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I came to a realization yesterday about the makeup of the Universe. Before I get into that, let's start with a few ground-rule assumptions about the Universe that I think we can all hold to be true (although ultimately unprovable). All science begins with these basic assumptions and I will build my theories upon them.
First: The completeness of creation can be viewed as an isolated system. There is an ultimate, an upper limit that encompasses everything: The Universe. We are all part of it.Second: There is an ultimate truth to the workings of the Universe. We may have not even come close to understanding this with our science and, in fact, we may be further away today than we were 500 years ago. However, there must be an underlying truth and system. If all answers to the workings of the Universe were equally probable, then there could be no existence. There is not existence without finality, without truth, without a concrete set of rules by which everything must follow. These rules may be beyond our ultimate comprehension, but they exist. Chaos is not chaos, it is merely an infinitely complex system. If anything was possible by definition in Chaos, then nothing would ultimately be possible.
Ok, so that has been established. This may be hard to understand as I am trying to write it out as best as possible, but I am willing to discuss and clarify further if you think you disagree with me. Now let's begin with the most basic unit of life, the single-celled organism. How did we eventually evolve from the single-cell into the multi-cell, from the asexual to the sexual, from the simple to the complex? Is random mutation and natural selection purely the cause of this? Examine the human body. In it's basic form, it is a collection of living things existing in a symbiosis. If there is no need for a certain organ, that organ atrophies by natural selection until it finally disappears. The appendix is an example. Now imagine each of these cells as it's own separate species of sorts (Mind that this is merely analogy for a larger case to be presented later) and notice that on the cellular level, each of these cells has conception that it is part of a larger being. It is merely going about it's daily business, living, interacting, reproducing, oblivious as to what happens on the macroscopic level. Is it not possible to believe, then, that we as people are a part of a larger system. A planetary system, a galactic system, a universal system, of which we are ultimately oblivious? We don't understand how things operate on a galactic level. We are only capable of imagining what can occur on a personal level, maybe even a planetary level. This is our order of magnitude in the Universe. Our existence must have some place in the working of things, but surely it is part of a greater system that influences our existence. The appendix did not choose to atrophy, the body chose for it and as a need for the entire system, it was phased out. Could we not be subject to the same rules? Our sentience, our ability to perceive, our actions occur because they are necessary for the system. If we became damaging to the system, we would cease to exist and something would rise to take our place.
Ok, I'm going to have to stop there. I may post other thoughts as they come to me, we'll see.
First: The completeness of creation can be viewed as an isolated system. There is an ultimate, an upper limit that encompasses everything: The Universe. We are all part of it.Second: There is an ultimate truth to the workings of the Universe. We may have not even come close to understanding this with our science and, in fact, we may be further away today than we were 500 years ago. However, there must be an underlying truth and system. If all answers to the workings of the Universe were equally probable, then there could be no existence. There is not existence without finality, without truth, without a concrete set of rules by which everything must follow. These rules may be beyond our ultimate comprehension, but they exist. Chaos is not chaos, it is merely an infinitely complex system. If anything was possible by definition in Chaos, then nothing would ultimately be possible.
Ok, so that has been established. This may be hard to understand as I am trying to write it out as best as possible, but I am willing to discuss and clarify further if you think you disagree with me. Now let's begin with the most basic unit of life, the single-celled organism. How did we eventually evolve from the single-cell into the multi-cell, from the asexual to the sexual, from the simple to the complex? Is random mutation and natural selection purely the cause of this? Examine the human body. In it's basic form, it is a collection of living things existing in a symbiosis. If there is no need for a certain organ, that organ atrophies by natural selection until it finally disappears. The appendix is an example. Now imagine each of these cells as it's own separate species of sorts (Mind that this is merely analogy for a larger case to be presented later) and notice that on the cellular level, each of these cells has conception that it is part of a larger being. It is merely going about it's daily business, living, interacting, reproducing, oblivious as to what happens on the macroscopic level. Is it not possible to believe, then, that we as people are a part of a larger system. A planetary system, a galactic system, a universal system, of which we are ultimately oblivious? We don't understand how things operate on a galactic level. We are only capable of imagining what can occur on a personal level, maybe even a planetary level. This is our order of magnitude in the Universe. Our existence must have some place in the working of things, but surely it is part of a greater system that influences our existence. The appendix did not choose to atrophy, the body chose for it and as a need for the entire system, it was phased out. Could we not be subject to the same rules? Our sentience, our ability to perceive, our actions occur because they are necessary for the system. If we became damaging to the system, we would cease to exist and something would rise to take our place.
Ok, I'm going to have to stop there. I may post other thoughts as they come to me, we'll see.
posted by Video James at 4:46 PM
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