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Fractalguy: /* What is Best? */

2025-01-17T19:22:51Z

What is Best?

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	== What is Best? ==		== What is Best? ==

	Once we've determined what information is relevant to consider for our life choices, it becomes a matter of determining [[best practices]] based on the available [[information]] to find a course that is likely to lead to [[happiness]].		Once we've determined what information is relevant to consider for our life choices, it becomes a matter of determining [[best practices]] based on the available [[information]] to find a course that is likely to lead to [[happiness]].<blockquote>''“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”'' -[[wikipedia:Theodore_Roosevelt\|Theodore Roosevelt]]</blockquote>In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and [[The Gambler\|place a bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [[wikipedia:Agnosticism\|agnosticism]].

	In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and [[The Gambler\|place a bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Agnosticism agnosticism].

	== What is Available? ==		== What is Available? ==

Fractalguy at 19:20, 17 January 2025

2025-01-17T19:20:44Z

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	[[File:Life-choices-relevance-liklihood-best-practices-evidence.jpg\|thumb\|Say yes to life]]		[[File:Life-choices-relevance-liklihood-best-practices-evidence.jpg\|thumb\|Say yes to life]]
	When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] and [[beliefs]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.		When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] and [[beliefs]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.<blockquote>''"We are our choices."'' -[[wikipedia:Jean-Paul_Sartre\|Jean-Paul Sartre]]</blockquote>The point being made is that as long as you are ''functionally rational'', meaning your life choices and [[politics]] are based on [[reason]] and [[evidence-based best practices]] rather than [[dogma]], it doesn't really matter what your view on the [[supernatural]] is, or any other metaphysical opinions you may hold.

	The point being made is that as long as you are ''functionally rational'', meaning your life choices and [[politics]] are based on [[reason]] and [[evidence-based best practices]] rather than [[dogma]], it doesn't really matter what your view on the [[supernatural]] is, or any other metaphysical opinions you may hold.

	== What is Relevant? ==		== What is Relevant? ==

Fractalguy at 13:07, 11 March 2024

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	[[File:Life-choices-relevance-liklihood-best-practices-evidence.jpg\|thumb\|Say yes to life]]		[[File:Life-choices-relevance-liklihood-best-practices-evidence.jpg\|thumb\|Say yes to life]]
	When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.		When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] and [[beliefs]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.

			The point being made is that as long as you are ''functionally rational'', meaning your life choices and [[politics]] are based on [[reason]] and [[evidence-based best practices]] rather than [[dogma]], it doesn't really matter what your view on the [[supernatural]] is, or any other metaphysical opinions you may hold.

	== What is Relevant? ==		== What is Relevant? ==

Fractalguy: /* What's Happening Under the Hood? */

2024-03-01T11:21:26Z

What's Happening Under the Hood?

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	Too many people, particularly [[atheists]] and [[fundamentalists]], get caught up in the details of our [[theological]] [[beliefs]] rather than focusing on the resulting life choices, which are ultimately all that matters to other people.		Too many people, particularly [[atheists]] and [[fundamentalists]], get caught up in the details of our [[theological]] [[beliefs]] rather than focusing on the resulting life choices, which are ultimately all that matters to other people.

	It doesn't matter whether you are an [[atheist]], agnostic, [[pantheist]], panentheist, deist, Buddhist, or theist that believes in a [[supernatural]] creator, as long as you acknowledge that the [[universe]] operates according to the [[laws of physics]] and therefore we must use [[science]] and [[reason]] to uncover [[evidence-based best practices]] for maximizing [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]]. If you base your decisions on [[science]] and [[reason]], it really doesn't matter what your [[supernatural]] or [[spiritual]] [[beliefs]] are. Functionally, you are a rational person whose [[politics]] and decision making can be [[trusted]].		It doesn't matter whether you are an [[atheist]], agnostic, [[pantheist]], panentheist, deist, Buddhist, or theist that believes in a [[supernatural]] creator, as long as you acknowledge that the [[universe]] operates according to the [[laws of physics]] and therefore we must use [[science]] and [[reason]] to uncover [[evidence-based best practices]] for maximizing [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]]. If you base your decisions on [[science]] and [[reason]], it really doesn't matter what your [[supernatural]] or [[spiritual]] [[beliefs]] are. Functionally, you are a rational person whose [[politics]] and decision making can be [[trusted]] not to steer humanity towards [[apocalypse]].

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy: /* What's Happening Under the Hood? */

2024-03-01T11:20:18Z

What's Happening Under the Hood?

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	Too many people, particularly [[atheists]] and [[fundamentalists]], get caught up in the details of our [[theological]] [[beliefs]] rather than focusing on the resulting life choices, which are ultimately all that matters to other people.		Too many people, particularly [[atheists]] and [[fundamentalists]], get caught up in the details of our [[theological]] [[beliefs]] rather than focusing on the resulting life choices, which are ultimately all that matters to other people.

	It doesn't matter whether you are an [[atheist]], agnostic, [[pantheist]], panentheist, deist, Buddhist, or theist that believes in a [[supernatural]] creator, as long as you acknowledge that the [[universe]] operates according to the [[laws of physics]] and therefore we must use [[science]] and [[reason]] to uncover [[evidence-based best practices]] for maximizing [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]], it really doesn't matter what your [[supernatural]] or [[spiritual]] [[beliefs]] are. Functionally, you are a rational person whose [[politics]] and decision making can be [[trusted]].		It doesn't matter whether you are an [[atheist]], agnostic, [[pantheist]], panentheist, deist, Buddhist, or theist that believes in a [[supernatural]] creator, as long as you acknowledge that the [[universe]] operates according to the [[laws of physics]] and therefore we must use [[science]] and [[reason]] to uncover [[evidence-based best practices]] for maximizing [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]]. If you base your decisions on [[science]] and [[reason]], it really doesn't matter what your [[supernatural]] or [[spiritual]] [[beliefs]] are. Functionally, you are a rational person whose [[politics]] and decision making can be [[trusted]].

