Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

So, yeah... what if.... (No Sarah In This Post!)


Last night, I was laying in bed - listening to Coast to Coast in the weesmas. During the broadcast, there was some discussion of the CERN collider and the possible implications. Much of it was over my head scientifically - but my broad (and limited) understanding is that it has something to do with splitting particles even further than before. Some time earlier today, that was to have taken place.

It got me to thinking about John Lennon's old song, "Imagine". Yes, my mind does travel along some weird paths, particularly when I'm half asleep.

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people...

So let's imagine this experiment in particle splitting proves that this is all there is. Pure science. No God. No cosmic consciousness, nothing "out there". Our existence is purely random chance in a random universe. We exist simply because we exist. There is no higher purpose.

What do you think the world would look like?

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