MANIFESTO ... Subject to Revision Without Notice.
- I assert that Objective Reality and Universal Truths exist and that living in accordance with these Truths is necessary for both a successful life and a functioning society. I acknowledge that subjective truths also exist, but their existence does not compromise the existence or the importance of Objective Truth.
- I assert that certainty is a delusion and that being free from certainty is a precondition for an attitude of mind that is open to Truth.
- I conjecture that acting on a falsehood will always eventually cause suffering to someone.
- I strive to be a seeker of Truth.
- I strive to be humble in the face of facts.
- I strive to be open minded but not credulous.
- I strive to be a moral person and a responsibility member of society.
- I assert that absolutely no one has the faintest clue about why the Universe exists and why there is something rather than nothing, or what the purpose of life is. People who say that they know are either deluded or charlatans.
- I suspect that there is no such thing as Pure Altruism in any evolved creature. Pure Altruism being defined as doing good for non-kin at a cost to oneself with no gain of any kind in return. Natural Selection would not allow such a trait to survive. I am confident that ALL appearances of “altruistic” behavior are actually self-serving in one way or another … possible unconsciously.
- I assert that I could be wrong about everything.