It’s kinda funny how fanatically people point out that it’s the other side that’s the problem.

I’m glad there’s someone else out there with the same concerns.

I’d be more glad if unknowns and inconsistencies were frankly acknowledged. Even though in some senses Feynman contributed to the metaphorical tech debt, one of the things I love about his lectures is his frankness in regard to the (then) current state of knowledge, and about how much was simply unknown. Much of that is still unknown, and there are major glaring inconsistencies that are handwaved into oblivion.

To be clear, this is not an “anti-science” comment, but rather a desire to see the institution of science become more consistent, and to address unknowns honestly.

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Where would the big bang come from?

The state cannot have been absolutely static - if it was, the big bang would not have occurred, and the same stasis would be existing now, unchanged.

Darn. I fold.

Time is change, and exists whether or not we measure it.

shrug it’s a post currently showing up in “all”.

Go ahead and get another last word in if you like - you’re arguing with your own ghosts, mostly. Have a good night.

Pretty clear that’s the case here in the comments on this post.

Kinda cringey.

They are, in accordance with the teachings of Jim the Stegosaurus.

I don’t have a horse in this race, but man, let it drop. The person who’s fighting for ridiculous improbabilities here is you. Nobody you’re arguing with in this thread is even making a claim that Magic Jesus existed. Just that the man named Jesus who is talked about by the early Christians likely existed (which is scholarly consensus, not even a niche claim). They’re specifically not claiming that the fantastical claims made by the early Christians about that man are true.

I don’t hate because someone told me to, i just hate because i hate.

Sick burns

licks the edible paper, but it tastes like plant

meows

Without a foundation, you have no foundation.

Effectively, China has been acquiring a monopoly on manufacturing, which is an absolute necessity for modern life. We have been acquiring the higher-paid, but less numerous and less critical industries.

Or, they were paid by Sony to fold…

Come up with a plot you will voice, and a plot you won’t.

For the first, something that would change the whole political or religious landscape of all of the nearby nations/known world.

For the second, something that could actually destroy the planet, and will ultimately interrupt or make meaningless the change in political landscape.

“Find your way in an open world. Leave your mark, and try to withstand the winds of change.”

The key is that both plots happen whether or not the players get involved.

Every session, roll for the advancement of the plots. Make sure things trickle down and impact the players. Subtle early, vicious late.

Whoever downvoted you is nuts.

They’re in the basements, so you don’t hear about them.