r/whatif • u/DefaultDeuce • 2d ago
Environment What if God is a Goldilocks Zone?
It is something I have been thinking about for a while now and some times keeps me up at night because it's implications is slightly disturbing...
But what if God is a Goldilocks zone? We live in one, and just because of that alone, we have reproduced through generations and mutated and evolved into so many different species of animals and different living organisms. Every idea or invention that has ever been created is thanks to us being in a goldilocks zone which I find intriguing because it's almost like a goldilocks zone is very similar to a mandlebrot fractal, as if you have 1 goldilocks zone then you can practically infinitely zoom in and find oth we goldilock zones hypothetically.
We as life even have potential to bring and spread a goldilocks zone all over the universe if planned and acted on properly, even the concept of God wouldn't be possible if it weren't for one... its just so strange to me that it seems like this would be something more people would be discussing since it is like the root/centerpoint to everything ever we as live have lived through and its all around us protecting us, as life, 24/7.
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u/Beautiful3_Peach59 2d ago
That's a pretty thought-provoking idea. You know, I’ve never thought of it that way, but it does kinda make sense in this comforting, cosmic way. It reminds me a bit of this time when I was staring up at the stars while camping, wondering how tiny we all are in the grand scheme and somehow everything just works. It’s like the universe set it all up just right for life to thrive here. But on the flip side, imagining God as a Goldilocks zone means there’s this perfect balance which is kinda cool but also freaky to think about. Like any shift and who knows what happens. It’s reminding me of how lucky we are to just be here, right now, blending science with this sense of divine orchestration, y’know? I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I like to think there might be some kind of benevolent force or energy looking out for us up there... Or maybe that's just the part of my brain that enjoys a really good campfire story coming alive. Anyway, now you’ve got me thinking about what makes life stick to its little corner of the universe like a jacket lining you can't quite pry off...
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u/Fit_Employment_2944 2d ago
If something makes sense because it’s comforting it’s made up.
Facts do not exist to comfort humans.
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u/RedModsRsad 2d ago
The most likely existence of god is not an entity but a force- the force that caused the universe to burst into existence. Many theories exist describing what that force is. A popular one (my personal favorite) is black holes. We live inside of a black hole is essentially what it is. Cosmos Season 1 episode (I think) 4 talks about this idea.
Thinking that god is some sentient being or entity is ignorant thinking brought upon due to our inability to rationalize the unknown. Humans are smart but we started off pretty stupid.
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u/DefaultDeuce 2d ago
Dang so weird I was just thinking about a lot of YouTube thumbnails saying we live in a blackhole then I open reddit to see your response haha..
I think humans are very contextual creatures, like what is smart or what is dumb is very much determined on what you do for a living and what issues you are facing in life. Some of the dumbest people alive still have very intricate habits and patterns to their daily life we are all sort of professionals in our own lives to say the least.
Honestly Goldilocks zones being God is not my initial thought about what God is. My main idea of what God is essentially is.. well all of really... I feel like a lot of people think of God as like this scientist at some computer or simulation station just standing over us, but I feel like God is more like an always shape-shifting conglomeration of different densities and viscosity and perhaps also even a spectrum of life in between organic and inorganic.
Almost like a washing machine, except every time there's a woosh, it's almost like the entire periodic table of elements goes for a roll of the dice, as well as the probability of cause and effect... sort of like a chameleon I guess. It's hard to explain but if you think about it, it's pretty common sense, so i guess realistically Goldilock zones would be apart of that whole ordeal so maybe Goldilock zones would really be some kind of attribute to this God, like an eye on a creature, rather than God it's self.
But I guess it really comes down to how you define what God is at the end of the day.
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u/ShyBiGuy9 2d ago
What is a "god", and why should we consider the Goldilocks zone to be one of these "god" things?
We already have a term for the habitable zone around our star, so I don't really see how equivocating that with a god increases our understanding or is particularly useful.
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u/Bourbon_Hunter_TN 2d ago
My theory from when I was a kid was that atoms (classically) look like solar systems. So if atoms make up us, then what if solar systems and galaxies were the atoms of “Gods”. Now we understand atoms and their makeup slightly different now but I always held onto that cool idea.
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u/Forsaken-Use-3220 2d ago
Multiverse theory solos this. No disrespect to any organized religion. If you're a creator, do you stop creating? Does a painter stop painting? Does a musician stop making music? One only stops if there's a loss of passion or a hindrance which would mean limiting a god.
If God rested on the 7th day, what about the next week? Yeah, we were designed in His image perfect, whatever. But at no point in the Bible, Quran, or Torah does it say God just stopped after that. It only says He rested on the 7th. Then the narrative moves forward without any further comment on what God is doing.
Granted, hypothetically, this could also prove aliens if every eventuality were to happen. But why stop there?
If Heaven, Hell, and Earth are different realms, why stop there? Think about what we do in simulations kind of just messing around with variables. Why not God?
With omnipotence, you’d just be creating universes, seeing what happens. In a sense, you’d be indifferent to everything but at the same time, everything would matter. Low-key in a Lovecraftian sense: maybe you do matter, maybe you don’t. Depends on your perspective which is subjective.
Edit: If anyone tries to limit this line of thought by calling it blasphemy, you're actually being indignant and, in doing so, limiting God which is, in itself, a blasphemous act. It’s like the classic paradox: could God create something so heavy He couldn’t lift it? What I’m proposing follows a similar logic like Schrödinger’s cat. Technically, I might be right and wrong at the same time. Or maybe we’re just born to die. At least one of those ideas is more optimistic.
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u/MacRockwell 2d ago
Aside from the physical parameters of planetary dimensions and distances- there are other Goldilocks zones, physiological, intellectual, emotional. All these attributes and more, have sweet spots, that make aspects of life feel divinely inspired while we’re aligned within them. Being in the zone, the flow, on a roll. When you’re really vibing with someone. Being creative- sometimes a single brushstroke, or note, or finding the perfect word can be so exhilarating. Those things, those times, are heavenly.
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u/Bourbon_Hunter_TN 2d ago
The Goldilocks zone as it’s interpreted here implies that life can only exist as we can imagine it. And I feel like that’s terribly naive.