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>>2303290
I "get" most of my philosophy through science - physics, quantum mechanics, and the such.
Concerning your post: It depends on your scientific point of view; Newtonian or Quantum?
Newtonian physics treats this whole universe as if it is a box full of pebbles - completely predictable... for every action is a reaction.... We are all billiard balls bumping into each other. However, though this perspective we find that we are completely and absolutely isolated. Alone. Not only are we physically separated (two people cannot exist in the same physical location at the same time), but we are also separated via time. It is a well-known fact that the faster you go, the slower time goes, however not many people know that ALSO closer you are to a dense object, the slower time goes - even if by infinitesimal amounts of time. What this means is that not only is someone that is traveling near the speed of light experiencing time slower than someone going a normal speed, but also someone that lives in a hut next to the grand pyramid in Egypt is experiencing time slower than someone living in a farm in the middle of Wyoming. So not only is there a physical schism between you and everyone you know, but there is also a TIME separation between you and everyone else... If you jump on a plane for vacation on spring break and your girlfriend doesn't, you no long even EXIST in the same time period anymore.