While many either lean towards one or another direction (ie calling “religious beliefs” principally inane or inseparably weld themselves with these beliefs), it’s kind of saddening to explicitly see the inability to take a more differentiated approach, by which the gap between these two camps could be bridged.
It’s almost too funny, but almost everyone who’s on the front edge of fundamental physics research, shy of calling “God” (capital G, quotation mark) a legitimate consideration, does preliminary conclude that what we’re experiencing as reality is:
not the totality of what reality actually is. That we’re fundamentally missing something. That we simply do not understand what existence itself is. And last but not least: that consciousness may potentially and perhaps be able to alter the state of matter (which is a highly controversial point, but simply neither proven nor unproven (see observer-effect; yes, “observer” doesn’t necessarily imply a living organism, but it also doesn’t exclude it, simply due to the fact that up to this date we’re unable to isolate consciousness, and not because we’ve proven it either way!).
What’s even more surprising is that front-edge theories all point towards ideas which would best be described as “woo” – for the lack of a better term.
Be it that our reality may only be an abstract reflection of a far more complex space-time construct, or that we’re simply unable to conclude how clusters of matter actually stick together because there’s just not enough visible matter to make up for observed gravitational effects (aka dark matter).
After coming to understand that these sentiments aren’t merely a theoretical idea, but in some instances more or less established facts about nature, who in their right mind would even dare to say that seriously entertaining “religious beliefs” (as in “soul” or “multiple realities”) or anything else that is hypothetically and potentially scientifically accessible via deduction into a scientifically workable correct frame, is simply an act of inanity or insanity, simply because it hasn’t been proven yet to be correct or incorrect.
Throw on top the fact that we’re literally sitting on a disfigured rock, which is racing multiple times faster than a bullet through a vacuous space that is so unbelievably vast, old, and just devoid of any kind of anything which would be familiar with anything here on earth.
That’s what I’d call fucking “woo”.
Yes, falsifiability is a thing. But you can’t call something unfalsifiable, by unintentionally pointing towards merely an inadequate use of instruments, human resources, and barriers yet to be proven to exist, all the more so if deeper research is in some cases even simply denied (via monetary mechanisms, for whatever reason).
No, we’re not there the slightest. Compared to the actual range of existence, we know next to nothing. We think that we’re smart but we’re exponentially more stupid.
And arguably, stagnating.
You think Einstein was smart for figuring out something as fundamental as space-time being a thing of its own with intrinsic properties? Spoiler: Yes, he was, but wait until you learn about all the things he didn’t believe in, which but were proven later to be correct nonetheless (such as black holes being an actually real thing, for example).
No, we’re lacking in every department. Processing speed, creativity, humbleness. You name it, and it’s rightfully on that list too.
I remember a quote from way back then, when I was a kid, paraphrasing: “There are no more mysteries. Everything has been basically resolved already. Enjoy life (and get back to work).”
How insidious.
It all starts with a whisper, which slowly grows into something bigger.
Bridge the fucking gap already. You’re barking up the wrong tree.
TLDR: Topic of “UAPs” undeniably cuts a line between those who want to steer clear of what others would call “woo”, and those obsessed with everything beyond what’s acceptable right now. Arguably both approaches need to be aligned in order to crack life’s mysteries, including “UAPs”. We should work empathetically towards unity, by learning from each other. Everything else will result in further (or continuous) division. Can’t have that when “chilling with them Aliens” someday.
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