Don’t throw the book at him. If being a Republican (which I’m not now) has taught me anything, it’s that when half the country wants to hang someone and half wants to just see him serve jail time or be rehabilitated, don’t go with the half that wants to execute. Hell, if it’s half, it might be testosterone or hormones (men are from Mars, women are from Venus). In a hundred years time, we’ll look back on history and see ourselves as savages. That’s how it always goes.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Monday, December 21, 2020
Quora: How do I uncover fake people around me? So strange that they fake act as soon as I came in, but I can see right through that. I'm so pissed. Why are they acting fake?
It’s better to be polite than to be rude. Maybe they don’t know they’re coming across as fake and they're just trying (although it shows) to be friendly and upbeat. Don’t be paranoid.
Quora: Why is Christianity so poor at convincing me that God exists?
Because you have to have faith.
You could point at the miracle of childbirth, the feeling of doing something good for others, etc. as the reason you believe in God. But if you don’t have faith, you won’t be able to out-argue other viewpoints.
You might even believe that God put dinosaur bones on Earth to test our faith. You might believe that simulation theory was created to bring back good behavior and show that a God or creator can exist, even both can exist simultaneously, one bubble of consciousness within another. It might be God’s second coming.
The Bible teaches us to have faith. Without it, I’m not sure it can even be interpreted and practiced properly. Who are you praying to if you don’t have faith? Remember that science and faith are not contradictory ideas. There’s still a lot of science that’s still in the theoretical stage like string theory, but scientists believe it exists because the equations work. They have faith even though it calls for them to accept some pretty outrageous ideas about the makeup of the universe. So does Christianity. But, all scientific odds and variables aside, what do you believe? In your heart?
Try going to church and praying. Pray to God to give you faith. Talk to your pastor or priest. Everyone’s faith wavers at some point. It’s almost part of growing up.
Remember that faith isn’t asking you to put science aside and accept something that no one else in the world believes in but you. Christianity is a well-known world religion, and many people died to ensure that the citizens of the world would get converted and end up in heaven. Even if your only reason for staying Christian is to have that maybe-ticket to heaven, remember that science and faith intertwine and maybe a spot in Heaven looks subconsciously enticing for multiple good and not-so-good reasons. Jesus knew that and told us about it anyway. Maybe he thought you should know before you make your decision. They say that everything is part of a plan. God’s plan. We might have free will, we might not, but go ahead and do what you think is right, even if it seems selfish on the surface because of your current crisis of faith.
Quora: What can I do if I’m being bullied?
https://www.quora.com/What-can-I-do-if-people-bully-me?ch=10&share=9e2086fb&srid=u4smXE
Change schools. Learn to wear clothes and carry yourself in a way that doesn’t make you a target. Don’t break any laws or ethical rules in terms of protecting yourself, but you are allowed to defend yourself if something happens. There’s always a chance he’ll have a weapon or he’ll just get revenge on you later, so it’s best to just let him bully you. Carry extra money (no coins, just bills, they make your shoe bulky and heavy and it’s obvious you’re hiding something) and learn to eat a heavy breakfast and something as soon as you come home from school. But seriously, ask your parents if you can change schools. You don’t want the bully and/or his friends getting revenge on whatever martial art you’re thinking of doing on him. Plus, that sh*t only works in movies. Those people practice getting hit over and over and over again and they come out perfectly fine. Know why? Because getting hit doesn’t always knock someone out. Even then, unless you kill them (and you probably shouldn’t. A self-defense plea only gets you so far. Study the law), they can always come back and get you physically or mentally and emotionally (a lot of people end up killing themselves because of the emotional torment of having to deal with it everyday). Just avoid them as much as possible (change the way you get to class and, again, try transferring schools) and try not to get yourself in any extra trouble. If you think changing routes will just make him mad if he finds out, don’t do it. Just deal with it until you grow up and go to college. Go somewhere far away. You’ll get to start over and no one will know you were bullied unless you write about it in your admissions essay or something. Look forward to the rest of your life and realize that everyone splits their time up into working, resting, and playing, and we can’t always spend our time the way we want. You’re just dividing your life up in a different way, the way a pre-med student does when they realize they need to go to medical school and do a residency internship before becoming a regular doctor with a regular doctor’s salary and hours. Don’t go crazy in college. Use your free time now to study and make yourself look attractive in your college application. Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer. Think breadth and depth in your extracurriculars. Show that you are becoming a more perfect person, evolving, figuring out what you want to do in life. Maybe spend a summer volunteering abroad for those less fortunate. It’ll put your worries in perspective. A lot of successful people were nerds growing up. Make your own luck and envision your own success story. Don’t write anything down in case your bully reads it and makes fun of you. But keep it in mind. Work hard now so you can rest and relax with a cushy job later.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Review: How To Live In A Simulation
I guess what shocks me the most is how the author didn’t think to expand on the entertainment aspect of viewing Earth from afar to attempting communication, especially in the form of a Hail Mary or other last-resort style tactics. We send messages in bottles in the ocean to be retrieved even though it’s a one-in-a-million shot. Why not attempt communication? Especially if you don’t expect to hear anything back, this can definitely be done without looking crazy. The Seti Institute devotes its airwaves to attempting to find forms of extraterrestrial communication, and no one thinks they’re crazy. People pray to God all the time, and no one thinks they’re crazy. If the chances of us living in a simulation are so great, it would be bad investigative work to not form a plan just in case they’re listening. They might even be able to affect our lives in some small or large way.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
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