olsner
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I voted agnostic. The view expressed below is in no way a final or complete belief system. I reserve the right to change my mind, without express notice, at any time.
I believe that no matter how far you go in finding smaller elementary particles or "bigger containers", i.e. the earth, the solar system, the universe, stuff beyond the universe, there will always be something smaller/bigger.
For example, if we find the creator, "God", we could start searching for the thing that created "God" (or the race of "God" would search, they'd probably have better chances ; ). Likewise, we could go smaller, beneath the quarks and strings, but what constitutes them?
Another interresting concept: If we deduce the complete laws of this universe and run them through a computer, what would be the difference between this universe and the computer-simulated universe? Perhaps we are already within a computer-universe, itself within a computer-universe, and so on ad infinitum? One tricky thing to implement, though, would be the complete randomness of this universe. Sure, it's only theoretical, but removing the randomness would not leave room for free will. I want my free will!
Infinity is a soothing concept, since it gives no room for questioning.. Sure, you can wonder what the next level consists of, but there is *always more*. Anyways, come to think of it, wouldn't it be absurd if the universe had a limit?
(edit: I wanted to vote Infinitist, but there was no such option)
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Even if hangings were not the fashionable way to execute people in year 0AD, there must surely be some other ways that were used, perhaps we could have some eye-candy on those (crucifictions etc)
Just an idea =)
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So, all I have to do is post stuff, right?
At 7 am, the drug is inhaled to introduce the strange language of the initiation rites.// The Infinity Project - Stimuli
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And my sincere apologies for sneaking into the 18+ forum... *me so sorry*
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How Long Will The Usa Exist ?
in Hall of Intellectuals
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My Vision of the Future:
All large powers (US, EU, etc) will fall apart due to their size and unflexibility, and the "free world" will consist of a large number of small enclaves held together by "international" treaties and organizations like the UN and the left-over fragments of US and EU governments. Some enclaves keep some shred of a democratic system with public votes and officiality, others revert (or is it progress?) into dictatures of all kinds: religious, military, communistic.
Military operations are executed by any enclave willing to participate, alliances form, change, and break at a weekly basis, almost daily. Civil wars will become international wars, but with the newly-gained liberty, many former break-out nations have stopped their fighting.
The third world will be left to rot, except by the support of private foundations, corporations, and the good samaritans. The government-led support organizations are all but dead, and most of the enclaves don't give a @#$% (edit: censored, I actually wrote @#$%).
Okay, rather a dystopic vision, but a possible development nevertheless