The Scientist explains her lack of Existence to the Goddess (2019) Disegno da Edwin Loftus

The absurdity of the situation that is obvious, (if the goddess doesn't exist the scientist cannot explain anything to her), is symbolic of the absurdity of the scientist concluding that the goddess doesn't exist.
There is a logic puzzle used in theoretical physics called "Schrodinger's Cat." In it a cat is enclosed in a box with some poison. Because we cannot see the cat, we don't know if it has eaten the poison and died, or not. So, (argues Schrodinger), the cat exists in both living and dead form, both being possibilities, so far as we know. It is dumb as an illustration, but it works in regards to the physicist's concern about states of potentiality.
It has been cut off from the world outside of the box. If it ate the poison, it's dead and has no perspective anymore. But if it is still alive, it doesn't know whether the rest of the world exists anymore, (everything ese might have taken some of that poison and it could be the last living creature in the universe). So, do we exist in two states of potentiality, alive and dead at the same time, so long as the cat remains alive and in the box?
According to the theory, yes, from the perspective of the cat.
Science is like that cat in that box. It is a great aid to understanding so long as it stays inside it box. Its 'box' is the limited number of things it can be used to study. Limited, because science requires control and allowance for variables, and that can't be done for most of existence. If we can't put it in a 'box' of known and controlled variables, we cannot study it using scientific methodology. As a substitute, we apply science to those elements of the subject we can control and insert other types of observational and interpretive disciplines to fill in the rest. (What else should we do?) This helps, but it isn't science and doesn't, (or at least shouldn't), qualify for the credibility of real science.
So it actually makes as much sense for the scientist to try to explain to the goddess that she doesn't exist as it does for the scientist to believe that she doesn't exist.
There is oodles of symbolism present in this image, and I won't explain it all. But there are two symbols I would like to point out, the tyrannosaur and the giant squid.
Giant squids were believed to be a myth without scientific verification ... until one was found in a deceased state.
Dragons were believed to be a myth, (and still are), but dinosaurs, that supply giant reptile remains, are no longer considered a myth. And in all probability, dragons were based on ancient discoveries of dinosaur bones, the resemblance is too great not to allow for this possibility. So mythological dragons were actually real, but with characteristics based on insufficient data.
And if you followed that, the answer to the Schrodinger's cat dilemma is not, "it exists in two different states of potential being." It is, "We don't know and won't until we open that box."

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