Consider this fact. Everything you do has an impact on other things, and that impact can set off ripple effects that impact other things. This all happens in an emergent, twisty and counterintuitive way. You bump into someone at the grocery store, accidentally knocking them into a course that changes their lives. Because of that … [Read more…]
If we look up or we look down, we realize this mathematical universe has many great qualities in terms of size and emergent complexities. And so, O great mystery of reality, I ask for a few insights into the keys of beauty and truth and awareness. I realize now how sleep illustrates that the conscious … [Read more…]
Also see the followup posts: Why Would A God Care About You? and Belief in God is More Fun. Questioning reality has been a past time of humans for as long as we’ve been around. Let’s notice some patterns now. In the post I’m referring to strong atheism, which is the belief that there is … [Read more…]
What does it mean to be good? Can we choose it? Should we choose it? I’m talking about the things that are right and wrong, not merely good pleasure or bad pain. Of course, on some level, it always has to boil down to that, but it’s about taking a long-view and making it match … [Read more…]