>What a fun exploration of an idea! That if we're living in a universe with a creator (simulation or otherwise), even if we're blocked from knowledge of higher

>What a fun exploration of an idea! That if we're living in a universe with a creator (simulation or otherwise), even if we're blocked from knowledge of higher purposes, we might be able to pick up some hints from looking at the nature of the universe itself. This is "Natural Theology". Here's a century's worth of lectures on it: https://www.giffordlectures.org/content/youtube-channel https://www.giffordlectures.org/content/youtube-channel and a quick precis: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-theology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-theology/ But "observe the world; back out a telos" is _really_ baked into our world-view.