OpenStars

Good point - it seemed to happen quickly once the ball got rolling, but it was actually a MASSIVE undertaking that led up to that, right.

Not necessarily true - an infinite god would not "need" other beings, higher-dimensional or otherwise - to intercede.

The cool part is that it is not necessarily false either - if a plethora of beings were created, like not just animals & plants or even bacteria and fungi and viruses, but also beyond matter-based ones into gaseous forms, plasma, raw energy, or other stuff we don't even so much know about (involving patterns of those raw things but connected in ways that we cannot yet see and likely have not began to fathom), well... they could be put to use in an intercessory capacity.

And if so, then perhaps we too will do similarly, when we grow up enough - e.g. if we create AI and become a "creator" to them. They too will have a purpose or at least reason that they were created, and they, being like us, will likely want to know what that is. Perhaps we will hard-code those answers into their cortexes, or perhaps we won't bother to explain at all, but likely we would do something in-between. Just like the stories of the various gods that we have heard about all around the world explain might have been done to us. Who really knows? Certainly not I, but it is fascinating to think about.

Real (enough) to someone, I suppose.

Right up until they aren't anymore. e.g. when someone chooses not to take the vaccine, somehow MANY of those (I wonder if perhaps nearly all?) end up in hospitals, spreading their diseases to others and putting stress on the already-overworked system.

I legit would not judge someone who for whatever reasons decided to withdraw from society, like Amish, and not take the vaccine, but DO social distance for the sake of others, and then die but like... fully by their own, informed & rational choices according to their own valuation of priorities in their life. I fully respect that.

It is the hypocritical nature of those who are not informed, yet act to block others' access from knowledge and benefits of society, that I am against. These people will judge themselves later on, once they finally cannot escape into their fantasies quite so comfortably, except by then they have already dragged others along with them. In short: they are shocked, Shocked I tell you, SHOCKED to find that actions have consequences. But... they should not have been so shocked?! An ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure, as the saying goes.

TLDR: it is irresponsible, childish behavior, from adults who should know better.

Even volunteers. Yup. The amount of colleges and hospitals and everything else you can think of looking for e.g. older retirees who are bored, or young teens who need experience or whatever, they'll take it all. Without paying them a cent. Then when they get enough of those, they start to cut back on the paid staff. The poor volunteers do not even realize that by "helping" they are putting people out of real jobs:-(. [Edit: which then continues that cycle where they have to beg for more help b/c they are in such "need" and won't someone think of the poor children, or the people undergoing cancer treatment or whatever - don't you want to... "help"?] Meanwhile the managers are seen walking around in expensive italian shoes...

Even the most non-profit activities can be weaponized to become a tool to make moar money, if only you are willing to do that to people! 🤮

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As you should... as you should. :-)

That would be pretty awesome! 😎 :-P

"Doctor, give me the glow-up 🌟 please!?":-D

Thanks. I have no time lately but perhaps I should research them directly and actively then, e.g. to find out things like if the COVID response was used to bring population numbers down as a means of control and possibly thought to be beneficial for the sake of mitigation of the effects of climate change. But probably I am giving too much credit for even that much level of strategic thought towards climate change effects for the survival of humanity and perhaps it is solely "we do not need the masses anymore so let's kill them off, or at least not help at all with saving them", i.e. think of myself first, only, and always, and nothing else.

A fascinating series, I cannot agree more. His other works too like protagony/agency. I really hope he can find a way to do more like that, but as a more personal video from him mentioned (not on the channel iirc, search for his name instead) that depends on funding support.

To sum up: it is far easier to tear down than to build up. :-| Also, truth is often stranger than fiction, and much harder to pin down and truly understand.

Really I guess these are not merely two opposing sides of the same argument, but literally represent opposing worldviews.

Well then, I have some good news...!

Tbf, in that case we had the documents written and signed and sealed and delivered and notarized and what-not for decades in advance. Literally. A lot of preparatory work went into making that happen.

The judicial branch, on the other hand, has been predated upon by so many groups acting to try to disable it so they can get their way - e.g. the last real anti-trust lawsuit was in the 90s, with Internet Explorer bundled into like Win95 iirc - that it can barely hobble along to do anything. People ask for it to do so very extremely much, like consider the detailed cases of every single immigrant that comes into this country asking for asylum, but then it is not given the resources that it would need to properly do a tenth of what is asked.

Though you are right, b/c it still did manage to overturn Roe v. Wade pretty quick. When it wants to, all the barriers somehow magically just disappear...

Someone could step up, and be the first to do that experiment, for the sake of science!?

Pro-Tip: please, Please, PLEASE don't actually do that!:-P