirely make sense to me, which is perfect. Thanks for sharing.

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:32:05 +0000

Thank you for your comment! I agree with you: Most people wouldn’t want to become nothing in order to experience God. But mystics commonly equate their spiritual breakthroughs with death—the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is interpretable as a death to self, followed by an enlightened rebirth. Any moment where self-consciousness totally dissolves can be analogized with death. The French phrase for orgasm is la petite mort, which translates ‘the little death’. Kind of puts a happier spin on the topic, yeah?

All that said, I like your reform theorem. And I like orange juice. And Islamic mystics are thought to have been named Sufis after the Arabic word for wool. Apparently, the spiritual aspirants wore distinctive low-tech robes. So there’s a vague poetic interconnection with the rough cotton you mentioned…

By: Cousin Josh

Cousin Josh — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:33:45 +0000

Cool stuff. But so a Dirac Delta Functionalist would posit that God only happens at self=zero? Hmm. That’s awfully orthodox.

DDFs wouldn’t leave a lot of room for “such fellows as I…crawling between earth and heaven” (meaning everyone but Jesus, Buddha or those who think they are). That’s when scary stuff happens.

I don’t think most people truly want to become nothing in order to experience God. Sounds a lot like death. But that’s where the math would get messy.

How about a reform theorem: Fractional Dirac Delta Functionalism. FDDF. I like the symmetry, and we could enjoy the taste of a nice glass of orange juice or the feel of rough cotton while still making room for God.

Then again, I’m not a math guy either. Would Dirac say that the numbers just don’t add up?