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Creation "is what it is." | Creation "is what it is." | ||
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== Commentary == | |||
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Notice how I am not flinging myself off the roof, nor being flung by my fellow men. | |||
Good will, camaraderie, proper child-rearing. | |||
All are essential to survival in #Our #Deterministic #Universe. | |||
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File:What to do.jpg | File:Procrastination_with_Both_Feet.jpg|link=Procrastination with Both Feet|"'''[[Procrastination with Both Feet]]'''" is a short poem by Karl Jones. | ||
File:Teleology Tuesday - Bromley.jpg|link=Teleology Tuesday|"Our Chicken Fulfills Your Purpose." Bromley Chicken House ('''[[Teleology Tuesday]]''' edition). | |||
File:Consciousness does the best it can.jpg|link=Consciousness does the best it can|Matter is / '''[[Consciousness does the best it can]]'''. | |||
File:What to do.jpg|link=What to do?|"Impossible to know. Infinite to speculate. '''[[What to do?]]'''" | |||
File:Awareness Exists (GC excerpt).png|link=Awareness Exists|'''[[Awareness Exists|Awareness exists]]''' / Self-awareness exists / As patterns of matter and energy / In our case, protein electrochemistry. | |||
File:Please_don't_save_the_world.jpg|link=Please don't save the world|"'''[[Please don't save the world]]'''. Anyone who thinks that they are going to save the world should not be trusted with sharp objects or positions of authority." | File:Please_don't_save_the_world.jpg|link=Please don't save the world|"'''[[Please don't save the world]]'''. Anyone who thinks that they are going to save the world should not be trusted with sharp objects or positions of authority." | ||
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* [[Awareness Exists]] | * [[Awareness Exists]] | ||
* [[Consciousness does the best it can]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Please don't save the world]] | * [[Please don't save the world]] | ||
* [[Procrastination with Both Feet]] | |||
* [[Teleology Tuesday]] | |||
* [[Thus 1]] | |||
* [[What to do?]] | * [[What to do?]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1391414786068451333 Post] @ Facebook (9 May 2021) | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225971319808183 Post] @ Facebook (9 May 2021) | * [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225971319808183 Post] @ Facebook (9 May 2021) | ||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Determinism (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Philosophy (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Photographs of Karl Jones (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Essays]] | |||
[[Category:Thus Publications]] | |||
[[Category:Thus 1]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:14, 12 September 2022
"It is what it is" is a short essay by Karl Jones.
It is what it is
I'll tell you something else people don't like to hear.
We live in a deterministic universe.
What will happen has already happened.
Creation "is what it is."
Commentary
Notice how I am not flinging myself off the roof, nor being flung by my fellow men.
Good will, camaraderie, proper child-rearing.
All are essential to survival in #Our #Deterministic #Universe.
In the News
"Procrastination with Both Feet" is a short poem by Karl Jones.
"Our Chicken Fulfills Your Purpose." Bromley Chicken House (Teleology Tuesday edition).
Matter is / Consciousness does the best it can.
"Impossible to know. Infinite to speculate. What to do?"
Awareness exists / Self-awareness exists / As patterns of matter and energy / In our case, protein electrochemistry.
"Please don't save the world. Anyone who thinks that they are going to save the world should not be trusted with sharp objects or positions of authority."
Fiction cross-reference
- Awareness Exists
- Consciousness does the best it can
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Please don't save the world
- Procrastination with Both Feet
- Teleology Tuesday
- Thus 1
- What to do?