The Philosophy of Nizmox
Posted by nizmox on 20 August 2006
On Friday night I had a discussion/debate/argument with my flatmate regarding many philosophical topics.
I would like to point out something I feel is important. When involved in these kinds of debates, there are pretty much two kinds of people. Those who can have debates and understand that it is… just that, a debate… and those who can’t. Those that should debate and those that shouldn’t. Sadly some people cannot, realise that it is just a difference in views, and that debating the topic is actually beneficial for both parties. Each, can seek to further their thoughts by listening to and arguing the points that others have on the same topic. These people get angry at having their views challenged, or even because they are being argued with. These people annoy me…
Fortunately! My flatmate was not one of these individuals, as I already knew.
A brief intro to my beliefs…
I believe there is nothing non physical and everything in the universe can be explained without the need for any non physical force/object/entity/whatever. Whether that explanation comes from Chemistry, Physics or even Quantum Physics. That’s not to say there is always an available explanation for everything, simply due to the limit of our knowledge of science. Our science will never progress to the point where we know everything as we are sadly never going to be able to unravel all of the mysteries the universe holds. However… absence of an explanation does not equal something being unexplainable.
Unfortunately, we, as human beings find it difficult to cope with saying “I don’t know” and it is because of this, we often end up creating explanations with no/little evidence to support this explanation, or using someone else’s explanations which was conjured in the same manner. When in fact we are better off saying “I don’t know” until presented with a good explanation, with sound logic and reasoning. It is because of this that Religion largely ‘succeeds’ (has many believers). Theories such as the Big Bang and Evolution, leave questions unanswered, yet despite having scientific backing people choose to instead believe religious theories. While Religious theories do explain the whole picture, as an all powerful, all knowing being could create the universe, these theories have NO scientific backing what so ever.
Well that took a lot longer to write than I thought it would so will stop here, will write about the below topics soon.
Evidence of paranormal phenomenon.
Letting trivial bullshit get the better of us…
I realise my views greatly different to most people. Generally those who do not believe in a god(s) still believe in non physical things. I… Don’t. Feel free to tell me your thoughts with your comments, remember I wont get angry because of it 
and be prepared to say “I don’t know” a bit more often, those who do are smarter than they seem.
meoww said
Although I don’t really agree to your point of view, but I have to admit that your belief is quite convincing. You are a genuine philosopher.
And your modest attitude of “I don’t know”is the most valuable diamond.
meoww said
I once believed there was nothing non physical and everything in the universe could be explained by the modern science knowledge, but now I don’t believe so. A lot of things happened in life make me suspect there is something invisible to human beilngs has the super power. Human belings are very fragile and helpless in front of this deeply hidden super force.
AS the greatest sceientist and inventor in human’s history, Enistein developed the special and general theories of relativity, contributed his famous mathematical equation about the nature of energy, E = MC2, but he believed in the invisible powerful force (God?) in his late life. As an incredibly deep thinker, he said:
“What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can
comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking
person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious
feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.”
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike — and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
nizmox said
I can say with confidence nothing in my life has occured to make me believe in any supernatural force and I believe the majority of those who think they have an experience that must be supernatural, had this experience because they were in the mindset. Lookup Autosuggestion on wikipedia.com.
With regards to Einstein’s second quote, I do not think that is refering to the supernatural, simply the limit of our science, the reality in which we live in is so vast and our modern science does not come close to explaining it all and will likely never do so. This however, is due to the limitations of human intelligence and science, not because there is no physical explanation.