What if reality simply isn't finished?
Why is it that in our attempts to capture the essence of reality in a system or a theory, we always end up writing something that for some part completely works and for another part completely falls on its face?
Why can Immanual Kant write a system of ethics that perfectly applies to some scenarios but absolutely fails to work in others. How is it possible that a mathematician can create a mathematic law that works, but as soon as he writes a word of metaphysical philosophy half the world disagrees with him regardless of how well considered it is?
Why is it that things aren't eternal and are subject to entropy and decay? Why is there seemingly no end to physical matter, yet the arrangement of this matter to create different objects is only capable of creating objects that exist temporarily? Why can different people in the same situation with the same information draw completely opposite conclusions and each be as convinced as the other that their conclusion feels true? How can two complete opposites both feel equally true and how is it possible that some people take a radical 180 on something in their life and are as convinced of their latter stance as they were of their former?
These are questions I can keep asking and asking. There are some things that we are perfectly capable of capturing in a system that allows us to reproduce results, but then there are things that fall entirely outside it.
If we perceive reality as a weave, as has often been done, is it not logical to conclude that the weave simply hasn't been fully woven yet? What if reality in some manners is still in a state of complete chaos and disarray, and is in other manners finished and constructed? What if those things that we have been able to form decisive conclusions about are those parts of reality that are done? What if the purpose of reality at this point is simply to finish its construction and we are just as much living it as we are it?
All philosophy and all theology seems to assume that the reality in which we live, the universe, the world, doesn't matter what term you use as long as it encompasses the entirety of everything, is already finished. We work from the assumption that everything has been shaped and made, that everything has already been wrapped up and that it's simply up to us to uncover the secrets. What if there are no secrets to uncover? What if the only "secret" is that reality's simply still under construction and that we therefore can't establish a meaningful set of rules that capture things perfectly despite our wanting to? It seems to make sense to me that this could be the case, though I'm not yet willing to commit to it actually being the case before I've given it more thought.
Still, it's an idea to posit so that's what I'm doing. I'm quite interested in feedback.
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Originally Posted by Comrade Wiggum
