Mysteries

The older I get the less I understand. Ask : “Why?” and “How”  and the final answer is always a mystery. Examples:

Gravity

Gravity is attraction between two masses. How do masses ‘know’ about each other? No signal is involved because the attraction is always there. A signal would require time to travel the distance between the two masses.

Life's algorithm

Every cell in our body contains the instructions for building our body. Every cell ‘knows’ more than any doctor knows after ten years of study.

Replication

What makes a molecule replicate itself? What makes a cell replicate? What triggers replication?

A cell 'thinks'

A cell can respond to changes in its environment. For instance, it can move towards light. Apparently a cell has sensors and 'muscles' and can connect the two effectively.

Wireless communication

GPS is based on information transmitted on waves of electrons between a specific car and three satellites. Many triads of satellites determine every second the location of millions of car within a few feet. Each car is connected to more that three satellites because it chooses the three satellites that are closest at a certain position. GPS signals are not the only signals crossing the planet. At any moment, data, videos and music are transmitted to millions of smart phones and modems. Apparently there is room for millions of simultaneous waves and these millions of waves do not interfere with each other. Can an electron be part of several waves at the same time? If not, how does an electron ‘know’ to which wave it belongs? 

What is a thought?

A thought is based on a constellation of connected molecules. A group of brain molecules can trigger movement of a group of muscle molecules. To me that is a description of a mystery, not an explanation.

God explains mysteries ? 

Some people explain mysteries by postulating an entity outside the reality we know. They assign human attributes to that entity and call it "God".. How that explains anything is a mystery to me.

Death is not a mystery

Death needs no explanation. Life stops. End of mystery.