I don’t know why you’re being downvoted, you’re absolutely right. A quick google search contained no information about his religion

So the thing is, like other commenters have said, you’re asking metaphysics things through the prism of science, which does not work because by nature, science uses the (mostly) objective scientific method, while metaphysics is based on subjective assessments.

You have to separate the physical, material universe as being in the domain of what can be known, from the rest, which can not be, and never will. This does not mean it doesn’t exist, just that it can never be studied or proved in any way, so anyone can believe what they wish about it without leaving rationality (as long as the belief does not imply things concerning the material universe)

Thank you for taking the time to go in detail and provide resources! I’ll probably get it based on your advice :)

I play a lot of sci fi themed sessions, would you still recommend for this use case?

I have several suggestions, with different overall vibes, but that I think still relate to this itch.

First of all, my timewaster at the moment is Balatro. Not original, but fills the niche of a game you can hop on and off as needed, no need for quick reflexes, but still a sense of having to play and engage, with long term progression.

There was a time when Potion craft was the scratcher of this cozy niche. Very cool artstyle and music, no time constraints gameplay, and again a meaningful sense of progression with a very low bar for entry.

Perhaps not the best fit for your question, but I’ll still say it so you can try, Return of the obra dinn. It’s not cosy, but fits the criteria of something you can play with rather minimal “gamer experience” while enjoying it to the fullest. It’s an incredible investigation game where you uncover a superb and compelling story, at your own pace. Again, very characteristic artstyle, and one of my all time favorite music.

It would be a crime to answer a cozy game suggestion without mentioning Stardew Valley, however I think it’s going a bit against the non-gamer thing. Still, very nice game!

Another suggestion could be Powerwash simulator, very “brains off” kind of gameplay, very simple even for a non gamer (actually tried with a very not gamer family member), and sooo satisfying!

You may also like things like Poly bridge and other puzzle games, but I haven’t really played these so I can’t personally say.

I hope you find at least one thing you like here, and I’ll add some if I think of more

If I recall correctly, the main problem with nitrogen execution (apart from the death penalty itself) is that they do it very badly, as in they don’t vent the CO2 gas, and the inmate painfully suffocates

Helldivers 0.5

Depends on the scale. Really tiny microorganism living in the air do not fly, as in they have no active mecanism to physically interact with their environment to move in any way. They just follow the air currents at seemingly random (the exact word is brownian), kinf of like particles of dust that you see in a ray of light. It is not defined as flying and not studied as such

Yeah I understood after, hence my very fast edit to add the last sentence about flies existing only from around 245 my

Insects fly the same as birds and aeroplanes do, they create air flow around a rounded wing edge, wich causes the air upward of the wing to flow faster than the air under, thus creating a lifting force. And to answer origins, to our knowledge insects were by far the first living flying things, around 300 million years ago with dragonfly relatives. And the group including flies (diptera) came much later, around 240 million years ago !

Why are you still trying to get people say that street racing is OK ? You tried several times, framed the question many ways, and are reduced to comparing it to another terrible selfish behaviour to try and have a smidgen of validation… That’s kind of sad actually, when you ask questions, you should have the courage to face any answer, not just the one you wished for, and respect that

Not sure if it qualifies as nihilistic, but Upgrade (2018) definetely has a very unhappy ending

He was Education minister before this, despite never setting foot in a public school, and heavily criticised protesters during the very unpopular pension reform while he was already a millionaire at 25 even though he never worked a day in his life. But hey, nice for us that he’s young and openly gay !

Only in the souls like niche, but Iron Pineapple covers a lot of often unknown indie games in his series of steam dumpster diving (don’t be fooled by the name, a lot of the games are good)

Actually, a LOT of studies do show that no, in most countries, taxes are far from enough to cover the cost of tobacco induced diseases.

Not too much techy, paleontologist here