Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
by bserge on Friday October 15, 2021 @02:35AM
(#28874970)
OK, now where did this superdimensional plane come from, how was it formed? Or was it always there and always will be? That's what OP was saying I believe.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
by anders_p on Friday October 15, 2021 @10:14AM
(#28877894)
I have no idea where that substrate, or whatever, came from, or 'who' created it.
I wasn't trying to answer that.
I'm aware that my comment merely added an additional layer, between us and "the creator"/creation, (however you define that).
My point was more, that I don't believe our universe is unique, as in "alone". But rather that it is just one of many.
That some "God", or event, didn't create a single universe, perfect for (human) life. That's way too antropocentric for me.
Instead I believe that they are plentiful, and by chance one of them happened to be suitable for life as we know it.
We are not here because a universe _was created for us_.
We are here because a universe _could produce us_.
Re:Spinoza’s God: Einstein believed in it, but what was it?
by mensetmanusman on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:04PM
(#28880105)
I like the thought experiment of exploring the entire universe with advanced space travel and finding no other life (statistically a zero chance if the universe isn’t anthropocentric).
But of course it’s unfortunately impossible to know due to space time limits.