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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

One is obviously made-up by ancient peoples who knew fuck-all about the world, but insists it's eternal truth beyond debate. Even the parts that contradict the other parts.

The other is an openly hypothetical idea based on what we expect is just beyond our current capabilities... and it relies on that we're-just-atoms materialism.