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cgod  ·  4817 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is existence?
I took a ancient Greek philosophy class not long ago. One of the most pressing questions we examined was "Is there coming to be?" It amazed me how much time and ink we spent examining whether something can come from nothing, or weather there can be anything new. I really hated the class. One thing my professor convinced me of is that we are living in our own myths to which we have scientific supports, but which over time will probably be abandoned (hopefully for more scientific myths).

The whole thing seems to relate to what you are thinking about here. I wouldn't suggests wading into that material without taking a class, what you read and what they are saying are two hard things to reconcile.