1) What is for dinner?
2) Does god really exist?
3) Why are we here?
4) Does he/she really like me?
5) How do I become a secret agent?
Ok the last one might just mostly be me. (Ok so I made up the list.)
The existence or non-existance of god(s) has be something theologians, atheists, scientists, philosophers and veterinarians have all thought about constantly for as long as humans have had the ability to think past the first question. Most sum it up to a deity that wants you to believe without proof which I think is mostly a copout. I like to think of it from a more logical point of view. I have several proofs and I will share them with you.
The first proof is something I came up with in chemistry class in high school. I was trying to remember at the properties of all molecules on the periodic table of elements. This proved to be difficult as most chemists should know because there are so many exceptions to any rule that we think we can figure out. "All molecules get more dense as they cool.", "All metals will react with air or water.", "The larger the molecule, the shorter the half-life."
But for each of these rules we come up with, there is almost always at least once exception to the rule and this exception is very important. Gold does not react with anything and because of this, became hard to find, a great conductor, and very valuable. Water, when frozen, actually becomes less dense. Like ice cubes floating in your drink.
And that is when it hit me.
I just thought in my head what if I was creating my own experiment by creating my own universe. I want to keep things simple so I make a bunch of things that abide by simple rules. This does not work out so well so I keep toying with the rules until I get something that looks promising. Then I start making exceptions to those rules to get the results I want. Like one problem I would see is when life starts on my planet of choice, it would start in the water, but unfortunately when the seasons change, the water will freeze solid and all life would die... hmmm. What if I make ice LESS dense, hey! it works! And thus things evolve and eventually these things wonder if I exist. Then I reboot my supercomputer and all existence is lost forever.
This idea has kept me happy for years. I also don't reboot my computers very often.
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