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RE: REFERENCE: Speculation, Imagination, and Hypothesis... Wonderful and Dangerous
The bible has been edited in the last 100 years too. The newest bible has passages that have the opposite meaning from what was in the bible 100 years ago. I find it disturbing that my (very) christian friends do not know this.
Now, the problem i usually run into is people calling what i state as mere speculation. When, what i am trying to do is to tell others of what i perceive. But, since they do not have the perception, they believe i am talking about invisible dragons and demand proof. (proof without them having to do anything, like sit in a lotus for hours)
I think i would enjoy writing much more if i was actually just writing speculations.
I am looking forward to reading what you are about to write.
Everything we write and say is just speculations based upon our own knowledge and experiences. We cannot say more than what our knowledge and experience have equipped us with to use when explaining concepts.
Therefore, the truth should be ever changing for each person.
Facts are rather simple. Things you can measure and are unchanging. Things like colors and weight when on the Earth, etc.
Speculation does not mean untrue. It can still be true to the best of each of our knowledge. We can't talk about things we are unaware of or lack sufficient knowledge of. So it is still true to us. When we tell people the truth, we tell them what we believe.
Which is not the same as a fact.
Though when we are explaining anything we cannot repeat, measure, etc then it is always a speculation of sorts. We just tend to have a very high FAITH in it being as close to a fact as we can get based upon what probability has revealed to us.
If it is true all but 1 time in a million, it is still not the complete TRUTH of that reality. The model for our understanding of it simply has a very high probability of returning the correct answer. That's the best we can have, until we discover new knowledge and can provide a model with an even smaller margin of error.
You won't convince me of your absolute truth. I don't view you as a God.
I'll always view it as your current best understanding as to which of your speculations made the most sense to match observations and experiences you have had.
As to the topic. It will be on AI.
I'm not surprised they edited it as heavily in the last 100 years. It has been pretty much under constant editing since it's inception.
Yet, the old versions of many of the passages in the Old Testament are pretty damning. Passages condoning rape, murder, and all manner of evil crap.
Which when there was no evil being to blame it on and it was just God then God having the good and bad traits that he allegedly passed onto MAN made a lot more sense.
I mean... the original sin. So, the goal was to remain ignorant? To act as some animal that eat, sleep, shit, and procreated?
Eating from the tree of knowledge was a sin?
Control freak much?