David Eire
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Great style of interview!
There was a point where Alex said (paraphrasing) "how ridiculous is it that mainstream science is happy to think that life has no point"...which I completely agree with - it's just obvious once you realise it.
Then later, Alex asks the question "do we have choice in this universe? or is it all predetermined?". I was thinking about that question today and finally it struck me: it can't be predetermined because that would also be ridiculous...what point would there be in living out a predetermined life?
So, thank you for inspiring me to come to the conclusion that there has to be at least some element of non-determinism in our lives. And for recognising a new way of understanding the world - if something seems pointless then it probably can't be true...
I think that is a good general principle of judgement - an absurdity principle - if a theory or hypothesis leads to absurd conclusions it is probably false.
Deterministic materialism leads to absurd conclusions in my opinion and therefore is probably false.
Therefore I live as if it is false.