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Being mindful. Not an easy task with so many forces within and without pulling us in so many directions. It's like canoeing in a river. One can let the current take you where it goes, or you can paddle to your own destination.

I'm trying to parse that and cannot figure out if it is deep. Or, uh, not! :confused:

It is a theory. Just a far fetched one. And I agree it is at the conjecture stage. Whether it will ever go anywhere, I guess time will tell. Like you (I think it was you who said), at the moment it is a theory that is beyond testing. Which means it cannot really go anywhere. Perhaps at some...

I believe there are two theories about the multiverse. The one is the infinite number of universes because 'for every decision' that we have been talking about. The other is that there is an infinite number of universes because, well because. They are not dependent on any decision happening in...

Yep. Not for people only. For everything. Yep. No matter how many bazillions of bazillions of realities there are, it is completely irrelevant as far as this reality is concerned. Unless and until someone can come up with some reason that our reality is connected to these others in ways that...

Hey I'm just a simple moisture farmer. Care to clue me in?

Simple really. We are not automatons. We are not ruled exclusively by survival of the fittest. We are not wired to only consider that. There are many avenues of thought on how to live. And even 'fittest' is open to interpretation. Your misunderstanding is in thinking that humanity is fixated on...

Not sure how to respond as I'm not sure what you are asking. Do you see white when it is black? What does that mean exactly.

Technically the discussion is are human lives valuable, and if so why. Your point is certainly related though. What is the purpose of being alive? The history of the species is not good in the purpose department. Towards each other, and towards the very planet we depend on if we are going to...

A life is valuable is both our personal conscious perceptions as well as our social conscious perceptions. We are a social species. Which means, in part, that we share many of the same ideals with those around us. In point of fact, we as a species could do much, much better at this than we do...

I said "perhaps" our consciousness survives death. It is equally possible that the energy that is us simply transforms back into the energy of everything else and any vestige of who we were when alive is lost. My bad. I really should have included this in the original post. Still I am aware...

Ow. Wow man. That's like, deep!

The point of a multiverse where every choice of everything since time began? I continue to have a big problem with this theory. It may turn out to be true, and that I don't like it turns out to be my problem. Or it may turn out we had the math wrong. As theories go it is probably the one I am...

Dang you write good posts! A lot to ponder here. More to come.

Good Grief folks. I was joking! Though if I can get Tea to write two long paragraphs, maybe I should do that more often! :D

Of course! Look for you on the flip side! (I don't actually have a clue what that means).

Really awesome post, Lux! Now I will tear it to shreds. :p I'm kidding, of course! There are some interpretations where you missed the mark I was going for, though your interpretations are not any more wrong or right than mine. So just some clarification of your comments compared to where I am...

Interesting you should say that phrase could have come out practically word for word out of my atheist brother's mouth. Can't be against something that doesn't exist so the word is senseless. So obviously we need a new word for those people with this philosophy. Hmmmmm. Since I believe we...

Junior. Didn't think much of Bush senior at the time, but looking back he is a giant compared to what we have today. Not that he has gotten any taller; everyone after Clinton has been a disaster.

One of the first and still the very best Christmas light displays set to music. This being Wizards of Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. For years and years only available in a very low res format. Seen here in HD which came out just last year I believe.