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The Virtual Multiverse Theory of Free Will

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : The Virtual Multiverse Theory of Free Will Borges portrayed the world as consisting of pathways defining series of events, in which each pathway eventually reaches a decision-point at which it forks out into more than one future pathway. … Continue reading →

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Backward Causation

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Backward Causation Sometimes also called retro-causation. A common feature of our world seems to be that in all cases of causation, the cause and the effect are placed in time so that the cause precedes its effect temporally. … Continue reading →

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The Reason the Universe Exists is Because it Caused Itself to Exist

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : The Reason the Universe Exists is Because it Caused Itself to Exist There may be another way for the universe to cause itself to begin to exist, but this way will be found dubious by many since it … Continue reading →

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The Impertinent Anthropic Principle

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : The Impertinent Anthropic Principle Because this premise is less than certain, many of those who espouse the WAP advocate many universes, so that we just happen to be in the one that contains us. Nick Bostrom (2) points … Continue reading →

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Gnosticism as critique of Paganism (Snakes & Ladders)

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Gnosticism as critique of Paganism (Snakes & Ladders) Embedded within gnosticism's almost maniacal hostility to the ecosystem is a beautiful and compelling cry for freedom, a libertarian drive towards unmediated lucidity and intuitive knowledge. Gnosticism were antinomian – … Continue reading →

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Divine Filth: The Lost Writings of Georges Bataille

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Found : Divine Filth: The Lost Writings of Georges Bataille Could it be that Bataille secretly worshipped strength, and merely resigned himself to wallowing in ruin as the only thing a strong man can do in a world dominated by … Continue reading →

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