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Science is Magic (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do agree but if you wanted to make to case for 'God' they could have made sure some of their creatures evolved to understand his work, assuming they did it in a logical way. I'm not a person with faith but just try and think a way is possible, though usually trying to understand weird comic and media universe type actions.

We are the way for a universe to understand itself (paraphrased from Sagan). Though his writing is much more interesting than this comment. I just think there's room for belief if it works for people, but not for the strict literal interpretations that many seem to believe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That Sagan phrase inspired me to adapt a Descartes principle:

Because I am conscious, the universe is conscious.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says "Say, you're in here a lot, are you maybe an alcoholic?"

The horse says "I don't think I am." and immediately vanishes.

I would have said at the start that it was going to be a Descartes joke, but that would have been putting Descartes before de horse

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Hmmm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I've heard that one, very similar and awesome. I should read some of him, yes I know very famous just something I haven't got around to doing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'm glad you haven't heard it because from my perspective, the universe thought I had come up with it myself, haha. But I haven't read Descartes either, so I cannot say for certain.