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Originally Posted by Do0rDoNot
Right handed, and left handed, and every other real property
So if I'm 6 feet in length, then so is the universe?
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It's a bit of a mindjob, but in some sense the universe does have hands and the properties of handedness, because you have hands and handedness and are part of the universe.
By "mindjob" you mean that it's "mind-babble." One can utter meaningless sentences and pretend that it's deep.
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To say that the universe doesn't have hands or handedness as one of its contained properties is to say hands and handedness are separate from the universe, when clearly that's false.
No, it doesn't say that at all. The universe doesn't "have" hands. It "contains" hands. And that doesn't mean that hands are not a part of the universe or separate from it.
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What I'm getting at is the (false) dualism that pervades philosophical conversations. Most people assume or at least talk as if they are separate from the universe, or that the universe is a thing separate from them.
I don't see any evidence that this is true.
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Really, you are contingent on the universe, and the universe is contingent on you (it would be an entirely different universe without you).
I wouldn't say it's "entirely" different without me. I believe that many aspects of the universe would remain constant even if I didn't exist. You can try to get all butterfly effect and wonder whether if I didn't exist then you might not exist, or whatever.
I believe that gravity would function identically if I wasn't a part of the universe. Do you agree or disagree?