“Of all the rabbit holes you can go down intellectually, Carl Gustav Jung is one of the DEEPEST and most arcane.” – Dr. Freckles
It starts with a PSYCHIC …
- a psychic makes a prediction on a radio show: “terrorists will attack WA DC on November 12th”
- the terrorists hear the radio broadcast and change the location to NYC on Jan 15th …
Was the psychic right?
Is there freewill?
Finally: a solution to the trolley problem …
Just let the fucker on the tracks call their loved ones to say goodbye … if there’s time. Maybe just live stream it … like George Floyd … too close to it? Eh, boyo?
UNIVERSAL WAVE
“You are surfing on the wave of the universe.” – Dr. Freckles
Respect and Approval
“Respect does not mean approval.” – Dr. Freckles
Squishy stuff …
“Spock would have been happiest as simply a software engineer. God forbid you enter that field AFTER 30, as a human, and KNOW the ‘squishy stuff’ that doesn’t fit into logic – then you are truly doomed.” – Dr. Freckles
IMAGINE if “SPACE” were this successful?
Why is it views from low Earth orbit look like shit, invariably?
Simulation Theory
TBH:
The essential metaphysics of a “simulation universe” isn’t really that different from a “the universe is a manifestation of God’s will and thought” …
(first there was the Word)
(another name for a series of bytes)
If you can imagine THE DECEPTION, as being, as ugly and deep that a 10 billion year old universe can instantiate?
Then you are kind of groping in the world of Lovecraft.
(and we might simply be NPCs in an ocean of semi-deterministic bullshit)
(but there’s beer and cigs)
PLANIVERSE (1984)
Kinda …
“Kinda isn’t the same as IS … a little fuzzy logic for you.” – Dr. Freckles