Tag: thought experiments

On God Part V.II- Heaven, Hell and the Mind-numbing Prospect of Eternity

This is On God Part V.II, confusingly enough. Initially, Part V was just one mega-post, but considering nobody gives a shit about this blog, it felt too long. That being said, it’s now broken up into two only semi-long posts. This one is mostly about eternity. I think eternity is real fun in a bizarre and horrifying type of way. Forever will happen whether we’re around for it or not.

So, for On God Part V.II, I want to explore eternity. Remember from Part V.I, for this post, the Bible is 100% true. Typically people argue the individual points in the Bible- “Jesus walked on water!” “No, he didn’t!” But today I just want to accept the puzzle pieces laid out by mainstream Christianity and put them together from there. Then we can think about eternity for a few minutes.

Let’s get to it. Continue reading “On God Part V.II- Heaven, Hell and the Mind-numbing Prospect of Eternity”

The Veil of Ignorance Thought Experiment

For whatever reason I like thought experiments, probably because I was homeschooled.  Anyway, I recently came across a thought experiment where you imagine making a new society.  It really gets your thinking motor running.  It’s called The Veil of Ignorance and I first heard about it on The Making Sense Podcast with Sam Harris.  The originator of the idea was an American philosopher named John Rawls.  

The basic idea is you get to make a society from scratch, but you don’t know who you’ll be in that society.  Pretty exciting, huh?  Let’s explore that more since so far this isn’t long enough to be considered an article by itself.  Continue reading “The Veil of Ignorance Thought Experiment”