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Cake day: November 15th, 2023

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  • Religion tends to justify itself in the face of absolutely no evidence with “proof denies faith.” It’s a garbage argument, but it’s accepted.

    Ghosts don’t have any similar excuse to fall back on when we fail to see any credible evidence whatsoever.

    Is the soul a thing? Does consciousness exist as more than the sum of the electrical network of the brain? Who am “I”? These are all interesting and probably unanswerable philosophical questions. “Do ghosts exist” though, is a pretty straightforward no.






  • In addition to the advice here already (some of which I agree with, some not), here are two other ideas:

    1. Ask yourself WHY you’re keeping it? Does the explanation hold water?
    2. Work through one area at a time, and do multiple cycles. It’s easier to work on a single room or area at a time, and if you can purge a modest amount easily, then you can work through the whole house like this. Then you go back for a second pass and will probably have a more critical eye for getting rid of stuff - another 15% goes from each room in turn.