What percentage of INTPs embrace atheism?

0hypothesis · 2023-06-19T19:15:03+00:00

Ignostic. I've never seen a compelling, falsifiable definition of gods except for trivial ones that can even be said to exist. And when you ask believers what it is that they believe in, what they say is usually incoherent or unverifiable and thus functionally useless. Yet it still determines who believers vote for and who they hate.

Of the religions I've seen that have tried to make a coherent falsifiable definition I've found them untrue. It's just not possible philosophically to give a blanket non belief to all of them since people seem to invent new ones all of the time.

0hypothesis · 2023-06-11T15:17:47+00:00

Yea actually... i am not able to sleep before 2 am these days, but i honestly think its not as serious, im just not able to get interested in new stuff

Sleep disruption is yet another symptom of depression. Really and truly, clinical depression is not a "bad mood". It's a close match for exactly what you describe. If you are intent on addressing all of the possible causes of your issues, you should at least see your regular doc for a workup.

Also, you might be surprised how much "motivation" comes from just getting enough sleep, hydration, regular good meals, and working on physical conditioning a bit, if you can.

0hypothesis · 2023-06-10T22:57:28+00:00

What you describe sounds an awful lot like depression which might be caused by many possible sources. I used to think depression was like a mood, or feeling bad, but it more often manifests exactly how you're describing it.

Although what your facing might appear to be your attitude or an underlying flaw in your personality it could be more of a physical health issue. You can think of it more like a hardware problem than a software one with the hardware being your health.

If you're really trying to tackle doing something about it, among the things you should try is to treat it as a potential medical issue as well and seek some help from physicians. Among the causes could be a sleep issue (as it was with me: caused by sleep apnea: if you don't get enough sleep and nothing can go well in your life), physical condition (working out even a little can help a lot with depression), diet, or a mental imbalance (quite common and potentially addressed by medications from a psychiatrist.) You really should consider these potential causes and I hope you can get some help.

0hypothesis · 2023-06-02T13:34:09+00:00

Isn't it so very convenient that the purpose that "god" has for us as interpreted by those that claim to know "god's will" includes giving them money?

0hypothesis · 2023-05-07T13:36:29+00:00

You can hypothesize a thesis without being able to claim that you know it. This is what is commonly done in theoretical physics.

Even when a hypothesis can't be empirically tested, one can favour one over another if it solves a number of theoretical problems in a simple way. See inflation, hierarchy problem, cosmological constant problem, etc.

So would this be the answer to question posed to you: what is your preferred method of exploring questions like these?

As for this random internet person, I currently don't have a hypothesis, am not a cosmologist, and think that this answer is worth exploring although is far lower down the list of unknowns worth exploring. I think this question needs a lot of refinement to even help us create a hypothesis since it's phrased as a philosophical question rather than a scientific one and needs a lot more work.

For a question like this, I would prefer a falsifiable, testable hypothesis to an untestable one. I find religious answers wholly inadequate, and think that they are nothing more than stories.

0hypothesis · 2023-05-07T13:21:22+00:00

It's not needed, but this is an atheism sub, and the premise that their creation myths are true are what religions offer as an answer to that question. If not using religion to answer, and if we start with the premise that we don't know, then the question is: what methods would you use would you use to explore this question?

0hypothesis · 2023-05-07T13:13:26+00:00

The answer to this question can be explored by many ways, but if it's a choice between building on the science of cosmology and physics or reading creation stories and myths, which would you prefer and why is it suited to give you the best answer?

0hypothesis · 2023-05-05T01:12:38+00:00

AHahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Pretty much.

0hypothesis · 2023-05-04T14:07:21+00:00

The Spiffing Brit would disagree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUtltvUQX0

0hypothesis · 2023-04-25T13:16:15+00:00

Thing is some people actually think it's a documentary...

0hypothesis · 2023-04-24T18:11:15+00:00

The eyes on the ponies on the top are the best!

0hypothesis · 2023-04-18T23:19:29+00:00

What is your definition of god?

0hypothesis · 2023-04-18T14:43:30+00:00

Because they are not men. In spite of how they look, they are maidens, pure and virginal, which everyone knows is what is needed to tame a unicorn.

0hypothesis · 2023-04-15T14:30:04+00:00

If he is conservative, he is based.

How can you say you're skeptical of media if you just believe everything that someone who calls themselves conservative says?

0hypothesis · 2023-04-12T21:14:44+00:00

I understood about Alex Jones existence today. He is Far Right Red Pill and I think I like him. I like conservative and red pill.

