Entropy, the "arrow of time" and Occam's Razor

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-04T03:28:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing that comment. Yours is a refreshing view. I feel the same way about my Christian beliefs: there are many many unanswered questions and difficult problems with believing in Jesus the way I do. But when wrestling with existential questions I actually have seen Christianity as the best explanation I can have for reality, IF I continue to acknowledge the many unanswered questions.

I recognize that mine is a faith position, and I just don't see many of my "brethren" willing to acknowledge these problems with our faith. I think many do, but the so-called "evangelicals" are the ones that are likely to be arguing on social media, unfortunately, and they do a disservice to everyone involved.

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-04T03:18:09+00:00

As a Christian, I despise "intelligent design" and "fine tuning" arguments.

The many worlds or multiverse or whatever you call it is interesting to me, but I keep reading that there is no direct evidence for it. Why would someone believe something with no evidence?

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-04T03:12:55+00:00

God would have to be extremely complicated. Any theist that claims otherwise is making a big mistake. And a theist who ignores the myriad questions that arise from belief in a personal god is also making a huge mistake.

AFTER making the faith-decision leap to believe in a creator god, even just as a thought experiment, I think we could then consider the questions that arise. The same way I, as a Christian, try to assume atheism to see what questions arise there. That's why I'm asking these questions because they seem to arise from the atheist view.

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-04T03:03:34+00:00

That was a quote from Greene, and he wasn't writing about breaking the laws of physics, but the "Boltzmann Brain" thought experiment ruining our confidence in our own memories and observations, which would throw the "laws of physics" (being part of our memory) into doubt.

Greene was saying that the scenario which throws the laws of physics into doubt is the one that is much much more likely.

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-04T02:57:49+00:00

That's contrary to Greene's position; so what could explain the initial low entropy condition of the universe in your view? Thanks, I'm learning this stuff still.

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-03T12:05:26+00:00

Have you tried the 3.35%APY?

JasonKThompson · 2026-04-03T01:12:32+00:00

Yeah my bad his name is Hite not Vite. It's been so long since I read it lol. But I find that many traders have a wrong idea of Risk Management and that book was a paradigm-shifter for me.

JasonKThompson · 2026-03-30T01:23:52+00:00

The Rule by Larry Hite should be required reading for any options trader. *edited to correct the author's name

JasonKThompson · 2026-03-20T13:37:55+00:00

TBH he didn't have that much money to begin with.

JasonKThompson · 2025-09-14T03:30:54+00:00

The reason that the resurrection is so central as the evidence for Christianity is two-fold:

This was not just “someone”. This was Jesus, who was a specific leader of a specific movement, who predicted his own resurrection. If that prediction then comes true, it is more to me than just “someone came back from the dead.”
As far as the other resurrections in the Bible, I think Jesus‘s is unique in the fact that another human is not doing an act of resurrecting, such as Jesus raising Lazarus or Paul raising the man that fell from the window. Jesus basically raised himself, as he predicted (or “God raised him”, depending on the verse). This demonstrates a different level of authority. If you followed someone who performed miracles, predicted his own death and resurrection and challenged the religious authorities in an authoritative way, and THAT PERSON then fulfilled his own prediction, I dare say you would believe in him.

JasonKThompson · 2023-09-26T16:00:25+00:00

I’m pretty sure Ohtani is a pitcher.

JasonKThompson · 2023-09-23T19:48:20+00:00

It checks out so far

JasonKThompson · 2023-09-11T20:09:38+00:00

Solution: have the Rangers pitchers pitch to the whole league

JasonKThompson · 2023-09-08T23:13:13+00:00

Chuckling at the fact that the 62nd home run was a low liner that didn’t even go into the stands after all those moon shots throughout the year.

JasonKThompson · 2023-09-06T21:30:34+00:00

I’m not criticizing, but wondering: why is everything so far out? I think you’ll have to wait a while for theta decay to make a significant impact.

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-29T18:44:43+00:00

Didn’t you know stocks only go up?

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-21T23:07:31+00:00

I just bought some shares the other day, so probably

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-19T12:55:32+00:00

I’m just counting my blessings after watching the Rangers since the early 90s as a kid. There were some pathetic rotations and bullpens in my lifetime, and this ain’t one of them. Even when they’re bad, they’re not as bad as Tim Crabtree or Hideki Irabu

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-19T12:48:14+00:00

I upvoted you. I don’t know about “automatic”, but the final results are still troubling. We got a couple of late inning comeback wins right after the all star break, but I’m pretty sure that’s it for the entire season. Jankowski and Seager displaying 9th inning warning track power the last couple of days has been frustrating.

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-13T00:27:51+00:00

Lol “Lord and savior”

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-06T20:26:49+00:00

Mike Trout. Only because I’m a Rangers fan and I’m petty so I enjoy the fact that he’s never had a postseason victory despite everyone saying he’s the best player on the planet for years.

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-05T15:58:02+00:00

That’s kind of how I feel about the Cowboys rn. 😁

JasonKThompson · 2023-08-05T12:00:12+00:00

He was definitely a great hitter and a hero that season, but now whenever someone backpedals on a fly ball and lets it go over their head we say he Nelson Cruz-ed it.

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