http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:07:48 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7965 So are we living in a simulation, or what? « The Tar Pit Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:57:51 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7965 [...] capable of perceiving the universe "as it is", in its entirety, then we would necessarily arrive to God, and particularly nowadays, to post-religion. So it looks like taken from this particular angle, [...] [...] capable of perceiving the universe "as it is", in its entirety, then we would necessarily arrive to God, and particularly nowadays, to post-religion. So it looks like taken from this particular angle, [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7187 On perversion « The Tar Pit Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:35:57 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7187 [...] Religion: metaphysical perversion. [...] [...] Religion: metaphysical perversion. [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-2962 The crisis of identity « The Tar Pit Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:04:32 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-2962 [...] -- discriminates: A, B and C are identical, therefore any other item under consideration in the closed universe must be different. Moreover, this discrimination may be taken to its very extreme: while on one [...] [...] -- discriminates: A, B and C are identical, therefore any other item under consideration in the closed universe must be different. Moreover, this discrimination may be taken to its very extreme: while on one [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-1933 spyked Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:28:00 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-1933 The "closed world assumption" is just another name for totalitarianism. The "closed world assumption" is just another name for totalitarianism.

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-21 The inevitable transition back into religiousness « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:55:59 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-21 [...] and philosophy (and maybe more?), boiling down to the assumption that some form of God exists. Many have challenged this core principle and, more importantly, many have in the end found it irrelevant to the [...] [...] and philosophy (and maybe more?), boiling down to the assumption that some form of God exists. Many have challenged this core principle and, more importantly, many have in the end found it irrelevant to the [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7 On post-religion « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:07:12 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2013/religion-and-the-closed-world-assumption#comment-7 [...] ended one of my previous posts called "Religion and the closed world assumption" on the following [...] [...] ended one of my previous posts called "Religion and the closed world assumption" on the following [...]

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