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    In the above photos, Rick suggests Morty play a virtual reality game, titled, Roy: A Life Well Lived. Once Morty enters the game, his perception of time and identity are lost, as virtual reality persuades him into believing that he is “Roy.” Morty leads a genuine, fulfilling life as Roy; after a happy childhood, he marries, has kids, and beats cancer. The focus on personal achievements and relationships bring a depth to Roy, as Morty’s character gradually fades from the viewer, who begins to see

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    210-A17 Sonia Cooper Weeks Adjunct Instructor Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Old - Earth View III. Young - Earth View IV. Compare and Contrast V. Conclusion Introduction Christians today have a biblical principle and opinion of the universe existence. Christians believe that God created earth and that he accomplished that in only six days. Genesis 1 explains the creation and the interpretation is so utterly clear and one writer states “Thus, any interpretation that goes beyond a clear

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    prevalent acceptance that the universe had a chronological origin meaningfully shifted the stance in favor of belief in a “first cause” or an intelligent designer of the universe, which caused the universe to appear (Pg. 84).2 Many scientist hold to the theory that the universe is continually moving out away from a central focus point. What is this central focal point? Christians can point to this being the creator or the creation form which God created the universe Ex nihilo. Next is the quest for

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    unpredictability are rampant, while it is difficult to present a clear outstanding theme. In this story, the question is asked “What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?” The question being so determinate and yet nonspecific along with an answer as simple as 42 is an ingenious use of irony. What the reader expects is an authentic yet fictional answer only to find out that the wrong question was asked. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy showed us e-book readers 29 years before the Kindle

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    Is Life A Simulation?

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    Is life a simulation? People say life is a mystery and is not susceptible to anything except for death. Most say that there is even life after death. But what if all of that was just futile. That we were not even real. That we are just a dream or a simulation of some other world. This is the topic that could make most confused or skeptical and make some question our very existence. Are we real? Do we have free will? Is life a simulation? Life could be a simulation or a dream in the sense that we

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    be traveling through space, with no travel though time (Hewitt 214). They would be as ageless as light, for light travels though space only (not time) and is timeless. > The frame of reference of a photon, a particle of light, a trip across the universe would take no time at all (Hewitt 214). To understand how traveling though time would work, we must first understand how time and space can be stretched. Motion in space affects motion in time. Whenever we move through space, we to some degree alter

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    reality by looking to space as the next battlefield, it’s only fitting that right around the same time, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced the discovery of a real-life Tatooine, or at least a planet that resembles its fictional counterpart from Star Wars. A Timely Discovery The exoplanet known as Kepler-453b is what is known as a circumbinary planet. A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars, and Kepler-453b is the tenth such planet discovered so far.

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    Imagine living in the lost city of Atlantis where everyone is living underwater and their is a sufficient supply of exquisite food and fresh drinkable water. Though this may seem impossible and only found in fictional worlds such as the DC Comics universe, science can now make this possible. Even though space exploration has been the main objective of many scientist and groups, colonizing and exploring the vasts oceans should become the main objective for many various reasons. By defining the necessity

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    Comparing Zoline's Heat Death of the Universe and Calvino's Cosmicomics   There is a fundamental dilemma that, presumably, each person faces as they begin to develop an understanding of their existence and identity which is something like, "What am I? Who am I? Where am I?" These questions are almost identical because they each address the same essential metaphysical issue of identity, "How and why Am I; why do I exist; what am I? What is the origin of I? Where am I going?" The answers to

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    An origin story is an account of how a culture, a people, or a fictional character came to be. Many of these cultures have their own ideas of how the universe was created. For example, it is written in the Jewish bible that God created the heavens and the earth. This is the origin story from the beliefs of the Jewish people. Chinese and Greek Origin stories are very different, but are slightly similar as well. The Chinese origin story goes as follows: In the beginning there was a huge egg containing

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