Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: A geeky theory 8
The multiverse theory is as falsifiable as God himself. Therefore, I have a theory of sociology- that anybody believing in the multiverse has simply fallen for a new religion created by comic books and bad science fiction.
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In a way. The best theology has always been great literature. But what I'm saying is that the multiverse theory is particularly bad literature.
A religion of cheap comic strips.
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"Perhaps we have different definitions of those words, but I disagree. Whether literature is good or bad isn't about which theories or topics you choose to write about, but HOW you write them and how you incorporate them into your work."
I completely agree. My point is that the writing level of the multiverse theory folks, is equally as untestable as any religion, and is as bad as the writing and logic you find in cheap (and even not-so-cheap) comic books.
"You can write great literature about god. You can w
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That multiverse theory may be no better than cheap comic books doesn't stop religious theories from being no better than cheap comic books.
Not in and of itself, true. But at least it's possible to get better literature out of a God with a personality, than out of a fanatical jihadist belief in Random Quantum Fluctuations.
If there are people who treat these theories like religious infallible truth, that's just them being stupid and not understanding what the word "theory" means, and they do not represent t
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Good literature about the FSM gives a His Noodly Goodness a personality, hallowed be his meatballs.
I'm not saying anything about the soundness of the theory, or the trueness of the doctrine here, only the aesthetic qualities of the work.
It takes a fanatical jihadist to believe in the multiverse, because the description of the theory is so incredibly bad.