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy at 00:58, 1 March 2024

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	== What is Available? ==		== What is Available? ==
	When you combine deterministic [[free will]] with a consideration of life choices you come to the conclusion that [[freedom]] means the increasing of available life choices that can realistically be pursued within the [[Politics\|political]], [[Economics\|economic]], and [[Social norms\|social norm]] constraints of the [[society]] you live in.		When you combine deterministic [[free will]] with a consideration of life choices you come to the conclusion that [[freedom]] means the increasing of available life choices that can realistically be pursued within the [[Politics\|political]], [[Economics\|economic]], and [[Social norms\|social norm]] constraints of the [[society]] you live in.

			== What's Happening Under the Hood? ==
			Too many people, particularly [[atheists]] and [[fundamentalists]], get caught up in the details of our [[theological]] [[beliefs]] rather than focusing on the resulting life choices, which are ultimately all that matters to other people.

			It doesn't matter whether you are an [[atheist]], agnostic, [[pantheist]], panentheist, deist, Buddhist, or theist that believes in a [[supernatural]] creator, as long as you acknowledge that the [[universe]] operates according to the [[laws of physics]] and therefore we must use [[science]] and [[reason]] to uncover [[evidence-based best practices]] for maximizing [[utilitarian]] [[happiness]], it really doesn't matter what your [[supernatural]] or [[spiritual]] [[beliefs]] are. Functionally, you are a rational person whose [[politics]] and decision making can be [[trusted]].

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy: /* What is Available? */

2024-02-03T13:41:20Z

What is Available?

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	== What is Available? ==		== What is Available? ==
	When you combine deterministic [[free will]] with a consideration of [[life choices]] you come to the conclusion that [[freedom]] means the increasing of available [[life choices]] that can realistically be pursued within the [[Politics\|political]], [[Economics\|economic]], and [[Social norms\|social norm]] constraints of the [[society]] you live in.		When you combine deterministic [[free will]] with a consideration of life choices you come to the conclusion that [[freedom]] means the increasing of available life choices that can realistically be pursued within the [[Politics\|political]], [[Economics\|economic]], and [[Social norms\|social norm]] constraints of the [[society]] you live in.

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy: /* What is Best? */

2024-02-03T13:40:42Z

What is Best?

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	In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and [[The Gambler\|place a bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism agnosticism].		In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and [[The Gambler\|place a bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism agnosticism].

			== What is Available? ==
			When you combine deterministic [[free will]] with a consideration of [[life choices]] you come to the conclusion that [[freedom]] means the increasing of available [[life choices]] that can realistically be pursued within the [[Politics\|political]], [[Economics\|economic]], and [[Social norms\|social norm]] constraints of the [[society]] you live in.

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy: /* What is Best? */

2024-01-31T13:43:22Z

What is Best?

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	Once we've determined what information is relevant to consider for our life choices, it becomes a matter of determining [[best practices]] based on the available [[information]] to find a course that is likely to lead to [[happiness]].		Once we've determined what information is relevant to consider for our life choices, it becomes a matter of determining [[best practices]] based on the available [[information]] to find a course that is likely to lead to [[happiness]].

	In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and place a [[bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism agnosticism].		In [[life]] we rarely deal with complete and incontrovertible information. Most of the time you have to take the best available information and [[The Gambler\|place a bet]] on what you think is most likely. When viewed this way it becomes easy to discard more unlikely theories and move past indecision and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism agnosticism].

	== What is On the Tube? ==		== What is On the Tube? ==

Fractalguy at 12:22, 25 January 2024

2024-01-25T12:22:42Z

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			[[File:Life-choices-relevance-liklihood-best-practices-evidence.jpg\|thumb\|Say yes to life]]
	When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.		When used in [[metaculture]], life choices refers broadly to the important decisions that you have to make in your life to build sustainable [[happiness]] and fulfillment, and the relevant [[information]] about the [[universe]] that is needed to inform those decisions.

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	So much of [[spirituality]] and speculative scientific theories like [[quantum mechanics]] spend a lot of time focusing on aspects of the [[universe]] that are irrelevant to our life choices.		So much of [[spirituality]] and speculative scientific theories like [[quantum mechanics]] spend a lot of time focusing on aspects of the [[universe]] that are irrelevant to our life choices.

	Does it matter if there is a [[multiverse]]? Or if we are living in a [[Simulation Theory\|simulation]]? Or if the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deist] version of [[god]] set the [[universe]] in motion? In all cases we still exist within a single, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_generation procedurally generated] [[universe]] that, according to every confirmed observation, conforms to consistent [[~~laws~~ of physics\|physical laws]].		Does it matter if there is a [[multiverse]]? Or if we are living in a [[Simulation Theory\|simulation]]? Or if the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deist] version of [[god]] set the [[universe]] in motion? In all cases we still exist within a single, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_generation procedurally generated] [[universe]] that, according to every confirmed observation, conforms to consistent [[Laws of physics\|physical laws]].

	And we must figure out how to live a [[happy]] life, having found ourselves existing within such a [[universe]]. To do so it is important to separate the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio signal from the noise] when informing those decisions to avoid [[information overload]].		And we must figure out how to live a [[happy]] life, having found ourselves existing within such a [[universe]]. To do so it is important to separate the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio signal from the noise] when informing those decisions to avoid [[information overload]].