Was mathematics discovered or invented?
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Maybe because we are, as a collective consciousness at an evolutionary level, a species where we all share the same level of cognition. What we see in those photos will be different to what ants might see; the ants would have no concept of what they are looking at in those photos and wouldn’t actually “see” it as we do if at all. That or it’s because we are the ones being observed and what we can see and perceive is not actually our universe but that of a higher being and perhaps we are the ants.
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Maybe because we are, as a collective consciousness at an evolutionary level, a species where we all share the same level of cognition. What we see in those photos will be different to what ants might see; the ants would have no concept of what they are looking at in those photos and wouldn’t actually “see” it as we do if at all. That or it’s because we are the ones being observed and what we can see and perceive is not actually our universe but that of a higher being and perhaps we are the ants.
Or perhaps we really are just players in a higher being's computer simulation?
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In which case we both believe in, respectively, an entity or concept which to date has proven unfalsifiable. However, astrophysics is not commonly considered a faith based belief system whereas Christianity is. Given this, my mandate for belief in God is much stronger than yours is for a 'belief' in an infinite universe, thus rendering your equivalence false. Put it like this: if I were in church and was asked if I believe in God, my positive response would be met with credulity. On the other hand, if you were to attend an astrophysics lecture and, when asked why the universe is infinite, described that it was a case of belief, you'd be met with derision and an instruction to do the math.
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In which case we both believe in, respectively, an entity or concept which to date has proven unfalsifiable. However, astrophysics is not commonly considered a faith based belief system whereas Christianity is. Given this, my mandate for belief in God is much stronger than yours is for a 'belief' in an infinite universe, thus rendering your equivalence false. Put it like this: if I were in church and was asked if I believe in God, my positive response would be met with credulity. On the other hand, if you were to attend an astrophysics lecture and, when asked why the universe is infinite, described that it was a case of belief, you'd be met with derision and an instruction to do the math.
And then he claims that 1 + 1 does not equal 2 and is escorted off the premises! 🙄
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