Toughest Philosophical Questions

@Deborah1,

Nothing does not look like anything. If it looked like something, it would no longer be nothing. It would be 'that thing which looks like. . .'

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@Deftil,

If my mom told me "Don't talk to strangers," how do I make friends?

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@Deftil,

Why is the word "short" longer than the word "long?"

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@Deftil,

If murder's immoral and forbidden, why isn't war? Both Einstein and the 'Red Baron' themself called killing in war murder. And certainly what terrorists do bombing civilian targets is called murder and immoral, then certainly dropping bombs from planes is the exact same thing.

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@HesDeltanCaptain,

Necessity establishes moral useful boundaries not the other way around.

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@Deftil,

how do no somthing is somthing if we dont no what nothing is

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@Deftil,

how do no somthing is somthing if we dont no what nothing is

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@trayvonte gates,

We contrast stuff with different stuff. In fact, that's the best description of the very abstract concept of information. Information is the measurement of what changed. Stuff is in contrast with other stuff. Nothingness is nothing. A self refuting idea. It cannibalizes itself own existence.

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@trayvonte gates,

trayvonte gates wrote:

how do no something is something if we dont no what nothing is

Nothing is ths exact opposite of something.

Think about the qualitites of something compared to nothing .

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@north,

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Nothing is ths exact opposite of somethinNothing is ths exact opposite of something.g.

Allen Watts

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@north,

Nothing cannot be described.

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@cicerone imposter,

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Nothing cannot be described.

What do you think about the way in which Allen Watts describes nothingness?

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@reasoning logic,

If he's able to describe it, it's no longer nothingness.

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@cicerone imposter,

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If he's able to describe it, it's no longer nothingness.

That is basically what he says. He says what we call nothingness is actually something. It seems to be the space that allows us to see the things we call something.

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@Victor Eremita,

for question 1
proof by contradiction
if their was nothing than there would be nothing asking that question or no question I the first. Dew to you asking the question then their has to be something.

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@Deftil,

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What do you think are the toughest philosophical questions to answer? I'm not looking for your answers (that would be too much for one thread), but I'm looking for your specific questions. What philosophical questions do you find yourself unable to answer? Which ones, if any, do you think are impossible to answer?

Where are my slippers?

Why are you and I unable to answer such a question?

Are some things unknowable?

Do the slippers exist?

Where are my slippers?

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@ekename,

What happened to one sox after doing laundry?

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@cicerone imposter,

Well, not all socks are happy with their job. Sometimes one sock is more sensitive to dirty feet than its mate is and will flee the situation. If your feet are not dirty and do not smell bad, then it is likely that one sock did not get along with its mate, and so they divorced. As to the question of where they go, all that can be said for sure is that they do not wish to be found. And that is their right.

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If evil had its way and got rid of all the good people, how would it exercise its nature? Would it turn on those of its own kind? And if so, wouldn't the oppressed become the new good people and view the oppressors as evil?

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@Glennn,

Still a mystery, but thanks for your opinion.

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