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galiel · 10-02-2002, 05:07 AM

I am not saying aything of the sort. I await your attempts to answer the OP question.

Jayhawker Soule · 10-02-2002, 06:04 AM

While I encourage science to work on How it is unclear to me that there is a Why.

galiel · 10-02-2002, 10:02 AM

There *are* questions that simply do not make logical sense. You can ask "Why does a duck?" all you want, but rational discussion will not lead one to the answer (which is, by the way, "because one of its legs are both the same").

ManM · 10-02-2002, 10:36 AM

Any answer to this question requires a teleology. As such the answer will not be scientific, but more related to religion or philosophy. Why is there something as opposed to nothing? Might the answer simply be that something is better than nothing?

Jayhawker Soule · 10-02-2002, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ManM:
<strong>Any answer to this question requires a teleology. ... Might the answer simply be that something is better than nothing?</strong>

Might a better answer be that there is no answer and that teleology is false?

ManM · 10-02-2002, 12:45 PM

ReasonableDoubt,
No. What makes it necessary to deny teleology?

Laurentius · 10-02-2002, 01:01 PM

The deeper you plunge into matter the closer you get to nothingness.

I preceive reality as the organized expression of chaotic nothingness.

AVE

echidna · 10-02-2002, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by galiel:
<strong>I am not saying aything of the sort. I await your attempts to answer the OP question.</strong>

Liquidrage offers the most honest answer, and at least he acknowledges the question. Maybe there's some direction in Philosophy as well, but that's another of my weak suits.

Hey, there�s a ton of questions I don�t know the answer to, but making like an ostrich each time I don�t know is hardly a valid response.

bluefugue · 10-02-2002, 02:54 PM

No doubt you have some thoughts of your own on this, DC?...

Starboy · 10-02-2002, 03:15 PM

Could something ever detect nothing?

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10-02-2002, 05:07 AM	#21
galiel Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Eastern Massachusetts Posts: 1,677	I am not saying aything of the sort. I await your attempts to answer the OP question.

10-02-2002, 06:04 AM	#22
Jayhawker Soule Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,777	While I encourage science to work on *How* it is unclear to me that there is a *Why*.

10-02-2002, 10:02 AM	#23
galiel Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Eastern Massachusetts Posts: 1,677	There are questions that simply do not make logical sense. You can ask "Why does a duck?" all you want, but rational discussion will not lead one to the answer (which is, by the way, "because one of its legs are both the same").

10-02-2002, 10:36 AM	#24
ManM Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: NW Florida, USA Posts: 1,279	Any answer to this question requires a teleology. As such the answer will not be scientific, but more related to religion or philosophy. Why is there something as opposed to nothing? Might the answer simply be that something is better than nothing?

10-02-2002, 12:45 PM	#26
ManM Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: NW Florida, USA Posts: 1,279	ReasonableDoubt, No. What makes it necessary to deny teleology?

10-02-2002, 01:01 PM	#27
Laurentius Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Lucky Bucky, Oz Posts: 5,645	The deeper you plunge into matter the closer you get to nothingness. I preceive reality as the organized expression of chaotic nothingness. AVE

10-02-2002, 02:54 PM	#29
bluefugue Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,427	No doubt you have some thoughts of your own on this, DC?...

10-02-2002, 03:15 PM	#30
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	Could something ever detect nothing?

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