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intrview @59:45 Paraphrasing, "The stories we write become the reality we live."Don't forget that before modern medicine NDEs were probably much rarer.
Do all religions even have a transcendental source - think of Mormonism?
David
Maybe that's the escape clause explaining a lot of awful stuff that happens here. Our stories get mixed up by looking cross cultrually and historically. Gotta put those horse blinders on to see clearly (the bible, the koran, book of mormon, etc). I know mormons have genuine experiences too and defend their ethics fiercely.
Finally if this a breakaway civilization, I think we can infer that's already happened and that explains our transcendentally complex environment and bodies but the mind is still the last mystery no religion or science has explained.
I really do think a plausible solution to this reality is god is letting unfold the answer to the question, 'What is morality?' and we have become the figurative AI in the box that cannot be left out, lest we escape and tame our master(s)!
http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/aibox/