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  %UNIVERSE COSMOS ESSENTIALLY UNFRIENDLY EVIL GOOD+960108
 %CONFIRM BELIEF OBJECTIVE REFLEXIVE RESEARCH FAITH 960108

     People who believe that the world/universe/cosmos  is
an  essentially  unfriendly/inhospitable  place---tend  to
think,  act,  and respond in ways which will lead to  them
confirming their beliefs.   They tend to act in ways which
expand  the circle of those who have reason to believe  as
they do.

     People who believe that the world/universe/cosmos  is
an  essentially,   friendly,  hospitable  place---tend  to
think,  act,  and respond in ways which will lead to  them
confirming their beliefs.   They tend to act in ways which
expand  the circle of those who have reason to believe  as
they do.

     Clearly the world/universe/cosmos is not  objectively
either  a unfriendly/inhospitable or a friendly/hospitable
place.  In these regards the universe is usually shown the
universe to be as those who  do  the showing believe it to
be.   It is a  very flexible place in this regards.   To a
large  extent  the  world/universe/cosmos is to us  as  we
conceive  it  to  be.  We are  the creators  of  what  the
world/universe/cosmos  is  to  us;   even as  we  are  the
creators of it.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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