What exactly is the point of this thread?
Which, being generally off-topic, is on-topic for this one.
Let me make this abundantly clear: I donât give a fetid fedo fart about the theoretical possibilities for all of the particles in a random patch of space to randomly arrange themselves into a specific low-entropy configuration that is amazingly low in probability. You suggested that thereâs a threat of this situsation benefitting the nullblocs through the complete and utter collapse of the civilizations of high security space in this cluster allowing an invasion of highsec. There is not. I have entertained the utter nonsense youâve spewed on the theoretical possibility of such a ridiculous occurrence purely out of an abundance of politeness, but that abundance has run dry.
You are vomiting out crap that yes, I can give you 100% assurances, will not happen. And that is the last reply youâre getting.
Oof.
I ⌠understand why this would be, and why it would be useful. Itâs just so much the opposite of what I try to do âŚ
Guess I wouldnât be much of a diplomat.
This being started with a hypotesis, no matter whatâs his probability. It can also be very low close to null, but itâs not completely null. Have you ever studied statistics? life sciences? Lesson number one: nothing can be completely certain or completely impossible. Anything thatâs been proven, even the most obvious one, has a 99% minimum that can occur.
Mr. Lafisques? Without taking either side, can you possibly just not? The argumentâs got way out in the weeds, and even if Arrendis has a little tendency to carve reality up into little boxes and then insist that the situation is all THIS box and not at all THAT one youâre also arguing for the possibility of something you seem to have already conceded is vanishingly unlikely.
The difference between âextremely improbableâ and âwonât happenâ is thin enough to just not be very interesting.
Go to say it to whoever thinks that something can be only black or only white.
Sure. Will. ⌠Think I have, even.
I just read that somewhere and it made me smile. Iâm sure youâd be a great diplomat, especially at âletting other people have your way.â
Your whole faith is based on wrath and power. It is expressly a vehicle for the powerful to maintain that power.
There is a non-zero chance of you accidentally choking on your food, Lafisques. Do you spend every meal time contemplating and worrying over that possibility, unable to eat just in case this will be the dodgy apple slice that suffocates you?
That is the level of illogical, self serving ego stroking, pseudointellectual trite youâre trying to pander to us, and not for the first time. Grow up.
Unofortunately, thatâs what the Holy Rite has devolved in to over eons of deliberate misinterpretation to justify what is essentially chattel slavery of what they see as lesser races.
For me and those I know, faith and piousness is an individual act, not something earned or inherently greater than bloodline. Being a True Amarr to me (and Iâm half True Amarr and half Jin-Mei) is that it is a responsibility over a status to encourage others to join our faith and serve as shepards and custodians of the faith with compassion, not serve as hardened herders who coerce people in to faith.
Faith is only genuine when you willingly embrace yourself, not when itâs forced upon you.
No, thatâs the core of it. Thatâs the core of any hierarchical system that appeals to an absolute authority, especially one that canât be questioned because you canât pin down an immaterial entity to demand answers. And you canât say that thatâs a corruption, because thatâs what the religion was used for from the beginning on Athra: to enforce order in a way that gives âthe chosenâ the power to go out and take moral retribution on those they feel oppressed them.
Whenever you get someone saying âI have this book. This book is infallible. And this book says that you need to obey me.â that should send up red flags. The fact that they cloak it in âand you canât argue because the invisible man gave me the bookâ⌠just makes it more suspect.
No. Please, re-read above. Repeating, it was only a proposed hypotesis, nor worrying (since itâs almost impossible), nor impossible (since the concept of perfection value doesnât exist).
Iâve always found it so terribly convenient that the supreme creator of the universe decided that its revelation was to be revealed to one specific continent on one specific planet only, and that it did so in a way that just so happens to be entirely beyond the understanding of anyone who happens to be insufficiently enlightened as judged solely by the genetic descendants of people from that continent, but the revelation is âpeople from that continent own the entire universe.â
A real âdad said I get the whole inheritance, no you may not see the will, not that it would matter since only I can read his handwritingâ situation.
So, not to get into the core of your point, there, Mr. Ixiris? But I think thatâs a Serpent youâre talking to.
I seem to recall she (claims that she) still maintains some ties and loyalty to the State (and fair enough, those feelings are hard to shake), but sheâs probably not the ideal person to direct those remarks at.
At the same time and for the same reason itâs usually a good idea to check for possible ulterior motives when sheâs talking.
With the greatest of respect - and I do mean that genuinely, Aria, itâs nice to see you again - whether or not sheâs State or Serpentis doesnât trouble me that much. Also, âoccupational forcesâ might be pushing it, but I definitely consider Sarpati to be a fascist strongman, and servants of the extortion racket Serpentis are certainly in no position to lecture about self-governance.
Also itâs something other than âMr.â nowadays. Not sure what, exactly. The students at CAS just call me âcommanderâ nowadays and that works fine for me.
Thatâs fine. (And likewise; itâs been a while!) Just, if youâre not careful about who youâre responding to, how, you might find yourself being manipulated.
Which, seems to be kind of her thing. Sheâs pretty good; I have to watch her pretty closely to catch her tongue flicking. Thatâs coming from me, so ⌠maybe be a little wary? Sheâs got an agenda and itâs not the Stateâs, or not only the Stateâs.
Remember Naqam and the âSuper Happy Chip?â (I donât, but I know they were a thing.) ⌠Same general sort of creature. But subtler.
Just, heads up.
Iâm hardly going to be declaring ill-advised wars from my teaching position in the Center for Advanced Studies, am I?
Haha, no, probably not, Commander. But thatâs not even really what I had in mind.
Youâre sharp, youâre vocal. That means you can be influential. (And thatâs even leaving out that youâre a teacher.)
If someone turns your wit and words to their own ends, is that really such a trivial thing?