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References for this episode

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hot-thought/201002/does-everything-happen-reason-0

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Show script: (may differ slightly from spoken word)

Inspired by Lyndon.

I..........say everything happens for a reason....a lot. I believe it, but after having a good conversation with a friend, I understand that this is a limited belief only applicable post-event. You can not tell a mother holding a dying child that everything happens for a reason. You can not tell a kid that lost their favorite comfort toy that everything happens for a reason. You can’t tell someone who is in the process of being robbed or on the floor shot that everything happens for a reason. You would be an asshole. There are moments which put us in the present moment like these and the statement isn’t “this is happening for a reason,” the statement is, “why the hell is this happening?!?!” The everything happens for a reason statement is to give you comfort and a sense of purpose for an event AFTER the event has happened. Looking back on everything in my life, everything is connected and has led me to where I am now, but only after I made choices along each of the roads branching off those connections. Post-event acceptance means you understand what happened and why, but the connections you made along your roads don’t provide the evidence to prove that everything happens for a reason. There is no proof that the toy was lost because something said it has to or there is a divine reason behind it. Did the universe really want you to be shot? This implies there is no such thing as chance or free will. Charles Sanders Perice believed that chance is an objective property owned by the universe and called his theory Tychism which is Greek for chance and quantum theory which supports unpredictability, gives backing to Tychism with the possibility of chance. But are the events in our lives done by pre-planned construction, accident, or chance? Is the planning of a baby pre-planned and the pregnancy accident or chance and how many factors do you contribute to your answer? Hegel, a German philosopher stated that real is rational, but doesn’t define real. Real can be in your head or factually accurate, but then accurate to who? History or your enemy? Does real just imply....life? An explanation for chance, in order to satisfy the past event, maybe the reason, for everything.

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