I believe
that whatever we know, or think we know, or believe, is almost certainly wrong... the universe is far weirder than we can imagine, and human brains are not the be all and end all either...

So we might as well believe whatever the hell we want.

Faith is a valuable thing to many people for many reasons. People have as much faith in science as they do religion. People have faith in love. It's the same thing...

I spent most of my life seeking answers and one day I just thought "yeah but what exactly is this thing that's doing the seeking?" ... a brain is just a brain, a problem solving device. Just because it thinks it knows something does not make it fact. 'Proof' and 'facts' are a human invention to make us feel better. We have to believe it's possible to know stuff, it's our egos protecting us, but it's really quite liberating to think "fuck it"... we'll never actually know. We can only have a frame of reference arrived at by mutual consent, whether that's science, religion, philosophy...

The moral of the story: Life's too short.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 19 Mar 2009, 19:07, Reply)