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🇺🇦 Sean Prophet ⚛Some thoughts on <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#probability</a> and <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/ancestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancestry</a>:One supremely terrible argument used by religious people (who are always "meaning" and "significance" junkies) is the <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/anthropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anthropic</a> principle, also referred to as the "fine-tuning" of the universe.This is the claim that all of the cosmological constants that govern physical laws seem to be just right for our existence. And indeed they are.These are constants such as the force of gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong nuclear force. If any of these were different, it would be a very different universe, very likely devoid of life.Similarly, conditions on Earth are extremely coincidentally good for our type of mammalian existence. Some of the things that had to happen in order for us to exist are the collision of Theia with proto-Earth, forming our Moon, the existence of a gas giant such as Jupiter to shepherd asteroids away from the inner solar system, bacterial evolution from anaerobic to aerobic bacteria, along with the evolution of plants that that created an oxygen-rich atmosphere, and the existence of an iron core producing a strong magnetic field to shield earth from cosmic rays. Without any of those things, life could not have evolved on Earth as it did.So that leaves many people to ponder why all of these fortuitous salutary conditions for our existence aligned just as they did? With barely any hesitation, many people conclude that it was all part of a grand, divine plan.This is, of course, an oil-tanker-sized crock of brontosaurus shit.That would be like going into a casino and winning 20 perfect hands of blackjack in a row, not just any perfect hands, but say a face card and the Ace of Spades, every time, and then claiming "Gawd did it." The actual odds of that happening are something like one times 10 to the minus 47th power. (Thanks ChatGPT). That's about as likely as every air molecule spontaneously rushing out of a given room at the same time, through random molecular motion.That is to say, it's looking at everything backwards. If you ever did have such a run of "luck," the likeliest cause would be that you cheated. Because it's hard to defy those kinds of odds. Whether you cheated or not, you could expect to be banned from all casinos for life. Because casinos rely on odds that are stacked in their favor and they can't abide truly "lucky" people.But getting back to the <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/Goldilocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goldilocks</a> conditions of our universe, we're here because of those conditions, not the other way around. In a different universe, we wouldn't be here to contemplate our origins. So the twist of fate that brought us to the place of capacity for self-contemplation happened long before the first single-celled, self-replicating life sprang into existence from primordial chemistry.We are the *result* of time's arrow, and none of our puny invented gawds have any more to do with that process, than brontosaurus shit had to do with the evolution of the brontosaurus! The "anthropic principle" is therefore detestable ego-driven bunkum of the worst kind.And this brings me to another topic, the endless human obsession with ancestry. You'll run across these posts from time to time that talk about the number of people who had to have sex with specific other people at a specific time in order for "you" to be "you." Depending on how far you go back, it could be millions of couplings, all of which had to take place exactly when they did, in order to result in your birth, with your specific DNA. Mind you, each of these conceptions were the results of one out of 400 million sperm that randomly connected, while the others failed. Those odds put the 20 hands of perfect blackjack, to shame. We're talking about a randomness greater than the number of atoms in the universe.And that is why ancestry is completely moot, and boring. It also encourages in-group thinking, and tribalism.All humans share the vast majority of our DNA. We are all much more alike than different. Random genetic variations aren't what they're cracked up to be. Sure, your genetic analysis can determine things like your intelligence and your longevity and your susceptibility to diseases. But those are all within statistical ranges that average out across the population.Family is not special. DNA family is absolutely a matter of random chance. And our blood families often treat us far worse than they treat strangers. Many of us find chosen family that is preferable to our blood relatives. And given the terrible dysfunction in many blood families, that's as it should be. We should not be enslaved to our families of origin, or our ancestry, if they're hurting us.Past our grandparents or great-grandparents, We have nothing to do with these people. We don't know them, and never will. We don't know how they would have treated us. They are effectively, strangers. I repeat, none of us will ever know more than three generations of people at the outside. The rest are inscrutable, and they chose their partners for their own self-interested reasons.Whether they were famous, or whether they were insignificant, is of no consequence to us. Beyond any passage of significant intergenerational wealth, (which is rare) we don't share their achievements, or their failures. And most importantly, we had no choice in the conditions of our birth. That is why we should all consider ourselves cousins on the evolutionary tree--including all living animals. Related to a single common ancestor that was the first living, dividing cell.This also helps us feel compassion and oneness for all life. And gives us empathy for our common suffering. After all, the process of evolution that produced us meant the death of countless less-adaptable phenotypes.Ancestry obsession is therefore a form of ego-worship. And it's no coincidence that many religions are terribly obsessed with it. Especially Mormons, who somehow believe your specific lineage has something to do with your place in heaven. Puke.Now I know this is somewhat of a sacred cow, and some people are going to be very upset that I'm going after their family tree. I'm actually not. I'm saying your family tree is life itself. Stop being obsessed with your tiny little insignificant sprig.Step back and behold the entire tree. That's our common family.<a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolerance</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/oneness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oneness</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/tribalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tribalism</a> <a href="https://blacksun.social/tags/antiracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiracism</a>

Petra van CronenburgI worked hard today because my best wishes for you come as sound ▶️ <a href="https://anchor.fm/naturematchcuts/episodes/Season-01-Ep-05-She-Dies-In-Beauty-Why-You-Can-Feel-Both-Eco-Grief-And-Hope-e1sueft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/naturematchcuts/episodes/Season-01-Ep-05-She-Dies-In-Beauty-Why-You-Can-Feel-Both-Eco-Grief-And-Hope-e1sueft</a>Join me for a very special <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RestrictedArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RestrictedArea</a> with a dying <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tree</a> and a paradise for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a>. A very personal episode of how to deal with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EcoGrief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoGrief</a> and feel <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/awe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#awe</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oneness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oneness</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interconnectedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interconnectedness</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> Wishing you all the best!<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HappyNewYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HappyNewYear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewYearsEve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYearsEve</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/newyearsresolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newyearsresolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NatureMatchCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureMatchCuts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> (just published, takes some time to reach all apps)

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