caloriesdont

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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   Hmm, I don't see the problem - Everything in the universe is contingent, except for one thing which is necessary. Everything relies on that necessary foundation. What's the issue?
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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   > Specifically, if the universe is everything that there ever is or ever will be, how can it be contingent upon something external to itself? It would be contingent upon a necessary foundation within the universe. So there is one specifi
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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   >Sure you can say something is required but it's rather arbitrary. It's only arbitrary if there aren't good reasons. Dozens of reasons have been given in philosophy, it's up to you to decide if any of them work. One o
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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   > our universe requires a "sustaining cause" (as with a picture on a TV set). Diving further into this, there's a hot debate about whether the universe does require a sustaining cause (the Existential Expiration thesis), o
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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   By accepting this deal, you'd be giving "free money" to the company out of your own pocket. They will get the EXACT same value from your work - WHILE paying you less.
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   by caloriesdont 4y ago

   Nope https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833