Well, in that case, let's hope it's a sex goddess with a bawdy sense of humor that will forgive us fools for not believing (i.e. thinking). — 180 Proof
It's possible that the spiritual key was made by nature to keep us motivated to play the game (of life). There's no lock for that key, but we keep looking and "while you're at it, why don't you make some babies, eh?" says Momma Nature. What a mind job, oui? — Agent Smith
Did you know, heard it from an Iranian, that the Ayatollah of Iran gave each Iranian soldier an actual key, a key to heaven according to him, before they marched to their deaths during the Iran-Iraq war (1980s)? — Agent Smith
The carrot is an illusion, the stick is not. The daucus carota subsp. sativus is what keeps us going, willing to play (the game of life). 180 Proof has a term for it. Ask him. — Agent Smith
Teleonomy is the quality of apparent purposefulness and goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms brought about by natural selection — punos
I ask you. :chin: — 180 Proof
Ah yes. 'Placebo-fetish' is my preferred term of art. — 180 Proof
My only qualm is about heat death. Heat death is only a theory based on observed increasing entropy. — Benj96
What's the difference between absolute zero (where energy is not manifested, nothing can act and time doesn't occur) and the state of "potential energy" - a possible precursor to the big bang - where no actualised energy exists, only potential, and time doesnt occur. — Benj96
An analogy is like how an elastic band stretches. It stretches ever slower (rate, time dilation) but it's potential Energy increases ever further. — Benj96
When it recoils, potential energy becomes actualised energy and time decreases in unit duration ie. Rate increases - the contraction of the second, or a standardised unit of time. — Benj96
In this case there's no heat death. Only an Interplay between potential and no time, and actualised energy/existence of time.
As an inverse relationship. — Benj96
I agree, punos, except I subsritute change for "time". And my answer is consistent, I think, with the Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek's quip[F]or me nothing can ever exist or make sense without time. Do you have a way of explaining or describing how from a timeless state something can happen? — punos
e.g. Noether's theorem, spontaneous symmetry-breaking, etc .Nothing is unstable
I agree, punos, except I subsritute change for "time". And my answer is consistent, I think, with the Nobel physicist Frank Wilczek's quip
Nothing is unstable
e.g. Noether's theorem, spontaneous symmetry-breaking, etc — 180 Proof
Do you have a way of explaining or describing how from a timeless state something can happen? — punos
I'm reminded of the ancient Egyptian god Atum believed to have created the universe by masturbation (self-interaction?). — punos
Meaning our two species — Benj96
Hope i explained it a bit better. It's a very difficult subject. Might take a few readings. — Benj96
Gaslighting. Making someone think s/he's sick when actually not and then prescribing him/her medication to get better? :lol:A crutch that only cripples you. :pray: After all, philosophical suicide is painless, no? — 180 Proof
Making someone think s/he's sick when actually not and then prescribing him/her medication to get better? :lol:
1d — Agent Smith
Thank you i understood, i just had to read it slowly a couple of times. I was trying to understand what you were saying while attempting to compare it to certain parts of my own model. Something about potential is poking my brain.. i need to contemplate on the concept of potential — punos
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