Certainty is impossible. Something exists rather than nothing. One can't justify stopping using logic with logic. Logic tells you what is most likely from your own perspective, it's helpful. Beliefs that don't follow logic or evidence are not helpful on their own, since their own opposite is just as likely....
Omniscience is impossible, powerful beings created the simulation we live in, karma is real, there's an afterlife, most superintelligent beings are already aligned and altruistic by nature. We live in one of the best possible worlds. Those are some of the conclusions that might seem reasonable after reading this text....
Certainty is impossible.
Something exists rather than nothing.
One can't justify stopping using logic with logic.
Logic tells you what is most likely from your own perspective, it's helpful.
Beliefs that don't follow logic or evidence are not helpful on their own, since their own opposite is just as likely.
If a story accurately reflects your life and is logically sound, its realism increases based on your choice to behave like the character.
Creating new entities similar to oneself increases the likelihood of being a created being and being treated in the same way as those created entities.
An individual may strive to ensure a positive outcome for all created beings similar to himself as a safeguard against the... (read 313 more words →)
Thank you for the feedback, which is very much appreciated!
First of all I confirm that I do believe in everything I said and I did not intend to explore the topic of self-deception.
I understand you saw my writing as a story with a mix of realistic and unrealistic events happening (whereas I hoped for everything to be realistic enough, besides the examples that were wonky on purpose to discuss various points of course).
the unrealistic events do not gain plausibility-about-reality by association-through-fiction.
Unless I am misunderstanding you, I very much agree that an unrealistic event doesn't become realistic just because it's hidden, or carefully placed, between realistic ones in a story. It indeed only... (read more)
Omniscience is impossible, powerful beings created the simulation we live in, karma is real, there's an afterlife, most superintelligent beings are already aligned and altruistic by nature.
We live in one of the best possible worlds.
Those are some of the conclusions that might seem reasonable after reading this text.
However, I'm not going to go straight for those topics, rather I'll initially more generally show how, due to constraints of reality, capable and powerful beings might be constrained into a specific theme of behaviors and actions.
First I discuss about how certainty is not only unattainable but also logically impossible, both for humans and other beings.
After that, I talk about how the use of logic (or reason) is justified... (read 7408 more words →)