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. I suspect that those 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.