gosh! I like this idea..

I've watched and read so much on string theory, parallel universes, dimensions, wormholes, gravitons, anti matter, etc.. that it's all kind of mushed itself into one corner of my brain and lies there like a heap of old clothes.
There is still so much debate about it that it's very hard for a lay-person to really decide what they believe- without making a leap of faith. I don't think that's logical, so I'll just admit that I have no clue what-so-ever.

I love evolution because it's such a simple, yet vast concept. I haven't heart much recent scientific debate about how life started, though I'd like to.

Personally I think the universe is so vast, that surely somewhere there is a planet with the right conditions to maintain life. Then again, maybe earth is a complete fluke and we're the only ones.. alone or not alone, they're both incredibly profound concepts, as someone who's name I forgot once said.

I suppose, off the top of my head, a sentient being is a being that can sense and perceive the world around it, and have some kind of consciousness/nervous system. I haven't thought about this for more than a minute though, so I'm not sure about it.

As for free will? oh my god. that's a whole nother story! I used to think about that as a kid actually. I remember me and my dad were eating a picnic outside and I said that hypothetically, you could have some super computer capable of calculating everything, and if you input into this the exact specifications of the big bang, it could predict EVERYTHING that happened and will happen. Then my dad plucked a blade of grass and held it up.. and said "can the calculator say which way I'm going to throw this?".. at the time I grinned and said "YES!".. but now i'm not so sure, heh..

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