Reply #13: That which exists, to my knowledge

[Newest Reality]

occurs simultaneously in space and time as we understand it. The two are inseparable, except by pure abstraction - our predilection.

If what is actually an abstraction drawn by the propensities of the mind to extrapolate and imagine, is considered to exist, then where does it do so in any demonstrable way?

Considering that the layer of thought and ideas we utilize to represent symbolic containers for experience is like the skin of a soap bubble that contains the same amount of substance that said bubble does, how can we lay much credence on philosophical considerations of omniscient, etc.? Can we consider the speculation about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin valid today?

Every organism's experience of what is is an abstraction, so it is not just human nature to do so. However, we are a species that can project our ideas and thoughts outwards with the hopes and belief that they are real, (or even more real) than our more concrete, (yet subject to interpretation) sensory experiences or our interactions with matter.

It is quite possible that our reason and logic and the degrees of abstraction that are necessary for human cultures and our ability to bind time and project it across generations does not correspond very accurately from actuality, (vs. reality). We tend to be so embedded in our own cultural Gestalts that to see it for what it is and understand it would be like trying to describe what water is to a fish. Therefore, we can put great credence on our interpretations and ideas as if they are actually so, while never seeing the sheer absurdity of their artificial nature, e. g., notions of gods, infinity, omniscience, etc. The higher the level of abstraction the more inclusive it is, yet the more vague it becomes. Note also that more money is made as the work itself becomes more abstract; it is a fascinating game.

There are many forms of intriguing, fascinating fairy tales to amuse, captivate and confuse us, but they tend to fall into an infinite regress when carefully considered. However, the mind is purely a oneupmanship device, despite all the nobility and value it ascribes to itself, so that queues-up the next mind to refute this missive with a punitive valor or to underscore its salient points in with greater panache and exhibitions of wisdom.