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A Metaphysical String Theory



Puppets on a string…
In The Metaverse of God —
We are all robots!

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What more can be said by a physicist, philosopher, a simple poet, or an ordinary layman about Free Will and The Nature of Reality? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind of a string theory of human beings, along with all other matter, as point-like particles, replaced, transformed as one-dimensional objects elegantly called strings, vibrating, gravitating, propagating eternally throughout space; yet interacting unintelligently, robotically with one another.

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Written on December 26, 2021

Submitted by karlcfolkes on December 26, 2021

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1995 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    Sorry Karl we all are not robots with no mindset. having God living in you will produce a life that has real meaning, Faith without works is dead ! To be a Christian God will work in your life producing His good works ! 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Soulwriter
    Humbling thought indeed!
    LikeReply1 year ago

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