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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
But what if I asked you if you were were certain that it was all you were doing? It's easy for us to positively affirm things through observation, but you have to keep in mind that we only ever touch the surface of reality (reality being limited to our senses and is sometimes extended to what we can infer).
For example, if you asked someone that question 1,000 years ago, he would have probably said he was certain that is hands were only resting on his desk and nothing else, but now we know there is a lot more going on that we cannot sense on both macro and micro levels. Your desk is litterally being hurled through space at xx,xxxx km/h. There are also tiny particles moving through your hands and your desk. While it's true that your hands are only resting on your desk from your perspective, however in reality, they are not resting at all. Everything in the universe in dynamic and changing constantly.
But don't you see how limiting that is? Humans evolved 5 basic instincts to help us survive, and all 5 of them are specific to what our little spec of dust in the universe required. I think it's arrogant for a species on one little planet to assume that their senses are even close to knowing even a minute fraction of what is going on in reality.
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Yes everything is changing constantly but the only way I can relate is to right now, this moment if you will. How we know that there is millions of tiny particles and that we are hurling through space is through tools we have made with our senses and we use these senses to read our findings. The reality is for me is that I can't push my hand through my desk even though they are both made up by these particles.
How other species relate to this life, is unknown to me and will probably remain that way unless you believe in re-incarnation into another life form. I use what I have been given and luckily enough, I'm satisfied. Sure my mind is curious about space, possible alien life forms, and other scientific explorations or explanations but my heart is good with what I have.
Yeah, I can see a certain arrogance creeping in but it can be said for all the various ideologies from atheism to the religious. Everybody thinks that what they know or don't know is the truth, and for them that is their truth. One thing is that what I do requires some humility and yeah sure, there maybe other beings out there with much better tools to understand this life but I can only understand it with what I have and being limited is no reason not to strive. The rewards are excellent.