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Meaning and Water Wheels

The discussion about randomness and ordering was very interesting because I like to think about myself as one of those who didn't necessarily believe people had a certain "unpleasantness" in order to be punished and cause suffering but the whole "luck of the draw" concept didn't make too much sense to me so it seemed like a more likely reason whic I chose to accept. But then I began to understand that and i don't feel that knowing about genes gets rid of meaning. The science behind it serves as an explanation but may not be the only reason for that certain "unpleassantness" depending on the background of that person. They should and may still believe that there some bigger meaning to their suffering.

Our discussion progressed making a lot of sense to me but then the water wheel topic came up and the shift and change of water from being probable to becoming more and more improbable as it was going on the water wheel. At first I thought I understood what exactly was being explained but once it was explained over and over i got more confused. Whether water can become more probable or improbable while being in the same state not frozen or anything and only from movement confuses me and I don't see how that can be possibe.

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