Keep in mind the big bang, an expanding universe, eventual heat death… these are all theories. Just theories. We don’t know for certain if any of them are true or not. Whether a majority or minority of scientists agree or disagree about those theories is not proof. It’s just a measure of opinion. And history is full of examples when the majority is wrong.
I often believe differently than the majority. In the three theories above, I disagree with all of them. I don’t care to ram my beliefs down anyone else’s throat. But I wish “We just don’t know for sure” was not such a scary statement to so many people.
As I’m writing this I was thinking about the infinite suffering concept. I think part of consciousness requires the tuning out of bias. If you were in constant pain, your nervous system would tune out the constant, steady background level of pain and you’d only perceive the variation around that.
“The fire and brimstone is especially nontoxic today, don’t you think?”
Buy that georgeous, postcard-quality cabin right on the beach in amongst the palm trees. Three months later you will find it absolutely impossible to perceive the beauty anymore.
Keep in mind the big bang, an expanding universe, eventual heat death… these are all theories. Just theories. We don’t know for certain if any of them are true or not. Whether a majority or minority of scientists agree or disagree about those theories is not proof. It’s just a measure of opinion. And history is full of examples when the majority is wrong.
I often believe differently than the majority. In the three theories above, I disagree with all of them. I don’t care to ram my beliefs down anyone else’s throat. But I wish “We just don’t know for sure” was not such a scary statement to so many people.
As I’m writing this I was thinking about the infinite suffering concept. I think part of consciousness requires the tuning out of bias. If you were in constant pain, your nervous system would tune out the constant, steady background level of pain and you’d only perceive the variation around that.
“The fire and brimstone is especially nontoxic today, don’t you think?”
Buy that georgeous, postcard-quality cabin right on the beach in amongst the palm trees. Three months later you will find it absolutely impossible to perceive the beauty anymore.