tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post6852882618141422422..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: The Probability Of BeingRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-3474515223020301882016-06-02T23:29:39.204+01:002016-06-02T23:29:39.204+01:00Rosa, Evidently we think along the same pathways. ...Rosa, Evidently we think along the same pathways. Back in the 80s I wrote a small book, the title was Project Phoenix. My purpose was (is) that because most people cannot accept or even imagine the cessation of their existence, they cannot believe that their existence has only the purpose that that they themselves can provide. I proposed, in my little book, that it is now possible to preserve the very essence of a human life, the unique genetic code that produced their physical and mental structure, and the history of their life, in the culture and time of their existence. Which does not provide a wonderful, eternal afterlife, but does preserve the fact of their existence. I recently updated and reissued this book under the title Preserving the Essence of Human Life. It is free at Smashwords, and $0.99 at Amazon. Below is one paragraph from Chapter 3, Heredity. You may find it of interest. Most of my writing is technical, but sometimes I go astray.<br /><br />"This conceptual lottery, the shuffling of chromosomes, occurs every time an egg is fertilized, but the chances of existence become truly overwhelming when one realizes that the existence of each individual is dependent upon a long ancestral line of similar conceptual lotteries. For example, one of the two genetic codes that had the potential to create your specific genetic code may never have existed if two young people had not met and married several hundred years ago. Your very existence may have depended on a shy smile by the village tavern sometime in the 14th century—a fateful chance encounter, multiplied many times over with the one in 70 quadrillion lottery at each conception on both sides of your ancestry, which led eventually to the unique genetic code that is the foundation of your existence."<br /><br />Martin MoeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486379145990801675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-9644038703952155222011-11-18T07:22:48.594+00:002011-11-18T07:22:48.594+00:00Matt.
Yes you're right. I DID misread your c...Matt.<br /><br />Yes you're right. I DID misread your comment. I thought at the time that such an outbreak of honesty on your part was unusual but I gave you the benefit of the doubt.<br /><br />Thank you for correcting me.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-27078060683384509682011-11-18T01:33:16.625+00:002011-11-18T01:33:16.625+00:00Rosa,
It's with a heavy sigh that I say I reg...Rosa,<br /><br />It's with a heavy sigh that I say I regret commenting here. You ignored my questions and jumped straight onto derision. I cannot for the life of me figure out how on God's green earth you read me to be admitting to any type of dishonesty. There really is no reasoning with you.<br /><br />MattMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-38450433687421874492011-11-17T16:20:50.559+00:002011-11-17T16:20:50.559+00:00Matt.
Thank you for at least acknowledging what&#...Matt.<br /><br />Thank you for at least acknowledging what's probably painfully obvious to anyone reading your comments - your dishonesty.<br /><br />Can I suggest you try those mind experiments for yourself and risk your imaginary friend's anger.Rosa Rubicondiorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-50850044104972901862011-11-17T15:51:28.547+00:002011-11-17T15:51:28.547+00:00Rosa,
Hello again. To preface, I appreciate that ...Rosa,<br /><br />Hello again. To preface, I appreciate that you haven't blocked me or deleted my comments. (I'm not expecting you would, btw. Especially given your aversion to dishonesty) Now on to business :)<br /><br />> "But there was no designed intent to produce you. No one intentionally produced exactly you with exactly your genes and exactly your life."<br /><br />> "...there is actually nothing to explain."<br /><br />> "And it's the huge unlikelihood of you having this chance to experience life which makes you special; not the notion that there was some pre-determined intent to produce you. Had that been so, there would be no wonder in your existence." <br /><br />Since you speak of these as established facts, could you present some evidence which supports these assertions? And isn't "wonder" and "awe" something science cannot measure?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />MattMattnoreply@blogger.com