Mind of Matt

Category: theology

  • Pilot-wave theory implications on the Big Questions

    This draft-state article explores the implications of pilot-wave theory (see) on the "big questions" in life, assuming that pilot-wave theory is indeed adequate and that the universe is deterministic on a physical level. Pilot-wave theory is simply chaos theory taking to the particle level: the deterministic laws of nature are not out of force, but […]

  • It all. Nothing short of it all.

    In your twenties, you were a visionary. You wanted to learn it all, and fix it all. All the world. Ever realized that you cannot do everything that is meaningful in your life? When you dedicate your life to help people with HIV, you can't go find a cure for HIV. Or find the quantum […]

  • Boom and bust of faith

    I made some interesting observations of analogies between faith and economy. Of which we can learn – this time, not for economy, but for faith. The boom and bust cycle of economy is based on mass psychology. The boom happens when everybody (for whatever reason) hope that the economy will improve, and subsequently invest and […]

  • God's moral standard is even higher than Old Testament Law

    The old testament law said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor just as yourself. Which establishes a balance: do not harm your neighbor for your profit, but also, do not harm yourself, or allow yourself to be harmed, for the profit of an (obviously greedy) neighbor. This law promotes a 50/50 distribution of resources to your […]

  • Shaping the human mind

    Now I think I found a revealing formulation for different approaches towards a happy life and happy world. What the different approaches have in common is the persuasion that the right human mindset is the key ingredient for both a happy life and a happy world. The right mindset for this would be (roughly), more […]

  • Why are you so deistic, God?

    If it would have been God’s foremost intention to just save the world, while minimizing human suffering, he would have done it right away after the fall. Instead of waiting 4000 years until sending Jesus down to us. Or, if there is some reason for these 4000 years that is unknown to us, God could […]

  • High-energy believers

    I arrived at a provocative thesis: those who emphasize “the serious / judging side of God” by actively preaching and promoting it do so because it allows them to live out an innate desire for high-energy social interaction, or for taking strong and even agressive positions. This type of beliefs grant a channel for “energetic […]