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Rockin Robbins · 04-27-16, 02:02 PM

I would go so far as to say that religion is as much a necessary nutrient for human life as oxygen and food. We have no choice of whether we will have religion in our lives. We only have a choice of what we will worship.

This leads directly to the worship of mathematics, or material wealth, or athletic achievement, power over other people, certain other people.....the list is endless. All those needs are irrational, and I agree that irrationality is a necessary component of life, and reality itself.

There is no reason that the speed of light should be exactly what it is, for instance. It doesn't seem rational that only one value (in a vacuum--light does change speeds in different mediums) is possible. It doesn't seem fair in an "everything is possible" universe that if you do jump off that 1000' cliff you will impact the ground on the bottom of that cliff and will die. Surely the universe should have more fairness than that. What about those who fall by accident? The universe is arbitrary and irrational.

Why should we be surprised if irrationality is a basic constituent of humanity?

04-27-16, 02:02 PM	#17
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I would go so far as to say that religion is as much a necessary nutrient for human life as oxygen and food. We have no choice of whether we will have religion in our lives. We only have a choice of what we will worship. This leads directly to the worship of mathematics, or material wealth, or athletic achievement, power over other people, certain other people.....the list is endless. All those needs are irrational, and I agree that irrationality is a necessary component of life, and reality itself. There is no reason that the speed of light should be exactly what it is, for instance. It doesn't seem rational that only one value (in a vacuum--light does change speeds in different mediums) is possible. It doesn't seem fair in an "everything is possible" universe that if you do jump off that 1000' cliff you will impact the ground on the bottom of that cliff and will die. Surely the universe should have more fairness than that. What about those who fall by accident? The universe is arbitrary and irrational. Why should we be surprised if irrationality is a basic constituent of humanity? __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 04-27-16 at 02:10 PM.