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By Philosopher Michael Alan Prestwood

Wisdom Builder

Three Tidbit Stories

Topic:
Religion

Human attempts to understand the currently unknown and unknowable.

Religion.

3 random tidbit stories in about 3 minutes.

Idea 1.

A Religion Story.

240 Million Years Ago
Elongated hind limbs, better running, reduced forelimbs

Before dinosauromorphs like Asilisaurus, the evolutionary lineage would include earlier archosaurs. One such early archosaur is Marasuchus lilloensis, which lived around 240 million years ago. Marasuchus exhibits several primitive features that are on the evolutionary path towards dinosaurs.

  • Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Reptilia > Order: Dinosauriformes
  • 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 inches)
  • Found in Argentina, South America
  • primarily bipedal
  • carnivore

I wrote that Religion Story, 

and posted it to TST 2 years ago.

 

Idea 2.

A Religion FAQ.

Terrence Howard has claimed that zero does not exist and has proposed alternative mathematical theories through what he calls “Terryology.”

Is he correct? No.

Howard argues that zero represents “nothing,” and because “nothing” does not exist as a physical thing, zero should not exist in mathematics. The problem is a category mistake.

In TST terms, zero is not a physical object. It is a rational construct that represents a real state of affairs: the absence of a quantity relative to a defined set. If you have a bowl and it is removed, you possess zero bowls. That does not mean “nothing exists.” It means the quantity in question is absent.

Zero is not metaphysical nothingness. It is a structural placeholder within arithmetic and algebra that preserves consistency in counting, balance, and measurement.

Mathematics does not require zero to be a physical object. It requires zero to function coherently within a system. And it does.

I wrote that Religion FAQ, 

and posted it to TST 2 years ago.

 

Idea 3.

A Religion Story.

1.8 million years ago

Homo habilis, one of the earliest known human ancestors, emerged around 2.3 million years ago with a brain size significantly larger than modern chimpanzees. By around 1.8 million years ago, they became the first species known to use toothpicks for dental hygiene, alongside their advanced tool use for specific tasks like skinning animals and cutting plants.

I wrote that Religion Story, 

and posted it to TST 2 years ago.

 

The end. Refresh for another set.

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