An inductive argument for proving the non-existence of something/ Also: The Optimum System

1. All things that we know, for certain, exist share a common property, property X (for example, they all conform to the laws of nature)

2. The only things that do not share this property are imaginary things. (they do not have to conform to the laws of nature) 

3. It is likely then that it is a general rule that all things which exist, even those we have not discovered, share property X. (conforming to the laws of nature)

4. And if all things that exist share property X then it is likely that anything that does not share property X does not exist. (a flying carpet does not conform to the laws of nature and therefore does not exist )

The Optimum System - Interconnectedness as a source of truth, purpose and right; a natural, secular and rational alternative to divine purpose.

Human beings have evolved as part of a natural, evolving mechanism; part of a system that has grown up; they are connected to each other and to the world and the world to everything beyond and there is a ‘way of working’ that works best within that system; a natural harmonious order, that with time and through exploration, trial and error human beings, if they wish to find it, can find. It is an order like the ecosystems of natural environments that randomly, in the same way, came about; everything forming a connection to everything else; a balance being found and maintained, part of the rotating cycle of the seasons; the way that worked the best; the optimum system is the system that survived and there should be an optimum social and moral system, one based upon balance and interconnectedness, love and a shared purpose: the survival of all, that may find its way into being. The one large stumbling block to finding this Optimum system is that other living things do not demand as much as human beings; the prey accept that some of them, if they do not run fast enough, will be eaten by the predator; the predators accept that they either run faster or starve. The Optimum system is not necessarily the easiest system and so part of an Optimum system would have to be the willingness of individual human beings to accept certain limitations; to discover humility; to appreciate simple pleasures and the joys of family, friendship and community; to not seek happiness through material things and not chase after the dream of perfection and to believe in the balance between personal happiness and social responsibility. The Optimum system can never be achieved until the Perfect system (dreams of heavens and utopias) is forgotten.