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>I think the universe doesn't care about us Aren't statements like this holding on to the idea of a higher power after the decline of religion? You're ascribin
by TACIXAT 8y ago
>I think the universe doesn't care about us
Aren't statements like this holding on to the idea of a higher power after the decline of religion? You're ascribing the capability of feeling to the universe.
- n4r9 8y agoIsn't it explicitly refusing to ascribe a particular feeling (caring) to the universe?
- tbabb 8y agoI don't see how saying that it doesn't exhibit a feeling implies that it exhibits feelings.
- TACIXAT 8y agoTake the sentence - he doesn't like dogs. This implies that he has preferences and those preferences do not contain dogs. It is one thing to say the universe lacks consciousness, or that it is incapable of care because it is inanimate. It is another to give it a preference, saying it does not care about us.
- n4r9 8y agoHonestly, I think you're reading too far into the phrasing. Very few would infer that the author thinks there are things the universe does care about.
- GregSutliff 8y agoThat doesn’t follow at all. Rocks don’t care about us, and the reason that’s true is that rocks aren’t capable of feeling any way at all. Moreover, even if the universe could properly be said to have feelings, that doesn’t entail anything about the existence of a “higher power”. Humans feel things, but that by itself is not proof or disproof of the existence of a “higher power”