Reality Concepts

Within the sea of possible concepts, there is an island of knowledge, of reality. Vein diagram that. That which is, is surrounded by that which might be. We can make the choice to live within the reality, or without all or some in a mental state of belief without foundation. That too, can be comfortable, but somehow, it is not real. Those who choose to live in non-reality, religion, are well, just off reality. It is difficult for those of us who are living in reality to take, so we may choose to avoid the unreal.  

Knowledge requires for something to be true, to be believable, for there to be evidence for it and no evidence against it.  Living totally within the circle of knowledge is possible, necessary and sufficient to lead the good life. Religion should be abandoned, but ethics, logic, reason maintained and understood.

The good life is comfortable, generally pleasant, and we can acheive that generally under most circumstances of existence. In extremes, added effort may be required.

There are many who will try to push us off the good life from both sides, by their demands, and some by force, it is up to us to learn to deal with them and not disturb our life. They are out for control, and we need not give it to them. We cannot allow ourselves to become or make slaves of anyone. Oh well, in the end we all just die anyway. The psychopaths, and extreme altruistic, the altruistic with others money, the bad stewards in government, the egos of government and religions, and all those radicals will just need to look elsewhere.  Cooperation is the foundation of society, and society also has its' fringes and out-layers.

We are into an era of human development when the population has exceeded the carrying capacity of the earth, as is evidenced by the carbon dioxide level in our atmosphere. Our most valuable individual property, life itself, is not as valuable to others anymore, as reduction of population is one of the solutions to this problem. We have gone through a period that keeping everyone alive was seen as a good; this may not last. The unproductive may need to be terminated so that the rest might live. The trolley problem for reals. Oh well, life is fleeting.