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I think this is one of the key of the problem of not knowing "wtf" we are in I would be surprised the human brain have the ability (physically?) to understand what is "reality"/all, even if we would been told (like by god or an alien) I mean it seems to me we or just I have the feeling that we can obviously understand everything, because of all the awesome/advanced stuff we made etc If a 2026 human with all the knowledge of humans would go in past to see a homo erectus to tell him, could he understand the explanations? even if explaining for 10 years or more? was homo erectus "wired" to be able to understand what we know today? And us today, are we wired enough to understand what a human in 2 millions years would explain to us? I also think the architecture of reality might be made a way that it "automatically" prevents to see beyond it... But I believe in hacking too! @swansont so the name of the field the most close to understand what we are in, is metaphysics or cosmology? both? :)

Hmm observation based science cares only about "how" but not "why"? 🤔 Seems to me philosophy is about hypothesis If proving a "why", in what category that goes? I was searching a word/term for a step in a chronological list of objectives the last step in the list is about figuring out why/how did the universe appeared if figuring out and discovering something else, like a container, figuring out why it appeared too, would be appended to the list because i know no word that take into account "cosmoloy and all its parents" so right now i guess the word i need is cosmology, or omniscience maybe although i don't want to know everything... @KJW Thanks for the info, i'm gonna read about these philosophy although about this subject my objective is about getting "proofs"

@MigL i think "curiosity" is too vast for what I meant i was searching for I tried to search again for words for a way to explain I thought about "explanation", and "existence" seems to me "why the universe exists?" is cosmology from what i understand, all we know is inside the universe, so figuring out why the universe exists would be the current maximum distance we can clearly set the objective to I guess there is no word/term to search beyond it (yet?) @npts2020 does the universe got created or always existed, hmm Unlike you i tend toward the "got created" version i can't imagine this always been there (even a tiny version before an expansion) also, i can't imagine that in the past there was nothing that's frustrating not to know... i can't imagine the universe not being contained in something else... what i like to think about is: what is the ultimate container? and even it, I can't imagine it came from nothing... 💀

What I remember understanding about quantum mechanics, is that the state/value of an/some atom, gets set when you measure it. Before you do, it's not set yet, but is in some superposition state. I would say that firstly, the moment you decide to measure it is not random, just as when you decide to turn on the TV at 8:05PM instead of 8:10PM It seems to me it's obvious that there is causes that made you decide to measure instead of not measuring, and why you did it at that exact time Regarding the state/value the atom takes, i believe it's not random either: the result is caused by some rules we are not aware of (or do we?) Unfortunately i don't have a lot of knowledge about science to give a more professional answer Please let me know if what I said about my understanding of quantum mechanics is true and if my answer was relevant to your question

hi for my notepad i'm trying to find if there is an existing term/Wikipedia page about the fact of searching/finding the explanation about how/why stuff exists Is cosmology the ultimate thing? Imagining the universe might be contained in something else, is there a term about going to the root? Imo it's difficult to imagine going to the ultimate origin of things, until there is nothing at all I can't imagine something coming from nothing I can't imagine something always existed So my belief now is that the human brain or just mine lol is currently not able to conceive/understand what is everything I guess the answer goes beyond the existing words, above "all" and "none" But yes if you know a term to indicate the search of the answer to ~ "finding the origin if existence", i would like to read it regards

What do you mean what about it?

xD @TheVat I will watch the video when I'll have more signal @dimreepr I can't prove one is real, neither is not, regarding determinism i totally believe in it, for me it's obvious. but regarding the 2 others, wich are closely related seems to me, sometimes some events give me feelings i somehow generate the reality i live in, like when dreaming... Do you believe in one of these 3 "theories"? @toucana Thanks a lot for all these info, I will read more about that when i'll get more signal Yesterday I saw a toucan for the first time in my life, a wild toucan, it was mainly black (i spend most of my time in french guiana forest since 3 months) These kind of events, after seeing your username, gives me the feelings i mentioned above to dimreepr But yes it's normal sometimes rare coincidences occur... Sometimes when one of these occur, I have a feeling some bug or access in the (eventual) simulation got reached, for some reason If the simulation hypothesis is true, i hope it's not "solipsistic" please don't take it personal i evoke the fact you might not be real (lol) yes i have in mind i might be talking to myself if it's true If it is true, imo that's horrible I have a feeling that when you die you automatically get the answers to all these questions Sorry I know i bring subjects by sharing feelings instead of learning to make more professional texts

Why? Thanks, I will look into this

Hi I'm sorry I know my previous thread looked more like depressed thoughts rather that an invite to discussion about a precise subject I'm interested about solipsism, determinism, and the simulation hypothesis (which can make life a bit sad lol when you believe in these) Do you know if there is a theory saying things like: finality is death so it might be a "win" to reach it asap we are coded to try to live, being afraid to die, so maybe managing to do the opposite/hacking self preservation would be "the way to win" it might be smart to die asap to see what comes next instead of being "slave of self preservation" ? Do you see what I mean? Like the idea to hack/bypass the life and refuse to be a slave of self-preservation/happiness seeking etc, to go to the next step directly I could have asked chatgpt but i thought it was more interesting to ask you, to see if you have ideas/beliefs about this subject

sometimes i feel solipsism is highly possible and self preservation is just something there to make your death more distant for some reason maybe because when you die, you become conscious again in the real world, but it sucks there so you want to come back here and stay as long as possible, so you activate self preservation in the simulation hopefully there is just no more conscious when dying it's difficult to imagine how can you not be conscious, imo i envy Americans who have guns here in France when you want to die, you can't just press a button when you can die easily, when you want to, I believe you become able to enjoy life because it's no more a burden so difficult to get rid of although i don't deny pressing the trigger can be very complicated, but i doubt it's as much as the other means yes this topic has no questions, or clear "invite to discussion" Have fun locking it And if it stays open, don't tell me to go see a psychologist

dimreepr you are mistaken about what you just said but maybe you are right, and i don't want to see the truth, maybe i prefer to lie to myself, to feel less sad and less afraid maybe i'm just a frustrated person, and you, you are better than me, you, you know the truth

@swansont You forgot to mention the people in wheeling chair who can't do it either I think your life is richer in art, goods, services, entertainments, yes I don't consider the need to breath to be a barrier to freedom, unlike the need to have money to eat I said all I had to say regarding about how to reach what is in my opinion the best/raw/pure freedom I wish you all happiness

In fact it's simple, what do you think is more free, a wild animal or a human in society? With knowledge, and remoteness, a human can live like a wild animal i'm not saying to be free you have to spend your life alone in the wild, i'm saying that to reach pure freedom, you need to be able to do it that wouldn't prevent you from going in society when you want to to enjoy what it has to offer that wouldn't prevent you from staying all the time in society if you prefer to be in it

I wouldn't want to sleep in a forest owned by an individual, in France where i live there are public forests (either managed by the government, either by the municipalities), and it's forbidden to sleep there with a tent In some rare places, you're allowed to "bivouac", you have to pack up your stuff before like 8AM, and not allowed to deploy before like 9PM, and you can't do it more than like 2 days in a row I guess I don't need to precise if making a campfire is allowed or not, neither if you are allowed or not to cut trees to build shelter... I made some researches, these laws seems to be applied by all governments worldwide In fact it gets more clear to me now, I guess people don't give a damn about practicing that, so for them, freedom occurs obviously in society, like everything else fate made me take some marginal path, it has pros and cons I can just enjoy remoteness while there is still some

In my case it's mostly being able to build shelters without having to pay for the land Like make nice camps, make fire, sleep there... Fish without needing a license...