For me it was the natural conclusion from coming to accept a no-collapse interpretation of quantum mechanics. Before that, the ghost in the machine seemed to me like maybe it could be hiding somewhere in the spooky apparent randomness of wavefunction collapse, but if the universal wavefunction fully and deterministically describes the evolution in time of all particles everywhere, and there are no terms for "thoughts and feelings and free will" in that equation, then they are epiphenomena.

Political violence ≠ fascism. Violence is what people turn to when they can't achieve what they need by merely talking and voting. Cf. every revolution, ever. Including the American one.

The election chances have just shot up.

And if we were talking about whether it were real, or whether people believed it in those specific terms, you'd have a point. But since we're talking about your assertion that major earth religions are "directly excluded" by that definition of "higher beings," i still fail to see the exclusion.

No one, I think, is in my tree.

I mean, it must be high or low.

Turns out that one was actually universal.

Run command: "Fiat Lux"

Warning: it will take 7 days to complete operation. Continue?

"This had better be good."

"Fuck it, I'm tired of waiting, I'll come back on the 8th day."

"Oh, this IS good."

"What are these stupid apes doing? Fine, I'll educate them myself."

Instantiate avatar: "Jesus_Nazareth"

Which part is directly excluded?

"What? This group of fascists has absolutely nothing to do with that group of fascists. This group's ancestors fought that group."

If we had the technological power, would humans run simulations of universes with Planck length precision? Obviously yes. So extrapolating from our one and only example of intelligent life (us), it seems like intelligent life enjoys stimulating universes. If our reality were the result of that kind of project, and the engineers lived outside the laws of physics, I would call them higher beings. And they could be as hands-off or as interventionist as they pleased.

Then we have two popular government organizations murdering civilians en mass - one much more well funded and more effective at slaughter than the other. The logic still must hold in reverse, no?

It is correct that non-binary can fall under the trans umbrella. It is not correct that femboys are "in denial" about their gender. Nobody gets to decide that but them. This post is hopefully satire, but taken literally, it's advocating for reverse conversion therapy.

It's not about effort - it's a matter of aesthetics.