Philosophical Questions: Reality
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As more and more is being discovered about quantum physics, we become less and less able to comprehend the nature of reality. Is this something temporary and our minds will adapt and begin to understand this new reality or is it possible that the human mind will soon reach its limits of comprehension? If it’s only temporary, is there is a limit to what the human mind can comprehend? If we are reaching our limits, how do we continue to study our reality?
*laugh* This is not new. People freak out about this at least once a century or so.
We are still able to comprehend the nature of reality, or rather, the one most people inhabit most of the time. As some people climb into other layers, it is much like opening up a new level in a game: it takes a while to learn how it works. Once you have learned it, you start looking for a new level. This is normal.
The human brain has limitations. It is a finite object with a given (if large) amount of storage and processing capacity. The human mind is less limited, but still has to deal with the brain's limits. The human soul is not limited, but well, it's also a great deal bigger than will fit in the brain. So it's kind of like the soul is a mainframe and the brain is a terminal; you're only dealing with a small subset of the total potential of your soul actually in your brain. (Most people download what they expect to need in a current life at the beginning, and cannot maintain a two-way link the whole time. Those of us with farmemory can learn to maintain that and can send a request at any time, "Oh hey, I need to knap flint, download the Knapping module," for skills we haven't permed. Very handy. That said, where you choose to aim your brain is up to you. Study quantum physics if you want to, it's fun.
You continue to study reality (or whatever else you like) by asking the next questions. There are always more questions. You are never going to run out, because each answer usually spawns several new questions. Curiosity is fractal like that.
As more and more is being discovered about quantum physics, we become less and less able to comprehend the nature of reality. Is this something temporary and our minds will adapt and begin to understand this new reality or is it possible that the human mind will soon reach its limits of comprehension? If it’s only temporary, is there is a limit to what the human mind can comprehend? If we are reaching our limits, how do we continue to study our reality?
*laugh* This is not new. People freak out about this at least once a century or so.
We are still able to comprehend the nature of reality, or rather, the one most people inhabit most of the time. As some people climb into other layers, it is much like opening up a new level in a game: it takes a while to learn how it works. Once you have learned it, you start looking for a new level. This is normal.
The human brain has limitations. It is a finite object with a given (if large) amount of storage and processing capacity. The human mind is less limited, but still has to deal with the brain's limits. The human soul is not limited, but well, it's also a great deal bigger than will fit in the brain. So it's kind of like the soul is a mainframe and the brain is a terminal; you're only dealing with a small subset of the total potential of your soul actually in your brain. (Most people download what they expect to need in a current life at the beginning, and cannot maintain a two-way link the whole time. Those of us with farmemory can learn to maintain that and can send a request at any time, "Oh hey, I need to knap flint, download the Knapping module," for skills we haven't permed. Very handy. That said, where you choose to aim your brain is up to you. Study quantum physics if you want to, it's fun.
You continue to study reality (or whatever else you like) by asking the next questions. There are always more questions. You are never going to run out, because each answer usually spawns several new questions. Curiosity is fractal like that.
Re: Yes ...
Date: 2024-01-14 01:39 pm (UTC)They don’t, do they? It’s as if the map is concertinaed. And they don’t have to be remote or geography large; they can be very small areas.