Other Extropians have raised the same possibility, so it's not fair to
suggest that all Extropians are "dogmatic atheists" in the sense of
absolutely rejecting the possibility that "god" -- in some usages of the
word -- may have created our universe. Hans Moravec has written about this
possibility, and others of us have discussed it.
You go from saying that it's a *possibility* to saying that it's probable. I
disagree with this. As I noted before, the hypothesis does *not* explain
anything. It adds to the number of things to be explained. It's simply a
speculation. The only value I can see in it, apart from simple intellectual
fun, is that suggested by Hans Moravec in the interview I did with him in
the November issue of Rage: it offers one way to escape the end of our
universe. He says that a very long term, low-probability project is to try
to discover ways of communicating with the makers of the universe. (BTW, why
do you talk of "God" rather than "gods". Surely the creation of a universe
is at least as likely to be a team effort.)
>I can't see any way to put this *possibility* out of my mind. And don't
>anybody give me the standard athiestic arguments; I am very familiar with them
>already. *Think* about what I have written, and respond out of intelligence,
>not out of dogmatic habit.
>If we become capable of creating universes similar to our own, it seems
>possible and likely that another conscious being created our universe.
^^^^^
Which position are you actually taking, David? Is it merely possible -- a
pure speculation with no evidence to support a positive belief, as you seem
to originally suggest -- or likely? If the latter, I don't see that you've
given a good argument.
Max
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