In the conceptually impossible possible world where the Force exists in the first place, midichlorians are a foreign invader in the simplest explanation of the Force’s structure. You want to move something, therefore it moves.
Fascinating. I’d have thought that a chance to render the Force into a physical instantiation would have been music to your ears.
Magnets can pick up paperclips even when you don’t know about electromagnetism. However, to fully understand the magnet, you need a theory of electrons. If you want to use the Force to move something, you don’t need to know about midichlorians. However, a good physicalist / reductionist would surely know and feel that the Force should be the result of a physical thing in the universe. As far as I’m concerned ‘his midichlorian count is off the charts’ and ‘the Force is strong with this one’ are pretty much synonymous, and I don’t have any beef with either statement. I didn’t need a physicalist explanation of the Force, but I’m not going to be upset if one is presented. Midichlorians slotted in fine for me. And they’re still a good explanation for:
Strength with the Force being hereditary
Your potential level being, to an extent, predestined (very Star Warsy)
In the conceptually impossible possible world where the Force exists in the first place, midichlorians are a foreign invader in the simplest explanation of the Force’s structure. You want to move something, therefore it moves.
Fascinating. I’d have thought that a chance to render the Force into a physical instantiation would have been music to your ears.
Magnets can pick up paperclips even when you don’t know about electromagnetism. However, to fully understand the magnet, you need a theory of electrons. If you want to use the Force to move something, you don’t need to know about midichlorians. However, a good physicalist / reductionist would surely know and feel that the Force should be the result of a physical thing in the universe. As far as I’m concerned ‘his midichlorian count is off the charts’ and ‘the Force is strong with this one’ are pretty much synonymous, and I don’t have any beef with either statement. I didn’t need a physicalist explanation of the Force, but I’m not going to be upset if one is presented. Midichlorians slotted in fine for me. And they’re still a good explanation for:
Strength with the Force being hereditary
Your potential level being, to an extent, predestined (very Star Warsy)
People being able to move shit with their minds