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To: epicure who wrote (284579)	12/3/2015 9:34:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541777

" I personally find the cracks in the universe fascinating" How do you feel about the Big Rip? I'm hoping the fabric of the universe is rip-stop nylon, cuz I'll only be 37 billion years old. Big Rip will end the universe, scientists claim Big Bang is how it all began for the universe – Big Rip is how it will end, new research claims to show telegraph.co.uk

To: epicure who wrote (284579)	12/4/2015 12:14:48 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541777

Belief is part of our genetic make up as a species. There is no way around that. Our brains are pattern processing machines. The more unknowns and uncertainties there are, and the more uncomfortable with uncertainties a person is, the stronger the belief in super natural. But this doesn't make atheists right. If anything, one could argue that a genetic bias for something is an evidence (not the evidence) for that thing. There is a scientific theory that this world is a "holographic" simulation. If it is, then who is running that simulation. I can't be considered a "True Believer" in anything. But I am mildly skeptical of all beliefs and disbeliefs. ST