. If there's nobody conscious to witness the universe, it would cease to exist. This has been proven on several levels - scientifically, spiritually, religiously (texts) etc. Everything IS because of your own I AM presence. Period.

We agree Harari is evil and full of shit; but I don't buy this passage, or the unwarranted certitude of its expression. Because it's observably false in the direct experience of everyone alive.

If I'm not conscious to witness a concert, does it "cease to exist"? Or does that curtain go up at showtime without me?

I'm not typing this in a Siberian forest. No presence of mine there at all. Yet it exists.

I'm not on a Hawaiian island, but they're all still there, unless some have capsized. :)

A hundred billion humans have lived and left this earth, yet it remains. It's been proven.

Before any humans existed, God and literally everything else (instead of nothing else) in the universe did.

In other words our presence not only doesn't determine the existence of everything else; our presence doesn't determine the existence of anything else, except that which we would have made had we existed.

. If there's nobody conscious to witness the universe, it would cease to exist. This has been proven on several levels - scientifically, spiritually, religiously (texts) etc. Everything IS because of your own I AM presence. Period.

We agree Harari is evil and full of shit; but I don't buy this passage or the unwarranted certitude of its expression. Because it's observably false, in the direct experience of everyone alive.

If I don't go to a concert, does it cease to occur? Or does that curtain go up at showtime without me?

I'm not typing this in a Siberian forest. No presence of mine there at all. Yet it exists.

I'm not on a Hawaiian island, but they're all still there, unless some have capsized. :)

A hundred billion humans have lived and left this earth, yet it remains. It's been proven.

Before any humans existed, God and literally everything else (instead of nothing else) in the universe did.

In other words our presence not only doesn't determine the existence of everything else; it doesn't determine the existence of anything else, except that which we would have made had we existed.

. If there's nobody conscious to witness the universe, it would cease to exist. This has been proven on several levels - scientifically, spiritually, religiously (texts) etc. Everything IS because of your own I AM presence. Period.

We agree Harari is evil and full of shit; but I don't buy this passage or the unwarranted certitude of its expression. Because it's observably false, in the direct experience of everyone alive.

If I don't go to a concert, does it cease to occur? Or does that curtain go up at showtime without me?

I'm not typing this in a Siberian forest. No presence of mine there at all. Yet it exists.

I'm not on a Hawaiian island, but they're all still there, unless some have capsized. :)

A hundred billion humans have lived and left this earth, yet it remains. It's been proven.

Before any humans existed, God and literally everything else (instead of nothing else) in the universe did.

In other words our presence does not determine the presence or absence of anything else, except that which we would have made had we existed.

. If there's nobody conscious to witness the universe, it would cease to exist. This has been proven on several levels - scientifically, spiritually, religiously (texts) etc. Everything IS because of your own I AM presence. Period.

We agree Harari is evil and full shit, but I don't buy this passage or the unwarranted certitude of its expression. Because it's observably false, in the direct experience of everyone alive.

If I don't go to a concert, does it cease to occur? Or does that curtain go up at showtime without me?

I'm not typing this in a Siberian forest. No presence of mine there at all. Yet it exists.

I'm not on a Hawaiian island, but they're all still there, unless some have capsized. :)

A hundred billion humans have lived and left this earth, yet it remains. It's been proven.

Before any humans existed, God and literally everything else (instead of nothing else) in the universe did.

In other words our presence does not determine the presence or absence of anything else, except that which we would have made had we existed.