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Perspectivism

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This post is under reconstruction.... Is there never a right view?  Maybe not Let's say that there are many planets with intelligent life in our universe and of course they have their own view - that's perspectivism: there are never just one perspective of a phenomena, but a lot perspectives -       not understand their views.   Do our brains and our consciousness compose even such things as mathematics  B i mathematics is "out there", as Pythagoras and his modern followers think, then there may be absolute truth - anyway in science.          what  about art, religion and the things that give life meaning for us?   I'm sure the inhabitants in different planets will have different opinions about that.  In our time, which in the west are quite secular, many of us find the meaning in nature  and we may include certain people in what we call nature. Maybe the near and dear ones. I suggest an answer to what is most important on the surface of the Earth: Diversity  Let&

Human nature

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When I looked at my naked foot this morning i could see that it was the foot of an ape.  Not good enough to swing from tree to tree, but good for long walks.  Yes, we are intelligent monkey's https://www.livescience.com/11119-men-apes-competing-status.htm l Does that mean that we are violent by nature. Not necessarily. Chimps is sad to be violent, but their relatives on the other side of the Congo river is not - the bonobo's also chimps, but a little bit smaller. The latter has another culture. They live in a matriarchy. Maybe the majority of us now is very little violent. Or at least less violent than earlier generations.  And of course, i now talk about men.  And if we are there may be a hopeful future in front of us.  If we look at the new we see much violence, but if we compare it with how many people we are on this Earth, we can see in another perspective.  AI may have a bad side, but if we handle it with care it may help us with the climate change and other issues.  The o