Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?

Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by 7373737373 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @05:32PM (#28870447)

I'm wondering whether there is a metaphysical law of conservation of valence - where positive qualia have to be balanced by negative ones in some way

> When I set my intentions for maximum joy and follow through on them, the Universe "likes" and "assists" this in amazing and miraculous ways, which bring about even more joy, and so on.

> I believe that Universe is continuously solving for the maximum sum amount of joy from all the viewpoints combined.

This is easy to believe when your brain is flooded with serotonin, but i don't think it's universally true

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by psyc on Thursday October 14, 2021 @05:49PM (#28870628)

I once sketched a story in which God is frantically working to reorder the possible configurations of the universe, so that no consciousness experiences too much torture or terror in a single timeline. And (maybe) He needs the Crucifixion as some kind of torture-sink to make it feasible.

I never actually wrote it because I couldn’t get it past my bar for logical coherence. I’d be so prolific if I had a practical writer’s tolerance for plot holes.

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Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it? by forgotmypw17 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @08:08PM (#28872054)

I think it is easy to form a bleak picture of the world when one is feeling bleak themselves.

You are of course correct that there is no universal truth, and each of us is living their own reality.

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