RE: Pascal's Wager Revisited
April 9, 2015 at 9:19 pm
(This post was last modified: April 9, 2015 at 9:21 pm by Iroscato.)
datc Wrote:"Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man. … Cunning beyond fancy's dream is the fertile skill which brings him, now to evil, now to good." -- AntigoneJust because we happen to be the dominant species of the planet, that doesn't make us particularly special in the grand scheme of things. There may be worlds out there, and statistical probability indicates there probably are, with species more intelligent, more peaceful, and more imaginative than ours. It's not like we represent some sort of pinnacle of evolution, we just happen to dominate this one particular world out of the countless trillions out there that may harbour life.
You want to look at the world from the point of view other than that of a human being? Do tell me how to turn into a frog, so I may personally experience what "being a frog feels like."
(April 9, 2015 at 9:17 pm)datc Wrote:(April 9, 2015 at 5:20 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I see no reason to see the next life as a natural outcome of this one. The natural outcome of this life appears to be death and no more.
Alright then.
Suppose you are a young guy who just got his Bachelor's degree in, say, computer science. Your whole life is ahead of you, full of plan and prospects and excitement. You go to Florida to unwind from the stress of your studies and exams. It's all nice and restful, until one day you are swimming in the ocean, and everything seems irie, mon, and then a shark bites off your head. In your opinion, is that f***ing all?
Yes. That is life, that is reality. Unfair? Absolutely. And yet the world keeps on spinning.
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