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Cowboys and Aliens 7/10 There were cowboys and there were aliens.

Blindness, 7/10 I heard a lot about this book and lots of rave reviews. My take on it was kinda meh. It's got a cool premise and an interesting style, but that's about it. The plot drags and doesn't really evolve much. The characters are pretty meh, maybe this is part of the style though. It...

Why would the shrimp universe be excluded from all possible universes?

I've said it a dozen times and you basically said it yourself, we aren't around to see any other universes, only the one that we exist in. So we only get the universe that supports our existence, or more specifically your specific existence. So only one specific universe can possibly exist, and...

I would say that 9/10 or more of the inmates cluttering up prisons, "broken" people, criminals, drug users, misfits, are a product of their environment rather than inherently bad people. The purpose of prison should not be punishment, but to provide a mandatory change of their environment for...

I guess it all comes down to that question I asked earlier: Why do we have this universe instead of something different or nothing at all? If you don't see the answer to that question, or can't make the conceptual leap from the anthropic principle to what I have been saying for the last 2 pages...

I am not saying perception or observation, but interaction or effect. If an aspect of the universe really has no effect on us at all, it means that if you had the exact same universe except that part wasn't there, then you could never know the difference. You couldn't measure the difference with...

I just finished A Dance with Dragons. As far as the books go it's pretty similar to A Feast For Crows. It just kind of feels like the side shows are getting out of hand and the main story is now becoming the side show. Tyrion's chapters actually became dull and repetetive this time around. Arya...

Existence and philosophical ideas about it aren't based on empirical data or results, because those are themselves results of existence and reality. The only premise for your concluions about the nature of existence should be the idea that something might exist. If any universe can "exist"...

So what is your answer then? Or are you too funny to have an actualy discussion? Like a child that goes blahblahblah and sticks fingers in their ears. You're being a twat, basically trolling to annoy me. Good work.

You guys are fools if you have never even considered the most basic questions about your own existence. Every child has played the game of asking why? after every answer they get, but it seems like you never actually thought about it past that. Why is there something instead of nothing? Why does...

Three Tree of Life 2/10 I really don't know what to say. Everyone loves this movie, so I'll give you my take on it: It's really long, nothing happens (nobody even has names), but it does have dinosaurs (why I gave it 2 instead of 1). Maybe if you know the bible better it will be more...

not really, just logical

My definition of the universe is everything that exists. I think it's your definition of existence that differs. People commonly think of existence as being this objective quality, but to take a truly objective viewpoint, outside of any personal or human frame of reference, there is no such...

I was just making an entertaining statement, because the common view is that the universe is what creates you, nobody ever thinks about it the other way around. Of course neither exists without the other. Every little aspect describing the universe has some relevant impact on you. If there were...

Care to refute any of it? The anthropic is just saying that a theoretical universe that doesn't give rise to human life will never be observed and so it will never exist. Imagine a theoretical universe that is only slightly different form ours, just enough that you personally don't come to be...

The exact same thing applies to the individual. Consider the fact that only this very specific exact universe could allow your specific exact self to exist. So therefore you can take credit for the creation of the universe, because only by your observation does the universe exist in all its...

It's a pointless theory because it has the same result as the alternative. What does it matter if there are other parallel universes? They don't interact with our universe, so by most people's definition, they don't exist. If it helps you wrap your head around quantum theory, I guess that's good...

That sounds like the opposite of fate to me.

My approach to life is to just decide to be happy with the person you are and the hand you are dealt. It is much harder to live with regrets and whatifs and yearnings for a different personality. People live their lives in every imaginable circumstance, some that you would consider to be...