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Scott, if we're a simulation or maybe things are not the religious model. Didn't there have to be an intelligence that kicked it all off? To which I say, no. And then they say, "Oh, but there had to be something that was there first and it had to be an intelligence, right? Otherwise, we couldn't get to where we are now." And then I say, "No." And they say, "Well, explain that." And I think, "I don…

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if time is infinite then there is no beginning because there will always be something before it. But did the thing before it have to be intelligent? I don't know. I can see why you would think it might be. But does that mean it has to be? Can you tell me that just things bouncing around forever would not someday cause something that looked like a computer program or intelligence? I don't know. But no, it is not true that there had to be something intelligent that got it all going. It does not have to be true that there had to be a beginning or something before the beginning. Could be circular. Could be we don't know what time is. Could be we're in a video game and none of those rules mean anything because we're just characters in a video game. But there are lots of ways that we don't have to have a beginning with an intelligent creator.

Anyway, that's all I got for now. Thanks for joining everybody. Sorry I went a little bit long. I'm going to talk t

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o my beloved subscribers on Locals right now. And the rest of you, thanks for joining. And I'll see you tomorrow, same time, same place because it gets better every time. All right, local supporters.

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