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With regard to cause; Max Planck, Nobel Prize Winner for Physics in 1918, stated:

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness."

"1965 Barracuda with a 273 cu in. LA V8 (a weepingly beautiful automobile)" - and classy, too.

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Matter cannot move itself. The idea is ludicrous.

"It is the spirit that quickens (moves, makes alive) - the flesh profits nothing."

Everything for a reason, nothing for nothing.

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Yup. Consciousness does. Or something underneath consciousness.

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How refreshing. Right on all counts but one. Everyone knows the '68 Barracuda, wiser choice for said vase maker to enjoy.

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Another great lecture William! Keep it coming.'

Ah, the 65 cuda...a classic mopar with small block 273 LA. bet is went like a bat out of hell. I had a small block 327. Way to fast. Say, did that cuda have posi? Bet it did. Oh man that is fun.

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Exquisitely clear and useful - thank you sincerely!

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"But you can see that this process cannot continue to infinity. It must bottom out, or nothing can ever get moving; no changes could ever be made."

Physical reality is discrete, vice continuous, and only rational numbers are numbers; real numbers are nonsense.

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How was the universe created from a state of absolute nothingness?

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When we meet God, we’ll ask him.

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Good question. Doesn't change the validity of the article.

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I agree. I am not a scientist but instead was taking the opportunity to ask one of there was an answer to it. Sorry for the distraction.

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