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From: Martin Thompson

14:08:20 Mon, 13 Sep 1999
Ville Vainio at Ville Vainio <vvainioATnospamtp.spt.fi> writes:
>On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Martin Thompson wrote:
>
>> respectfulness is obvious, but the need for realism perhaps less so. I
>> think that this Universe operates using a system of survival of the
>> fittest, and realism is therefore implicitly demanded by that goal. To
>
>Universe does *not* care about survival of the fittest. In the universal
>context, survival has no meaning. Evolution is not a law, it's just a
>statistical approximation that seems to have happened. I would like to
>point out that I do "believe" in evolution theory, I just think it isn't
>that important.
>
I agree: the Universe may well not care about anything, except insofar
as we sentient parts of it care. My point is that if we care about
spiritual growth, the reality of the world we live in has to be taken
into account, however illusory that reality may be ultimately. We've
constructed it this way for a reason, perhaps. Certainly, it seems to be
a real stickler for certain types of truth.

>> me, realism equates to truth, which I think of as very important for
>> everybody's spiritual growth (although the left-hand path is always
>
>I believe that understanding of the laws of nature is important if one
>doesn't want to be lead astray in one's spiritual growth, especially to
>avoid excessive attachment to things.
>
I think we're saying the same thing here.
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