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[-] kromem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of a sort.

I strongly believe that the universe we are in is one created and run by an intelligent 3rd party.

But unlike 99.9% of the people who share that belief, I happen to also believe that this 3rd party was itself created from evolutionary processes in a world that was not created.

It's a belief that seems to go back at least to the 3rd century CE, but centers around the notion that a chaotic universe where life evolved without design (an idea at least as old as Leucretius in 50 BCE) would eventually create life sophisticated enough to be able to create worlds itself, and that we are in the re-creation of such a universe at an earlier point in time.

One of the wildest aspects of that belief in antiquity was its focus on the notions of Greek atomism and matter being made up of indivisible parts as an indicator of its claim of being in a copy of a higher fidelity original. Especially given that a central component of my own belief in this topic relates to the similarity between quantum behaviors (indivisible parts of matter) and hacks we have started using in building procedurally generated voxel based virtual worlds.

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Why is this being downvoted? It's just a theory and they aren't saying y'all are going to burn for eternity if you don't agree.

[-] kromem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's the kind of thinking that upsets theists by presenting an answer that is deeply at odds with a belief in supernatural origins of existence, and that upsets atheists self-assured in their disbelief of any possible creator.

When a discussion is broadly divided into two camps, claiming both are wrong isn't destined to win popularity contests.

[-] birdcat@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Love that stuff. Please never let your curiosity and mind be pulled down by edgy atheists.

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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