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3. The universe and its origins
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When the "machinery" of meaning breaks down
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| To our day to day perception of what is sensible, we often use the argument "something is either A or not-A, right or wrong". The same way of thinking is applied to our common understandings of Law "Innocent or Guilty", Life "Alive or Dead" and objects that impact our lives "Good or Bad". | ||
| What we often forget to realize is that the statement "everything has its place, A or not-A" is itself a concept, a type of argument. Like many concepts familiar to human beings, it is a human created concept- not necessarily a universal truth. And like many human created concepts that are useful, its usefulness is often misinterpreted to mean the "best" or "only" way to think. There are indeed other ways to phrase an argument than simply A or not-A. | ||
| Given that so much of our understanding of "how things fit" is based on the concept of A or not-A type thinking, it is understandable if you are troubled by the concepts "before the creation of the Universe, the UCA existed and didn't exist," and "to exist, the UCA created the universe". | ||
| To make sense of this, we must briefly look to the next chapter and the mechanics behind our everyday understandings of "argument", "category" and "thinking". It is here we hope to clarify the understandings of UCA that have been discussed so far. | ||
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