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  1. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    Every other question has an answer to why. Onlyprobability is inexplicable.
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  2. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    The rest of the universe is like the coin. The events ofthe past appear to cause the present, but every time we popback into existence we are subject to a new set of probabilities.Literally anything can happen.
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  3. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    An insane person believes his world is consistent. If hebelieves the government is trying to kill him, he will seeample evidence of his belief in the so-called real world. Hewill be wrong, but his evidence is no better or worse thanyour evidence that it rained this morning. Both of you willbe converting evidence of the present into impressionsstored in your minds and you will both be certain your evidenceis solid and irrefutable. Your mind will mold the factsand shape the clues until it all fits.
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  4. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    Practicality rules our perceptions.To survive, our tiny brains need to tame the blizzard ofdelusion generatorinformation that threatens to overwhelm us. Our perceptionsare wondrously flexible, transforming our worldviewautomatically and continuously until we find safe harbor ina comfortable delusion.
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  5. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    Love? Do you mean love in the way you understand itas a human?""Well, not exactly, but basically the same thing. I mean,love is love.""A brain surgeon would tell you that a specific part ofthe brain controls the ability to love. If it's damaged, peopleare incapable of love, incapable of caring about others.""So?""So, isn't it arrogant to think that the love generated byour little brains is the same thing that an omnipotent beingexperiences? If you were omnipotent, why would you limityourself to something that could be reproduced by a littleclump of neurons?
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  6. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    The elderly are spooky when they degenerate intoreflections of their younger selves. They say things thatmake sense on some grammatical level, but it's not alwaysconnected to reality.
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  7. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    I was no longer surprised to find unlocked doorsin the city. Maybe at some subconscious level we don'tbelieve we need protection from our own species.
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  8. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    Men believe value is created by accomplishment, and they have objectives for the women in their lives. If awoman meets the objectives, he assumes she loves him. If she fails to meet the objectives, he will assume she does notlove him. The man assumes that if the woman loved him she would have tried harder and he always believes his objectives for her are reasonable.
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  9. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    If, as you say, our minds are delusiongenerators, then we're all like blind and deaf sea captainsshouting orders into the universe and hoping it makes a difference.We have no way of knowing what really works andwhat merely seems to work. So doesn't it make sense to tryall the things that appear to work even if we can't be sure?
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  10. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    simplicity is not proof of truth. But since we cannever understand true reality, if two models both explain thesame facts, it is more rational to use the simpler one. It is amatter of convenience.
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  11. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    But never being wrong is no proof thatthe method of testing is sound for all cases
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  12. Scott Adams _ God's Debris: A Thought

    If you are proven to be right a hundred times in a row,no amount of evidence will convince you that you are mistakenin the hundred-and-first case. You will be seduced byyour own apparent infallibility. Remember that all scientificexperiments are performed by human beings and the resultsare subject to human interpretation. The human mind is adelusion generator, not a window to truth. Everyone, includingskeptics, will generate delusions that match their views.That is how a normal and healthy brain works. Skeptics arenot exempt from self-delusion.
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