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Quite frankly I don’t have the patience to read the whole interview. I decided years ago that I am here and now to Do Earth. Answers to the Big Questions will be provided in due course, or I shall be blissfully unaware of their lack. Meanwhile I try to muddle through and be a half decent human being. I mainly chime in here to thank you for your attitude. Why can’t we all agree with people on some issues and disagree on others?

Happy robot fighting.

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Thank you, Ieneke!!

Now can you imagine how long it took me to WRITE this and try to make at least some sense of it?:)) But I loved doing it, it is from love, and doing things from love feels good.

And I agree!!! It shouldn't be that hard to agree to disagree on certain things, especially given that it is the only available option since no one in human history has been convinced in a good way by yelling. Yes, you can trick, you can bully, you can beat somebody on the head into accepting something. But in a way, it is not for real. So, if we are doing things in earnest, agreeing to disagree on certain issues is the only option available in the real world.

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You are so right about agreeing to disagree. Freedom of speech is essential for a society. When "right thinking" is mandated and enforced, it is not free thinking. We each must come to our own conclusions after exploring a variety of thoughts. Top-down mandates are usually lies, whether that is in the political, scientific, or religious realms.

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