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The Cold Reason God Doesn't Answer | Non Serviam

I recently read Stanisław Lem’s short story Non-Serviam, and what’s interesting about it is that it doesn’t actually argue about whether God exists. It asks something much more uncomfortable. What if God is real, reachable, and perfectly capable of explaining himself, and simply chooses not to. This particular short story can be found in his collection of short stories titled A Perfect Vacuum. Which consisted of reviews of nonexistent books. Non Serviam appears towards the end. Lem presents the story as a dry, fictional academic review of a book on personetics by a man named Professor James Dobb. Personetics, the science of creating sentient beings called personoids within machines. Stanisław Lem himself was not religious and he was openly skeptical of the idea that morality requires a transcendent authority. That position is not hidden or ambiguous in this short story. Lem approaches God as a logical proposition under uncertainty, not as a being owed obedience, love, or gratitude, and he carries that stance straight into the story. When the personoids’ refuse to ground ethics in fear of punishment or hope of reward this to me is Lem’s way of showing his own conviction. 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire [https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire] or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US [https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US] 🎨 Art: https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0x3B3ee1931Dc30C1957379FAc9aba94D1C48a5405/101786 [https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0x3B3ee1931Dc30C1957379FAc9aba94D1C48a5405/101786] 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic [https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic] 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate * https://amzn.to/4a5chwk [https://amzn.to/4a5chwk] Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ [https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ] FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE [https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE] I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/] Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar [https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar] Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop [https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop] Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net [https://www.quinnhoward.net] Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF [https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF] 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A] H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD] Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh] Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV] Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J] Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching!

The Existential Weight of Infinity | The Library of Babel

Get 50% off Nebula (get access, early videos, exclusives): https://go.nebula.tv/quinnsideas [https://go.nebula.tv/quinnsideas] Watch Isaac Arthur’s “Fermi Paradox Compendium” on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/the-fermi-paradox-compendium?ref=quinnsideas [https://nebula.tv/videos/the-fermi-paradox-compendium?ref=quinnsideas] The Library of Babel is a short story written by Jorge Luis Borges. Narrated by an old man at the end of his life, it drops us into a never-ending library of endless hexagonal rooms, shelves stacked to the ceiling, every book the same physical format. 410 pages, 40 lines per page, about 80 characters per line, black ink, meaningless letters on the spine. A universe made of text, most of it gibberish, some of it terrifyingly, impossibly precise. In this video we break down what Borges is really doing with the Library, why “infinite knowledge” turns into existential horror. Watch more Quinn’s Ideas on Nebula for early releases and Nebula exclusives through the first link above. 👽 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire [https://www.patreon.com/ideasoficeandfire] or PAYPAL - https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US [https://paypal.me/QuinnsIdeas?locale.x=en_US] 🎨 Art: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bosYM_EntAtF8tUXiLZ3xHlyE1Xyea2jw1J8Ie9Ig2U/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bosYM_EntAtF8tUXiLZ3xHlyE1Xyea2jw1J8Ie9Ig2U/edit?usp=sharing] 🎵 Music: https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic [https://www.youtube.com/@JamezDahlMusic] 📚 Get These Books! Affiliate link* https://amzn.to/4rdzdAy [https://amzn.to/4rdzdAy] Quinn's Discord: https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ [https://discord.gg/uGx4WsjVCZ] FOLLOW QUINN ON TWITTER: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE [https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE] I NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/IdeasofIceandFire/] Quinn's New Graphic Novel: https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar [https://www.quinnhoward.net/theliebehindthestar] Buy Quinn's Comic Books: https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop [https://www.quinnhoward.net/shop] Quinn's Website: https://www.quinnhoward.net [https://www.quinnhoward.net] Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF [https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF] 🎥 Mentioned Videos 🎬 Other Playlist Three-Body Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfIzEhovpQJ2ENiNvJoOD2A] H.P. Lovecraft Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUcMoc_ZljrDbgrRi3x_CLYD] Hyperion Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUfgKLf-CBr5VCC2xM0qX8Xh] Dune Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUdsgN_vFaZmfjc6bXxPqajV] Foundation Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXGGVBzHLUeQMsBkZJ72aIIG8nR-No6J] Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching!

ASOIAF Theories: Grasping The Birth of Dragons | Dreams and Spells

Argue with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE?s=09 [https://twitter.com/IDEASOFICE_FIRE?s=09] Like me on Facebook!: https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF [https://www.facebook.com/IOIAF] Just sharing my ideas one my favorite book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. This video may contain spoilers for those of you who are not up to date with the series. I'm just speculating and guessing on some ideas that I have on how future events will transpire in the series. Keep in mind however, I know nothing. Feel free to leave a comment like and subscribe! Thanks For Watching!