2020-07-25 at 10:21 AM UTC
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Anyone Read Sci-Fi?
aldra
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A friend does read a fair bit and he was telling me about how almost all books treat humanity as inherently good, with the exception being Xeelee sequence (and I guess 40k).
Anyway, my idea is that somewhere in the near future, we discover a way to build elements atom by atom, kind of like a 3D printer that can build anything as long as it's fed raw materials (ie. it can produce water if fed oxygen and hydrogen, and scales up to complex elements, drugs and mechanical systems). Instead of bringing peace due to the end of scarcity, it puts a nuclear weapon in everyone's hand. Humanity is almost completely wiped out, with the only survivors being a few loners who jetted off into space alone just before the end.
These few wanderers end up as mad gods, being able to essentially live forever, change themselves and build anything imaginable through the aforementioned technology. The story from there would be a lot to do with purpose, madness and isolation through their interactions with aliens and each other
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Originally posted by gadzooks
But if nobody has to work, then wouldn't that be better?
I mean, assuming at least that consumerism is virtually eliminated as well…
If all essential needs are met via automated delivery of amenities and services, maybe we can actually live in a world that requires nobody to work, but we all stay housed, fed, entertained, socialized, etc…?
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aldra
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casualties becoming so great that they're impossible to hide is one of the only things that stops a war of aggression; the battles are being fought far from home so the only things the attacker can really lose are its stomach or its ability to devote resources to the war effort.
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2019-02-06 at 11:21 PM UTC
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Christianity BTFO'd
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Dark Matter
[keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING IV: The Flower of Death and The Crystal of Life
Yeah that's the basic bitch take, but the books of the bible have many such differences of opinion between different writers and protagonists. And the books were written over thousands of years, so they reflect our intellectual development as well.
However, if you read the bible carefully, and with a critical eye you'll find that it's pretty much all the same bronze age jedi bullshit no matter what way you spin it.
Of course there will be variations between the different books of each testament as well, but the general themes vary in some significant ways.
For example, Christianity incorporated Platonism/Neo-Platonism, which is where stuff like the Holy Trinity came from, and transubstantiation and the like.
It also started incorporating Stoicism from the Roman tradition as well. That's where the "turn-the-other-cheek" stuff comes from. It's like practically quoted directly from Marcus Aurelius himself.
And yes, you're right that there is also a chronological spread within each testament (for each book to have been written), but the differences between each book within each testament is a lot narrower than the difference between each testament as a whole.
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2017-06-15 at 5:23 AM UTC
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TTFN: The Subpoena Edition
aldra
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Originally posted by -SpectraL
Shouldn't let users clone other usernames. That should be an instant ban. But here we are, in the liberal world.
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2017-06-14 at 11:07 PM UTC
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interruptions
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
Shut the fuck up you worthless cretins
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aldra
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in other news I banned Lanny
that's like punching the matrix in the dick
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Eval/Apply,
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mmQ,
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Malice,
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Narc,
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hydromorphone,
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Sophie,
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RisiR †,
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RestStop,
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Lаnny,
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The Self Taught Man,
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NARCassist
This is why I just drink mouthwash to get drunk
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