tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024825.post8258779516211244593..comments2023-04-03T03:36:17.171-07:00Comments on Humanity: Mortality and ImmortalityThom Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857287949653603653noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024825.post-71690592238491982342007-02-26T20:48:00.000-08:002007-02-26T20:48:00.000-08:00Hi Pam, thanks for your comments. I agree with you...Hi Pam, thanks for your comments. I agree with you that hope is a wonderful thing. I try to base my hope on something tangible.<BR/><BR/>I also agree with you that the rules of the game may change at any time, and therefore there is no absolute truth we can count on.<BR/><BR/>But science is about building on experience, and even if we can't know anything absolutely, we can make some pretty sound predictions about how things will go based on what we know from experience.<BR/><BR/>For instance, we know that all things must pass, and there is no guarantee that our planet will survive. At any time the earth may be struck by a giant meteorite and plunge into the sun.<BR/><BR/>But in the meantime, we can pretty much bank on the sun coming up in the morning and setting at night. We don't know this for certain, actually we are pretty sure the planet will perish some day, but in the meantime, the sun will rise and set and it's not very helpful to say we don't know that.<BR/><BR/>All truth is a working proposition. That's all we've got. That and hope.Thom Quinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857287949653603653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024825.post-17846443327484553882007-02-25T16:20:00.000-08:002007-02-25T16:20:00.000-08:00You can't figure out the answer of Immortality by ...You can't figure out the answer of Immortality <BR/>by "science" nor by <BR/>"religion" nor by anecdotes<BR/>nor by any means.<BR/><BR/>All rules of the game may change at any time. <BR/>We just dont know anything. <BR/><BR/>What are we left with then? Hope. Hope that we will go on beyond and especially that we will be reunited with others. Hope. That is a wonderful thing.pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589727020920392122noreply@blogger.com