Ontology talk:9k/RD/Q22,93

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2293. We're all made of matter and energy, therefore soul -> the claim that because energy is a substance, human individuals must have souls and humanity must be connected to God. this one is marked false becuase energy in particular does not prove a soul.

Energy therefore Communism

2294. We're all made of matter and energy, therefore Communism -> the claim that because energy in general is an interaction, an exchanged quantum, bodies and societies must all be made of predictable interactions. atoms exchanging electrons and photons in constant interactions doesn't do much to prove the soul, considering that quarks and photons are kind of the same for every person and they're way too small to be conscious, and they don't prove a god because again, a god would be incredibly complex and fundamental particles are too small and isolated to contribute very much to that, it's like arguing a diode can become a supercomputer just because there are millions and millions of them when they are all separate and not arranged into circuits. however, a whole lot of small things interacting can produce something if it's individuals constantly interacting to produce a society. you'd think societies sound improbable if you were going from the example of quarks and photons, you'd say "societies? how do those remain coherent objects and not just dissolve?", except that we've already observed them existing. so, a whole lot of small things interacting does mean we can be part of something, it's just called a society or a countable culture or a nation-state, and it's wholly material. and also, it's described by general- and specific-sense historical materialism. Communism is more believable than God.

Ideologies or fields

618. Q618/Q618Fy (pronounced Fiction) / fantasy genre
83. Q83/Q83MX (pronounced meta-Marxism) / dialectical materialism
4444. Q4444/Q44,44MX (pronounced M.X.) / Trotskyism as meta-Marxism
4001. Q4001/Q4001ML (pronounced M-L) / Stalinism (Soviet Union)
4104. Q4104/Q41,04IV (pronounced Fourth) / Trotskyism