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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: unquarked   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 'god' as surrogate self
Date: 02/18/25 11:26 AM
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A lot of people are uncomfortable with "I don't know". Which is sad, because that spurs investigation. If you say "god did it", then you're sorta done. No investigation needed. But, so far, every time that was given as an answer, someone else dug into it and figured out "no, it's really like this". Every time.

Right. There's no evidence for an omnipotent being dictating the flow of existence. Abandoning that demands of us an exploration of the genesis of experience.

First to mind is a recognition that organically evolving perception is at once parent to/product of boundless quanta negotiating infinite potential.

Implicit probabilities emerge as present experience; encompassing sensation, recognition, anticipation, expression and remembrance.

Our best bet is to optimize knowledge via careful – i.e., scientific – observation.

Tom
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