In lieu of an earlier post, I find most people really don't know anything at all about the giants of our past, and often assume it's all a big myth. Lincoln was so matter of fact about it, likely because it was a general known fact at that time. In 1881, Congress gave sole excavation rights of these mounds to the Smithsonian and gave them thousands of tax payer dollars to do so more than once. We all know what happens when they get involved in recovering history; anything consequential disappears. Some of their findings were made public in their Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for years 1873, 1875, and 1877. I'll post a link below to 1873 and you can change the years to view the rest. They found skulls measuring 36" in circumference, skeletons belonging to "gigantic savages," and so on. Publicly, The Smithsonian seems to mostly or only talk about the EASTERN mounds, but look for the stories from the Anasazi and also San Canyon Pueblo where footprints of 6 toed giants were found.
Would love to see what anyone knows about all this or give more info for those that want to know more. Of course this is just a glimpse of the story, definitely enough here to get started. This rabbit hole goes on and on once you start, but you will not be disappointed. It's more like, whole rabbit.
For those that want to go down the Giants/Nephilim road, there's also a very convincing story about giant remains being found on Jekyll island, along with a sacrificial altar built the same way the Canaanites built theirs. If it's true, the building that the infamous banksters' meeting happened in was built right on top of that altar. Search for Tim Bence on that story.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34977#page/426/mode/1up (Human skull found measured 36 inches in circumference) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:6?rgn=div1;view=fulltext https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1881-pt3-v11/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1881-pt3-v11-12.pdf
I have both views. I think we are living in a simulation, but one that we control. We are responsible for our actions, because we create the simulation. We create our own experience and we create our effects on others.
If we are living in a simulation, then your idea that this is a simulation is also apart of the simulation. It defeats itself.
It’s akin to saying reality is false, except for the part that told me reality is false.
I don't see why thats a problem or how that "defeats itself". Everything is simulation. If everything is simulation, nothing is. You are responsible for your actions. Just because reality is an illusion / simulation / trick, doesnt mean that its not real. Just because video games are their own simulated realities doesn't mean that they're not real, it doesn't mean you can't learn from them, have experiences with them, etc.
Illusions have their purposes.
It’s completely unknowable and unprovable because everything that could be used as evidence is apart of the simulation. This has been pondered since Ancient Greece.
That’s literally the definition of simulation though. I like where you’re logically headed that our actions matter and I applaud you there but I think your case may need to flesh out the vocabulary a little bit first. We can learn from video games and simulations I’m not arguing against that at all, but to say that a simulation is real is antithetical to the definition of simulation.
I think you're the one that doesn't know what simulation means lol.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulation
Definition of simulation 1: the act or process of simulating 2: a sham object : COUNTERFEIT 3a: the imitative representation of the functioning of one system or process by means of the functioning of another a computer simulation of an industrial process b: examination of a problem often not subject to direct experimentation by means of a simulating device
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simulating
Definition of simulate transitive verb
1: to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : IMITATE 2: to make a simulation of (something, such as a physical system)
A simulation is a thing. A thing that exists. A "sham" object is still an object. A counterfeit object is still an object. An imitation or representation is still a real thing by itself. A simulation is an illusion, but an illusion is still a thing itself. The illusion exists, therefore illusions are real things. They are deceptions, but the deceptions are still "real" objects themselves.