Why are objects objects?

The human brain has developed to successfully negotiate the world we live in by referring to elements of that world as objects. But this useful tool has its limitations when it comes to negotiating the world beyond the concrete here and now.

Is an avalanche an object? Is a river an object? Is a wave an object? Is the human race an object? Is the universe an object?

Extreme lengths of time, extreme spacial distances and non-visible phenomena present challenges to our ability to define parts of our world, because we (including scientists) insist on describing them as objects.

Delusionary scientists

Quantum physicists who search for symmetry and beauty in their equations are suffering from the same anthropocentric delusion as non-scientists who believe in intelligent design.

The all-too-human desire to seek order and meaning in their descriptions of reality expresses itself in various ways. Scientists who are unable to accept the existence of chaos and randomness (the best example being Einstein, who famously stated, "God does not play dice.") are no closer to producing a useful description of reality than believers in supernatural beings.

If the ultimate foundation of our reality was balance, symmetry, perfection or predictability, it wouldn't be our reality at all. The only reason anything exists is because of chaos and randomness. Otherwise the Big Egg would have just sat there being perfect, instead of exploding in a Big Bang.