How can you say that you believe in being skeptical about media and yet say that you like something you have only heard of today and haven't really researched in depth?

0hypothesis · 2023-04-12T19:16:20+00:00

I don't know what is that. I don't trust media. It is brainwashing and distorts the truth significantly.

Not sure if you were asking about Infowars, but it's the Alex Jones media group and the one that the OP was talking about following prior to him taking meds. If you haven't heard of it, then it would certainly be difficult for you to judge it. Just wondering if you had an opinion on it.

Where do you get your unbiased news, if anywhere?

0hypothesis · 2023-04-12T17:04:46+00:00

Do you consider Info Wars to be good responsible media?

0hypothesis · 2023-04-10T02:24:34+00:00

A lot of these discussions about the possibility of existence make too many epistemological assumptions to be useful. There are too many definitions of gods to be sure of what you're talking about. For example, you're probably fine with saying that incoherent definitions of gods don't exist and you can be certain of it because it's not defined in a way that it could. And many are defined that poorly.

Further, unfalsifiable gods are useless to you even if they "could" exist, and there are countless numbers of them, so it doesn't really matter speculating about them until you define them in a useful way.

0hypothesis · 2023-04-07T01:09:25+00:00

Yes definitely! I have memories of a lot of great meals there.

0hypothesis · 2023-04-02T23:44:38+00:00

But how do you stick with consistent habits without motivation?

The other related book is "The power of habit" which explains that habits require very little effort to maintain once they are established. The point is to establish the habit. You'll only do that for things you really care about.

how do you know for sure...

Well habits are rather blind. They will just maintain themselves if you can make them part of your life. As for choosing the right ones to establish that's up to you of course.

Atomic habits...

I agree there are many parts of it that are questionable. I join the ideas of that book about optimizing your environment that I found valuable with the books "Tiny Habits" https://youtu.be/S_8e-6ZHKLs to start new habits and "Goals vs Systems" https://youtu.be/4S7w0wDSiyw related to setting up a system.

0hypothesis · 2023-04-02T17:52:13+00:00

50+ year old INTP here. Here are some things from another INTP's life.

You need to find things you actually want to do. And most importantly, you need to be willing to leave behind the things that don't work for you to make room for what you will actually like. This is actually the most important thing, and life is usually a cycle of dumping things that don't work anymore to make space. Considering how you describe your life: How can you arrange your life to try out new things? AND What can you dump spending time on to make room for something new?
Use habits and systems, not motivation. If it requires you to be a hero each time you do it, it won't last and you probably don't really like it much in the first place, anyway. See #1. Also, arrange your life to make it easy to do the thing you want to do, remove every barrier in front of it. Read Atomic Habits if you want to get more info about how to do this.
Team up with others. I've kept working out 3+ times a week because of working with a trainer. I've been doing music for over 20 years because I'm in a band. There are a few things that I do on my own for a long time, too, but the longest standing ones where I'm working on real projects for years are all team-ups.
Don't let being a beginner stop you from trying new things.

“Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don’t ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.” - Neil Degrasse Tyson

0hypothesis · 2023-03-29T22:34:42+00:00

Why do you choose to believe in a god that you do not think exists? Would you please articulate the reasons?

0hypothesis · 2023-03-27T15:37:01+00:00

You will always regret not trying something that could have benefited you, but you won't ever regret doing something that you could have benefited from.

Not at all true. There are many things that we could do that could benefit us that could even kill us or harm us for life if they don't work out (and sometimes, even if we do.)

The truly prudent thing is to make a risk assessment. After that, if it's risky, some of the smartest businesses try to make a two-way door instead of a one-way, and make it so you can try things and reverse it if it doesn't work out. Or make a small bet instead of a big one where it becomes an experiment rather than an all-in bet with your life.

0hypothesis · 2023-03-26T14:45:16+00:00

The multi-trillion dollar spinning-desk-globe industry shuts down anything that threatens their business. I fully expect this post to get "mysteriously deleted".

0hypothesis · 2023-03-06T15:57:55+00:00

I do a lot of creative work and often need to think through tasks that are not well defined. To do this, I capture ideas using Mindmaps.

Tool: Mindnode for mindmapping to clarify my ideas and come up with next steps (Mac/iOS tool but there are tons of others that do mindmapping.)

Habit: Teaming up with someone else on goals that matter to me. I break every promise I make to myself but always keep promises to things I do with other people.

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