I do lurk on this list, and happy to discuss related matters. Others on this list are interested as well. But I am busy with other things, so may be little delayed from time to time.
As for these theories aren't popular, we are hardwired to believe in an objective reality external to ourselves, and these theories really require one to abandon that in favour of intersubjective consistency. For many, this is too bitter a pill to swallow. Just a thought. Cheers On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 09:33:41AM -0700, Gil Berry wrote: > Over the past few years, I convergently stumbled upon a theory extremely > similar to the one presented in Russel Standish's 2006 book 'The Theory of > Nothing.' I labeled my 'The Great Contradiction Model,' since it seems like > the > universe can instead be characterized by a single contradiction (or > singularity), containing everything and nothing at the same time. I've been > trying to condense my findings into a document, but I seem to lose motivation > because there is an inherent lack of interest in previous writings on similar > theories. > > To me, these theories hold some of the most incredible wisdom I have ever come > across, and if not further, they potentially describe reasons for our > existence. So why are they ignored but other philosophies with less truth > latched onto? > > While it could be a matter of advertising, I think it is more fundamental: to > live is to be in ignorance of understanding. We've all heard the 'ignorance is > bliss' line. I think consciousness is fundamentally defined as being > abstracted > from the absolute, contradictory, infinite truth of our universe. To live is > to > believe in a special universe, not one of millions, therefore, this theory > dies > because it is unimportant, if not harmful, to know about it. > > If anyone wants to talk with me about this, I would love to elaborate more. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list > /3c832e9e-4b92-42aa-aac7-e2dcabb1c90en%40googlegroups.com. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/aPcAO2y4Potksfi9%40zen.
