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God and game theory, part 2

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In the last post, I argued, or at least implicitly suggested, that given a Christian conception of God, we would not expect to exist in a physical world — i.e. one of a different substantive class than God, which is governed (for all we can tell) exclusively by natural laws and where we have little to no direct experience of the divine.

Topics: Faith, Doctrine & Practice
Beliefs: Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)
Tags: agnostic, christian, game theory, god, god and game theory, god and hell, hell, ryan downie

Ryan Downie

Epictetus said, "Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth." One could say this is the very purpose of Ryan Downie's life. What drives him, he said, is knowledge and understanding, an insatiable desire to learn.
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